Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Hello! My name is Dmitry, I am 54 years old, I live in Russia. I apologize immediately for my English. I don't know him very well. You could say I don't know at all. I've never studied it. The computer will help me translate. Do not hesitate to correct me if I write incorrectly or incomprehensibly. It will be useful to me. As a child, I made many plastic models in 1/72 and 1/100 scale. It was mostly planes, I didn't like ships. Now, I have free time, I want to assemble something with my own hands again. Some kind of ship. There are a lot of ships, but, I don't know why, I chose HMS Brave Borderer. Starting to study the ship, I was surprised how little information there is about it. I found Polish drawings. They are not very accurate, but there is no other. I found the Britmodeller website and the JohnWS build: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235056797-172-hms-brave-borderer/ I watched John's work with pleasure. Much has become clear. He found a lot of new things and worked so deeply on detailing. This is excellent! I express my great gratitude to him. I understand that I am a beginner and will not be able to assemble a ship, as experienced craftsmen do, but I will start doing it. After all, the main thing is to enjoy creating something with your own hands. I will post the assembly process on this site, I hope they will tell me better about the English ship here. I'm doing everything slowly, so the build will be long. I hope I will finish the job. I hope… 🙂 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 First I scaled the drawing to 1/35. If there is no large printer, scissors and glue will replace it. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 I drew it on plywood and cut it out. 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-boat 55 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 When I was at school we had the option of studying French, German or Russian, I chose Russian and I can tell you your English is much better than my Russian, This looks like a very interesting project, I shall follow along, Sam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Thank you, Sam! This is not my English, this is an English Google translator. I'll tell him what you said. Dmitriy 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Suddenly I remembered that ships are built on the stocks. Made stapel. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 I hope it will be smooth with stapel. Don't laugh at me, I'm doing this all for the first time. 🙄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 I couldn't resist sending this photo to my friends at the fishing club. I informed him that I was building a boat. Everyone was interested in how many people it would accommodate and whether there would be a ship's toilet? 5 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 I'm not sure if it's right to post such large photos on this site? There are different requirements everywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 To date, it looks like this. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Gidday Dmitriy, this looks an interesting project. And don't worry about your English, it's a lot better than my Russian, which is non-existent. Actually, my English isn't too good either, me being Australian. 😁 53 minutes ago, Dmitriy1967 said: I understand that I am a beginner and will not be able to assemble a ship, as experienced craftsmen do, but I will start doing it. After all, the main thing is to enjoy creating something with your own hands. All of us were beginners at some point, and as you said, the main thing is to enjoy, regardless of the type of modelling you do. Neither will any of us laugh at you, although friendly banter and jokes are acceptable. But I have a question for you - Why would your boat need a toilet, when you have a whole ocean to use if the need arises? 😁 Just joking. Good luck with this. I'm impressed with what you've done already. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Hello, Jeff! Great idea about the ocean! This will save me on sewage and water closet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Hi Dmitriy, Looks like a great start building Brave Borderer. I'll be following along, as well. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Hi Dmitriy, Very much looking forward to this build I'm sure John will be a great help to you. Nice start Kev 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Excellent start! I'm looking forward to this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goji308 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Your project is looking very good Dmitriy. Keep up the excellent work. I think the ship your building is a beautiful choice. My wife has visited Russia and took a class learning the language. It was quite a while ago. I wish I had taken the language class with her. I am looking forward to your progress. Brian Edited October 19, 2021 by Goji308 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry L Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Dmitriy, Great work so far, really like the photo of the 'ship' outside the house! Have any of your friends come by to see it? Looking forward to your progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Looking forward to following along with this build it will be good to see how you approach it after following @JohnWS build looking like a great start. 👍 Stay Safe beefy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Gentlemens, thank you for your interest in my ship construction. Edited October 19, 2021 by Dmitriy1967 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 As I said, I use Polish drawings. It seems to me that the one who drew did not have access to the original drawings and photographs that are now available to us on the Internet. Some correspond to the real Brave Borderer, some do not. When I started making the hull, I immediately saw that the transom was drawn rectangular. On ships of the Brave class, the sides have a slope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 I had to collect all the old photos and take a certain average angle of inclination of the side. Starting from the transom, I approximated the angle to the middle. Since no one can refute the correctness of the angle, I will consider it the truth! 😉 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 With some excitement I think about the hull plating… I've never done it, but I have to do it. After all, a ship without a skin will not sail? I ordered wooden boards from Siberia. They should be bringing them in on bears soon. I don't know what will happen, but there is no way back. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 I decided to reduce the weight. I made the side girder and bottom girder thinner and cut holes in the frames. The design has become thinner. I can reduce more. But I want to test the displacement first and then it will be clear whether it needs to be done. Sawed off 375 grams (13.23 ounces) of wood. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Gidday Dmitriy, those cut-outs are very neatly done, I thought the frames were die-cut that way, until I saw your scrap pile. Even though I guess they won't be seen the neat cut-outs demonstrate precision and neatness. Well done. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: Gidday Dmitriy, those cut-outs are very neatly done. For historical accuracy, I sawed out the frames with a hand saw made in 1/35 scale. Therefore, it turned out exactly. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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