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The first two lengths of planking attached to the outside of the hull progress!

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  • 1 month later...
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Started on the planing for the ceilings - on both inner and outer sides of the hull. I elected to cut them individually so progress has been slow

 

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I attached the planks directly to the hull at the bow, rather than pre-fabricating them as I have above

 

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Ceilings now attached to the hull

 

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Also added some internal support for edges on deck planking

 

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Your Niagara is really coming along nicely.  Your work on the framing is very clean and crisp.  That's something I need to strive for to improve.  Interesting use of cross bracing between the bulkheads. Haven't seen that technique before.  Reminds me of the cross bracing between the floor joists in an old house I used to live in.  You're going to end up with a beautiful model that you can display proudly.  Keep up the good work.

 

Wawona 59

John

 

Next Project: Gifts for friends:  18th Century Pinnace, Kayak 17, Kayak 21

 

Indefinite Hold for the future:  1/96 Flying Fish, Model Shipways

 

Wish list for "Seattle Connection" builds:  1/96 Lumber Schooner Wawona, 1/32 Hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV, 1/96 Arthur Foss tug, 1/64 Duwamish cedar dugout canoe, 1/96 Downeaster "St. Paul"

 

Selected Previous Completed Builds:  Revell - 1/96 Thermopylae; Revell - 1/96 Cutty Sark, Revell - 1/96 Constitution, Aurora - Whaling Bark Wanderer, Model Shipways - 1/96 Phantom, AL - 1805 Pilot Boat Swift, Midwest - Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Monitor and Merrimac, Model Trailways - Doctor's Buggy

 

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  On 6/1/2024 at 7:02 PM, Wawona59 said:

Your Niagara is really coming along nicely.  Your work on the framing is very clean and crisp.  That's something I need to strive for to improve.  Interesting use of cross bracing between the bulkheads. Haven't seen that technique before.  Reminds me of the cross bracing between the floor joists in an old house I used to live in.  You're going to end up with a beautiful model that you can display proudly.  Keep up the good work.

 

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Appreciate the comment. I did the cross bracing like that as it was easier than trying to cut pieces to precisely fit between the bulkheads. Two 45 degree cuts in two pieces of wood allowed me to provide bracing more easily for me

  • 2 weeks later...
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Some more progress on planking the transom - inside the hull and outside

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Also attached the rail on top of the ceiling - again both inside and outside the hull

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  • 1 month later...
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Onto the first batch of hull planking. My first time at doing this so I am not totally unhappy with it and as the hull will be painted I can apply filler when the hull planking is complete to even out my efforts

 

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  • 3 months later...
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Decided to take a break from hull planking and moved onto deck planking. I decided I wanted to have the deck as a single "piece" so that I could then modify it for cut outs for hatching etc. That was accomplished by making a paper template of the deck area and attaching planking to that paper:

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That also allowed me to cut out the shapes for plank nibbing:

 

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The paper side of the deck after sanding edges and a lot of the paper off.

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And the actual deck side. The outer plank round the perimeter of the nibbed planks was cut from a sheet of basswood I purchased large enough to have a single piece around the port and starboard planks. This needed some gentle finessiing to fit the hull

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And the deck planking placed where it will ultimately go - not attached yet as I want to cut out holes for hatches etc

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And detail of nibbing

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Neat trick with the "paper" deck - the end result looks great.   Very nice and tidy work on that!!

Steve


Launched:    USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic)

                       USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) 

                       USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic)

 

In Dry Dock:  Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood)

                        USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)

  • 1 month later...
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Decided to move next to deck hatches. As with some of the other builds already posted I felt the deck was too busy and elected to only add the skylight for the captain's cabin

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Also cut out holes to insert blocks for sheaves - I felt that this method was cleaner than just drilling holes through the hull

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