Bonhomme Richard - Pear Cross section kit (with scratch duplicate using alder) Unicorn Model

[BradNSW]

Two months since my last work (on the BHR). The ADM and I decided we needed a Pizza Oven to ring in the new year. I finished and we rang in the new year cooking woodfired pizza (see photos below). The BHR shipyard is once again operating, and I will post updates as progress is made. Sorry for the off-topic post but figured some could imagine similar ovens built on 17/18th century ships.

 

[GrantTyler]

Two months since my last work (on the BHR). The ADM and I decided we needed a Pizza Oven to ring in the new year. I finished and we rang in the new year cooking woodfired pizza (see photos below). The BHR shipyard is once again operating, and I will post updates as progress is made. Sorry for the off-topic post but figured some could imagine similar ovens built on 17/18th century ships.

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Good morning Brad- now that is a proper Pizza oven! Beautiful view too. Cheers Grant

 

[Jimsky]

WOW! You are not only a shipwright, you are an ovenwright as well!

 

[BradNSW]

The taffrails proved to be more difficult than expected and I'm still not entirely satisfied. My issue with the kit:

I believe the pieces provided were: 1) Not thick enough or 2) Wide enough

In Boudroit's plans the taffrails appear thicker than those provided and depict a decorative ogee.


In most photos or paintings, the taffrails are slightly wider than the frames they sit atop (see dashing CAPT standing atop the taffrail)


SO, I made mine thicker and slightly wider than those provided in the kit and added the decorative ogee detail.


I find the profile tools that can be purchased very difficult to work with. In this case the smallest I had was too narrow and the next size was too large. See photo:


My solution has been to use jeweler's files. Photo 1 shows a triangle and circle file. Photo 2 shows how a couple of quick passes with the triangle file creates a reference groove in the middle. Photo 3 shows how this triangle groove is made circular to produce the rounded decorative ogee. Hopefully this technique is useful to someone on the forum.



The final difficulty was the curvature of the frame and the deviation from perpendicular. This decorative piece had to be beveled at the base to follow the contour of the frame and I'm not completely happy with the gap. I will see what some sawdust and stain can do to hide the small defect.




It's good to be working on the BHR again!

 

[BradNSW]

Spent some time modifying the accommodation ladder to the quarterdeck. The kit provided a very basic outline/shape (see below).


Comparing it to the Boudroit drawing, it was clear that piece was too thin and needed an ogee profile.


After a morning setting up a mass production line, this is what is rolling off.


I'm always concerned about use in "real life", with pitching seas and salt spray. Climbing this, with no place for the fingers to grip, except a flat top would be near impossible. My solution will be to incorporate a rope, through the steps, similar to the photo below from a build log by Karl (aka Jeronimo) from (Nastätten - Rhein-Land-Pfalz - Germany) on the Nautical Research Guild:

 

[dockattner]

A nice improvement over the kit offering, Brad!

 

[Peter Voogt]

Spent some time modifying the accommodation ladder to the quarterdeck. The kit provided a very basic outline/shape (see below).
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Comparing it to the Boudroit drawing, it was clear that piece was too thin and needed an ogee profile.
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After a morning setting up a mass production line, this is what is rolling off.
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I'm always concerned about use in "real life", with pitching seas and salt spray. Climbing this, with no place for the fingers to grip, except a flat top would be near impossible. My solution will be to incorporate a rope, through the steps, similar to the photo below from a build log by Karl (aka Jeronimo) from (Nastätten - Rhein-Land-Pfalz - Germany) on the Nautical Research Guild:
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Nice steps, Brad. And that ‘inside rope’ is a better option then one hanging besides.
Regards, Peter

 

[Tobias]

Good morning Brad,
very nice steps and a clear improvement over the original kit part.

 

[BradNSW]

Paul, Peter and Tobias, I Thank You for the encouraging words as I work on small modifications to the kit. Very motivating.

Below are the pictures documenting the final steps in making the quarterdeck access ladder. I'm happy with the result but, as you see in the last, head-on picture, the rope zig-zags ever so slightly, in spite of all the efforts I made to line things up perfectly. Hardly noticeable with the naked eye but apparent in the pictures.

1. A jig on the Dremel drill press to center the rope hole in each step.


22. The steps with holes drilled in the center.


3. The finished result. I'd be confident climbing this in heavy seas, with the rope for hand holds.