Naval Cutter Alert 1777 by serikoff - 1:48 - two hulls: skeleton and fully planked and rigged - based on Trident Model hull

[serikoff]

Carvel Planking. 

 

I glued 5x1 mm wide boards with liquid CA, pressing and pouring the glue so that it would flow into the seam by capillary action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[serikoff]

Wale.

 

To make the Barkhout, I glued together four pieces from the kit and bent two separate boards using their similarity, then glued them to the frame along the profile. I glued two boards together with a locking joint and simulated the other two joints. I bent the boards by heating them with an iron after soaking them in boiling water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next up is Clinker Planking, the most difficult part, considering it will all be done in two colors: above and below the waterline, in dark and light pear.

 

[Chuck]

Really nice progress....neatly executed.

[Cpt.Barbossa]

Hello!

This kit reminds me of when I built the Alert. Therefore, I'm following your build with great interest and am curious to see what you create with the kit. I wish you continued success!

 

Andreas

Edited Saturday at 10:03 PM by Cpt.Barbossa

[serikoff]

49 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Really nice progress....neatly executed.

Thank you very much. Accuracy is of paramount importance in our hobby, I try my best.🫡

 

29 minutes ago, Cpt.Barbossa said:

Hello!

This kit reminds me of when I built the Alert. Therefore, I'm following your build with great interest and am curious to see what you create with the kit. I wish you continued success!

 

Andreas

Thank you for your interest. Well, for the most part, the work on the kit is almost complete, but work on the second and main hull is just beginning, so to speak. The most interesting part is yet to come.🤫

Edited Saturday at 10:31 PM by serikoff

[LoydB]

The sheer quantity and quality of your photos is amazing. 

[serikoff]

17 hours ago, LoydB said:

The sheer quantity and quality of your photos is amazing. 

Thank you. But I'll tell you a secret: this is just a short description. There's an extended version with many more photos. 😜

[serikoff]

Planking under the stern.

 

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[serikoff]

Planking under the stern.

 

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[serikoff]

Diagonal planking under the stern.

 

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[serikoff]

Clinker Planking.

 

1/6

 

September 2025

 

I'd like to show you my method for installing planks that mimics Clinker Planking.

The planks are installed as usual, end-to-end, but a spacer is placed under one of the planks near the joint, creating a step that mimics Clinker Planking.

 

But first, I'd like to clarify that before I started covering the pieces, I polished them and coated them with Danish oil. I did this so I could choose the right pieces by color. This helps prevent severe discoloration if I glue everything together without looking.

 

 

 

This is what I chose from such a quantity of material.

 

 

 

I have already done the work under the stern and now it is time to sheathe the sides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I try not to make connections, but to glue them in one piece and then apply an imitation of the connection, but here, due to a shortage of the necessary material, I had to make a connection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by serikoff

[yvesvidal]

Incredible and beautiful work. I like the 3D printing approach for the frames.

Quite unusual and smart.

 

Yves

[serikoff]

Clinker Planking.

 

2/6

 

Creating a color transition along the waterline.

 

As I mentioned, I use light-colored uiheib? for the planking above the waterline and dark-colored uiheib? for the planks below. To ensure a perfect fit, I created this jig for cutting the planks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by serikoff

[serikoff]

Clinker Planking.

 

3/6

 

Creating a color transition along the waterline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by serikoff

[serikoff]

7 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

Incredible and beautiful work. I like the 3D printing approach for the frames.

Quite unusual and smart.

 

Yves

Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I spent a long time searching for a way to quickly and accurately duplicate the entire hull so that I could implement my plan.

[serikoff]

Clinker Planking.

 

4/6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again, I try to avoid joints between boards, but due to a shortage of materials, I had to select boards that would fit the correct joints. There weren't many of them. I'll mostly be faking the joints later. 

 

The joints naturally run along the double frames. But not in the center as I indicated (that was a mistake, which I later corrected, Initially, I thought about doing it one way, but I chose the most reliable one), but behind the paired frames, since these joints are not touching but overlapping one plank over the other. I'll discuss this in more detail later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by serikoff

[serikoff]

Clinker Planking.

 

5/6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due to a slight difference in length between the sides, one side was missing a couple of millimeters. I decided to make the board thicker, but the pattern would have been different with a different cut, so I had to glue two boards together so there would be virtually no seam and do it that way. It's a shame, of course, but this board is near the keel and in the center, so it's practically invisible, which saves the situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The insert is practically invisible during normal viewing. And since the ship won't be capsizing, it will be difficult to see.

Edited 23 hours ago by serikoff

[serikoff]

Clinker Planking.

 

6/6

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the result:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fitting (not gluing) the sternpost.

 

 

 

 

 

This isn't the final result yet. There's still a lot of work to do. But the second hull's deck (the one you just saw) is next. Don't switch off.

 

[yvesvidal]

Absolutely amazing. I love the precision of your work, color of the wood and the way you approach the various tasks.

 

Such perfection.

 

Yves