Steam Schooner Wapama 1915 by Paul Le Wol - Scale 1/72 = From Plans Drawn By Don Birkholtz Sr.

[Paul Le Wol]

39 minutes ago, Glen McGuire said:

I agree with Keith.  Your work looks about as flawless as possible.

Hi Glen, I appreciate your Comments very much!

[Paul Le Wol]

Hi Everyone, hope you are all doing fine. Thanks to all for the Comments and Likes! This update starts with the making of the waterways for the foc'sle deck. They were cut from a sheet of 1/16" AYC and sanded to shape.

 

 

 

 

The coamings are made by layering three  1/16" x 3/16" strips. The waterways were scribed to show where the center plank is located and pins were placed to support it while it was attached with CA.

 

 

The outer plank was glued to the center plank and the waterway with white PVA

 

 

 

 

 

 

The inner planks were glued to the center planks and the waterways also with PVA. The  thickness of the inner plank was tapered to 1/32" because the coaming gets narrower towards the aft end.

 

 

I made a sanding stick long enough to span the deck and sanded the tops smooth

 

 

The coaming across the aft edge of the deck was installed and after some sanding it went to the paint booth

 

 

The deck planking was laid out to where it stops at the pad for the anchor winch. The 18" x 18" bitt slides into the hole that was left in the bulkhead former

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The planking from the winch pad aft and the forward planking didn't match in width so the next planks on either side of the pad needed a width adjustment.

 

 

 

 

The  smaller bitts port and starboard were the next obstacles. A small pad was glued to the bottom of these bitts to to help them sit vertically when they are glued to the horizontal bulkhead spacer just below the subdeck

 

 

The last planks go and get all fancy. They will be covered in the next update

 

 

 

 

Hope to see you then 

[Coyote_6]

Beautiful craftsmanship, beautiful wood.  Very pleasing to the eye sir.

[wefalck]

The small pad under the bit to slide under the deck is actually a clever idea 👍🏻

[Paul Le Wol]

27 minutes ago, Coyote_6 said:

Beautiful craftsmanship, beautiful wood.  Very pleasing to the eye sir.

 

13 minutes ago, wefalck said:

The small pad under the bit to slide under the deck is actually a clever idea 👍🏻

Gentlemen, thank you for your generous comments. They mean a lot to me!

[Keith Black]

 A new post is alway a treat seeing more of your beautiful work, Paul.  

[Paul Le Wol]

35 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

 A new post is alway a treat seeing more of your beautiful work, Paul.  

Hi Keith, thank you for your kind words.

[steamschooner]

Paul, I have been following along with your build and you are doing a super great job. Not knowing the level of detail you plan I am reluctant to point out a detail as I don't want to sound like I am critizing  your build.  The bitts that you show in this lastest post had hardwood corners rabbited in. In some cases were capped as well. The post with all the Wapama photos shows the corners having hardwood inserts. Also looks like metal corners were added to protect bitts from chain damage. Here is a shot of what I did on the Willapa. Keep the great work coming.

Steve

[Paul Le Wol]

10 minutes ago, steamschooner said:

Paul, I have been following along with your build and you are doing a super great job. Not knowing the level of detail you plan I am reluctant to point out a detail as I don't want to sound like I am critizing  your build.  The bitts that you show in this lastest post had hardwood corners rabbited in. In some cases were capped as well. The post with all the Wapama photos shows the corners having hardwood inserts. Also looks like metal corners were added to protect bitts from chain damage. Here is a shot of what I did on the Willapa. Keep the great work coming.

Steve

 

Hi Steve, thank you for posting the photo of your beautiful Willapa. I hope to see more. I had noticed the metal attached to the corners in Phil’s photos but for some reason I thought that they were added when she became a museum ship. I appreciate the information about the hardwood corners. There may be a few things that I let slide but overall I will try to be accurate. ( something I am not known for 😀) . Thank you so much for your Comment, I appreciate it very much!

[yvesvidal]

Such lovely and clean work. It is a pleasure to watch.

 

Yves

[Paul Le Wol]

1 hour ago, yvesvidal said:

Such lovely and clean work. It is a pleasure to watch.

 

Yves

Yves, thank you so much for your support!

[Dr PR]

Your last photo shows the outer edge planks with "hooks" that the next plank fits into. But the drawing above it shows only one plank "hooked" where a separate "nibbing strake" fits into. The subsequent planks are nibbed into this nibbing strake. In some plans the nibbing strake is called a "margin plank."

[Paul Le Wol]

4 hours ago, Dr PR said:

Your last photo shows the outer edge planks with "hooks" that the next plank fits into. But the drawing above it shows only one plank "hooked" where a separate "nibbing strake" fits into. The subsequent planks are nibbed into this nibbing strake. In some plans the nibbing strake is called a "margin plank."

Hi Phil, I did start hooding the planks too early. The next plank was going to be the one that is nibbed into the margin plank. I should change the first two hooded planks to regular planks. Thank you for pointing this out 👍

[druxey]

Late arriving to this party. That is lovely work, Paul!

[Paul Le Wol]

17 minutes ago, druxey said:

Late arriving to this party. That is lovely work, Paul!

Hi druxey, thank you very much for your Comment!