foxy Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 That's a fair amount more to the ship, and love the boat you have made. Those cross trees look the part. foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Hellish fragile.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 how to make a gaff boom thingie...in two steps Glue bits of wood to sides of gaff, Grind and carve away all the bits that don't look like gaff jaws....simple. Sort of. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 I don't know where this link really ought to go, but it is invaluable. Found it ages ago and printed it out, just found it again, having misplaced it... It's about actual practice in laying out the runs of a wooden deck. A Mexican guy, Ulises Victoria posted this on Model ship builder. It's very clear and when I started the (on hold) large version of Fair Rosamund I used it to lay out the deck. Here is the link 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Yep have that, but thought it was universally known. Know the guy, sent him some plans ( in French of 1/100 Victory)and he sent me these deck plans. Good to see it here. Nice bit o decking seadog mate. foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Fraser you wood working skills are way better than I could hope to achieve in plastic scratch building cracking bit of decking Beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 It is, I think, generally easier to work in than plastic, but it depends on the type of ship as well! Case in point my MTB, Though I could have done the hull in thin ply.... Yep have that, but thought it was universally known. Know the guy, sent him some plans ( in French of 1/100 Victory)and he sent me these deck plans. Good to see it here. Nice bit o decking seadog mate. foxy I only ran across it a few years ago, and thanks. Decks are satisfying to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Truly amazing workmanship here Fraser First the boat, then the decking but Joggling the planks. I've just been back and checked it is 1/144 scale your working in. Thank you for sharing your work with us Decking link saved against the day..... Book arrived today. My idea of a good read/reference material. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Beautiful work Fraser, love the black paintwork 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Superb work... did a double take too when I saw your photo of the decking... thought for a minute it was your 1/144 build !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Superb work... did a double take too when I saw your photo of the decking... thought for a minute it was your 1/144 build !! LOL. No way Jose! I may tend towards obsessive but..... Truly amazing workmanship here Fraser First the boat, then the decking but Joggling the planks. I've just been back and checked it is 1/144 scale your working in. Thank you for sharing your work with us Decking link saved against the day..... Book arrived today. My idea of a good read/reference material. Kev Actually, Joggling isn't really as difficult as it would seem, there's simple rules about it and a careful hand with the scalpel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Great work you have the patience of a saint, and the skill of a master boat builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Great work you have the patience of a saint, and the skill of a master boat builder. Kind words, but it's not so. I have some patience, but not a lot. I also really think, that at his scale anyway, the skills bear absolutely no relation to those of a shipwright. It's a whole 'nother thing, I reckon. Hope to put up some progress a bit later today...watch this space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Some progress... Started work detailing the masts prior to raising them. Mast hoops are necessary, even if you aren't putting on sails, they outta be there, allegedly - they weren't on my first build. I got the method I used from Philip Reed's book. Basically, you roll brown gummed tape around a bit of dowel slightly larger than the mast, making sure you don't stick the first wind to the dowel...trust me. When the roll has dried you can cut of rings. by rolling a scalpel over the tape roll, close to it's end....not so very easy to get nice, thin rolls at this scale. I did a large one as well to see how that went...much easier. When you cut them off, you dip 'em into thin CA which hardens them up. If necessary, you can then rub them on some wet'ndry to thin them. They come out quite well, I think. Before this I soldered flattened copper wire into hoops, which also works. Next is a disaster from Saturday. Got the whole bowsprit, jibboom, running jibboom rigged and promptly broke it...so much for linear progress... The other task I got going on was the foremast top. The one was doing earlier was somewhat too big so I'm redoing it. Paper and CA again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Good tip with the mast hoops! I feel your pain with the bowsprit it is / was looking good. Hope you can salvage the majority Always a struggle to get finesse with the necessary strength Keep up the struggle Kev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Drove over to Sandown this morning a picked up some brass rod of various sizes from the model railway shop there...probably more reasonable choice when the spar in question comes out at a millimetre or less. Wood, even DeGame or Box is a tad fragile that small... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Great work going on here Fraser , 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Great stuff never fail to find something new to put into the notebook to learn from Beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Right, been a bit busy with other stuff, notably illustrations for a friend's book and a spell of being somewhat under the weather. Anyway I haven't been totally idle. I've been trying to work out the best way to do the shrouds and ratlines. Bob Wilson and Philip Reed use similar ways of producing prefab shroud and ratline assemblies: Bob solders and Reed glues. So Iset about learning either or both techniques. Made a few different jigs and started in. The results weren't, to put it mildly, up to scratch. I won't go into all the ways you can screw up these techniques, but I think I hit 'em all. So what I shall have a shot at next, being as I'm working at the comparatively large scale of 1/144th, is to having a shot at semi-traditional get the masts up rig shrouds, and then put on the ratlines, glued, not tied. We'll see. Before I can put up the masts there are bits that need putting on, namely hoops and spider bands with their belaying pins. This involves twisting .25mm wire into eyebolts, through which a tiny bit of .5 wire gets glued to represent a belaying pin.Then touching it all up with a bit of black paint... More soonish... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Mmmm wish I could offer some advice buddy. I'm sure you'll get there. Neat idea for twisting up the eyebolts. The spider band/ belaying pins look the biz Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 The masts are now up, all of the main and the lower fore... And the anchors have been weighed, catted and stowed. So no more excuses time to start rigging.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Looking excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 She's stirring......... Love the detail Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 Cheers guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Beautiful work Fraser, well, with the exception of the rigging jig experiments. The hull and masts are magic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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