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| La_Trinadad |
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 Registered Member #4849 Joined: Sun Nov 06 2016, 04:40pmPosts: 11 | Well, here goes. I cut out the frames and keel drawings individually and made 12mm ply templates with them. Then using my bearing cutter in my router I made 3 copies of everything to head off my fondness for screw-ups. This will be a bit of a monster methinks. I light ply veneer to simulate clinker boards on frame 12, but I still have to make the doors. I am starting planking using Lime strips. The keel and prow is Walnut, as is the cross beam under the quarter deck at frame 7. Wood is not too easy come by here. Ireland is a wet desert and all our ancient primeval oak forests were cut down after a visit from a genocidal maniac called Oliver Cromwell. A renowned proto-democrat who never held an election. Irish Oak built the British navy and quiet a lot of the ships being replicated here. In 150 years the country was almost denuded of trees from 50% coverage. I sourced some pear in the UK but it is very expensive. I managed to get walnut and beech locally. However Lime was only sown by the gentry and is not a native species, so supplies are scarce. I need held on Basswood. The name means nothing here and I wonder is it Lime by another moniker? I used some Obeche to do the filling in at the bow and stern. I will use Beech I think for spars and masts if that is a good choice. Have at it and remember to critique freely. You learn more from a dissatisfied customer than you do from 20 satisfied ones.     | ||
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| John D |
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  Registered Member #4272 Joined: Sat Sep 07 2013, 12:36pmPosts: 67 | Off to a great start! | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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  Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | Hi Michael, You are off to a good start. Basswood is Lime and is easy to work with hand or power tools. Beech wood will work for masts and spars. I like to use it for framing, it is a little harder than Lime and not as fuzzy it looks a lot like oak when finished. Mike | ||
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| La_Trinadad |
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| Registered Member #4849 Joined: Sun Nov 06 2016, 04:40pmPosts: 11 | Many thanks for solving the Basswood mystery for me...... I just could not find a site that would show tree names that mapped those used in the US to those used in European English. | ||
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| La_Trinadad |
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| Registered Member #4849 Joined: Sun Nov 06 2016, 04:40pmPosts: 11 | Whilst awaiting some timber delivery, I turned my attention to cannon construction. The cannon barrel is not the correct one and it had caused the item to look lanky compared to the drawing. The material is walnut except for the dowel used in the wheels. I tried to mimic the drawing of the dutch carriage in the collection of drawings of the "7 Provinces" I have a long way to go on sharp finishing. The pictures are too close-up and show the flaws up too well. The scale is close to 1:35 and the carriage height reflects the height from the plans. To widen it, I will need fatter cannons. The dark straps holding the axles are a rough replica of the Dutch construction (made from paper card). The handle on the quoin is a few mm of the top of a panel pin.   | ||
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| La_Trinadad |
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| Registered Member #4849 Joined: Sun Nov 06 2016, 04:40pmPosts: 11 | Well after a hiatus I have managed to all but finish the planking (with no stealers). However I did get my counts wrong and so I had to do a lot more sanding than I had originally thought. (Lesson learned for the next project). I am going to use walnut for the decking. I have made stanchions out of Obeche. I am going to use Pear for the handrails. I am awaiting a turner to turn masts and spars etc. from beech. I have obtained more authentic cannon from Cornwall model ships. Gun carraiges will have to be built unless somebody knows where I could get good replicas (US, Canada or Europe). I am also wondering whether I should now sand down the planking to a smooth surface. Any advice?    | ||
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| aew |
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aew  Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2966 | Personally, I prefer to use a scraper rather than sandpaper, it gives a nicer finish. There appear to be slight bumps over the first or second bulkheads in at both the bow and the stern. Just be careful you don't sand through at those places. | ||
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| La_Trinadad |
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| Registered Member #4849 Joined: Sun Nov 06 2016, 04:40pmPosts: 11 | thanks for the caution. The frames must have been misaligned. Sanding/scraping is recommended so. If this was a 20th century vessel would have considered auto filler and a smooth finish, so I suppose the 18th century did not have auto body filler issues. | ||
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| aew |
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| aew Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2966 | Filler works great if you're going to do a second planking! It also works for painted hulls and late 18th century onwards coppered hulls. | ||
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| La_Trinadad |
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| Registered Member #4849 Joined: Sun Nov 06 2016, 04:40pmPosts: 11 | It has been a while but I have made some progress. I added the handrails (gunwales), made from pear wood. Deck fixtures are well in hand and the decking is almost complete (walnut). I had some turning done in beech via a friend, but I only just begun with the bowsprit. There is still a bit of finishing around the stern to complete but I have been utterly sensitised by the cyanoacrylate (Gorrilla). Time to get some effective filtering. This is a big mother and I am beginning to regret choosing 1:35. I'll let the pictures do the rest.   | ||
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