Bluenose II by bnw - Artesania Latina - 1:75

[bnw]

23 minutes ago, Kenchington said:

I would leave it as you have it. Bluenose II does not have extra-wide margin plans around her house, so yours is closer to the prototype than the kit version!

 

Trevor

Tnx, that's a great thing to hear! 

You are right, I have looked at some images and the smaller frame is closer to the real one!

[bnw]

Today, I encountered the first part that I really struggled with!

I am still pretty happy with the result, given that almost every task in building a wooden modelship is new to me, but this is something I still need to get better at!

 

I was adding more planks on the deck, but as per manual, I have to make some cutouts in the curved outer plank. And that part, I did not find easy.....

 

[bnw]

okay, still room for improvement, but with every new plank, my skills are growing a tiny bit!

And maybe more important: I like doing this! I can’t put it aside, it’s addictive!

 

Edited Friday at 07:29 PM by bnw

[Kenchington]

Nice joggling of the planks!

 

Trevor

[TerryPat]

 

Did this ease your mind a little? As in no worry regarding shrinkage? Or even expansion?

[bnw]

15 hours ago, TerryPat said:

 

Did this ease your mind a little? As in no worry regarding shrinkage? Or even expansion?

Yes thank you! It would be a pitty if you put a lot of effort in it and the planks would curl up in dry times!

[TerryPat]

40 minutes ago, bnw said:

Yes thank you! It would be a pitty if you put a lot of effort in it and the planks would curl up in dry times!

Right.. My dad was in process of planking a plank on frame kit and a water pipe above his workbench sprung a leak and ot soaked his model. It made a warped mess of it when it dried. He threw away in disgust.  That is of course extreme

[Loracs]

@bnw, this is quite a nice deck planking. Very well done. Would you mind sharing a little bit more on how you made the cutouts in the curved outer plank with such precision?   This is something I would like to do... but would like to tap in your experience first.

[bnw]

8 hours ago, Loracs said:

@bnw, this is quite a nice deck planking. Very well done. Would you mind sharing a little bit more on how you made the cutouts in the curved outer plank with such precision?   This is something I would like to do... but would like to tap in your experience first.

Thanks! To be honest, if you take a closer look, it can be done even more precise as what I did, but as said, this is all new to me, so I am quite happy with it.

When I will do the front part of the deck, I may take some pictures how I did this.

But actually I did it as per instructions.

 

First I cut the plank as in this image:

 

After that I placed it in position (no glue yet) and with a sharp pencil I drew the outline on the glued plank, which has to be cut.

 

After that I cut the part away, using a steel ruler and a sharp knife.

 

This part I found difficult to do as precise as needed, so when looking closer you will find some narrow slits, but overall not too bad.

 

Maybe someone has an idea how to nicely fill these slits?

I was thinking about a wood filings/glue mixture, but because I have blackened the sides of the planks to simulate the caulking, I am afraid that it will be worse than when I leave it as it is now.

Edited Saturday at 10:14 PM by bnw

[bnw]

I was wondering: in several built logs I see that people coated/varnished the deck before going on.

I do understand that it will be easier to coat the deck while there is nothing on it.

But I can also imagine that it might be better to glue the cabins and other details directly on the uncoated deck, instead of glueing them on a layer of coating.

 

Maybe more in general: at which moments can you best coat the several parts of a ship? (Deck, details, hull,....)

[TerryPat]

28 minutes ago, bnw said:

I was wondering: in several built logs I see that people coated/varnished the deck before going on.

I do understand that it will be easier to coat the deck while there is nothing on it.

But I can also imagine that it might be better to glue the cabins and other details directly on the uncoated deck, instead of glueing them on a layer of coating.

 

Maybe more in general: at which moments can you best coat the several parts of a ship? (Deck, details, hull,....)

 

I'm at the same point with both my current builds. One deck is done in a linseed oil based wipe on. The other will be done in the same wipe on or shellac. If using yellow PVA wood glue, such as Titebond, the manufacturer states the varnish like coatings will prevent the glue from penatrating the wood fibers which is what give the glue it's strength. 

I used the Tightbond on a trim piece glued directly to a shellac surface with no problem. There is no tension with that trim piece.  I also used CA super glue on a different trim piece directly to shellac without issue. Seems like the super glue works really well in that case. Most deck fixtures don't need much glue strength to hold them down. I'll probably use mostly super glue on my deck fixtures.  Hope that helps. Hopefully some other builders with more experience will chime in.

BTW.. You can test with wood scraps to see how well wood holds to the type of coating you want to use

Edited Sunday at 12:14 PM by TerryPat