San Francisco Cross-section by Stéphane Hubert - Artesia Latina - 1:50

[Stephane Hubert]

Good day,

 

So it starts. I purchased the San Francisco in a hobby store in Ottawa Canada. This is perfect for practicing and learning my new hobby. As well as won't have to contend with planking a full hull.  I'm using carpenter glue in this case. It dries Yellow-ish so I'm not sure if this matters or I should just use the normal white PVA.

I'm planning to use Legos for squaring. I used Legos years ago to square other wood projects I did..so why not.

 

[Stephane Hubert]

I decided to use two fairly heavy aluminium blocks to square the "ribs"? to the keel. One thing that annoyed me, in the instruction, is that they mostly use terms like glue part 1 with part 2 and not the actual name of the parts (keel, deck, etc..).

So assemble "whatchamacallit 1" with "whoknowswhytheycallitthat 2".

I'm having a strange feeling I may want to put some lighting between the decks and maybe some figurines.  Just have to figure out the size.

 

[Stephane Hubert]

 

PS I hope the pictures are not too big...  If they are, let me know and I'll shrink them 3dpaint.

The deck (false deck?) was glues in place.. and started thinking about staining the "bulkheads" (yes I had to look it up). 

I purchase some Verathane stains. Did some test underneath the deck and... nope. The fumes filled up my whole basement.  I live in a small PMQ (private military quarter) and it's not a good option.  So I switch to water based stains.

 

 

 

[Stephane Hubert]

For the water based stain, I took the advice given by some folks here. I wetted the bulkheads and let it dry. Then I sanded them. I'm please with the result.  I did some test on a separate piece of wood to see how much the grain would rise without this pre-treatment.  Next will be the planking of the deck.   So more research is needed about that...

 

[Rick310]

 Nice start, interesting build!!

Rick

[ccoyle]

You're off to a good start. Two tidbits of information regarding photos:  1) We have an onboard photo resizer -- the control panel for that will pop up when you double-click on the photo after you insert it;  2) You can add multiple photos to each post if you'd like.

 

Cheers!

 

P.S. Photo size is a matter of taste. I resize all of my photos to 640 x whatever to keep them a uniform width -- medium-sized photos seem just about right to my eye.

[Stephane Hubert]

 

testing the planks... Decided that a 5B pencil does the job just as good as the Sharpie.  I'm thinking of using the size of 120mm and a pattern of "every 3 or 4". I figure that at that scale: 120mm X 50 = 6000mm so about 19 to 20 feet. Sounds about right for the real size of planks (probably longer). So the suggested size of 50mm seems too short. Plus, it'll be a good test to try a pattern that I never used.

[Stephane Hubert]

The deck is ready to go on..

 

and finished with water dye (oak). I decided to stick with water based stain/dye. 

 

I also tested the water and oil based (as in oil paint) stain on the barrels

 

 

For the bigger barrels I decided to stay with the water base dye. And oil paint for the smaller barrels. The metal part was repainted black later on.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 28, 2023 by Stephane Hubert

[Stephane Hubert]

Fast forward.. started on the hull.

 

and started to build the interior.

 

 

I haven't varnished the deck and I'm debating if I should or if even necessary.