USS New York by threebs - FINISHED - 74-gun ship of the line

[threebs]

The 74 gun New York was never finished.  She remained on the stocks until her destruction in April 1861 along with 10 other ships at Gosport (now Norfolk) Harbor.  Research seems to indicate that she was being razzeed in preparation for conversion to a Steam Frigate.  This build will reflect as she might have been had she been completed and launched. 

[Seahawk1313]

I always love your Ships of the Lines.  Glad to see you posting a new one! - Hal

[threebs]

I did the Merrimack before this, 16 months to build

[threebs]

New York Great seal about as good as something this small is going to get. (for my skills anyway!)

[GrandpaPhil]

Very cool build!

[threebs]

More progress on the New York. One side is planked "painted" with diluted wood glue to seal the seams where I did not super glue them. The yellowish color here and there is the wood glue. I did some rough sanding as well. It will need another glue coat to get the seams I missed the first time. And, as you can see, the other side is almost done. Maybe another week and I can give it a coat of epoxy wood filler. In two weeks I should be able to prime the hull.

[allanyed]

Hi 3Bs

This is very interesting, thank you for sharing.  Can you say where you got the plans for the USS New York?  

For the future, if you have not already done so, there is a ton of great information to study on proper planking in the articles data base here at MSW, (https://thenrg.org/resources/Documents/articles/APrimerOnPlanking.pdf) and in a four part video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCWooJ1o3cM by Chuck Passaro that you may like.

Allan

[threebs]

The plans are from the Smithsonian Institute.  I do not really need a planking tutorial.  My goal is to cover the bulkheads, period.  The bottom third is coppered, between cannon ports, chain wales, and all the other items on the hull, once it is painted a few coats of flat black almost none of the planking can be seen anyway.  Here are a few photos I selected randomly of some of my other "hulls" for you see what this ship will look something like.

 

[threebs]

New York has it's first light coat of primer.  I use gray so I can draw the cannon ports on with pencil and see them easily to cut out.  The garage is around 90 degrees so the paint will dry fast.  The bowsprit and rudder holes are in.  I will copper the bottom once the gun ports are all cut out and framed.  The gray primer actually reacts with the adhesive on the copper tape so it sticks really well!   A few were somewhat leery at my hull planking methods.  I hope this result quells some of their doubts.

[threebs]

Ships wheel is done.

 

[Pirate adam]

This is cool to see a different approach to constructing the hull.

[threebs]

Both lower gun decks are in as are their gun carriages.  Bow sprit base is made as is the bowsprit itself.  Main gun deck is planked only where it might be seen through the main hatch and ladder openings in the spar deck.  The procedure for weathering the planks is shown.  After the and gray are well dried sand lightly with 220 grit and 400 grit varying the pressure to bring out the tan.

[threebs]

New York's spar deck is planked and weathered.

[threebs]

I worked at several different areas on the New York over the past week or so. Here are some photos of it. The pulley's on the cat head are the only ones I actually make. 32 pounder bow chasers.

[allanyed]

Next time you need to make slots you might want to try a router bit.  Going further you could buy or make a drill holder which can be set up so you can use it as a mini router and get perfectly even slots.   There are a lot of sources on line.  One example of the bits is in the photo below from Lee Valley.   Drill bearings are not really made for lateral movement, but for making the occasional slot in wood the bearings will hold up for many years.  

Allan

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Very impressive build!

[threebs]

I have just finished putting copper "plates" on one side of the hull on my latest ship model, the New York. 60 hours over 14 days to do this about 1500 individual pieces. Now, on to the other side! Groan!

[TBlack]

Long, slow process, but it looks excellent!

[threebs]

Hooray! Done with the coppering on the New York!

[ccoyle]

That was fast! Looks great -- very nice and neat.

[TBlack]

Looks great, but I thought you were going to do the razeed version. Also, would love to know how you built the ship’s wheel.

Tom

[threebs]

Here are some photos of various stages in the ship's wheel build.

[threebs]

Work on New York's bow is coming along. I was not happy with the angle of the bowsprit so I re positioned it.

[threebs]

More progress on the New York

[threebs]

Quarter and stern galleries are pretty much done. Only a few tweaks here and there yet.
 

Edited September 3, 2023 by threebs

[Roger Pellett]

Beautiful work!

[threebs]

Thank you, always nice to see comments.

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking good!

[threebs]

Progress on the deck furniture.

 

[threebs]

Misc. stills of work on the New York.