22 ft Yawl ship boat by Johngr - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64

[Johngr]

After a long period of intensive work I am back. And in parallel with HMS HOOD I decided to start a relatively small project from Vanguard Models the 22ft Yawl ship boat. The quality of the kit is excellent and so are the instructions, In fact comparing them to a similar kit from ModelExpo that I have is like night and day. 

 

 

And at the start I managed to break one of the bulkhead. Special care must be taken because MDF is relatively fragile and delicate.

 

However, I managed to fix it by putting the small pieces together.!! 

 

 

 Then all the temporary bulkheads were placed on the jig, glued and waiting for the glue to dry. 

 

[AJohnson]

I'll be really interested in following your progress as I'm currently building the VM 18ft Cutter and I am about the same stage as you.  Mine will be part of the Sparkler build log though.

[aliluke]

I'll keep an eye on this too! I did two of these kits - you can see them in my HMS Fly log - and they are very good as is VM's support. Fiddly but perfectly doable with care. They are very fragile at certain stages of the build.

[Johngr]

On 10/28/2024 at 10:49 PM, AJohnson said:

I'll be really interested in following your progress as I'm currently building the VM 18ft Cutter and I am about the same stage as you.  Mine will be part of the Sparkler build log though.

Thank you Andrew, mine is not part of any larger project and is intended as a gift to the wife for her office.

[Johngr]

On 10/29/2024 at 5:29 AM, aliluke said:

I'll keep an eye on this too! I did two of these kits - you can see them in my HMS Fly log - and they are very good as is VM's support. Fiddly but perfectly doable with care. They are very fragile at certain stages of the build.

Thank you Alistair, It really needs a lot of attention, I already managed to break two pieces but fortunately I was able to repair them.

[Johngr]

With great care the sanding  was completed and now it is the turn of the planking.

[Johngr]

Planking begins. 

 

 

[Johngr]

The wonderful smell of pear wood was irresistible to my dog who chewed all the rest of the wood for the planking. Fortunately, I had some strips of another kind of wood  in my stock and started from the beginning. Although they are on a different scale because they will be painted there will not be such a big impact on the result.

 

The planking is done, and I gave it a coat of putty with a wet finger for a smoother surface and easier sanding.

 

[Johngr]

 

The hull was sanded with 100 to 400 grit and then the internal MDF bulkheads were removed. Unfortunately, in two places the outer plank also came off together, apparently because I didn't follow Chris's advice not to use CA glue

 

 

 

 

For the repair I used the dust from a sanded toothpick combined with CA glue.

 

 

For internal sandpapering, the proxxon tool proved to be very useful.

 

 

It looks like wood pink!

 

After all this, the inner ribs were glued in place and the interior was painted with a coat of flat varnish to seal and protect the parts.

 

 

 

 

[Johngr]

For today I painted the bottom wood and the hull and installed some of the parts. Some imperfections on the hull will be covered at later stage

 

[AJohnson]

That looks very nice, what did you paint the  P.E. parts with to look like wood - really well done.  👏

Edited November 13 by AJohnson

[Johngr]

On 11/13/2024 at 10:59 PM, AJohnson said:

That looks very nice, what did you paint the  P.E. parts with to look like wood - really well done.  👏

Hi Andrew and than you very much. For the PE parts I used the Artesania Latina technique with "Micro Template for Wooden Simulation on Modeling" and the result, even though it was my first time, was really good.

[Johngr]

For today i solder and paint the anchors , the oars , paint and glue the wales and place the rubber etc.

 

 

 

 

 

And a pose where the size of 11 centimeters long is best distinguished.

 

The next tasks have to do with the placement of the anchor, oars, hooka and some other accessories such as ropes etc.
I am also preparing a base using the base from MDF which was used in the beginning for the construction of the frames.

 

 

[Nick 843]

Really nice!  Will follow this also.

Nick

[Johngr]

On 11/16/2024 at 9:41 PM, Nick 843 said:

Really nice!  Will follow this also.

Nick

Thank you Nick.

[Johngr]

The base is ready to support the boat.

 

[Johngr]

Added some extra items and this is the result.
I have to admit that I really enjoyed this little project. The materials were excellent, as were the instructions. kudos to Chris Watton for this kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AJohnson]

That looks so good, well done 👏 

[ccoyle]

Very striking!

[Paul Le Wol]

John,congratulations on finishing your yawl. Beautifully done! Is there going to be a ship in this yawl’s future?