The Hayling Hoy 1759, 1:48 by Steve

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Hi Guys,
Well I have actually made a start on The Hayling Hoy. I purchased the book from Seawatch last month and have been going over the drawings and planning the build. I have made a start and have begun documenting the process, mostly because I will more than likely require assistance along the way.

The first issue I came across was not wanting to damage the original drawings that came with the book. As I have a large format printer for architectural work it was a matter of scanning the large sheets and getting copies made. The issue I had was my scanner is just a A4 job. I began scanning the documents in section and used the automate photo merge function in Photoshop CS, brilliant tool which makes perfect alignment of the documents.
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Here you can see the merge is flawless and after measuring the originals with calipers its good to go.

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Here I was getting ready to start cutting out the shapes for the templates which will be used on Oak for all the structural members of the build.

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This build so far uses a simplified scarph joint which suits me fine for my first whole scratch built model. I had to measure some dimensions in metric and I also needed to study the sections to ascertain how this all goes together. Along with this I needed to figure out the exact terminology. Slowly getting there.

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On the image below and the area circled is where I had a little dilemma to start with. You can see above the keel a smaller part which I originally thought was part of the keel.

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After attempting to manufacture the keel and not knowing the rising wood was seperate, I ended up with a combined rising wood/keel peice.
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Well after finishing up I found a great article on ship construction and scrapped the piece in order to construct it correctly.

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After sorting through that issue I started to get serious with the setup and proceeded to setup the building board braces and pieces to lock the keel into position. Whilst building the keel I went for the option of placing some black card stock into the join to simulate the tar. Works pretty well I think.

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So there we have it for now, so far so good. The next challenge is to sort out the keel rabbit, I think I might make a steel template and use it as a scraper. I will think more on this as it might just be quicker to use the trusty ole chisel as I dont have a v gauge. Maybe I should buy one as there will be many more scratch build in the future.

Thanks for stopping in guys.

Steve
 

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Great start Steve.It is easy to get misled with some of these drawings and sometimes it becomes apparent all is not what it initially seems.I am in a similar situation studying the keel/frame assembly on Saint-Philippe.The riders looked like one piece but on further cross referencing with sectional drawings they are infact multiple pieces of timber scarphed together.

Kind Regards

Nigel
 
Very interesting vessel - and a great start of your building log -> I will follow with big interest
 
Afternoon All, well I have had a few hours to fiddle through-ought the week and below is my work thus far. I have slowly made sense of the drawings and have managed to slowly transfer this into the 3d wood pieces for the keel and associated parts.

With the aid of a vice and some nice sharp chisels I was able to make pretty quick work of the rising wood.
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A few small areas left to tweak with a file but all in all its there. This is just sitting on top of the keel for now until I fix it to the building board with some screws. I wanted to get a few more keel pieces fashioned before fixing it down.

The stern members were next on the agenda and spent some time cutting up some more oak for these parts.

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You can see in the above image I made a little boo boo which shouldn't make any difference when corrected. I left the stem a little long which I will now have to lop off and hope the wing transom covers it completely. I should think it will be fine, as you can see its a little rough here and needs to be properly fairs and sections removed for the fashion pieces.

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Here you can see I have squirted out some of my favorite white glue.

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Mixed in some of my favorite black paint. Hey Presto, tar coloured glue. Nothing new here just thought I would show it.

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All glued up and nowhere to go. You can see the glue looks a little grey but once the glue dries should be a nice dark matt black. The parts are also just roughed in for the moment and once its all dry I will fashion it as per the detail required. See below for the part I am working on the plans.
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Circled in pink, as if it wasn't obvious enough :)

Thats it for now gents have a great weekend
 

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Hallo Steve,
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Enjoy your day
Birthday-Cake
Are you still working on your Hayling Hoy ?
 
Hello Steve,
I am in awe of the detail that you have gone into, it is very impressive and satisfying to hear of the oops which we all have, I am not a purist however I have found that the mistakes often herald creative solutions, Congratulations and Regards, Tony
 
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