Golden Hind by Rock_From_Korea - 1:48

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All~ Happy New Year!

 

I recently started working on my first scratch build project, Golden Hind. I will be using Aeropiccola plans as basis, but I will refer to several other blueprints and build logs as well. If the end product is satisfactory, I plan to make about 4 more scratch built Golden Hinds to give out to my close friends as gifts. This one is a prototype build that I will give to my daughter as present when finished - correction on 22 March 2023 : major deviation from original plan...this prototype will also be given out as present to one of my dear friend/mentor. I am planning to finish GH2 as well and give him the choice between GH1 and GH2. Although the delivery may be quite delayed as he is residing in NY and Hawaii. He may be getting a place in Seoul in the  future, at which point I will be able to deliver him either GH1 or GH2.

 

The basic wood I will be using for most of bulkheads and 1st planking will be processed from cypress wood logs that were lying around at home. And since I have no table saw (not easy to use in an apartment in Korea anyway), I sawed manually most of the wood panels and strip woods. For strips, I devised a small home made drill saw(?) and used them to make most of the strip materials . 

 

I couldn't find a woodworking shop nearby that can cut thick logs into thin panels. So I'll just apply this brute method this time, but I'll have to find a woodworking shop for my next projects and make these panels and wood strips in an easier manner. I probably need to search outside Seoul for this task.

 

Below are the pictures of manual sawing and the wood panel obtained at the end. Cypress logs were cut into 7 mm thick pieces. It's a lot of exercise!

Edited March 22, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea
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[Rock_From_Korea]

A view of cypress boards with their rough surface before sanding.

Edited January 11, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Pictures of the first few frames and bulkheads.

[Rock_From_Korea]

Initial frame and bulkhead works more or less finished after extensive sawing and sanding!! Anyway, the nice smell of cypress wood during these works definitely provided enough consolation.

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Baker]

Nice start. 

All this work without a table saw 👍

[robert952]

Impressive.  The more I read these forums and build logs the more I realize how much there is to learn.  And how may impressive modelers 'reside here.'

 

 

I look forward to watching this log.

[Rock_From_Korea]

13 hours ago, Backer said:

Nice start. 

All this work without a table saw 👍

Thank you, Patrick! 

 

I think I will really need to get a mini table saw that has low noise levels to be operated in an apartment! Also, I will definitely try to locate a woodworking shop for the panel sawing next time.

 

Rock

[Rock_From_Korea]

1 hour ago, robert952 said:

Impressive.  The more I read these forums and build logs the more I realize how much there is to learn.  And how may impressive modelers 'reside here.'

 

 

I look forward to watching this log.

Thanks very much, Robert!

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi everyone~

 

Basic hull frame work continues. I was thinking about replacing the keel, bow and stern section with hardwood, but realized that I lacked  suitable material. So, I decided to just work with cypress wood for these sections. Once I get hold of a mini table saw, I plan to use hard woods processed from the mini table saw for my next projects. For the time being, I will need to make do with a false keel. 

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

The space between the bulkheads at the bottom of the hull will be filled with left-over cypress woods as ballast and planking aid.

Edited January 19, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

For the filling of the front section of the bow, I am using a much softer wood  (which was salvaged from the sides and rear of my daughter's decommissioned cabinet drawers), and this softwood will also be used to fill the upper part of the hull.

[Rock_From_Korea]

The filling of the lower part of the hull is almost complete. The cypress wood fillings at the bottom of the hull make the ship quite heavy and balanced.

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All,

 

It's been a while since my last update. I managed to find a wood working shop near Seoul and had the cypress cut cleanly into different sizes and shapes. Unfortunately, this shop was also unable to cut wider (more than 15 cm) panels and I had to be satisfied with 8 cm wide panels which were cut into 6mm thick panels as well as 2mm strips, 1cm x 1cm (for mast) and etc. In the wood work shop I found 3.5mm small wood panels (waiting to be burnt for fuel) that could potentially be used as bulkheads when laminated. I could not resist the temptation of testing these new materials for my 2nd Golden Hind (earmarked as present for one of my dear friends) and immediately started the building of basic frames for GH2.

 

I am quite satisfied with the results and decided to use these materials for my subsequent Golden Hinds. I also decided to work on GH2 in tandem with my Golden Hind prototype as there are quite a few different methods, styles and applications  that I would like to try.

 

Mozart and Beethoven helping out on keeping the laminated panels straight.

Edited February 3, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Back to Golden Hind prototype - worked on strengthening the structure of main deck and forecastle area. Also, tested fitting the decks into the frames.

 

The 3.5 mm wood panels saved from the wood working shop are utilized for decks. 

Edited February 3, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Made some room and preparations for the whipstaff installations in the stern area. 

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All,

 

Work in the shipyard is progressing slowly as this is my first scratch build project and also I am effectively building 2 ships at the same time. There are just a lot of things to consider and think about on this scratch build project. I thought I had planned much in advance, but as I progress it seems that there were just a lot more aspects that I did not consider before beginning my first scratch project. Nonetheless, this project is making me consider a lot more areas compared to when building a kit model and I think I am learning a lot along the way. Also, the start of GH2 is helping much in terms of trying different methods from GH1, modifying and maybe enhancing some designs here and there and applying to GH2 right away to see the effects and etc. 

 

The GH1 progress pictures including more structure strengthening, various deck base laying, building the masts slots and platforms are included below.

 

Aftcastle structure strengthening, mizzen mast platform.

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Foremast laying platform and test of installing foremast.

[Rock_From_Korea]

Bowsprit installment test, and the testing of overall mast instalments.

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Various hidden deck bases are finished and the overall shape so far looks as below.

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Baker]

Nic work,

Building a model from scrap is indeed more complex than a kit model.

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All,

 

After the basic skeletal work, the planking work begins. I decided to use filler mainly  in the bow and stern areas and not fill in the middle section. This time I am trying something a little different.  I tried to fasten some of the plank sections with tree nails as an assisting medium during planking and it seemed to be quite helpful. The tree nail has a size (1mm) that does not fit the scale (30-40% larger than the scale ), but it is the thinnest material I can come up with at the moment. So, I will just go ahead and see how it looks like for the prototype. The upper part of the waterline boundary wale is only going to be planked only with 1st planking, so I started from this area and tried the tree nail assisted planking.

 

 

Preliminary testing of the tree nails show that they definitely look bigger than they should. But, I will need to try this on my prototype as it is my only option at the moment. I will continue looking for a smaller diameter solution.

 

I used end of the tooth picks (dyed) as tree nails. 

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

First plank laid. The tree nail assisted planking does help fix the planks in place. At the end of the day, these tree nails were used to fix the planks in real ships anyway.

[Rock_From_Korea]

2nd and 3rd planks fixed into place.

[Rock_From_Korea]

4th planks laid and the one below this plank will have a wale put on top of the base plank (cypress). As I do not have a proper thick hard wood, I will have to apply a hardwood that is in similar thickness to the base planks on top in order to show protrusion. I am trying to get hold of more hard wood materials. Hopefully, GH2 and beyond will have proper wales. The planking below the waterline wale will have a cypress base planking and a 2nd layer of thin, dark hardwood 2nd planking.

[Baker]

Very nice planking

But it is best to taper the planks towards the bow.
Otherwise you could get in trouble later.

 

https://modelshipworld.com/forum/98-planking-downloads-and-tutorials-and-videos/

 

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

  'Looks fine.  Sworn testimony from deSilva (a Portuguese navigator Drake had on board from Brazil to the other side of Mexico) indicates a broadside of seven guns on each side - and period depictions of Drakes 'Caribbean Fleet' show 5 on each side on the weather deck (like your plans) plus 2 on each side of the quarter deck (presumably smaller guns) - just like many French race-built galleons that deSilva attested the Pelican (Golden Hind) to be.  That left 2 stern guns and two bow chasers.

[Rock_From_Korea]

9 hours ago, Baker said:

Very nice planking

But it is best to taper the planks towards the bow.
Otherwise you could get in trouble later.

 

https://modelshipworld.com/forum/98-planking-downloads-and-tutorials-and-videos/

 

Hi Patrick,

 

Yes, of course~! Tapering will begin from the plank below the waterline wale.

 

Rock

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All,

 

It's been a while since my last posting. The work at the shipyard is progressing much slower than during my previous build, HMS Endeavor. I suppose since this build is a prototype and unlike my last build, which was earmarked as present to my sister, I do not have much pressure(?) in terms of time or duration of the build. Anyway, the below are some of the pictures on the latest progress.

 

I originally attached the waterline wale on the 5th plank. However, I realized that the wale was somewhat high up. Therefore, I took it off and reattached the wale on the 6th plank.

 

 

Edited March 14, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

As I do not plan to do 2nd planking above the waterline wale, I tried out the dyeing of these planks. I think I will need to do more trial and error until I get the color that I like. But, for the time being, I will leave it as is and see later on how the color looks with the overall color of the hull.

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

1st planking below the waterline wale begins.