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CAF Granado 1/48 PoF Bomb Vessel by Signet
Before planking the main deck, I needed to install the lower bulkhead separating the main deck from the quarterdeck and the captain and officers' cabins. Near as I can tell, it goes atop the officers' deck planking, so that's where I installed it:
I believe the aft portion of my main deck may be a bit lower than it should be, as the slots in this partition and the slots in the aftmost deck beam do not line up vertically:
That may also/instead mean my aft deck installed is too high, but to maintain the correct partition height in that area, I'm leaving it alone. I don't think the resulting quarterdeck will be too high, so I don't see any measure problems at this point (probably due to my lack of insight, rather than no problems actually existing).
The port waterway goes on first. I had to reshape the outer plank (waterway) a bit to fit the bow, probably due to my less-than-perfect shaping there.
When doing this, I actually forgot about it being a waterway, and just looked at it as another plank. My intention had been to raise it up a bit with shims, to simulate a thicker waterway with a slope to the deck. I didn't remember this until several planks were installed, so too late. I may try to do something about it later.
If you're wondering about the heavy paper taped in place, I've already dropped a couple small pieces down into the hold, and was lucky enough to get them back out. I'm trying to prevent that in the future; I don't think the model will take well to being shaken upside down!
Here I'm gluing the second plank in place:
Up to a point, I could use clamps to keep the planking tight, with weights to hold them down.
When the clamps quit working (I broke one of the black needle-nose ones), I just used weights and sometimes pieces of scrap to help hold them:
I fit the last plank that contacted the mortar surrounds to them, and glued the surrounds as well as the plank in place.
Making sure the mortar housings and surrounding planking are glued in place true and level. And secure:
This was the last full-length plank. After this, planks will be in pieces for each section between mortars and hatches and such:
Where I am at this point:
I've already located the main pumps and have a plank partially cut for it. From now on, I have to start thinking about all the required openings for pumps, hatches, etc. Looks like the Bowsprit Step must be positioned and glued to the main beams, with planking surrounding it, which I have to watch out for. I thought the step on it might go atop the planking, but looks like it doesn't. That's my interpretation, anyhow. The instructions show full planking everything, and cutting all openings later.
I didn't end up reducing the planking width as suggested on the plans to speak of, just enough to go aside the windlass mount, so am a bit surprised that the overall planking half doesn't quite make it to the centerline. No problem, though, as I won't be planking much of the starboard side of the deck.
Sounds like a good place to stop for the night; too much thinking and planning involved at this point. Good night, and thanks for watching!
I believe the aft portion of my main deck may be a bit lower than it should be, as the slots in this partition and the slots in the aftmost deck beam do not line up vertically:
That may also/instead mean my aft deck installed is too high, but to maintain the correct partition height in that area, I'm leaving it alone. I don't think the resulting quarterdeck will be too high, so I don't see any measure problems at this point (probably due to my lack of insight, rather than no problems actually existing).
The port waterway goes on first. I had to reshape the outer plank (waterway) a bit to fit the bow, probably due to my less-than-perfect shaping there.
When doing this, I actually forgot about it being a waterway, and just looked at it as another plank. My intention had been to raise it up a bit with shims, to simulate a thicker waterway with a slope to the deck. I didn't remember this until several planks were installed, so too late. I may try to do something about it later.
If you're wondering about the heavy paper taped in place, I've already dropped a couple small pieces down into the hold, and was lucky enough to get them back out. I'm trying to prevent that in the future; I don't think the model will take well to being shaken upside down!
Here I'm gluing the second plank in place:
Up to a point, I could use clamps to keep the planking tight, with weights to hold them down.
When the clamps quit working (I broke one of the black needle-nose ones), I just used weights and sometimes pieces of scrap to help hold them:
I fit the last plank that contacted the mortar surrounds to them, and glued the surrounds as well as the plank in place.
Making sure the mortar housings and surrounding planking are glued in place true and level. And secure:
This was the last full-length plank. After this, planks will be in pieces for each section between mortars and hatches and such:
Where I am at this point:
I've already located the main pumps and have a plank partially cut for it. From now on, I have to start thinking about all the required openings for pumps, hatches, etc. Looks like the Bowsprit Step must be positioned and glued to the main beams, with planking surrounding it, which I have to watch out for. I thought the step on it might go atop the planking, but looks like it doesn't. That's my interpretation, anyhow. The instructions show full planking everything, and cutting all openings later.
I didn't end up reducing the planking width as suggested on the plans to speak of, just enough to go aside the windlass mount, so am a bit surprised that the overall planking half doesn't quite make it to the centerline. No problem, though, as I won't be planking much of the starboard side of the deck.
Sounds like a good place to stop for the night; too much thinking and planning involved at this point. Good night, and thanks for watching!
Good morning. You are totally owning this POF Granado. I think your anchor cables are spot on. I doubt any crew, considering the weight of these, manages to make perfect coils. Lovely details. Cheers Grant
Continuing on with the main deck planking... As mentioned above, the bowsprit step must be mounted directly on a main deck beam, and also is held by a beam from the deck above. Since the decking must go around it, rather than below it, I mounted and glued it in place now:
Now I will have to protect it from being broken off as construction continues.
Here, several things are going on:
The mast step is "protected" and held in place, the hatch surrounds are being checked with the openings as they are made, the elm pumps are being located and mounted and the raised area between the fore mortar and main hatch is positioned. There were a number of interferences.
Referring to the above photo, the aft elm pumps would fit further back against the last main deck beam, as they interfered with the end of the deck below, so I moved the forward to the mast level. I marked the location of the pump on the planked size and drilled it, tearing up the plank (shown here removed). As the pumps will not fit between any of the deck members, I tried making clearance for the starboard pump, and tore up some of the structure.
Notice that the forward pumps sit outside of the raised area around the mainmast. This is further out than the template below shows, which required cutting into the mast support structure. So I had to move them outward to clear the structure:
I decided to address the fact that the waterways should have been thicker, tapered in thickness towards the deck. My original thought was to place shims under the waterway, and taper the waterway, to create this impression, but forgot to during planking. So, I took the waterway included with the kit for the starboard side, flipped it over and tapered it, to fit atop the port waterway. Here is a closeup of each side of the tapered waterway:
I then glued the tapered waterway in place. I also cut new planks for the aft port pump and made reconfigured support for the starboard pump. Not correct, but hopefully not too bad:
The tapered waterway looks pretty good, IMHO, but is not very noticeable:
At least it looks like part of the main structure.
And that puts me here in the model construction:
Looks like I need to do some inner bulkhead planking next.
Now I will have to protect it from being broken off as construction continues.
Here, several things are going on:
The mast step is "protected" and held in place, the hatch surrounds are being checked with the openings as they are made, the elm pumps are being located and mounted and the raised area between the fore mortar and main hatch is positioned. There were a number of interferences.
Referring to the above photo, the aft elm pumps would fit further back against the last main deck beam, as they interfered with the end of the deck below, so I moved the forward to the mast level. I marked the location of the pump on the planked size and drilled it, tearing up the plank (shown here removed). As the pumps will not fit between any of the deck members, I tried making clearance for the starboard pump, and tore up some of the structure.
Notice that the forward pumps sit outside of the raised area around the mainmast. This is further out than the template below shows, which required cutting into the mast support structure. So I had to move them outward to clear the structure:
I decided to address the fact that the waterways should have been thicker, tapered in thickness towards the deck. My original thought was to place shims under the waterway, and taper the waterway, to create this impression, but forgot to during planking. So, I took the waterway included with the kit for the starboard side, flipped it over and tapered it, to fit atop the port waterway. Here is a closeup of each side of the tapered waterway:
I then glued the tapered waterway in place. I also cut new planks for the aft port pump and made reconfigured support for the starboard pump. Not correct, but hopefully not too bad:
The tapered waterway looks pretty good, IMHO, but is not very noticeable:
At least it looks like part of the main structure.
And that puts me here in the model construction:
Looks like I need to do some inner bulkhead planking next.
Some of your best work. Way to go!
First inner plank being installed:
Since it's hard for me to paint straight edges against other materials, I've painted the plank before gluing in place. I guess this is actually called the spriketting, but the kit shows no difference between it and the lining above it, so it's all planking to me.
Second plank is placed and looks pretty good:
I've used the planks supplied at their full length, so I decided to put the splice under the forecastle at a port, where it will be less noticeable, and the other end where the curved wall to the quarterdeck goes. I won't be painting the walls within the captain's cabin area (I don't think), nor in front of the anchor manger bulkhead, so I'll put those pieces in separately. I was going to install at least the starboard manger bulkhead, to strengthen the spritsail step, but I think I better work on the hawse holes next. Plus, the bulkheads provided with the kit were a bit short, and IMHO a bit too high, considering the hawse opening position, so I made new ones (in the forward mortar bay).
I'll be trimming the inner planks as I go up, so different kind of work now. Time, I think, to red up my workspace, for this change in type of work. (FYI: Red up - or redd up - we never spelled it - is what we used to say in PA when I grew up, it means to tidy up or clean up.)
Since it's hard for me to paint straight edges against other materials, I've painted the plank before gluing in place. I guess this is actually called the spriketting, but the kit shows no difference between it and the lining above it, so it's all planking to me.
Second plank is placed and looks pretty good:
I've used the planks supplied at their full length, so I decided to put the splice under the forecastle at a port, where it will be less noticeable, and the other end where the curved wall to the quarterdeck goes. I won't be painting the walls within the captain's cabin area (I don't think), nor in front of the anchor manger bulkhead, so I'll put those pieces in separately. I was going to install at least the starboard manger bulkhead, to strengthen the spritsail step, but I think I better work on the hawse holes next. Plus, the bulkheads provided with the kit were a bit short, and IMHO a bit too high, considering the hawse opening position, so I made new ones (in the forward mortar bay).
I'll be trimming the inner planks as I go up, so different kind of work now. Time, I think, to red up my workspace, for this change in type of work. (FYI: Red up - or redd up - we never spelled it - is what we used to say in PA when I grew up, it means to tidy up or clean up.)
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