kpnuts Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Hi all i bought this off my brother (he decided it was too frustrating for him) there are a few problems to sort out on it (I need to strip the decking off and square the frame up , it's a bit warped) he took the planking off which has saved me a job (he bought some really thin wood for the planking as he struggled with the supplied wood but it's so thin I can see it disappearing when sanded do I'm going to use the supplied wood) here are some pics, I've managed to get the deck off fairly easily getting the wood off the deck and squaring the frame may be quite a bit harder. This will be a very slow build. I think the pins hes used in the transom are way out of scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Cool dude !I made the solid hull Scientific Sark and it came out well.Looking forward to this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Cool dude !I made the solid hull Scientific Sark and it came out well.Looking forward to this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Looks good mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzekeg Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 following, Interested in watching someone else build a wooden ship. pictures don't do them justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Hi all well I've removed the deck planking squared up the frame and are attached the front decking. I thought I would get away with doing nothing to the rear deck but on closer inspection I think he put the last 2 bulkhead the wrong way round since the second to last is narrower than the last (the phrase one step forward 2 back comes to mind) anyway I managed to get the rear deck off now I'm not sure what to do the frames seem to be impossible to unglue, any suggestions (I've tried steaming over a kettle but they won't budge) would it hurt the plywood if I soaked the stern in a bucket over night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Yes that is a problem.perhaps you can add additional wings cut to to the correct profile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 Hi all corrected the bulkheads next problem, now the side panels are correctly installed you can see the stern is too shallow so I will probably build this up with wood filler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzekeg Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 moving right along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Yes that will work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Just wondering, do you have the six sheets of plans? If yes, I would consider using the part layout sheet as a template to make new frames, deck, bulkheads, etc. This is the layout sheet for the HMS Bounty as an example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 Hi Sfan no scale plans, hopefully I'm winning now. Well 1 step backwards leads to another step backwards, deck had to come off again. I was about to start planking it again and I thought surely that hump shouldn't be there. Also I dont know if you can see it from the photo but there is a gap between the bulkhead and the deck (I thought the small oblong hole in the decking was a hatch or something at first but now I see it is a locating peg for the decking) another wrongly glued bulkhead. I managed to get the bulkhead off (it wasn't fully home due to wood dust and glue formed at the bottom of the joint) (all nicely held in place with dried glue) took ages to cut it all away, anyway as you can see it's all nicely flush and fitted now. Hopefully I can now proceed as if it were a new kit (apart from the splits in all the bulkheads due to where it was planked before cant think of anything to do about that, if I glue them back together I think it will make it too hard to put new pins in) I'm hoping when its replanked I can drill holes for the pins (they will only be for show anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Ok so I've decided to start decking it, the instructions are not at all clear it shows you decking over the false deck by 2 mm for the first 120 mm and no longer mentions that afterwards (I can understand that as the planking for the sides is 2mm thick) but why stop that overlap at 120 mm, I looked at pics of the waterways on the actual ship and it looks like there is a wooden strip all the way along the ship from the front to the stern step so I decided to continue the strip all the way along, first problem was keeping a 4 mm wide strip at 2 mm on the deck and 2mm in the air so I decided to add the first plank on the sides and put the waterways over that, I figure the more accurate I can get the first plank the rest must be better so I took great efforts with the first plank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 Hi all whilst waiting for my planking to come I decided to start on some of the many other things in this kit, here is a start on one of the cabins. It's like a kit in its self, I have a feeling I'm going to love this kit, for the calking between the planks I used a lead pencil and just ran it along the edges of the planks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I have the Man O War Galleon I was thinking of getting out ....maybe this Winter.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 I cant find their man o war galleon but if it is anything like this kit it will be very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Sorry...Artesania SAN JAUN Galleon kit....War is a plastic kit I have. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Hi all I have done some of the planking I've cut the planks at 70mm which I think in this equates to 10 yards at this scale (although the planking supplied is I think is over scale at about 12"wide ) I'm not going to add the nail heads as I've seen on the printed decks available in this scale as I dont believe a nail with a head diameter of 6 mm would be visible at this scale at. The planking is very slow going but quite satisfying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Hi all well this is as far as the decking can go at the moment as I've used all the wood left in the kit for this (they were very generous with wood as it was already fully planked so they nearly give you double what you need) I just hope when the new stuff comes it's similar coloured unlike the last bit (for the waterways which were completely different colours) I realise wood is a natural product so can differ I just hope it's not too much different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 Hi all well the planks arrived and I was happy the colour was the same but they must have used the other 3mm because these are narrower also they are not 1mm thick either ( not that that matters much once sanded down) I managed to get a knife under a few of the stuck planks and shave some off the inner sides and squashed them together I'm hoping it will be enough so the thinness of the new planks won't notice. While I was waiting for these planks I planked some of the sides (I must say I'm quite pleased with the results. I bought a sprung pin pusher for inserting the pins, I intend to drill the holes for the pins first as the ply on the bulkheads is all split and separated from all the pins used to plank it the first time (I would have glued and clamped them but figured it would make them harder and therefore make putting the pins in harder) I think it's all starting to come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzekeg Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Excellent work so far, I admire your patience! I would like very much to build a ship model like this someday but for now, I'll just enjoy following along as you build yours. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 Planking of the main deck complete, I've given it a coat of clear varnish to bring out the wood grain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Hi all got some more of the side planking done and done a bit more to the cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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