Copper plates

[Barbara]

Friends, is there a tutorial on plating? Thanks,Baerb

[mtaylor]

Ah... copper plating.  I'll delete that topic as I thought the same as Roger.

 

I haven't seen one here on MSW but there might be one.   You might check Youtube or do a search here for "copper plating".  I got a not quite a thousand hits on a search of the whole site.   Many are build logs but there are topics on plating hulls.

 

If this is for your build of the Pride of Baltimore, you might just limit your search to the ship as other builders would be plating also.

[allanyed]

Hi Barb,

Does your kit come with copper sheathing material or are you thinking of adding on your own?    From photos of the Model Shipways' Pride of Baltimore models they appear to have a green (oxidized copper)  painted bottom which is more realistic looking than the vast majority of the copper sheathed models seen here at MSW and elsewhere. 

Allan

 

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Gene Bodnar’s copper plating tutorial is in the Articles section of this forum.

 

I have used that to great effect on two models now.

[Gregory]

1 hour ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Gene Bodnar’s copper plating tutorial is in the Articles section of this forum.

Might be a little hard to find if one doesn't  know their way around the site..  You have to go to the NRG home page and look at Resources, then find your way to "ARTICLES AND HOW TOS", then find the article by Gene.

 

https://thenrg.org/resources/Documents/articles/CopperSheathingaHull.pdf

[allanyed]

Thanks for posting this tutorial.  These are far more realistic than anything seen from any kit on the build logs here a MSW.  He does mention the missing nails inside the edges, but states that the plates sit side by side which was never the practice as they overlapped.  Kit makers would be better served to supply the tape and pounce wheel if the wheel pins are spaced properly and the correct diameter for the scale of the kit rather than the dross most currently supply.   One other note, the tutorial mentions rivets.  Rivets were not used, but rather 1/4" nails with 1/2" flat heads.

Allan

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by allanyed

[allanyed]

The following site was posted on a build log here at MSW.  Looking at photos of the nails for copper plating pretty well shows that those giant pimples on most kit supplied sheathing look nothing like what was used on the ships.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/v8RrCz_SRtCcGn6qcOQXsA     What looks like a two pence piece in the photo is 1.02" diameter so it is easy to see these nails are about 0.25" with a head that is about 0.5" that would make an indentation when hammered into place, not 2"-3" raised bumps or etched circles found on most kit supplied sheathing.  Smaller scale models may be better served not to show the pattern on the sheathing at all.

 

Allan

Edited March 2, 2022 by allanyed

[rshousha]

For those who might be interested, I took this picture of the bottom of the keel of Cutty Sark in October, 2021. 

[allanyed]

Rick,

Excellent photo, thank you very much for posting this.

Allan

[rshousha]

Thanks. I see that you have to stand on your head to figure it out, but I guess we all need a little exercise.