HMS Greyhound by Old Collingwood - Corel

[Old Collingwood]

I decided today  (well the admiral did)  to tidy out a cupboard  so I could better home my boat bits, very good job was done so it was  double rum and biscuits,    after doing this it inspired me to work out my next progress with the build.

It occured to me that the hatchway with steps (still needed steps)  anyway  its right next to where the capstan will be located (and as I dont want any accident claims from sailors falling down the hatch whilst doing capstan duties)    I have decided to lay a few planks fitted flush with the hatch frame,   have to make the ship as safe as possible the crew will have enough to contend with during battle.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

I believe they have a cover for the hatch when the capstan is in use anyway.   good thinking   

[Old Collingwood]

Thanks mate,   yep thats what I thought   I  didn't want any sailors putting insurance claims in against the captain.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Good day folks,   I found a bit of mojo so I decided to attack the boat yard,   I decided to work on the hatch that needs covering next to the capstan first,  my idea is to put two supports a mil (mm)  ot two below the hatch frame, then when these two supports are set I will lay some boards across the supports.

While this was setting I decided to do another temporary cover in the shape of a gratting, this will cover the second hatchway from the bow,   the idea here is during action the gun deck will need as much free space as possible, so the captain would order as many hatchways to be covered as possible, but to still keep some light and air getting to the lower deck, a gratting was used aswell as boards.

So I constructed a gratting and sanded it to fit, then droped this into place in the forward (second from bow) hatchway.

 

I also started work on one of the stair cases (very fiddly delicate work)

 

Here are a few pics folks.

 

Oh also  sincere thanks to all who take the time to view my work, comment  and hit the like button.

 

OC.

[mtaylor]

OC,

In battle, all the gratings would have been sent below.  As for the steps and capstan, the steps would only need to be covered when using the capstan.   i like the utility of what you're doing for that hatchway.

Edited April 15, 2018 by mtaylor

[Old Collingwood]

13 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

OC,

In battle, all the gratings would have been sent below.  As for the steps and capstan, the steps would only need to be covered when using the capstan.   i like the utility of what you're doing for that hatchway.

Thanks mark,   with the hatch nearest the capstan I decided to attach to side pieces to hold a few sections of planks,   but with the added grating   "shhhhh  dont tell anyone - I cheated,   as I dont have enough ladder making material to make three seperate ladders - so I threw a grating in there instead"

 

OC.

 

Edited April 15, 2018 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

More progress today (I dont know whats a matter with me - Two days on the trot)     anyway  I finnished the first set of stairs  (my first attempt ever) , then I cut and fitted the boards to cover the hatch near the capstan.

 

Here's the pics folks  - 

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

More progress with the steps today,  as the weather has changed again  so some bench time was calling me,   I finnished  the steps by cutting the length to suit the deck height, then after a bit of sanding to get a tight but accurate fit, I applied a small amount of pva and set them in place, after a few hours I finnished with a coat of flat top coat to seal them in.

 

Just the one photo -

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Got myself some Gorilla PVA today, so im expecting even better levels of adhesion.

 

OC.

[Landlubber Mike]

12 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Got myself some Gorilla PVA today, so im expecting even better levels of adhesion.

 

OC.

That's what I use:

 

https://www.gorillatough.com/product/gorilla-wood-glue/

 

I haven't tried Titebond or some of the other glues people use here, but the Gorilla glue dries clear and has very good adhesive power.  It's all I've been using since starting the hobby.

[Old Collingwood]

8 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

That's what I use:

 

https://www.gorillatough.com/product/gorilla-wood-glue/

 

I haven't tried Titebond or some of the other glues people use here, but the Gorilla glue dries clear and has very good adhesive power.  It's all I've been using since starting the hobby.

Thanks for the good word mike.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

A little more progress tonight,  firstly I discovered my own design fault with the extended forecastle deck,  the edge of this ends close to the second canon port opening,  and a ladder was supposed to be placed here,   but it would be in the way of the canon and  working crew,   I thought about building a small deck extention (lke on the Victory from her poop deck)    but that wont look right,  so I decided to create a small verticle ladder fitted against the forward bulkhead,  possibly with a rope secured into both decks by a ring attachment.

 

I aslo worked on and fitted the two knightheads, from a piece of 1.5 1mm that had to be reduced in thickness by 50% where it fits against the front curved bulwark.

 

Pictures tomorrow.

 

OC.

Edited April 24, 2018 by Old Collingwood

[Piet]

Ah, finally caught up with you OC.  Very nice work, impressive.

 

Cheers,

[Old Collingwood]

25 minutes ago, Piet said:

Ah, finally caught up with you OC.  Very nice work, impressive.

 

Cheers,

Thank you so much for the kind words and looking in

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

As promissed here are the photos from the front bulkhead ladder (I decided to paint it red ocre to match the bulkhead)  and also the knightheads  that have received a coat of black paint.

 

OC.

[marktiedens]

Nice clean work O.C.  I really like the colors you are using.

 

Mark

[Old Collingwood]

21 hours ago, marktiedens said:

Nice clean work O.C.  I really like the colors you are using.

 

Mark

Thank you mark.

 

OC.

[donrobinson]

Totally agree with Mark about the colours, looking great

[zappto]

Very neat work you have done, i like your paint work, done very well!

[Old Collingwood]

4 hours ago, donrobinson said:

Totally agree with Mark about the colours, looking great

Thnak you don,  very nice of you to say

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

38 minutes ago, zappto said:

Very neat work you have done, i like your paint work, done very well!

Thank yo so much for saying that.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Hi all,    today I got round to finishing of fitting the ladder on the poop deck, after fitting and gluing,   a liitle bit of  light sanding was done  then I  applied a coat of top coat.

 

Siincere thanks to all those who view/like and  comment on my build.

 

Here's a couple of current build pics.

 

OC.

[Piet]

Looking really nice OC.

 

Cheers,

[Old Collingwood]

29 minutes ago, Piet said:

Looking really nice OC.

 

Cheers,

Thank you so much,  its getting there - bit by bit.

 

OC/

[Kevin]

really nice work OC, i have been fairly quiet on the forums, but still here watching the progress

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, Kevin said:

really nice work OC, i have been fairly quiet on the forums, but still here watching the progress

Thank you kevin,  very kind words.

 

OC.

[rafine]

Coming along beautifully OC.

 

Bob

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, rafine said:

Coming along beautifully OC.

 

Bob

Thank you so much bob,   Im starting to add some of the small  attachments to the deck now.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

she's look'in super OC........ladder installs look great   

[Old Collingwood]

11 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

she's look'in super OC........ladder installs look great   

Thank you sincerely mate   Im at the (get the fittings done  covered by the poop deck)  stage  these are two 9pdr canons (Im going with the cast carvings as 1/100 scale is too tiny to make them from wood)  they are getting the filling down process to clean them up including making the wheels slightly narrower,  they will just have the breaching rope attached and painted up accordingly.

Also to go in place will be the ships wheel and compass base also any fittings along the bulwark that would have been fitted under the poop deck area.

 

OC.