S/S Bohuslän by puckotred - Nordic Class Boats/Türkmodel - Scale 1:45 - abandoned

[puckotred]

Some more of the cafeteria.

 

 

 

 

The ship has not been at it's usual place for 3 days now. trying to get some pics of her interior colour scheme.

[puckotred]

Hello,

 

Work continuing slowly.

 

Planking fore deck:

 

 

 

 

Then on to details of the cafeteria in the aft:

 

 

 

 

 

Staircase:

 

 

 

 

Planking underway:

 

 

 

The cafeteria part looks nothing like the real thing. Not even the measurements. I was thinking of adding some small detail (like pictures on the wall, wallpaper etc) but to get it accurate I'd have to rebuild the whole interior. And I don't feel like doing that. So it will have to be a stylized version of "Bohuslän". 

As you can see the painting is quite sloppy, but it will be dimly lit and not show (I hope). The guy who paints the interior is not very accurate when he mixes new colours so it differs quite a bit on the original as well.

 

After this build I'll stick to building sailing ships. "Modern" ships isn't really that fun...

[puckotred]

Planking of cafeteria:

 

 

 

 

 

The original floor is darker but I only varnished the planks so there will be some contrast against the tables and chairs.

 

And here is some tables:

 

 

 

The ply for the tables and chairs is 0.5 mm and extremely bristle. brushing the ply with sanding sealer gave it enough strength for assembling.

 

On to glue 30 chairs....

Edited August 10, 2014 by puckotred

[Mirabell61]

Looking good Mr. Puco,

 

very nice that you are Fitting out interior / furniture etc...

 

Nils

[puckotred]

Thank you Nils,

The interior is included with the kit. Hopefully it will look cozy with the lightning.

 

 

 

 

[puckotred]

I HATE SMALL chairs made of ply that crumbles if you stare at it too hard.

But now they're done. All 27 of them.

 

Here's six:

 

 

I have since painted the cushions using Model Master's Gun Metal. It was adequate as that worn leather look.

 

Now on to attaching  the benches, tables and chairs to the deck.

[puckotred]

Hello,

While waiting for some paint to arrive from England I thought I could do the upper cabins.

 

Outside panels:

 

 

 

Some wallpaper on the inside:

 

 

Windowframes:

 

 

Windows mounted (scrathces from mat underneath):

 

 

Front:

 

 

and a double doors:

 

 

The doors where 5 mm too tall and about 3 mm too wide. Extremely sloppy considering it is laser cut! Had a hard time with frames breaking when I was sanding the opening wider. Not happy!!!

 

Then I discovered this:

 

The main deck is apparently curving upwards at the aft. there is no hint of this in the plans. They show planking following the top of the frames, but then there's no curve. Almost 10 mm gap at most. The walls of the upper cabins are curved for this but I did not realize it was that much. Looking at the few pictures I could find of this model shows no curve either.I have no I dea how to fix this. I thought I could maybe mount some scrap strip on top of the rear windows. 

 

Then I discovered the next catastrophe:

 

A gap from the upper cabin walls to the front of almost 5 mm!!! No way to attach upper deck there. And this is LASER CUT!?!

 

 

The light from the LEDs will spill out here.

 

 

 

Shaving off the top of the front will free the window frames and the doors on each side. Cutting the bottom cuts the doorframe. Since the doors where too big, there's no marginals left!!!

 

To say the least I'm really pissed off right now!

 

Will take another look at this the day after tomorrow since tomorrow I have some real boats to renovate.

 

   

[GuntherMT]

This is a very interesting and unique model, nice work, very interesting to watch.

[testazyk]

Fascinating build and it's looking good!  Looks like the problem with the curved wall sections is resolving itself.  I had a similar problem with the cutaway I'm working on now.  I found sometimes you can put in bracing where it won't show or even a stringer that might look like crown molding or skirting.  Plus putting the roof on usually helps to.

[Mirabell61]

Hi Mr. Pucko,

 

so sorry to see those built-in misfits by the kit manufacturer you are encountered with in the moment. I hope that you are not too discouraged disappointed as your recently achieved build Status looks so well already

 

Nils

[puckotred]

Thanks for visiting Nils.

Sorry to say that Bohuslän is on hold. Think I'll have to do a lot of the panels from scratch and I'm not ready for that right now.

In the meanwhile I'm rigging a Pegasus model and masting one called Amphion. Hopefully the Pinco Genovese from Euromodel is on it's way soon.

[burnside63]

Great build.  I am currently building the s/s Mariefred from NCB.  Also my first non-rigged ship in a long time.  This has been a fun build so far.  Not too stressful.  I have the log at http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9228-ss-mariefred-by-burnside63-nordic-class-boats/.  I am also lighting her.  Little different lighting this one due to multiple cabins on multiple decks. 

[puckotred]

Since burnside63 told me about others having this kit without the mismatch pieces I contacted Turkmodel. Mr. Selvi answered quickly and confirmed that they had some adjustment issues on the first batch of this kit. They are sending me replacement parts ASAP. So I'm back on track again. But now I have four builds going simultaneously 

 

Thank you burnside63 for kick-starting me on this one.

Edited February 17, 2015 by puckotred

[Mirabell61]

Mr. Puko,

 

glad you are on track again, wish you all the best for a good success

 

Nils

[uheynitz]

Hello, Mr. Pucko,

Good News, I guess. I am actually working at "Bohuslän" an I have been a little afraid of mismatches awaiting me (in Moment I'm still working at the hull).

Now I'm exited to realize what batch my kit is from   !

I will let you know. 

All the best

Uwe

[burnside63]

Glad to see you are back at it.  Cannot wait to finish the Mariefred so I can tackle the Bohuslan.

[catopower]

Hello Puckotred,

 

I too am glad to see you picking it up again! It's such a nice looking ship. I'm looking forward to building this one eventually.

 

Clare

[puckotred]

Hello all

 

I've been doing some odds and ends on the Bohuslän.

 

Oak stain on the front deck:

 

Aft wall of cafeteria did not fit so good. It may be me having trouble getting the planks to lay flush to the frames aft.

Filler, sanding and paint plus the sofas will hide this mess I hope.

 

The lip of the windows where marked with the lasercutter. They would disappear when painted so I cut some silver wire and made a rather simple ornament.

 

 

I tried doing the curly bit on the ends but it was impossible (for me) to get them all identical so I went for the simple variation.

 

 

First of many, many, many coats of paint.

 

 

No portholes included so I ordered from CMB.

 

Companionway and "lifebelt boxes"

 

Kind if weathered look.

 

The plywood is very bristle and breaks all the time. 

 

Well, I'll be doing some rigging again on my other builds for a while so the next update will not be too soon.

Edited March 1, 2015 by puckotred

[puckotred]

Well, I could not keep away. Just had to do a little more...

 

Finished the cafeteria

 

   

 

 

Started attaching the roof. Does not fit at aft. Have to do some thinking on how to fix that.

 

 

Testing lightning. The windows are dim since the protective film is still on.

 

 

 

 

From aft.

 

 

 

 

[Nirvana]

Puckotred, nice development and progress. That light lifts the whole ship to another level.

[puckotred]

Small update:

 

new piece from Turkey

 

Door openings still too small. Turkmodel: "Doors not meant to be functional. Glue them to wall."

 

Fitting the upper cabinswalls. 

 

The walls have a strong curve upwards at the aft that the deck, or anything else has, have to fill up with strips.

 

Painting and fitting some other stuff

[puckotred]

Cabin construction continues.

 

Not much to say here.

 

 

 

 

next up is furniture.

[puckotred]

Just a quick note:

If anyone wonder about the hideous wallpaper on my model, here's a pic from the real ship:

 

[puckotred]

Furniture in rear cabin. (Smoking room)

 

 

 

 

 

Mid cabin.

 

 

Size and proportions are all wrong, quite irritating.

Manual is also wrong here. The benches to the right should not be here but in the foremost cabin.

Will see if the CA-debonder can fix the problem...

[Mirabell61]

Looks very good Mr. Pucko,

 

Looks like you have overcome the mismatching parts and you are haveing fun again in Fitting out the interior and ist furniture

 

Nils

[Stockholm tar]

Puckotred,

 

You're doing a very good job on her, and I didn't quite realise how big she is. Re. the wallpaper. If that's what the wallpaper is, then... I can also see that re-working the interior must be a pain, but then what a joy to get it correct! Yours could be the only model Bohuslan like that.

 

Btw, re. the hull. Good idea about the lips over the windows, but have you ever thought about adding the rivets? I believe you can buy packs of rivet heads.

 

 

[puckotred]

Another error in the building instructions.

 

The marked area is upside down.

 

 

had to soak the whole area in debonder to rebuild and is now right side up. The construction is for one of the masts to rest in.

Edited March 17, 2015 by puckotred

[puckotred]

Hi all,

Just realized I have not thanked you for the comments. Stockholm tar, Nils, Nirvana, Uwe, Burnside63 and Clare: Thank you for visiting and commenting my log. And tanks to the others for the likes.

 

Now, curtains(?!):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planking the deck is up next.

 

Stockholm tar, no rivets. So many details are missing and/or wrong on this kit so I won't bother with them. 

Edited March 18, 2015 by puckotred

[puckotred]

Planking of second deck

 

 

 

 

 

Outside benches on second deck.

 

 

 

11 strips of 1x1mm to make up the seats.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 27, 2015 by puckotred

[puckotred]

Building the benches in aft of second deck:

 

 

 

 

Lots of strips (1x1mm) to fit.

 

 

Staining. I apply the stain with a brush to give it a little weathering effect.

 

 

 

 

 

Next is varnish and then do the rest of the benches along the cabin walls.

 

 

Oh, and happy Easter!