San Martin by Pfälzer - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:90

[Pfälzer]

Hello my friends,
I would like to introduce my new project, the San Martin from Occre.
The attentive reader of my last build will now cry out. "He told me never to buy another kit from Occre" and yes, he did.
But as so often in life, I have reconsidered. After a cutter and a schooner (not quite finished yet) I really wanted to build a galleon from oak. I have two carpenters at hand from whom I got the appropriate solid wood material and a large sheet of oak plywood, more on that later. I had the moldings for the second hull planking and the deck made in 1x4mm.
I actually had the Revenge from Amati in mind and had started to calculate.
I think it would be a shame to replace a kit costing over 500 euros with other material. So I went back to Occre because their kits are just right for this. A cheap start (179 euros), so it doesn't hurt to replace expensive material. The moldings cost 50 euros, the wood from the carpenter was free.
I also made the Nelson and the Esmeralda entirely on the kitchen table, which was starting to annoy my wife.
So my next idea was to get a better boatyard interior, which also costs money. The oak slipway was started yesterday, more on that later. This is the first reason why this construction will take a long time.

The next reason is my slightly crazy idea of making the hull with finished moldings. So not all the strips as usual and then sanded, no, each individual strip will be chamfered and completely sanded so that each one will be individually visible.
Due to the stubborn nature of oak, I will make a second fuselage from the plywood panel to pre-bend all the strips exactly.

However, I was a little surprised when I opened the box and examined the material of the kit. It is surprisingly good as far as the moldings are concerned, except for the sapele moldings for the second planking. I used them to build two quivers for deadwood strips.
For the rest of the components, however, you will look in vain for solid wood, everything is made of plywood, well laser-cut, but plywood.

I will try to describe this construction report in more detail than the last one, which appeared here in the middle of construction, as I found you here late.

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[Pfälzer]

Here some Picture of the Kit

[Knocklouder]

Good luck on your next journey. 

Bob M.

[Pfälzer]

This will be much Oak for this Project 

[Pfälzer]

Good morning everyone,
after not being able to sleep again tonight, I have put together my simple slipway for you.
It consists solely of 10x20mm and 20x20mm oak strips. The base is a multiplex board that I found lying around bored at work. I thought I'd make something out of it before it got depressed.
There are nails every 5cm on the front and rear edges, which I can use to align the frames with rubbers or to brace various things later in the construction process.
I cut the battens into different lengths to create space where the frames reach the bottom of the false keel.
Now, as you can see in the photos, you can lay the individual blocks flat to clamp the keel or upright to align the angle of the frames. The commercially available model building brackets also fit behind this variant. 
I use the thicker version of the battens purely for 
the false keel, which works wonderfully, as you can see from the angle in the photo.
As you can see, you can also simply take a longer strip and clamp it to align the frames, an angle is not necessary.
I have now built this slipway specifically for the San Martin. However, I have to say that it can be extended as required and can therefore also be used for other models.
The whole thing cost me 20 euros for the calibration strips and about two hours of work.

Make something of it, I can't take care of everything

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[Pfälzer]

[Pfälzer]

[Pfälzer]

Good morning everyone,
The night was once again sleepless, no, not in Seattle.

So I thought I'd unpack and see how it fits. What can I say, it fits like a bomb. I can't get the parts apart any more. Everything is just dry-fitted together.
It was different with the Esmeralda, everything wobbled.
This could be because this kit is a bit more recent. Occre has put a lot of effort into it.
I'll just have to wait until my mistress wakes up, I'll actually have to go at it with a hammer where it doesn't fit.
If I do it before then I'll be in trouble.

I couldn't do any work for a few days because my wife's beloved car broke down with major gearbox damage. So I took her to the dealership and got a new one. We now drive electrically.

Greetings from the climate savior

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[Pfälzer]

Oh, i think o found the first little Problem.

Thats not enough Place for the Mast. 

[Pfälzer]

Hello friends of fine timber construction,
Here are the first changes to the project. Occre wants all decks to be planked before assembly. That is complete nonsense. For example, I made the mistake of setting one of the girder frames too high. This could not be corrected in this way without great effort.
Now to the actual change of plan. I put these thin strips from the kit aside when I unpacked them.
I used walnut scraps from the Lady Nelson to cover the frames. It's a good idea to put some short pieces in the drawer as a precaution.
As the whole ship is built from oak, I logically started with it when working on the deck. For this I use strips 4x1mm 6cm long.
Then all the strips are beveled at the edges as in the opening comment and finished with 1000 grit sandpaper before they are glued. This is not as laborious as it sounds and the result proves me right. Each strip is then put in place with Ponal and the glue residue removed before the next strip is added.
For the Esmeralda, I made treenails out of toothpicks. That won't be possible on a scale of 1:90, especially as there's no room for it with a 4mm strip width. Maybe I'll just make a hint of it with the grain in the hope that it will be discreetly recognizable after it has grown.

Have a good time and don't make any nonsense

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[Pfälzer]

[Pfälzer]

Like this 

[Pfälzer]

The first Deck is planked 

[Pfälzer]

And now i will build the Doors with Oak. This metal parts are ugly.

[Pfälzer]

Not Perfect, but better 

[Pfälzer]

Thats good

[Pfälzer]

Then here is the procedure for the little door.

I rounded the edges of the 1x4mm oak strip and glued nine of them together to file everything down to 2mm.

I made the frame from the sapele strips in two layers. To do this, I had to vaporize the slats and clamp them around a bending aid, diameter 10mm.

I found that there is less breakage if you pull the strip over the curve with the help of adhesive tape.

The handle got a chain link of the Esmeralda and was fixed with 0,5mm brass wire. The fittings are made from leftover sheet metal from the Esmeralda.

I have so much old material from the last two projects that I need almost nothing from the current box.

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[Pfälzer]

[Pfälzer]

 

 

[Pfälzer]

Well lovelies, did you sleep well?

I slept less as you can see. The decks are planked.
Here, too, I deviated from the plan and used my 1x4mm oak strips instead of the thin strips. 
The bulwarks fit almost perfectly when dry, a little sanding here and there and then it works.
So far everything is going well except for one small problem.
I had planned to have the Esmeralda in the shipyard by Christmas and it's ready on the shelf.
If this build goes smoothly, I'll have to explain to my wife that a package will probably arrive this year after all.
Greetings

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[Pfälzer]

The Anchor Winche, made with Walnut , Plywood and 1mm Brass. 

 

[Pfälzer]

Hello on this sunny Sunday,
a little insight into the wondrous world of Occre building instructions.
A careless beginner to our hobby would already make the first serious mistakes here.
After installing the bow deck, it protrudes about 3-4mm forward over the false keel.
In the instructions, however, the deck is clearly flush in photo no. 10. On photo no. 18 there is again the overhang which, oh wonder, is gone again on photo no. 24. Of course, one would say that 2 mm of first planking was applied in between.
But then, unfortunately, after another 0.6 mm of second planking on photo 31, there is suddenly a 3-4 mm overhang again.
A look at the technical drawing on a scale of 1/1 makes the chaos perfect. There the whole thing is shown flush again.

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[Pfälzer]

[Pfälzer]

Thats what i have done, yesterday.

But i think the Anchor Winche is to big.

[Baker]

2 hours ago, Pfälzer said:

But i think the Anchor Winche is to big

Maybe a little bit. 

Bet who will notice this on the finished model 😉.

[Pfälzer]

The next little Problem.

[Pfälzer]

As you can see, the lower bulwarks fit perfectly. For the upper ones, it is better to sand the guide cuts at an angle from deck to frames, then they will fit better.
As I've already planked part of the lower dress on the inside - I found staining boring - it doesn't curve quite as nicely as the upper one. Let's see if I level it with filler from below or sand it from above. Since I'm planking the inside with 1mm anyway, that would be according to the construction plan again.
So I think I'd rather plank from the inside first and then sand. If you have a different opinion, please let me know, good advice/criticism is always helpful, I always see things from a positive point of view.

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[Pfälzer]

Left Side sanding is ready. 

 

 

[Pfälzer]

The Planking begins 

[Pfälzer]