Norwegian Sailing Pram by Venti - Model Shipways - 1:12

[Venti]

Here's the pictures I forgot! 

Going to work on her now!

 

[Venti]

Well probably a very short session tonight... The pintle straps supplied seem to be WAY too short... I might have used the wrong piece for the bottom rudder gudgeon but even so the longest one only has about 1/16" engagement with the rudder... 

I think I'll get some thin brass sheet and cut my own out. 

[Kenchington]

1 hour ago, Venti said:

the pictures I forgot! 

Very nice!

[Kenchington]

13 minutes ago, Venti said:

The pintle straps supplied seem to be WAY too short...

Yup. Especially if you wrap them around the bit of tube, as the instructions suggest.

 

Trevor

[Venti]

Lots of progress today! 

Steps 39, 40 and 48 done

 

Step 39: Pintles

     Got some 0.010" thick brass from Hobby Lobby and cut a 2mm strip out. Cut two 15mm  lengths of that and drilled some holes in the end and got started. You can see below the difference in length of these and the ones they supply... Went pretty well after I had those made. Just had to make sure the lower pin was slightly longer than the top one and then make sure to put them the in the right spot to line up with the Gudgeons. When gluing, I had to make sure it stuck to the right spot as well as keeping the pins parallel to the rudder edge. Next I did a test fit to make sure it worked and then I drilled a hole through the rudder to bolt the pintles on. Surprisingly I hit the hole on the other side very easily despite the angle I needed to drill at as you can see below. With the supplied nails, I cut them about .5mm longer than needed and tried my hand at riveting them since this seemed like an ideal piece for that. And it worked well!! It isn't neatly rounded but it definitely mushroomed out to hold it in! Success!

 

40: Display Stand

     Pretty straight forward. Biggest thing to note is the hole in the base is slightly too big for the supplied dowels. It's not so much bigger that it looks bad from one side so I used that as the top. Got it glued and square and then just filled in the gaps on the bottom with glue haha. I'm not super worried as I don't think this will be it's permanent display stand.

 

48: Oarlocks

     Another super short step but satisfying since it makes the boat look much different. I had to drill the PE parts out slightly for the nails but this was easy after glued to the pads. Pinned them with the nails and glued the oarlocks in.

 

Another very satisfying day! I'm super excited to start the the sail and rigging but not really looking forward to shaping the mast... I will try using a plane on the square parts they give but it seems most other kits give dowels so I might try my hand with the dowel first... We'll see.

 

[Venti]

Well the part I was dreading the most is done... I got the mast shaped. I decided to use the dowel and not the square pieces. I'm not sure why they couldn't have given us a smaller dowel sine we had to trim it down so much... I threw it in my drill and started trimming it with some 150 sandpaper. This was so painfully slow... So I got the bright idea to use the Dremel with a drum sander while spinning it in the drill 🤣🤣 I wish I thought of this first because it took off wood soooo fast. I had to be extremely careful though because it was so aggressive. I wish the instructions had more detailed drawings so I could at least have a diameter to aim for.... I keep regretting not spending the $30 for the drawings someone had linked in their log... Won't make that mistake again. 

I ended up making my own cleats for the mast because the laser cut ones were so small and looked ridiculous. 

I used some of the brass plate I got to make a pad for the boom but I'm not 100% happy with it. It ended up with small dents and scratches 😭 I might still use it though. 

 

[Kenchington]

Looking good!

[Venti]

Got the boom, gaff and mast done today! Boom and gaff went well, I think I beveled the ends too much so they're pretty small but should be fine. I also sanded the pad on the mast for the boom so it looks significantly better. I haven't glued it on yet because I'm not sure where it needs to be exactly.

 

I got the mast 99% done. All that's left is to drill some holes and then I can start putting it all together... Easier said than done I think... I got too excited and didn't quite follow the instructions for the mast. Once the 8" x 12" and 3" x 12" sheets were dry I traced the parts needed to be cut and cut them all out. I then just glued them on one at a time until finished.  I think the instructions way is harder to make mistakes but thankfully I had no issues.