Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED

[aviaamator]

Mark! I wish You strong Siberian health! Everything will be fine!

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

Ditto that 

[mtaylor]

My apologies... my "like" button seems to have gone on random vacation/holiday in this topic...  so don't feel ignored.     

 

I'm still planking the inside...<sigh>  Life keeps getting in the way.

[src]

5 hours ago, mtaylor said:

<sigh>  Life keeps getting in the way.

I know the feeling Mark, You'll get there.

Sam

[mtaylor]

Well.. I'm hoping to get things moving faster this week as it'll be too darn hot to even go outside (100-115 F) for the highs and in the low to mid 70's F at night.   

[knightyo]

3 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Well.. I'm hoping to get things moving faster this week as it'll be too darn hot to even go outside (100-115 F) for the highs and in the low to mid 70's F at night.   

Hi Mark,

 

I can sure identify with that!  I'm one state to the right of you, and thought it would be fun to work on my figurehead in the shade on the porch...  It was NOT fun being out there.  I think it's right at 100 at the moment.

 

Alan

[Bill Hime]

Beautiful work! See you're fussing over details as always ;). Just got back myself. Looks like you're recovering nicely

 

 

Bill

[mtaylor]

Bill, it's great to see you back.  I hope all is well.

[Jack H]

 welcome back and continue ,Mark!

[SawdustDave]

Mark.... Came to do some catching up on your work and just learned of your health issue.... also happy to learn that you're well along in recovery.
Glad to see you back to work old mate.

 

Dave

 

[JohnE]

Me too, Mark. Have some catching up to do. It's a bee-you-tee-ful summer day here on the gulf coast, 90+ degrees with 90+  % humidity. Can't wait to see the interior planking. Stay well.

 

John

[mtaylor]

Been too long since this has been updated.  Things around the household have become rather busy and hopefully a calm is coming.

 

I'm doing the inner planking and fitting the planks to the gunports as I go.  Rather fiddly but it's cut, glue and then sand to shape.   I'm trying to cut the planks more to the size between the ports just cut down the amount of sanding to fit.  I have at least the bottom of the ports done which will give me clearance and a clear demarkation of the ports, Hopefully the rest of this will go a bit faster.

 

 

[Rustyj]

Hi Mark, 

 

It's tedious, slow work but the effort is well worth it. Looking real good. 

[BANYAN]

You'll get there Mark, some good progress there.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[CaptainSteve]

Nice to see you back at the work-bench, Mark.

[Landlubber Mike]

Looks great Mark, slow and steady.  Good to see you back at the workbench my friend.  

[cog]

I'm glad she hasn't been covered by soot. If you get the inside looking like the outside, you can pat yourself on the back (it's a bit hard from this side of the globe, else I would do the honours)

[KeithAug]

Mark - nice to see the shipyard open and in full swing. She is looking good.

[popeye the sailor]

good to see your making some progress on her Mark.....so nice to see her again.   

[Chasseur]

Good to see you back in the saddle making some smoke!

Jeff

[mtaylor]

Thanks for the likes and comments...

 

It's been too long since this was updated... so this is a short update about a pesky, self-induced problem.

 

Between doing things around the house and yard, numerous medical visits for both Janet and myself and trying to sort my brain out and what's what, I've been pounding my head over a problem.   If we go way back to cutting out the frames, I put some "tits" on the frames to allow for positive placement of the deck clamps (I think that's right... brain fart).  But.. I've forgot how I was going to deal with them when I did the inner hull planking.   My bad... and my notes are no help.   

 

Here's one frame.. those "tits" are highlighted by the red arrows.

 

After much angst, occasionally thinking of just burning her in the stocks, I started to hand sand them with a thin piece of scrap sanding stick, I punted.   The sanding stick was taking forever and I wasn't pleased with the lack of control and also damage from my fat fingers.   

 

Here's the area I was dealing with... you can see a couple of the offending pieces highlighted in red.

 

What I finally came up with is the below tool..  a felt buffing piece with some sticky-back sandpaper attached. I'm using my mini engraving tool as it's small, lightweight, and the lowest speed is a good 3000 RPM less than a Dremel.   It seems to be doing the job.   Once I've got the sanding done, I'll finish the planking.

 

 

Anyway, I'm still at this and hope to have another update as soon as time permits.    

[Trussben]

Hi Mark,

 

I made myself such a tool a few years ago, from my dremel box misc box I found a round felt polishing disc to which I glued some 180 grit paper. 

Works good for fast removal but I have caught myself a few times taking to much off.

 

ben

[shipmodel]

Hi Mark - 

 

Good to see you back.  Progress is looking good.

 

As for the sanding wheel, that is an ingenious solution to the problem.  I did not think of it, but bought flap-wheel sanders from Dremel - Product EZ474SA gives you both a fine and a coarse wheel for under $8 at Amazon.  I have them and they are wonderful to use once you get used to using a light touch.

 

Dan

 

[BANYAN]

Great to see you back Mark and I hope all remains well for you.  Nice adaption to the tool - now that is thinking outside the box.  Like Dan, I tried the flap wheels, but just could not consistently keep that "light touch' he mentions - may have to look at something similar to what you have done

 

cheers

 

Pat

[mtaylor]

Thanks for the comments and the "likes"...  

4 hours ago, Trussben said:

Hi Mark,

 

I made myself such a tool a few years ago, from my dremel box misc box I found a round felt polishing disc to which I glued some 180 grit paper. 

Works good for fast removal but I have caught myself a few times taking to much off.

 

ben

I'm using 400 grit at the lowest speed (2000 rpm) plus, if I put too much pressure on the tool, it stops spinning.  Speed wasn't my issue, it's getting to the darn things and this seems to be working.

 

3 hours ago, shipmodel said:

Hi Mark - 

 

Good to see you back.  Progress is looking good.

 

As for the sanding wheel, that is an ingenious solution to the problem.  I did not think of it, but bought flap-wheel sanders from Dremel - Product EZ474SA gives you both a fine and a coarse wheel for under $8 at Amazon.  I have them and they are wonderful to use once you get used to using a light touch.

 

Dan

 

Thanks Dan.  I'll look into them although I've never used them.  Might be useful for the next project as a bit late for this one.  Hmmm just looked.. .9" wide.  A bit too wide for the space I have to work in.

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Hiya mark,  glad to see you are back on the build,   your work has been missed around here, hope you dont mind if I move my chair a bit closer watching your build, as we share a similar build and I hope to learn more from a genuine talented person like your self.

 

OC.

[src]

Mark,

Good to see you back. Any forward progress is good progress.

Sam

[druxey]

Welcome back, Mark!

[toms10]

Great to have you back at it.  I learn a great deal from your postings.

Tom

[mtaylor]

Thanks for the comments and well-wishes.  Things are getting better but this time of year, they also get more hectic.

 

Well, I've been spending time in the shipyard.  A bit slow but made some progress.  The inside of the gundeck is planked halfway up and then I stopped to do the beakhead (? as I'm spacing some of the terminology at times).  

 

First thing I did was fit the two beams to support the planks and also added a couple of small blocks to helps support the planks a bit.

 

 

Planked it with boxwood....

 

 

Checked the fit with my dummy bowspit....

 

Sanded like crazy and then added two small pieces of ebony around the planks and sanded everything some more.  It still needs some more sanding but that's for later this week when (or if) I get boarded finishing the inner planking.  I need to do some filling so I'll collect the sanding dust and fill it then.  Once the real bowspit is in, I'll do the leather piece to seal the gap.

 

Back to planking....