The Black Swan by OcCre 1:75: Build Log

[Rob444]

Last year I was luck enough to wind the raffle for OcCre's kit of the Black Swan, a fictional ship. The kind folk of OcCre donated the kit. In addition the wonderful people of Luczorama donated the OcCre's paint kit that provides the paints for the ship. Jimsky did a wonderful review of the kit and officiated for the raffle. Here is the review of the kit by Jimsky.

Kit Review - Cisne Negro (Black Swan), 1:75 by OcCre

The Legend of the Black Swan: A Pirate Ship Lost to Time In the golden age of piracy, when the Caribbean was a battleground of nations and cutthroats, there sailed a ship feared by all who glimpsed her dark sails on the horizon. She was known as The Black Swan—a name spoken in hushed tones in...

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I will not waste space by duplicating Jimsky's work. I received the box in fine shape, My first task was to try to straighten out the instruction manual that comes in 5 language4s and is mostly pictorial.



I straightened the instructions out and pressed them under some heavy weights. They have become a bit more manageable.

OcCre also has a series of videos of their construction of the ship.

Construye el Barco Pirata Cisne Negro: Guía Paso a Paso de OcCre

Bienvenidos a la lista de reproducción oficial de OcCre para construir el legendario Barco Pirata Cisne Negro. ⚓ En esta guía paso a paso, te mostramos cómo ...

www.youtube.com

You can also view or download a PDF version of the instructions (a bit tricky to find on the OcCre site)

12012-CISNE NEGRO.pdf

drive.google.com

Next I had to label the parts on the laser cut wood sheets. This was a bit laborious to do. I do not understand why OcCre did not label the parts when the laser was cutting the pattern. It probably would have taken a minute or two more and eliminated some possible mistakes.

 

[Rob444]

I am impressed by the quality of the laser cut sheets. They are all flat and without any obvious warp. I cut the keel and the bulkheads out, sanded off most of the char and dry fitted them.


A few observations: once in place the tops of all the bulkheads were absolutely level with the top of the keel element next to them. The bow 2 bulkheads extend a fraction of an inch below the keel. The stern most end above the keel. The other 5 end at the edge of the keel. There is no space to make any kind of rabbet. I am not sure at this point how the planking up to the keel is suppose to lay. This also means the usual keel holder to support the ship will not work. I am using my vise, which has rubber padded jaws as a support. I can see on the pictures included in the instructionthat the front 2 bulkheads extend past the keel in the companies build also.



The bulkheads fit a bit loosely in the keel slots. After coating the slots with wood glue (I use Elmers carpenters glue) I used a machinist 1,2,3 square to make sure the bulkheads were at a 90 degree angle to the keel. I used Lego pieces clamped next to the bulkheads to keep the piece in alignment as the glue dried.

 

[Jimsky]

Last year I was luck enough to wind the raffle for OcCre's kit of the Black Swan, a fictional ship. The kind folk of OcCre donated the kit. In addition the wonderful people of Luczorama donated the OcCre's paint kit that provides the paints for the ship. Jimsky did a wonderful review of the kit and officiated for the raffle. Here is the review of the kit by Jimsky.

Kit Review - Cisne Negro (Black Swan), 1:75 by OcCre

The Legend of the Black Swan: A Pirate Ship Lost to Time In the golden age of piracy, when the Caribbean was a battleground of nations and cutthroats, there sailed a ship feared by all who glimpsed her dark sails on the horizon. She was known as The Black Swan—a name spoken in hushed tones in...

shipsofscale.com

I will not waste space by duplicating Jimsky's work. I received the box in fine shape, My first task was to try to straighten out the instruction manual that comes in 5 language4s and is mostly pictorial.

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I straightened the instructions out and pressed them under some heavy weights. They have become a bit more manageable.

OcCre also has a series of videos of their construction of the ship.

Construye el Barco Pirata Cisne Negro: Guía Paso a Paso de OcCre

Bienvenidos a la lista de reproducción oficial de OcCre para construir el legendario Barco Pirata Cisne Negro. ⚓ En esta guía paso a paso, te mostramos cómo ...

www.youtube.com

You can also view or download a PDF version of the instructions (a bit tricky to find on the OcCre site)

12012-CISNE NEGRO.pdf

drive.google.com

Next I had to label the parts on the laser cut wood sheets. This was a bit laborious to do. I do not understand why OcCre did not label the parts when the laser was cutting the pattern. It probably would have taken a minute or two more and eliminated some possible mistakes.

Rob, I am glad you're on this kit. I wish you good luck building it. But please let us help you one way or another if you might require one down the road...

 

[Rob444]

Rob, I am glad you're on this kit. I wish you good luck building it. But please let us help you one way or another if you might require one down the road...

Thank you Jim! I value the input and wisdom from all my friends on this wonderful site!

Rob

 

[Rob444]

The build has small support pieces for the the front and rear two bulkheads almost like horn timers (perhaps that what they are) the front 2 are shown to be even with the curve of the keel, the rear two go from the edge of the bottom of one bulkhead to the next one. I flipped the hull over to attach them. They fit into place perfectly.




Next up is the decks. I dry fitted the main deck. It fits into slots an a bulkhead in the front and fit very well.




this piece of thin ply is covered with some thing strips. The instructions do not mention the thickness of the strips needed (there are many strips of various thicknesses) but looking at the construction videos it is fairly evident the thin pieces are what is used. The instruction would have you cover one side of the strips and the deck with what looks like contact cement (they call it shoemakers glue) and then stick the strips on the plywood surface. After that they would have you scribe along the edges of the strips with a pencil to accentuate the edges of the strips. Instead of that I took a bunch of the strips calmed them together and rubbed the pencil graphite along the edges, saving time.


The strips were then glued to the deck individually using my usual wood glue.