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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | Hi everybody, I joined this site on Dec. 8th and talked about my aim to build a model of the Jhelum which was built in 1849 and finally condemned in Stanley, Falkland Islands in 1871. It was then beached and used as a storage hulk and is now nearing the end of its life. For 4 years I drove past it every day on my way to work. 2 years ago the bow section collapsed. I now have the time to do it and started building it in mid December. I have never built a model of this type before and have been reading all that I can find to guide me. It is my wish to sail the completed model at least once in order to make a video of it, it will probably remain dry for the rest of its life. Because of this I decided to build it with hardwood and have used timber from a local shop that they describe a Red Hardwood but I believe it is actually called Meranti. I am not building it frame for frame but am using the nearest thickness timber that I could buy which is 12mm against a scale size of 10mm. This picture is where I was up to on 3rd. Jan ![]() | ||
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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | As I am able to spend a few hours everyday I made quite good progress. By 15th Jan I had built the front half. You may notice that the outside of the frames is rather irregular. This is because I did not plot each frame individually but just made the frames from the stations shown on the plan (which were spaced 100mm apart) and then filled in the spaces with frames that guestimated from those either side. I made sure that the outside was generous to allow for final sanding and shaping. | ||
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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | ![]() ![]() | ||
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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | I planned to instal some detail in the interior so that when the hatches are open the ceilings and deck beams will be visible. I planked the focsle deck but have now realised that it will not be able to be seen when the deck is on despite there being an opening companionway, but at least I will know it is there! I have tried to keep all the planking to scale (1/32nd.) so that when it is complete everything that can be seen will be correct despite the frames not being scale.![]() | ||
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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | The picture above and the two following pics are where I was up to on 26th. Jan.![]() ![]() | ||
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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | The next part was tricky. I could not make out the structure of the stern from the plan and photos that I had so I had to work it out as I went along. It turned out to be easier than I had expected. This is it on 31st Jan![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | I had read the Mathews practicum and felt that the described method of making the waterways was far too complicated. I decided to cut all the frames off at deck level, as shown in the photo above, and the fit the waterway without cut-outs for the stanchions. When I am ready for these I will cut between the frames, that are spaced 6mm apart, and fit the stanchions in the space. I know that this is not how the original was built but it will fit to my aim of what shows is to be accurate. | ||
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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | It was a great day when I took it out of the building jig! | ||
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Norman |
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![]() Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | On 1st Feb. I fitted the waterways and some detail in the cabins in the poop. This will just be able to be seen through the windows on the stern. I finally managed to get outside to sand the outside. I had been dreading this as there was a lot of material to remove to get it to shape. in the end it only took about 3 hours with an orbital sander. There is still a little to trim off but we have had snow this week. It has cleared now so I should get the sanding finished soon. ![]() ![]() | ||
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Gene Bodnar |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Norman, Looking good. A different approach, but it certainly results in a nice looking POF. Gene | ||
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