woodartist Posted July 7 Share #1 Posted July 7 I have ordered the keel, bulkheads and chapter one parts in yellow cedar and will start the journey. JacquesCousteau, ir3, JpR62 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodartist Posted July 15 Author Share #2 Posted July 15 I have downloaded the plans and took those to the printer. They are huge!! Just realized how large this model really is. I do not have a wall space large enough to post them. I NEED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THAT, I purchased a 12" x 36" piece of MDF to use as the base once the form parts arrive. I have read quite a few of the build logs and better appreciate how difficult this build will be. The common themes are to get everything exactly right at the beginning, take your time!!, read and reread the instructions, if you do not know what to do ask before doing something you are unsure about. ir3, pjofc4 and JpR62 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodartist Posted July 16 Author Share #3 Posted July 16 The first shipment has arrived. Work/fun will commence immediately. The instructions have been printed and placed in three ring binder. Will commence preparation of the bulkheads with sanding them before removing them from plywood sheets. ir3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodartist Posted July 19 Author Share #4 Posted July 19 When I was removing the pieces for the build board I noticed that the laser had not completely burned thru one one sheet. The other two were fine. When I closely examined it, it became apparent that the root cause of this was that the piece of plywood had warped thus causing the problem. It just took a little more work with a fine exacto blade to cure the problem. This was also true on one sheet of the bulkheads. The head knee was my next project and it fit together wonderfully, I was surprised at the exactness of the fit. The tapering is now done, I think. I have yet to put in the gammon knee. I may have to taper some for that but we shall see. The three section keel boards are glued and drying. Seventynet, JpR62, Ryland Craze and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted July 19 Share #5 Posted July 19 Lovely start to your model....enjoy the project!!! Chuck Passaro - MSW Admin Sloop Speedwell - POF scratch Block Island Boat - POF scratch HMS Winchelsea - POB scratch build HM Cutter Cheerful - POB scratch build Royal Barge - POF scratch Medway Longboat- POF Scratch SYREN SHIP MODEL COMPANY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodartist Posted Monday at 05:51 PM Author Share #6 Posted Monday at 05:51 PM gammon installed. I followed Chuck's advice and only removed wood fro the back of the gammon. it was a lot of trips to Byrne's sander but it ended up just right. Thanks Chuck. ir3, JpR62 and Seventynet 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodartist Posted Tuesday at 11:14 PM Author Share #7 Posted Tuesday at 11:14 PM Added rabbit pieces with no difficulties. Then progressed to adding pieces 1-4 of keel. They all fit perfectly except #1. It was a smidgen too long so I matched the angle of the piece, 15 degrees, and tilted the table to match, sanded it and it fit perfectly. I had previously fit the head knee. It took a bit more sanding to fit exactly, but not much, these pieces are very precisely cut with laser. I do not have enough weights so i have to be creative. My Ram rotary cutter motor, Drill with heavy battery, small metal anvil and in the little box is a bottle of mercury. That little box weighs more the the drill with battery. Amazing. Chuck, Ryland Craze and JpR62 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodartist Posted Wednesday at 11:49 PM Author Share #8 Posted Wednesday at 11:49 PM Build board about done. Need to add base boards between struts. I used 2 1/2 inch 90 degree metal supports for my struts and glued a 4" basswood strip on each one. I tried to build wood ones, however, I could not get them to have the same gap at the top as the bottom. So I used the metal ones which solved the problem. I tested them with square and I did have to tweak 2 to get the gap identical. Once tweaked they held the same gap. JpR62, ir3, Rustyj and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodartist Posted 17 hours ago Author Share #9 Posted 17 hours ago The tree nails were installed. I used 20lb nylon fishing leader. I used a 74 bit to drill the holes. The first picture is 6.7 magnification, the 2nd is 1.5 magnification. The last is after sanding and application of wipe on poly (oil based). CiscoH, Ronald-V, Seventynet and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted 17 hours ago Share #10 Posted 17 hours ago Nicely done Chuck Passaro - MSW Admin Sloop Speedwell - POF scratch Block Island Boat - POF scratch HMS Winchelsea - POB scratch build HM Cutter Cheerful - POB scratch build Royal Barge - POF scratch Medway Longboat- POF Scratch SYREN SHIP MODEL COMPANY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glbarlow Posted 12 hours ago Share #11 Posted 12 hours ago (edited) Nice to see new Winchelsea underway. Welcome to the club! Edited 12 hours ago by glbarlow Regards, Glenn Current Build: HMS Winchelsea Completed Builds: HM Flirt (paused) HM Cutter Cheerful, Lady Nelson, Amati HMS Vanguard, HMS Pegasus, Fair American, HM Granado, HM Pickle, AVS, Pride of Baltimore, Bluenose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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