HMS Winchelsea 1764 by shauer - 1:48

[Freebird]

Just found your Winnie build log Steve. Very nice start, keep up the good work!

 

Best Regards .... Rick

[shauer]

Thank you, Rick.

 

Completed the starboard side planking above the Wales.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

 

Spent a few hours fairing the planks and applied a light coat of poly to seal the wood for now.

 

Again, not too worried about the lower 5 strakes as these will all have a second layer added

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

 

 

[scrubbyj427]

Looking good!

[glbarlow]

Nice planking, those gun ports are a challenge to frame.

[shauer]

Thank you Glenn, I cannot say that I enjoyed planking around the gun ports, but it is very satisfying to be done with that task.      I cannot imagine doing three decks of gun ports.

 

Completed the port side above the Wales.

 

 

And a couple other views.  Faired the planking down to 320 grit and then a thin coat of poly.  Figure I need another session of sanding with finer grit on both sides before I consider this portion complete.

 

 

 

 

Started with dry fitting the drop planks last night.  Used a small amount of water and my hand iron to get the planks to relax into the bulkheads.  It looks like only some minor adjustment of the laser cut planks will be needed.  Just a little gap between the lower edge of the planks and the first bulkhead.

 

 

Looking to complete the first two strakes below the Wales this week and start on the Wales and black plank maybe this weekend.

 

Steve

[Chuck]

That looks very good...nicely done.  Oh and more chapter 3 sets will be done tomorrow and available.

 

Chuck

[FrankWouts]

Nice progress and very good looking gun ports and planking Steve!

Frank.

[shauer]

Progress was a little slower than I expected this week.  I got the two strakes below the Wales completed after wrestling with a drop plank and getting the planks to meet at the lower counter neatly.  I didn't achieve the perfect seam I have seen on some projects but I think it will work out alright once the 1/8 inch molding is applied.

 

I also received my order of the next few chapters plus the resin castings.  Thanks Chuck!

 

After my first couple attempts at getting the taper correct, I resorted to popping loose the end of the drop plank so that I had some minimal adjustment to get a tight joint both above and below the tapered plank.  

 

 

I struggled with the first strake below the Wales where it joins the lower counter.  I could not get a nice neat mitered joint that also lined up neatly with the corner between the lower counter and the lowest plank of the Wales.  So I resorted to just letting the hull planks lap the lower counter.  I figure I can hide this under the 1/8 inch wide molding that is placed along this seam.  Anyone have other thoughts on this? 

 

 

This is only rough sanded, it will clean up a little more with a final finish sand.

 

 

And of course I just had to get the figurehead placed on the bow to see what it looks like. 

 

 

I'm working today on edge-painting the planks that will be used for the top and bottom strakes of the Wales and will start installing them this week.

 

Steve

[FrankWouts]

Yeah, nice milestone to put the figurehead on for a picture Steve! Well done and nice hard work!

Frank.

[shauer]

After sleeping on it and briefly looking at my model this morning, the way the bottom planks meet the lower counter on my model is bugging me more.  I will likely rip up those 4 planks and try it again along with doing a better job of fairing the run of the planks into the tuck.

 

Frank - I was looking at your build log which I have been referring to several times.  There is a picture of this area at the beginning of page 8 of your build log that shows me what I may need to do.  I was attempting to get the bottom surface of the plank even with the very bottom aft corner of the Wales.  Doing this makes it impossible for the plank to also be in position to be flush with the bottom of the lower counter.  From the picture of your project below, I highlighted what looks like the bottom plank being slightly recessed into the lower counter relative to the Wales.  Looks like the bottom aft corner of the Wales is proud of the first plank (green line).  Doing this would resolve my problem.  Can you confirm this is what you did?

 

Marked image from Frank's build:

 

Steve