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Hi Gary, you have just de-mystified how to obtain such clean results on what seems to me to be a very challenging part of the build. Very nice!

Regards……..Paul 

 

Completed Builds   Glad Tidings Model Shipways. -   Nordland Boat. Billings Boats . -  HM Cutter Cheerful-1806  Syren Model Ship Company. 

 

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Great woodwork. Looks fantastic. Regarding the CA, I found that acetone tends to dissolve it. I have used to get metal pieces separated and to wipe set glue from my fingers. Don't inhale too much of it though!

Ras

 

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Stern Paddle Wheeler ZULU-1916-1/48 scale

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Freccia Celeste-1927 350cc racing motorcycle-1:9 scale-Protar kit

Boeing B17F- 1/72 scale- Hasegawa kit

HMS Mimi-scale 1/24-Fast Motor Launch                               

Amapá 1907-1/64 scale-Brazilian Customs Cruiser

Scottish Motor Fifie. 1/32 scale. Amati kit

Patricia. Steam powered R/C launch. 1/12 scale. Krick Kit

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Beautifully done Gary.👏

Keith

 

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Cangarda (Steam Yacht) - Scale 1:24

 

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Schooner Germania (Nova) - Scale 1:36

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Schooner Altair by KeithAug - Scale 1:32 - 1931

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/12515-schooner-altair-by-keithaug-scale-132-1931/?p=378702

J Class Endeavour by KeithAug - Amati - Scale 1:35 - 1989 after restoration.

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10752-j-class-endeavour-by-keithaug-amati-scale-135-1989-after-restoration/?p=325029

 

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Greetings

 

After several months of doing little on this model, I'm moving forward again.

 

The covering boards have been installed forward of midships.  They are pieced together between the top timbers and the inside margin is a single strip.  I did it this way because the thick deck planks were difficult to cut crisply around the top timbers.  But I would not do it this way again.

 

The top timbers are irregularly spaced in this area to accommodate the freeing ports as per the plans.

 

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Airbrushed with thinned Tamiya flat white – 2:1.  It looks gray below, but it is white.  Later I added a little dirt with pigment powder.

 

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Coamings for the fish hold hatches were made from 12” x 3” material.  From the side they are parallelograms to compensate for the deck sheer.  These are only the lower portions of the coamings, and they will eventually be heightened to 21” above deck.

 

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The 12” king plank was placed and a hole for the forward mast was cut.  The hole was first pilot drilled then carefully enlarged with a 1/4” burr chucked into a pin vice.  The burr cuts too aggressively, so I turned it counterclockwise into the wood.  The burr is abrasive enough that even being rotated in the opposite direction still burrows a smooth and perfectly round hole into the soft wood.

 

The plank was painted white on top of gray then scraped with the edge of a safety razor set almost perpendicular to the plank.

 

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The deck planks are stained a natural wood color as a base.

 

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Then gray paint was scrubbed on top.  I added about 10 percent yellow to shift it away from blue.  I applied the paint heavier is some areas and practically dry-brushed on in others.

 

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I began adding deck planks from the center outward.  The planks are 4” wide by 3” thick and were painted black on bottom and sides to help keep the fish hold lighting from escaping.  This is not the final deck finish.  After all the planking is installed, it will be repaired as needed, scraped, wear patterns added and weathered.

 

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This section of deck has four bunker plates and two smaller deck inlet plates.  The lids for the bunker plates have already been made and the process that I used is shown back on post #124.  They were made from polymer clay and enclosed by a perimeter brass ring.

 

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Similar to a manhole cover, these lids fit into ring frames.  The frames are made of three slide fit brass tubes that combined provide the wall thickness required.

 

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Soldered.

 

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Cut from the tube and treated with Jax Flemish Gray.

 

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The lids are epoxied into the frames – one will be left open.

 

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The deck inlet plates are considerably smaller and have 10” dia. openings. The plans label the port side plate "ice" and is positioned over a walk-in refrigerator. The starboard plate passes coal to a bin in the galley next to the cook stove.

 

The plates are made from brass tube, wire and styrene.

 

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I made a section of deck for each side of the boat and cut holes for the deck plates off model. I did this to avoid getting wood chips and sawdust down in the fish hold.

 

I began by creating a positioning template in CAD.

 

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I glued planks directly to the template.  I could have glued them to a blank sheet of paper, but this insured the edges were straight and the combined width was correct from end to end. 

 

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I then printed the same drawing on laser transparency and used it to locate the cutouts.

 

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The bunker plate holes were drilled through then enlarged with a tapered reamer twisted counterclockwise. The edges were cleaned up with a diamond needle file.

 

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With a tapered round file, the same was done for the smaller inlet plates.

 

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Plates glued into place.

 

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The other side was done the same way.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Be safe and stay well.

 

Gary

 

 

 

Current Build   Pelican Eastern-Rig Dragger  

 

Completed Scratch Builds

Rangeley Guide Boat   New England Stonington Dragger   1940 Auto Repair Shop   Mack FK Shadowbox    

 

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Hi Gary, glad to see an update to your Pelican build. Everything looks so good!

Regards……..Paul 

 

Completed Builds   Glad Tidings Model Shipways. -   Nordland Boat. Billings Boats . -  HM Cutter Cheerful-1806  Syren Model Ship Company. 

 

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 Gary, great detail in woodworking and weathering. Thank you for the update.

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You've made great progress while I've been away, Gary!

 

Keep it up!

Happy modelling!

Håkan

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Andy, Paul, Keith, Richard, John, Håkan, Jerome and Marc - thank you for your thoughtful comments!  And thanks to all for the "thumbs up".

 

 

Just a short update.

 

The starboard side deck plate section has been attached to the boat and the planking has been extended to the covering boards. The plans didn't show that the planks were nibbed into the side of the covering boards, so I didn't.  The deck still needs traffic wear patterns and some weathering, but that will be a bit later.

 

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And then a quick test to see if the fish hold lighting peaks out between the planks.  It doesn't, which is good because I had no plan “B” beyond reciting a string of expletives to myself.

 

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Before I begin the aft deck, I'm going to build the bow whaleback structure next, simply for a change of pace.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Gary

 

Current Build   Pelican Eastern-Rig Dragger  

 

Completed Scratch Builds

Rangeley Guide Boat   New England Stonington Dragger   1940 Auto Repair Shop   Mack FK Shadowbox    

 

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