Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL

[Jim Lad]

Very neat, mark!

 

John

[KeithAug]

Really taking shape Mark. She is going to be treasure once finished.

[Mark Pearse]

The cockpit seat & scuppers area is now glued in place, & mitred at the transom. The side sections of hull were laminated to a scale thickness of about 80mm, approx 7mm actual. The width between the footwell & hull is divided by the seating backrest, which does more to keep water out of the cockpit on a windy day than it does to provide sumptuous & ergonomic seating.

 

 

The width of the deck landings have been increased with strips of hardwood, Spotted Gum I think. I will use small screws to help the plywood deck to hold its camber while the glue goes off, so the screws can go into the hardwood rather than the edge of the ply. The mast sits on the 4th bulkhead back from the bow; the tripled strips are where the shroud chainplates sit. Although with a static model there's not a lot of load, it means I can have a leg on the back of the chainplates going down into the hardwood, & glued. Given it's not much work it's worth it for whatever additional strength it gives.

 

I'm probably ready for the deck, & then probably the timber to infill& finish off the propeller cutaway.

 

thanks,

[Jim Lad]

Looking good, Mark. Can't wait for the next update.

 

John

[Mark Pearse]

Hi everyone, not a massive update, but a pleasing one.

 

The deck was glued down, with some small brass screws holding the shape while the glue cured. The deck setout is below, from the bow: samson post, fore hatch, mast (chain plates are deck mounted & indicated by the short pencil lines just aft of the mast), companionway hatch. The deck edges have to be sanded flush & the stem head finished off. There is the storm boards & removable side panels on the face of the raised deck line, so I did a 2mm plywood template of the shape between the cockpit seat & the underside of the deck edge while it was still accessible.

 

I drilled more screw holes than I would need, & only used as many as was needed to hold the plywood - which was a fair bit, being curved down at the gunwales & slightly concave in the fore-aft centreline.

 

 

 

This shows some of the raised deck face, with the side panels removed. All varnished timber, so for a nice sharp result it's going to be better if I make it on the bench & install it as one.

 

 

 

 

 

[KeithAug]

Mark - may be a short update but she is very sweet.

[Jim Lad]

Delightful, Mark!

 

John

[druxey]

Very neat and ship-shape work, Mark.