halvoric Posted August 19 #1 Posted August 19 My daughters got me the kit for Father’s Day, and like most projects I immediately set out to over-engineer it. First wood (ship) kit, made a few mistakes along the way. I am at sails and rigging now but posting the backlog of build photos. Dan ccoyle, Ryland Craze, JacquesCousteau and 1 other 4 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted August 19 Author #2 Posted August 19 Almost got the transom on straight. Followed the instructions advice to use medium CA and while it speeds up the build nicely, it kills me not to be able to fix mistakes. Cabin sides are not straight either. And I used the wrong strips (too big) for the chafing planks alongside the keel. ccoyle, thibaultron, Bryan Woods and 2 others 5 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted August 19 Author #3 Posted August 19 These chafing planks were supposed to be 1/32” x 3/32”. Oops. Canute, SiriusVoyager, Bryan Woods and 1 other 4 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted August 20 Author #4 Posted August 20 Red below the waterline. Put semi Poly on the deck then sanded most of it off. JacquesCousteau and Canute 2 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted August 20 Author #5 Posted August 20 Paul Le Wol, Bryan Woods, ccoyle and 3 others 6 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted August 20 Author #6 Posted August 20 Decided to make mast hoops instead of using the wire from the kit. Also added details to the centerboard. JacquesCousteau, thibaultron, ccoyle and 4 others 7 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
JacquesCousteau Posted August 20 #7 Posted August 20 Looks like you've done a great job, including overcoming some obstacles in the build. Paul Le Wol, Canute, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote Current Builds: Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32) [Scratch]; Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch]; Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) [Kit] Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32)
halvoric Posted August 20 Author #8 Posted August 20 9 hours ago, JacquesCousteau said: Looks like you've done a great job, including overcoming some obstacles in the build. Thanks! I owe a lot to others’ build logs from here such as mark.bukovich and EricWilliamMarshall and VTHokiEE, borrowed a lot of ideas and methods. Also some great leads for reference materials here for details. Canute, Harvey Golden and JacquesCousteau 3 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
JacquesCousteau Posted August 20 #9 Posted August 20 Very cool! I recognize the top plan as from Chapelle, where do the other plans come from? Canute 1 Quote Current Builds: Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32) [Scratch]; Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch]; Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) [Kit] Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32)
halvoric Posted August 20 Author #10 Posted August 20 The last one, Plate LXXXIV, is from C.P. Kunhardt’s Small Yachts, 1885. This looks like the plan forming the basis of the Midwest kit plans. I directly copied the centerboard details from it. Found on this helpful substack from a full-scale builder, Duncan Blair. https://traditionalsailbluewing.substack.com/p/part-two-the-boat JacquesCousteau, Canute and Harvey Golden 3 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted August 20 Author #11 Posted August 20 Added grating in the cockpit, a yacht-style companionway boards closure, and a seat (shellac). Used the cardstock method for rudder pintles/gudgeons. Amber shellac on the spars to imitate spar varnish. JacquesCousteau, SiriusVoyager, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted August 21 Author #12 Posted August 21 Mainsail nearly done (first reefing line installed). Canute, ccoyle, Bryan Woods and 3 others 6 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
Jim Lad Posted August 21 #13 Posted August 21 I'm sorry I haven't caught up with your model before. She looks really first class. John Canute and halvoric 2 Quote
halvoric Posted August 24 Author #14 Posted August 24 On 8/21/2024 at 3:22 PM, Jim Lad said: I'm sorry I haven't caught up with your model before. She looks really first class. John Thanks John! Pine base is nearly done. 4 days of hand-rubbed French polish (shellac). Canute, JacquesCousteau, ccoyle and 1 other 4 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
Jim Lad Posted August 24 #15 Posted August 24 If you weren't so far away, I'd get you to come over and re-finish some furniture for me. 😀 John halvoric and Canute 2 Quote
halvoric Posted October 25 Author #16 Posted October 25 Working on the rigging now. Making an eye splice in 1.1mm miniature rope is fiddly business (the hawser on the Samson post). The mainsheet is .7mm polyester. Got all the mini rope from Ropes of Scale. BenD, Canute, JacquesCousteau and 3 others 6 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted October 25 Author #17 Posted October 25 They’re not in the kit but I decided to add shrouds, as most of the research showed them. Needed to solder a couple chainplates from brass wire: Canute, Harvey Golden, ccoyle and 2 others 5 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
Wawona59 Posted October 25 #18 Posted October 25 Beautiful Chesapeake Flattie halvoric. I built this model last year as a present for a friend. I found this to be a very fun and enjoyable build with lots of opportunities to make the model your own. You did a lot more on the masts and rigging than I did. It looks like it was well worth the effort. Hope to see more of your work on MSW. Do you have any thoughts for what's next on the agenda? I'm partial to the Model Shipways kits. I think they are well engineered and enjoyable to build. Canute and Paul Le Wol 2 Quote 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
halvoric Posted October 25 Author #19 Posted October 25 (edited) 10 hours ago, Wawona59 said: Beautiful Chesapeake Flattie halvoric. I built this model last year as a present for a friend. I found this to be a very fun and enjoyable build with lots of opportunities to make the model your own. You did a lot more on the masts and rigging than I did. It looks like it was well worth the effort. Hope to see more of your work on MSW. Do you have any thoughts for what's next on the agenda? I'm partial to the Model Shipways kits. I think they are well engineered and enjoyable to build. Thanks, John! I decided to upgrade a lot of things like using scale rope and Model Shipways blocks (5mm). Teaching myself to do seizing serving and whipping. Lots of new micro tools. I have started a Midwest Canadian Canoe (1:8) and am also kitbashing quite a bit. Ordered half-round basswood strips for the ribs and a making a number of changes to make it closer to a scale replica of a Peterborough Model 44 horizontal strip canoe (“the Canadien”). Will start a build page for that one soon. Edited October 25 by halvoric Bryan Woods, JacquesCousteau, Paul Le Wol and 2 others 5 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted October 25 Author #20 Posted October 25 Making an eye splice in 0.9mm polyester 3-strand braided rope required finding new tools. The micro crochet hook I found on Amazon in a set of 6 sizes (it’s the smallest—the hook is less than a mm in diameter). Unfortunately the strands tended to split and fray from being dragged through the standing part of the line, even after binding the ends with CA. My first shroud splice I could only get two weaves done before it became a clumpy mess and I just put CA on it, trimmed and called it done. The third one, after practice, I managed a full four weaves. JacquesCousteau, Canute and Bryan Woods 3 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted October 25 Author #21 Posted October 25 Micro tweezers and hemostats, and a new Quad Hands were also needed. JacquesCousteau and Canute 2 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted October 25 Author #22 Posted October 25 I decided to make a few closed hearts for shrouds & forestay, as I didn’t want to wait for them to be shipped— so the realism is a bit compromised. Also still trying to find the best technique for tying seizing wraps. The nail knot method using a fisherman’s knot tying tool works, but it’s difficult to get all the wraps to come off the tool and lay down flat on the line. I end up with a lot of crossed wraps usually. ccoyle, Canute, BenD and 2 others 5 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
halvoric Posted October 25 Author #23 Posted October 25 Getting closer to done on the rigging. Shrouds and forestay are rigged along with jib and its halyard (and tack) and jib sheets (with authentic bowline attachment). I ordered better cleats from Modelers Central in AUS so waiting for the international post to arrive before I can clean up the sheets/lines. Centerboard halyard/uphaul still to be done, and I think I will replace my homemade basswood cockpit floor with Cherry grating. Also need to build something to place the mainsheet cleat in center cockpit. Will turn to assembling the base/stand now. JacquesCousteau, Desertanimal, Ryland Craze and 5 others 8 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
JacquesCousteau Posted October 25 #24 Posted October 25 Very nice job, this looks great! halvoric and Canute 1 1 Quote Current Builds: Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32) [Scratch]; Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch]; Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) [Kit] Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32)
Bryan Woods Posted October 25 #25 Posted October 25 You’re extra additions really put a wonderful personal touch on her. Canute, halvoric and JacquesCousteau 2 1 Quote Current builds: Le Martegaou- 1:80 - Billing Boats Back on the shelf: Gretel - Mamoli Nonsuch 30 - 1:24 - Model Shipway Completed builds: Mini Oseberg no 302 -Billing Boats Sea of Galilee boat Lowell Grand Banks dory, Norwegian sailing pram Muscongus bay lobster smack Peterboro Canoe- Midwest Captain John Smith’s shallop - Pavel Nikitin Chesapeake double kayak
halvoric Posted October 26 Author #26 Posted October 26 (edited) I’m a sailor and kind of a knot nerd, so I used buntline hitches on the halyard belays and boom or snuggle hitches on the gaff (for uphaul) and boom (for the mainsheet attachment). The mess at the clew of the main I just made up and it looked right to me. Edited October 26 by halvoric Correction snuggle Scott Crouse, Bryan Woods, Canute and 7 others 9 1 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
ccoyle Posted October 26 #27 Posted October 26 Okay, I said an extra "wow" when I noticed the cloth grommets on your sails! Bryan Woods, Canute and halvoric 2 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
halvoric Posted October 26 Author #28 Posted October 26 2 hours ago, ccoyle said: Okay, I said an extra "wow" when I noticed the cloth grommets on your sails! Yes, craft store cheapie leather punch came in handy there. Canute 1 Quote Dan Current kit build(s): Chesapeake Bay Flattie Canadian Canoe 1:8
Jim Lad Posted October 27 #29 Posted October 27 I've been away for the weekend and it looks like I've missed a lot of action. She's looking great, Dan. John halvoric and Canute 1 1 Quote
Mike Collier Posted October 30 #30 Posted October 30 You did a really great job on the rigging! I wish I can do a job like that some day! halvoric 1 Quote
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