Gunboat Philadelphia 1776

[MThomas]

why one of the floor ribs didn't get nails installed.

That's a good question. Perhaps she plans to fill that space with decorations that will hide the nails. The below image is of the Smithsonian drawings. As you can see there is nothing but a 'bailing-well' in that rear cockpit. The nails would be definitely visible unless she plans to cover them up with misc. gear and goodies.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

She shows nails at forward edge , aft edge and aft frame supporting the short planks, but not the frame that is open in the well area, which shows nails in your diagram.

Where did you download that diagram from?

 

[MThomas]

Where did you download that diagram from?

You can't download it; you have to order the entire 16-page plan set from Smithsonian. I purchased the drawings for a scratch-build that I'm currently working on.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Good to know, don't want to highjack his thread, but do you have link where we can order them from?

 

[MThomas]

Good to know, don't want to highjack his thread, but do you have link where we can order them from?

Absolutely! A few of you folks might be interested in these plans...

 

[kingkahn1950]

Olha did a good job on aft cockpit floor area, but I have questions to ask her on why one of the floor ribs didn't get nails installed.

She showed a second small book with great blown up photos and diagrams of internal details.

 

[kingkahn1950]

Here’s a link for the book entitled “gunboat Philadelphia and the defense of Lake Champlain“. She did a book review maybe a month or two ago and this page is a screenshot from the plan that she showed briefly during the live stream. It doesn’t show the nailing pattern, but I believe she explained during the session that it was typical to nail every other timber to the floorboards. I guess we can always add more nails if we have to.

The Gunboat Philadelphia and the Defense of Lake Champlain in 1776 by Philip K. Lundeberg; Arthur B. Cohn [Foreword]: Very Good Paperback (1995) | SatelliteBooks

ISBN: 9780964185616 - Paperback - Lake Champlain Maritime Museum - 1995 - Condition: Very Good - Softcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner name inside; Otherwise, free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or...

www.abebooks.com

 

[Kurt Konrath]

I have that book on order to review when it comes in.

 

[Dematosdg]

Aft cockpit finished. I stained the wood with Minwax Driftwood 2126 stain. I want my Gunboat Philadelphia to have that used, dirt look.

I tried the ebony putty for the floor nails, as Olha showed us, but found that the holes alone, when stained, take a dark color. You see that in the images.

Cheers
Daniel

 

[Dematosdg]

I stained the wood because i want a look like the one on these images.

Images posted by Elroy Davis in the FB built group.

 

[Dematosdg]

2nd deck done.

The tip(s) that Olha tough us on how to avoid the dirty aspect after staining the wood, are great. I tried them in a scratch piece of wood, but, I decided to continue staining the wood directly. I prefer the dirty wood aspect, like the gunboat Philadelphia replicate pictured on my previous posting. This is a personal choice.

Olha videos showing how she is building this model, can be found on youtube, by Olha and gunboat Philadelphia as keywords.



Daniel

 

[Namabiiru]

I stained the wood because i want a look like the one on these images.

Images posted by Elroy Davis in the FB built group.
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When I saw the first photo I thought, “how cool to build your back deck to look like an old sailing ship”

 

[Dematosdg]

When I saw the first photo I thought, “how cool to build your back deck to look like an old sailing ship”

The point is that this gunboat was almost new (~2 months old) when it was sunked, so it is supposed it has to have a more clean look. But I love the look of an "old Sailing ship" as you mentioned. I like how a few models of this kit were built with that old look or the images on the kit box. That's why I wrote.... Personal choice.....HAHAHA