moreplovac Posted January 26 Author #121 Posted January 26 Thank you all.... yes. I will always see those small "things" not quite right so better to start from scratch again. Still have some planks available but will need to get more for future parts... Have no plans for a "bad" hull at this moment, but will think of some usage, definitely will not warm me up in the winters :-).. I just like this little ship and want to have it as correct as possible.. Mike Y and No Idea 2
moreplovac Posted February 4 Author #122 Posted February 4 OK, here is a little update.... started to work on frames... No much to report... just cut, sand, fit, glue... Happy modelling.. Tobias, No Idea, G. Delacroix and 8 others 11
vossiewulf Posted February 4 #123 Posted February 4 1 hour ago, moreplovac said: No much to report... just cut, sand, fit, glue... Yes, but it's very nice cutting, sanding, fitting and gluing No Idea and moreplovac 2 Building HM Cutter Lady Nelson 1:64
moreplovac Posted February 7 Author #124 Posted February 7 A bit of an update... Frames sanding process using files.. Happy modelling. G. Delacroix, Tobias, vossiewulf and 7 others 10
No Idea Posted February 7 #125 Posted February 7 Such nice work 👍. If you want to see if you are filing the surfaces flat - just get a pencil and scribble all over the surface. Then file again and see if the marks are removed. This worked for me - keep the updates coming! moreplovac 1
moreplovac Posted February 8 Author #126 Posted February 8 Working on filling pieces.... first made a 15cm long stripe of wood and on its edge cut a groove 1x1mm, taking into account that filling pieces are not equal in hight, based on plan from plate #6. For example, this one has a groove on the bottom so I cut extra length.. .. put it in place.. .. mark its hight... .. and cut .. ... then with a small amount of glue, put in place between frames.. .. end results... not perfect... Keep into account the groove (or water channel) direction changes at frame #22.. Happy modelling.. Tobias, No Idea, CiscoH and 6 others 9
moreplovac Posted February 10 Author #127 Posted February 10 Filling piece shaped and ready for installation... I care about environment so managed to recycle filling transforms from abandoned build.. https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/attachments/rochefort-00629-jpg.500505/?hash=5ca2d9b1523e743033206850a670cf5f Master carpenter arrived to check the progress... https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/attachments/rochefort-00631-jpg.500503/?hash=5ca2d9b1523e743033206850a670cf5f Happy modelling.. davec, davyboy, Tobias and 5 others 8
moreplovac Posted February 10 Author #128 Posted February 10 Work on floor timber chocks continue to break out a routine.. They will be sanded down to correct hight once I work on frame sanding. Happy modelling. Tobias, Mike Y, KARAVOKIRIS and 5 others 8
moreplovac Posted February 11 Author #129 Posted February 11 Frames are completed, time to get rid of not used templates. Now, I am working on stern solid filling timber, first, cut the template and glue it to the board. Cut and sanded.. and same templates glued to the back.. Marking it for shaping.. Here templates (white line) can be seeing on the back and front.. Start carving... first with the ends to make sure not to break the wood... must admit this wood (pear) is perfect for carving. Speaking of which, need to order few more boards.. then carving following the dotted lines.. Semi-end result... Next is a bit of sanding since my board is 6mm and I need 5mm.. I left a bit more wood to do final sanding/carving when board is 5mm thick.. Happy modelling.. G. Delacroix, KLarsen, Paryzek and 8 others 11
moreplovac Posted February 13 Author #130 Posted February 13 Last, frame #1, was lightly sanded and glued to the ship.. Then, work on stern filling timber continues with glueing all parts.. Then I created a small template out of paper in attempt to follow keel curvature... Testing fitting after initial sanding Another template added to the filling Sanding, testing... Preparing for more carving work... Happy modelling. CiscoH, KARAVOKIRIS, Tobias and 5 others 8
moreplovac Posted February 14 Author #131 Posted February 14 A bit of a carving... I found it easier to mark the lines, cut them with a saw and slowly carve the shape.. small amount of wood at a time.. Fitting test.. Now, lets add knee in the pictures.. Happy modelling cotrecerf, Tobias, AnobiumPunctatum and 7 others 10
Mike Y Posted February 15 #132 Posted February 15 I can only imagine how satisfying the fairing would be! There is some real beauty hiding underneath these rough sanded parts 😊 JacquesCousteau and moreplovac 2 Current build: Beavers Prize - POF 1:48 (Hahn style) Side builds: Schooner Polotsk by Master Korabel 18th Century Longboat by MS Finished: 21ft English Pinnace by MS
moreplovac Posted February 15 Author #133 Posted February 15 Thanks Mike, Yup, it is very nice ship; regretting I had no much scratch build experience, this will be just beauty, but next one will be better... JacquesCousteau and Mike Y 2
bdgiantman2 Posted February 16 #134 Posted February 16 2 hours ago, moreplovac said: Yup, it is very nice ship; regretting I had no much scratch build experience, this will be just beauty, but next one will be better... There are many builders on this blog site, including myself, who have little to no scratch-build experience and undertake projects similar to your project and the one I am building slower than evolution. You are progressing nicely with your model, sending encouragement to you. I just hope that I can build a respectable model and like you have lots to learn ahead. druxey and No Idea 2
moreplovac Posted February 18 Author #135 Posted February 18 Thank you bdgiantman2, really much appreciated. My scratch build experience goes back to elementary school when I was making a small racing boat; during some "normal" elementary kids school fight, all boat frames were broken and I decided to give up boat building :-). Now, back into the scratch build again... Hopefully someone will learn something from my mistakes... I definitely will.. More sanding happening.... working on external hull.. there are some frames that would need a bit of alteration hopefully not visible at the end. For testing after sanding process, I will lay down one plank on the hull and see if frames fits nicely. I can see that frame 31 will need some work.. Happy modelling.. KARAVOKIRIS, Maxthebuilder, No Idea and 2 others 5
moreplovac Posted February 20 Author #136 Posted February 20 Closing the ship at the bow area by work on howse-timbers. A bit more fitting is needed but here is the progress.. Happy modelling.. Mike Y, davyboy, KARAVOKIRIS and 1 other 4
moreplovac Posted February 22 Author #137 Posted February 22 Work on timbers continue.... just cut, sand, glue, test.... Happy modeling. JacquesCousteau, davyboy, druxey and 5 others 8
No Idea Posted February 22 #138 Posted February 22 Keep going mate you’re doing a great job these timbers are particularly difficult to make. 👍👍 CiscoH and moreplovac 2
moreplovac Posted February 28 Author #139 Posted February 28 So.... very sad news for me.... during my work today the Rochefort slipped from the work area and three frames broke beyond repair... I have tried to glue them back again but the broken areas are too visible for my liking; I might be able to hide it with all planking but that was the area I planned to have opened so .... hmm, hard for me to say but after all these hours spent, I will need to abandon this built...Too bad for lost wood but will try to reuse parts in some other project... What to say, thank you all for following me and will see you in the next project very shortly, need to clean my head from this disaster with a new building process.. Learned a lot with this first scratch build and will definitely get back to Rochefort but this time in bigger scale (purchased plan already) and after some time... Now, need to clean my working area and try to obtain few more tools I found necessary for successful scratch build. Thank you again and as always Happy modelling.. No Idea, Maxthebuilder, KARAVOKIRIS and 5 others 3 5
No Idea Posted February 28 #140 Posted February 28 I too have had some very disappointing days during my build and things can get disheartening. Take a few days and it always seems better. I think your build was coming along beautifully. I hope you do get to finish this ship 👍
moreplovac Posted February 28 Author #141 Posted February 28 Thank you No Idea, not giving up Rochefort at all, you wont get rid of me that easy…😁, . made book/plan/monograph investment so will not give up easily. Need to break a bit from model and more wood since i used all i ordered before, with my two attempts…. I have purchased a larger scale plans so will continue with it in the near future. Need more woods and some tools (for example mini disk sander) and will be back on it. For now will clean my desk, reorganize storage, replace working bench and enjoy my Golf R over the summer. No Idea 1
Mike Y Posted February 28 #142 Posted February 28 (edited) This definitely looks repairable (replacing only these particular frames), Isopropyl Alcohol is a common solution - it dissolves the glue and then evaporates without leaving a trace, allowing you to replace the parts without going for a full rebuild! Hope to see you back in this log after a well deserved break 😊 Edited February 28 by Mike Y No Idea, davyboy and moreplovac 3 Current build: Beavers Prize - POF 1:48 (Hahn style) Side builds: Schooner Polotsk by Master Korabel 18th Century Longboat by MS Finished: 21ft English Pinnace by MS
moreplovac Posted February 28 Author #143 Posted February 28 Yes, I will try to repair it, or even replace few ribs, that is doable as well. No giving up, but need to order some woods which will take some time to arrive.. In the meantime will finish up my working area... La Rochefort will be completed, in this scale or bigger.. Cheers Mike Y, CiscoH and davyboy 3
moreplovac Posted March 4 Author #144 Posted March 4 Ok, some surgical time was put in LR and results are, ah, well, so-so but at this moment not able to do better without scraping it in wood-burning pizza oven, which I don't want to do. I was able to glue back broken pieces and now, need some sanding and special techniques to hide those spots where extra glue and cracks are visible at this moment. Also, I finished adding filler pieces at the bow, feeling like a dentist when you go for a crown work: put crown on, bite, not good? Sand, bite, not good? Sand... since I was able too use plan template for filling pieces only up to certain point; after that was all test fitting/sanding... but I got it decently installed. Aslo, working on installing stern parts which will have a hull ready for more sanding. I am running out of wood so need to place an order for more woods which will put LR on short hold until wood arrives. Happy modelling. No Idea, Tobias, CiscoH and 5 others 8
moreplovac Posted yesterday at 05:41 PM Author #146 Posted yesterday at 05:41 PM Little bit of sanding was done on my model… Need more clean up (scraping, sanding) since sanding with a tool does provide a bit extra removed wood, so need to clean up, flatten and shape the frames. Still have enough wood so not a problem there. Also, will continue with hand sanding to fill out cracks more carefully.. Happy modelling.. Maxthebuilder, JacquesCousteau and druxey 3
druxey Posted yesterday at 06:04 PM #147 Posted yesterday at 06:04 PM That is a lot of sanding and elbow grease! Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
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