Shenandoah 1864 by SGraham - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:50 - American Civil War-era Cutter

[SGraham]

Thanks, Dave and Bindy!

[jct]

Nice...it's gonna look really good

[JesseLee]

Looking good! Cant wait to see how this planking looks when finished.

[SGraham]

Thank J and Jesse. I've gotten a couple more joggled planks done now. It's just a little bit easier than I expected it would be--and a lot more fun than hull planking.

 

Steve

[SGraham]

Still joggling away... The little mark on the second plank from the left is what happens when your knife blade breaks from being pushed too hard. Oh well, it's going to be under the starboard cathead...I hope. Ahem...make that the port cathead.

Edited April 13, 2014 by SGraham

[dgbot]

You are getting there. What some have done is use xacto chisels honed to razor edge instead of a knife this gives them more control.

Da vid B

[SGraham]

That's a good idea, David. I've got one of those and will give it a try.

 

Steve

[SGraham]

One more plank to go on the starboard side of the deck. If the waterway there looks a little ragged, that's because it is. I glued in a plank that was too narrow and proceeded to munch up things a bit getting it out. Here are some pics.

 

Steve

[src]

Steve, looking very good.

Sam

[jct]

Hey Steve,

you seem to have master the technique in very short order, nice job.

J

[SGraham]

Thanks for the kind words, Sam and J. Lots of learning involved and some more splinters for my scrap pile. I've got company coming tomorrow, so the deck will have to stay unfinisherd at least until the weekend.

 

Are you guys going to stay up to get a look at the blood moon tomorrow night?

 

Steve

[jct]

Would have liked to have been able to get some photos or it...but its seems that every, and I do mean every, astrological event occurs when we have clouded and overcast conditions...how was the view

[SGraham]

We had a totally clear sky and I missed it. I was told it was more of a grayish orange rather than a blood red. Oh well, there will be another in six months.

[jct]

That should be around Sept then,  second chance for both of us!

[@macbride]

Steve,

hadn't checked in for a while - nice deck!!

I will post a few pics from the Blood Moon earlier this month on my build log since you brought that up.

I got a great pic of the full moon and an ok pic of the blood moon (it was darker, so the pic just wasn't

as nice...)  here in Iowa it was absolutely breathtaking from 2-3am that night.  definitely worth getting up

to see!!!

 

Andy

[SGraham]

The full moon photo is very nice, but that photo of the blood moon is spectacular! Wow, I've got to stay up for the next one. I just plain forgot and fell asleep for this one.

 

Steve

[SGraham]

I decided that I didn't want to paint the hull. However, the patches of filler were really bothering me. I somehow came up with the brilliant idea of putting a darker stain on the hull to partially hide the filler. I did this without resealing the hull. I had sanded through all the sealer and forgotten that I had done so. The stain looked horrible--you can see it on one side in the following photos.

 

The stuff wouldn't sand off, so I was left with a choice between painting and putting on another layer of planking. I chose to plank. It went better and worse than the first round. When I got to the bottom of the hull beneath the transom, I decided to joggle the planks. It looks a little odd, but it's done. There's a dark scratch going up the transom from a slip of my knife. I'm not sure what to do about it. There's going to be a piece of trim going across the bottom of the transom to hide the plank ends. Here are the photos.

 

Steve

[SGraham]

Here are some photos of the replanked hull sanded down to 220 grit. I'm happier with it now and will be sure I seal before I LIGHTLY stain. Thanks for reading.

 

Steve

[Mirabell61]

nicely built ship Steve,

 

beautiful lines on that model...

 

Nils

[SGraham]

Thanks Nils. I just took a look at your SS Bohuslan. I'd love to be able to achieve that level of proficiency and artistry in my builds some day.

 

Steve

[src]

Steve,

Sorry to hear about your staining misadventure, thats frustrating. Your new planking looks good though, even the joggled ends.

Sam 

[SGraham]

Thanks Sam!

[Bindy]

Hi Steve!

 

I think the final result looks great too!  What a great recovery and thank you for the lesson about staining as that is exactly what I would have done too

[JesseLee]

I don't think the joggled planking looks odd- I think it looks good!

[jct]

Bravo Steve...nice save, I'd have gone with paint, the second planking looks excellent

J

[SGraham]

Thanks Bindy, Jesse, and J. I was going to paint, but my painting skills are pretty much non-existent. I'm going to have to look at this ship daily, so I figured I may as well bite the bullet and replank.

 

I found an old piece of streaky brown/black ebony in a scrap box. I'm making the wales from it right now.

 

Steve

[SGraham]

Here's the wale in place. I'm thinking of adding a smaller, thinner one above it in a contrasting color. Maybe a dark mahogany, or maybe painted. Thanks for looking.

 

Steve

[jct]

super nice love the contrast

[dgbot]

Sweet. The planking looks great.

DavidB

[src]

Steve, I agree with the others, she looks great! For your contrasting wale, maybe something lighter?

Sam