Santa Maria1:48 (Pavel Nikitin)

[lakedaisy]

Put on the next 3 planks. Ready for the next and last wale. There is a small wale (part# 25) above this last wale and towards the stern. I slightly sanded off the part numbers on the inside of the planks. The inside of the hull planks are visible through the spaces in the bulwarks.


I airbrushed the inside of the hull planks before gluing them on.

 

[lakedaisy]

Installed the last wale, except for the tiny wale at the stern above this wale.


Next are the shorter hull planks at the bow and stern. As the inside of these planks can also be seen through the spaces in the bulwark, I airbushed them.

Airbushed a coat of Pavels paint 'patina' to the inside surfaces.


Then sanded this down...


Next I airbrushed a couple coats of Pavels "oak' stain and lightly sanded them. They are ready to be installed.

 

[lakedaisy]

Began to glue on the upper bow planks. Found something I don't understand.

One has to glue several small wood pieces together to form the bow 'filler'. There's two 'notches' cut into the filler. The bottom notch is for the 1st wale. The top notch I don't know what it is for??



Three planks go in this bow area. Parts #29, #30 and #31. I formed planks #29 and #30 and set them in place. Not glued. I can't install plank #31 as it will fall into the notch.


... I watched videos on all builds I could find, including Pavels video and I rechecked the kit instructions. I can't find any reference to what this notch is for or why/when it is filled All the videos show planking below this top wale. Nothing above it. I can't find any purpose. And I can't install plank #31 into this notch as it will sit deeper. No one mentions this. I have to be missing something??

I have looked at the installation of the forecastle deck and found no reason for the notch. My plan is to cut a basswood piece (it varys from 7mm to 10mm in width), fill the notch and sand it smooth, then glue plank #31 over the basswood. Any ideas anyone?

 

[Pathfinder65]

I don't know if this is the same, but on the San Bartolome a cross piece is set in that area.



Jan

 

[lakedaisy]

Ah. yes. Thanks Jan. These pieces are not included in the kit. In another build a person said he ordered 6x6mm walnut to use. Image from another build..



I don't have any strips in my kit either. I just ripped some 6x6 walnut. Will keep this slot open and fill the remainder of the the notch with basswood.

 

[lakedaisy]

I filled the notch with a basswood 2x10 strip. Then cut out a notch in the hull plank for the 6x6mm timber to fit into. Thought it would be easier to cut before gluing on the hull. Glued all 3 planks on both sides.

 

[dockattner]

Very nice, Rob!

 

[lakedaisy]

Continued adding hull planks uip the sides above the main deck. I've been using CA on the planks. I've always used PVA before but have found using CA on a small area of the plank and holding in place for a few seconds worked much better for me. I don't need to figure out how to hold in place with a clamp. Will likely use this method from now on. I CA glue a small section, then hold the loose part of the plank away from the bulkheads with a stick or something similar. Then I use a small wire that I can bend to reach the area, put a drop of CA on the wire and apply it to the bulkhead, one bulkhead at a time. I put CA on several bulkheads then remove my stick and hold the plank in place. Has been working great for me.


All hul planks are attached to the ship.

 

[lakedaisy]

I cut 6x6mm timbers from walnut. Don't know what they are called. Then sit perpendicular to the piece sticking out from the bow.


Notches for 6x6 timbers

 

[lakedaisy]

I stood a 6x6 piece in each notch so I could use a straight edge to mark where hull planks needed to be cut.


Then used my Japanese saw to cut the notches.


Timbers temporarily set into place.

 

[lakedaisy]

Believe I will smooth out the hull and wales, then stain the entire hull before moving on to the upper decks. I couldn't sleep last night so got a lot of work completed on the model.

 

[lakedaisy]

Very nice, Rob!

Thanks Doc. Doing a little better on this model.

 

[lakedaisy]

I airbrushed the stern. It's pretty easy to do a small area as the stain doesn't go far and fairly easy to keep away of areas you don't want to stain. Fist coat is Pavel's patina and second is oak. Not sure I want my hull as dark as Pavel's. And, I certainly don't have the airbrush skills of Pavel and his crew.

 

[lakedaisy]

I painted/stained one side of the hull. Used Pavels paint set which is alcohol and dyes. Pavel used darker dyes than I did.

Black Pearl anyone 1st coat is Patina. Mostly to fill the grooves between planks with black. And lightly on the plank faces. Most of this is lightly sanded off with the sponge backed sandpaper in the paint kit. I also used my sanding pads from amazon, cut into small pieces. Sanding Pads


Sanded the Patina off.


Then airbrushed a coat of Rosewood


Again, lightly sanded, trying to stay away from the wales as much as possible to keep them dark. Then a final coat of oak dye. I lightly sanded the Oak with steel wool to give it a little sheen. If you use steel wool, I would suggest you spend a litte more and buy the steel wool without oil. Regular steel wool contains oil and colors wood, not in a good way. I use these: It's a small package and larger package

I'm calling this side finished. There are several vertical large timbers bolted to the outside of the hull that will be attached later. I'll stain these darker than the hull, but probably not as dark as the wales.


The unpainted sise.


I'll airbrush the keel, stem and stern/rudder dark later.

 

[lakedaisy]

The Pavel paint set. alcohol and dye. 5 colors and 1 oil. 240/320 sanding pads. Pavel puts the danish oil on after he's finished airbrushing. I probably won't as I like the light sheen of the steel wool.

 

[dockattner]

That looks nice, Rob! Well done!

 

[lakedaisy]

Thank you Doc.

 

[Pathfinder65]

That came out great.

Jan

 

[lakedaisy]

Thank you Jan.

 

[Chris B]

The result is fantastic, very well done Rob!