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

[Mark Pearse]

Thanks everyone.

 

More metalwork: this time the bowsprit chain plates. The whisker stay chain plates are pretty straightforward, note the portholes openings have been cut. 0.8mm brass sheet, which is probably a little heavy.

 

The bobstay chainplate is more complex, & it became clear that with my simple kit multiple solder joints in this case would be very difficult, so I made the main parts from one sheet (0.5mm), with back-mitres so it could be folded & then soldered to fill & stabilise the folds. Then the chainplate cleat was soldered to the edge, tinned etc (cleat 0.8mm thick). A paper template was used to confirm the fold angles, as brass is only happy to be folded once, & solder never.... The fixings are some 1mm diameter brass rivets approximately 7mm long, so a 1mm hole, add some CA glue & press the rivet into it. The back-mitring was done with a jeweller's saw & also a small file with a square cross section. The mitre is also slightly wider towards the edges, so that the main piece could be curved to suit the stem profile.

 

The side flange fixings are some unbelievably tiny brass nails, too small & I could hardly pick them up.

 

 

 

 

 

[wefalck]

This metal-work looks so convincing 👍🏻

 

Indeed, welded construction is not so easy to reproduce. Perhaps, I would have soldered this over a mock-up of the bow to give the flanges the right angles and distances. There are solders of different melting points, which requires a temperature-controlled soldering iron. The railway modellers who build locomotives from PE brass parts are masters of this art. 

[Rick310]

Beautiful!!

Rick

[KeithAug]

9 hours ago, Mark Pearse said:

The bobstay chainplate is more complex,

Beautiful set of flanges Mark.

[Kenchington]

I'm having to look twice at that image of your bobstay plate to persuade myself that it isn't really a stainless-steel fitting on a full-size hull! You have achieved just the slight patina that stainless takes in the presence of saltwater!

 

Trevor

[Jim Lad]

Now that bobstay plate is really nice, Mark.

 

John

[druxey]

Well done, Mark.