HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Peter S - Vanguard Models - 1:64

[Peter S]

This will be my 2nd build. I bought this model following all the great recommendations from this forum. I know I won't be disappointed. Now the holiday season is over and a new year has begun it is time to start work on the model. I had previously opened the packaging and checked out the contents so am quite excited to get started. 

 

I will try and keep up to date with the log but am definitely not up to the standards that others have set. Have been reviewing most of the logs and looking at some online videos. Plenty of good material to reference which I am sure to need.

 

 

[Peter S]

Started work today. First step was to remove the bulkheads and then chamfer as required. Removed the spine and started attaching the bulkheads. Found that they were a very tight fit and required some force to get them into the correct position. All was going well until Bulkhead 2 then disaster struck. The bulkhead split into two right at the spine. Now thinking about the best way to address this. Have stopped work for today to mull it over. The photo below shows the offending piece.

 

 

[ccoyle]

11 hours ago, Peter S said:

All was going well until Bulkhead 2 then disaster struck.

 

Just use wood glue and glue the two halves in separately. It should hold.

[palmerit]

12 hours ago, Peter S said:

All was going well until Bulkhead 2 then disaster struck. The bulkhead split into two right at the spine. Now thinking about the best way to address this.

As @ccoyle said, just glue in place and maybe let it cure overnight before adding the other bracing pieces going the other direction. There is so much engineered redundancy in Vanguard models that it should all be fine. You could add some additional bracing pieces (after finishing the skeleton) between the broken piece and the adjacent pieces if you want to be completely sure. 

 

The Vanguard pieces often need a bit of filing so that they don't fit so snuggly that they snap when you push them into position. Snug is what you want, but too snug can be too much. This is way better than some models that do the opposite: I saw a recent YouTube video of someone who focuses entirely on Occre models and its skeleton with bulkheads inserted shook like a set of castanets - if you turned it upside down, they'd all fall out.

Edited Thursday at 07:37 PM by palmerit

[Peter S]

Thanks @ccoyle and @palmerit. I was thinking (hoping) that might be the best approach. I also thought about cutting a thin brace on either side straddling the break. Will try just gluing in place first. Am sure once the keel supports and lower deck pattern has been installed it will be plenty strong enough.

 

Thanks for the comments.

[Peter S]

Glued the broken piece in place and left it overnight. All looked good today so continued on with the next steps. All was going well until I noticed that one of the frames (#2 the one I broke!) was sitting a little lower than it should. Looks like I had glued it slightly lower than it should be. I didn't notice this until I was adding the lower deck pattern. Ended up removing the broken piece (again) and the reseating and gluing in the correct position. No damage done and with all the other pieces now added, the broken piece is held in place securely. Phew! 

 

Whilst adding the longitudinal support patterns, I managed to break one of those (two thumbs at the moment!!). Not a big deal as I just glued it as two pieces and all is well.

 

A good morning's work done. Time to let the glue dry before attempting the next steps.

 

 

 

 

[palmerit]

4 minutes ago, Peter S said:

Whilst adding the longitudinal support patterns, I managed to break one of those (two thumbs at the moment!!). Not a big deal as I just glued it as two pieces and all is well.

While building my Sherbourne, I broke the stern end a couple times being clumsy. Was good experience on gluing broken pieces back together and being more careful.