Newport by Jolly Jo - Mamoli - Scale 1:57

[Jolly Jo]

looked nice but not too simplistic and toy-ish. Something to learn the ropes, literally, before tackling a more serious build.

 

In the end the ship should be displayed as a waterline model under full sail.

 

Looking at the build logs of theoracle09 and maso and their Newport models (here and here) encouraged me to keep going and that I was doing okay so far (I think).

 

As of now I finished planking the hull.

 

The transom in picture 11 was just loosely put in place and as I didn't like the flat top I added another stripe and shaped it round. All the pictures I found of these vessels showed curved transoms. 
The Lynx/Mosquidobit schooner build of SaltyScott which I am totally excited about and all the wisdom posted there confirmed my resolution.

 

[Dr PR]

All right! Another schooner build!!

 

You did a nice job on the planking.

[Jolly Jo]

1 hour ago, Dr PR said:

All right! Another schooner build!!

 

You did a nice job on the planking.

Thank you very much!

[Jolly Jo]

I made a jig to cut the deck planks

 

Later I added another jig to poke the fake nail marks

 

Then I cut out the gun ports and shaped a piece to add to the transom (the black line on top is left from tracing the shape with a pencil)

 

Shaping the caprail didn't go that well because it cracked. I'll let it dry over night and hope to fix it tomorrow.

Edited Sunday at 09:28 PM by Jolly Jo

[Jolly Jo]

Fortunately I was able to glue the cracked caprail. But as I just went with the shape of the bow on the first piece, It isn't shaped right going aft (yet).
So today I grabbed some scrap wood, shaped it like the complete side of the hull and glued it on a base plate so it doesn't bend.

The caprail wood was soaked over night and held over a pot with boiling water. Then I did some gentle bending, clamped it on the sides with spring clamps, loosely fitted the F-clamps and carefully pulled them tighter.

 

I also redid the "frame" on the stern. I thought it was too thick and bulky so I reshaped it and now I'm happy with it

 

When I loosely laid out the deck planks I thought they are off in scale too much. A model plank is 4mm wide which would make 228mm on the real ship (although it's fictional, I know)...
Thanks to the great literature post on Schooners SaltyScott started I've ordered Howard Chapelle's "The Baltimore Clipper" and Karl Heinz Marquardt's "The Global Schooner". Hopefully I can determine the correct width of the deck planks or at least a plausible range.
Splitting my planks into 2mm would make for 114mm in reality. That sounds plausible...
Also I would like to make cover boards.

Edited Monday at 06:32 PM by Jolly Jo

[Dr PR]

228 mm (9 inches) might not be too wide for deck planks. I have seen references to vessels with wide deck planks. However all the vessels I have been on have had deck planks closer to the 114 mm (4.5 inches). Splitting the 4 mm planks will be tricky. When you start to split wood the split tends to follow the wood grain. Unless the planmnks were cut exactly parallel to the wood grain you will get a lot of scrap wood.

 

You can buy 2 mm planks from model lumber supply companies.

 

I don't recall either Chapelle or Marquardt discussing what the deck plank width was. However, there are some lists of materials that were purchased for specific vessels that might give the deck plank dimensions. For example, Chapelle's The Baltimore Clipper on page 168 lists material for H.M. schooner Spider of 1815 that says deck planks were 7 inches wide.

[Jolly Jo]

Phil,

thanks a lot for the advice and information!

 

I don't think I will or can be as accurate as Mark but rather then just going along with the plan and material provided to "just" learn the basics, my idea is to make improvements were I can to get a result I am still happy with in the years to come when I hope I'll be an experienced modeler.