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New Bedford Whaleboat by Hsae - Model Shipways - Scale 3/4“ = 1‘ (1:16)


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I always wanted to build this boat. I bought the hard copy To Build a Whaleboat by Eric Ronnberg 20 years ago.

I found the kit by accident on eBay for a reasonable price. Inspired by the already existing excellent blogs in this forum I will give it a try.

The box I received didn’t look so good and I was afraid that the wood was wrapped already, but to my surprise it was still good (so far as I know).

 

There is one thing I do not like from the beginning, the drawings are on both sides, obviously to save paper. That makes it kind of annoying to look for certain things. I believe the older kits had it on separate sheets, or the newer version?

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Thank you for the likes & comments 

That will be a long build, time wise, because I can only work on the model on weekends.

Furthermore I had to build something for my cloth pin collection.

 

I managed to get the hull molds and the horses done. I encountered more issues withe the “laser cut” parts than I had imagine.

But nothing which couldn’t be fixed. It was just time consuming before you actually start building.

 

 

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Of cause I forgot to notch mold #1 & #5. I noticed it after I had glued them together. In this case  a mini Japanese saw is very helpful. The blades are ultra thin, only 0.1 mm or 0.00393701” ! One saw is for crosscut the other for rip cut.

 

 

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The big moment where I finally start building a boat, to attach the molds to the horses.

And an even bigger surprise, it didn’t fit.  In my infinite wisdom I glued the center horse already in place. With the result you see in the pictures. 
Maybe next time I should dry fit everything first, before I glue it together. Oh well …

After adding some strips under the stern & bow horse, I was able to level the mold.

 

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I have a question for you guys.

How in the world can the two keel layer (1/16 + 3/64) match the six posts with 1/32 each?

The difference is roughly 5/64”. I am struggling with the scarf joint.

Or am I overthinking this? Just sand it down?

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Hello, nice job so far. One thing I did with my plans was to just iron them with my wife's iron. Then I cut foam board to size and attach the plans with clips. You could also use just thick poster board. Just an idea. I look forward to you progress

 

 

Geoff

NRG member #2666
Current build : USS Constitution

 

Finished builds: Armed Virginia Sloop (in gallery)

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Back to the model. I did my first big mistake. I already noticed that the dimensions are kind off (post #13), but I didn’t double check because I read that you have to take the measurement from the planking. Stupid me!
I made the lower keel too thin. 1/16” instead of 5/64” like stated in the parts list and elsewhere. So I have to redo the whole procedure. 😒

Well live and learn!

 

 

 

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I like these whaleboats, looks like you've made a good start, despite having little problems to overcome! 

RE wavy plans: give them a once over with the Admirals iron, it works for me to flatten creases in folded plans/drawings. 

Current builds;

 Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25

Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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