HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48.

GrantTyler said:
Good morning Gentlemen.
Eish I have relapsed into a terrible period of addiction…,Redface. The Admiral has been away for a 5 day hike, no kids anymore and I have not been to the office (I think the directors are going to fire me ). Paul’s sirens came up , sang and I gleefully plunged in. How many hrs - who knows….. but it has been badROTF.

Deck beams and carlings. Many initial errors while I found out the best sequence of installation. The fore section I actually had to do a total redo. Gave up on the kit instructions (which are more like guess work) and went with “Grants logic” - we shall see if this works:cool:.

My hand cut notches while ok are not perfect and did create a little joinery issue once in a while….just a little one.

Still I’m very chuffed how it is going. I have left myself a lot of sanding, scraping and a little filling so hopefully it will pull together beautifully :p.
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….and the inside. You cannot really see into here, so it did not get too much attention. Still I was rather pleasantly surprised with the outcome:
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Ok time for rehab….
Cheers Grant

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I like your idea of using thumbtacks and elastics to hold the frames while the glue dries.
 
Hello,
I have a question as I have the 1:96 version of this model. What is the glue that you use for glueing the frames? Is it a PVA glue? Do you have any issues with warping of the frames?
 
Alex R said:
Grant,
I remember breaking ALL of those timbers during my build, especially when I was trying to insert some horizontal frames to join the vertical timbers; they break so easily...I'm going to look at Goodwin's book and others to see how the stern vertical timbers were done in the full-size ships and also see how the MD kit differs from the CAF kit in the stern construction. I like the three vertical timbers on either side of the sternpost in the CAF kit; the MD doesn't show that construction seems more flimsy - I may end up doing some kit bashing looking for more stern rigidity. The MD kit's instructions regarding the stern have no written directions or order of assembly, but the 3-D drawings are really good. part of the fun ? I guess Victor assumes we are big boys and can figure this out on our own. Didn't it take around 20 years apprenticeship to become a Master shipbuilder ?
BTW, at the rate you are going, you will be finished with the CAF kit, way before me and can start on the MD kit- and still beat me to the finish ! (of course, I never really "finish" anything ).....LOL

Cheers Mate

Alex R
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Good morning Alex

The CAf is Leo inaccurate on the stern timbers. I remember looking at @Iosto
 
…build and seeing some bashing at the stern. I don’t have Goodwins book but seeing the structure of English ships from Sutherland this is different.

ROTF - I think one Enterprise is enough for me. I am going to start a lot of changes to the kit once the internal structures are done. From my main deck down will be as the kit has it, however going up with the detail, I am going to try get a little more accuracy coming in…..we shall see. Cheers Grant
 
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