I think they look pretty darn good! The paint should take care of any minor imperfections.
Allan
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HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48.
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Absolutely! Much better Grant.
Thank you very much Russ and Allan. It has been a steep learning curve and loads of fun cutting these from a big plank. Hopefully it uwill all look good when all is done - I still have a long climb ahead before we pop that champagne or whiskey. I will have a single malt Dalwhinnie once done
. Cheers Grant
Looks like you are heading in the right direction, Grant. Again, beware the curving hull effect near the bow when forming these guys...
Thanks Paul. I will do now that you have made me aware of it. At the moment I am doing the midship strakes. A question - those strakes at the bow. Clearly I have to notch these to fit the rabbet. I have read that these need to be thinned as well. At what point does this occur and do I make these a top and butt pattern or do I use straight strakes around the bend?
I know I have plenty of shaping to do even on these midship strakes, including some chamfering but slowly slowly I hope I get these right. I want to have these on my ship and not revert to the regular straight wales- we shall see. Cheers Grant
As far as I can tell the wales are thinned to fully seat in the rabbet. That is, on English ships they are not notched at all. At the point the wales enter the rabbet they are the same thickness as the surrounding planking. I have not observed this on ships of French origin, however, so this may not be universally true.
On the Kingfisher I started the thinning in the region of the hawse holes but I may have done it wrong. It just looked natural to do it that way for me.
Well, I have seen the top and butt pattern run all the way to the stem and I have seen the top and butt pattern drop off earlier. Here is the problem you face: you either have to edge bend or spile the top and butt planks to get around the bow. I can't seem to make edge bending a reliable solution so I always spile these curved planks. BUT...to preserve the top and butt pattern via spiling requires suitable stock (your walnut) and cardstock patterns carefully prepared and then transferred to your walnut planking panel...
The good news is there is warrant for abandoning the top/butt pattern from David Antscherl. See the image below:
I still prepared these wale pieces via spiling - but I did abandon the top/butt pattern as I approached the bow.
Look at the two of us...talking about ships like we know what the $%^&* we are talking about
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.Thanks - you have provided the solution to all my problems…..well my ship building ones.
. I think I will adopt the easiest (if such a thing exists) of the options but I have plenty to think about. Thank you kindly. Cheers Grant
Good morning Gentlemen. I am going to drive you guys crazy. Some more unfinished business……..
I got tired of cutting my walnut top and butt planks so decided to see if using walnut panels on my main cabin would look nice. Only the main cabin will have these. Cut out some rough veneer:
I will add some dividing and inner panels to this as well. I think it will look cool.
I also cut out some planks around the main mast for my unfinished chain pumps. I still need to add the second duct under the pumps as we will see these and do the nails on the chocks and cross partners so these planks are not glued yet.
Ricochet Rabbit is on top form.
Cheers Grant
. Some more unfinished business……..I got tired of cutting my walnut top and butt planks so decided to see if using walnut panels on my main cabin would look nice. Only the main cabin will have these. Cut out some rough veneer:
I will add some dividing and inner panels to this as well. I think it will look cool
.I also cut out some planks around the main mast for my unfinished chain pumps. I still need to add the second duct under the pumps as we will see these and do the nails on the chocks and cross partners so these planks are not glued yet.
Ricochet Rabbit is on top form
.Cheers Grant
Walnut paneling will look great though not sure about paneling being used during that time period.
Grant,
Daniel certainly has a good point. Why don't you try etching some lines into those panels??