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Colonial Schooner Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - Mario
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Bravo Mario! Very good!
Very nice job on the riding bitt!
THANK YOU JIM AND DAVE AND ALL THE OTHER LIKES FOR STOPPING BY!!!
HELLO ALL,
I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF DEALING WITH ALL THE FURNITURE AND BITS AND PIECES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE QUARTER AND POOP DECK. I'M WORKING ON THE BILGE PUMPS, COMPANIONWAY, DECK HOUSE, RIDING BIT, TIMBER HEADS, CATHEADS, CANNON CARRIAGES, AND NOW CONSIDERING ON HOW I WILL BE MOUNTING AND DISPLAYING THE MODEL.
THE PICTURES SHOW HOW I HANDLE SOME OF THE ISSUES ON MAKING ALL THE ITEMS. BUT I DECIDED AT THE END OF THIS POSTING TO SHOW WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. I GOT A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY WITH WORKING ON THE CANNON CARRIAGES, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN REALLY GOOD PICTURES OR EXPLANATIONS ON HOW TO CREATE THEM. BOB HUNT DID A GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING HOW, BUT HE USES PICTURES OF THE RATTLESNAKE CARRIAGES. SO I AM HOPING MINE CAME OUT LIKE THEY SHOULD. I AM STILL WORKING ON THEM, BUT DECIDED TO SHOW WHERE I AM AT WITH THEM.
I DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BILGE PUMPS OTHER THEN THEY ARE MADE FROM CHERRY WOOD AND EBONY HANDLES. I USED 3/16" SQUARE CHERRY AND TAPERED TO 1/8". THERE WASN'T MUCH TO THEM.
ON THE TIMBERHEADS I DECIDED TO SHAPE THEM, DRILL A HOLE ADD A BRASS ROD AND PINNED THEM TO THE DECK. I HAD MARKED WHERE THE STANCHIONS WERE AT AND IT IS WERE THEY ARE PINNED AT. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD A BETTER JOB AT SHAPING AWAY FROM THE MODEL.
AS FOR THE DECKHOUSE AND COMPANIONWAY I USED A BRASS HANDLE AND BLACK CARD FOR THE HINGES.
SO I HOPE I EXPLAINED THINGS WELL, BUT IF I DID NOT PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ASK ME TO CLEARIFY AS TO WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF DEALING WITH ALL THE FURNITURE AND BITS AND PIECES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE QUARTER AND POOP DECK. I'M WORKING ON THE BILGE PUMPS, COMPANIONWAY, DECK HOUSE, RIDING BIT, TIMBER HEADS, CATHEADS, CANNON CARRIAGES, AND NOW CONSIDERING ON HOW I WILL BE MOUNTING AND DISPLAYING THE MODEL.
THE PICTURES SHOW HOW I HANDLE SOME OF THE ISSUES ON MAKING ALL THE ITEMS. BUT I DECIDED AT THE END OF THIS POSTING TO SHOW WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. I GOT A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY WITH WORKING ON THE CANNON CARRIAGES, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN REALLY GOOD PICTURES OR EXPLANATIONS ON HOW TO CREATE THEM. BOB HUNT DID A GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING HOW, BUT HE USES PICTURES OF THE RATTLESNAKE CARRIAGES. SO I AM HOPING MINE CAME OUT LIKE THEY SHOULD. I AM STILL WORKING ON THEM, BUT DECIDED TO SHOW WHERE I AM AT WITH THEM.
I DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BILGE PUMPS OTHER THEN THEY ARE MADE FROM CHERRY WOOD AND EBONY HANDLES. I USED 3/16" SQUARE CHERRY AND TAPERED TO 1/8". THERE WASN'T MUCH TO THEM.
ON THE TIMBERHEADS I DECIDED TO SHAPE THEM, DRILL A HOLE ADD A BRASS ROD AND PINNED THEM TO THE DECK. I HAD MARKED WHERE THE STANCHIONS WERE AT AND IT IS WERE THEY ARE PINNED AT. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD A BETTER JOB AT SHAPING AWAY FROM THE MODEL.
AS FOR THE DECKHOUSE AND COMPANIONWAY I USED A BRASS HANDLE AND BLACK CARD FOR THE HINGES.
SO I HOPE I EXPLAINED THINGS WELL, BUT IF I DID NOT PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ASK ME TO CLEARIFY AS TO WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
A BIT MORE...
AND THE LAST OF IT...
THANKS MRSHANKS AND THANKS FOR ALL THE LIKES EVERYONE!!!
The cannon carriages were a lot of work. so many steps and so many cuts to so to make it happen. Here's the results...
The cannon carriages were a lot of work. so many steps and so many cuts to so to make it happen. Here's the results...
i was really surprised how they came out. With all the steps to do i was certain i was going to srew up some where down the line. having never done this before.
Looking very good
Maybe you try to get some smaller diameter ringbolts - in moment they are looking slightly oversized.
After cutting the trunnions to correct lengths -> Great carriages
Maybe you try to get some smaller diameter ringbolts - in moment they are looking slightly oversized.
After cutting the trunnions to correct lengths -> Great carriages
hello Uwe,
Thanks and yes they are over sized. I just stuck the on there for the photo. they are corrected now.
hello everyone,
I have been a lot of internet problem with my provider. so have not been able to post. at this time the chainplates and deadeyes are completed. swivel gun posts and guns are completed. almost completed with the painting. i am adding eyebolts everywhere. i am done with the grading. i only graded 2 locations. the reason being is i add a below deck detail and adding grading at each location would of made it difficult to see. the rudder being the only thing i have left to do other then the sticks.
as for the masts, yards and bowsprit, i am considering rigging. but when you look at hanhs model and look at his plans both are rigged differently. i am a woodworked not a seaman. so i really need some step by step instruction of where all the lines are to be rigged, blocks to be placed, and eyebolt locations. But still i do need step by step. i would love to rig it but worried to screw up. hanhs rigging sheet doesn't help too much for me. i even search places like ebay to see if someone was selling left over plans of a hannah kit that has the rigging instructions, but no luck as of yet. if i can't find then i am just about done with the hannah. i can add rigging block and eyebolts that i can figure out to the model, but not everything.
BUT THE BIG CONFUSION IS WHY HANH RIGGED THE MODEL DIFFERENT FROM THE PLANS.
and another issue for me is i started this model in 2016 and here it is 2020. I am fighting burn out of this model. there is no way this should of taken this long, but there was so many times i could not get to it through the years.......I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM SAYING YEARS!!!
so i have a few pictures to add here and more to come once i clean them up. just having a wonderful time with our www provider. i never should of retired. or i would fix the damn service myself.
Thanks and yes they are over sized. I just stuck the on there for the photo. they are corrected now.
hello everyone,
I have been a lot of internet problem with my provider. so have not been able to post. at this time the chainplates and deadeyes are completed. swivel gun posts and guns are completed. almost completed with the painting. i am adding eyebolts everywhere. i am done with the grading. i only graded 2 locations. the reason being is i add a below deck detail and adding grading at each location would of made it difficult to see. the rudder being the only thing i have left to do other then the sticks.
as for the masts, yards and bowsprit, i am considering rigging. but when you look at hanhs model and look at his plans both are rigged differently. i am a woodworked not a seaman. so i really need some step by step instruction of where all the lines are to be rigged, blocks to be placed, and eyebolt locations. But still i do need step by step. i would love to rig it but worried to screw up. hanhs rigging sheet doesn't help too much for me. i even search places like ebay to see if someone was selling left over plans of a hannah kit that has the rigging instructions, but no luck as of yet. if i can't find then i am just about done with the hannah. i can add rigging block and eyebolts that i can figure out to the model, but not everything.
BUT THE BIG CONFUSION IS WHY HANH RIGGED THE MODEL DIFFERENT FROM THE PLANS.
and another issue for me is i started this model in 2016 and here it is 2020. I am fighting burn out of this model. there is no way this should of taken this long, but there was so many times i could not get to it through the years.......I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM SAYING YEARS!!!
so i have a few pictures to add here and more to come once i clean them up. just having a wonderful time with our www provider. i never should of retired. or i would fix the damn service myself.
My internet is up again so before it goes down again....here we go.
the photos are self explaining. but the last 3 are there to get some advise or help. remember i started this in 2016. the hannah has 10 swivel guns for some reason i only had 8. i don't even remember wher i got them from. so to order more and to match would be a guessing game. i have 2 others,,,,,But di ships have all the swivel guns the same or did they have a couple of different guns. i thinking they kept it the same.
the last 2 pics is what i am having trouble with. the rigging. so here you go.
the photos are self explaining. but the last 3 are there to get some advise or help. remember i started this in 2016. the hannah has 10 swivel guns for some reason i only had 8. i don't even remember wher i got them from. so to order more and to match would be a guessing game. i have 2 others,,,,,But di ships have all the swivel guns the same or did they have a couple of different guns. i thinking they kept it the same.
the last 2 pics is what i am having trouble with. the rigging. so here you go.
Usually you should have a belaying plan where the different ropes should end, means the ending of the "arrows"
something similar to this, maybe not in the details like shown by Boudriot
Taken as example form Aurore
or this one from Rochefort
something similar to this, maybe not in the details like shown by Boudriot
Taken as example form Aurore
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or this one from Rochefort
Planset review - LE ROCHEFORT - 1787" Harbour Supply Vessel / Yacht - 1:36 - by Gerard Delacroix
Planset Review: LE ROCHEFORT - 1787 Harbour Supply Vessel / Yacht - 1:36 by Gerard Delacroix Monographie is available directly from Gerard Delacroix via http://gerard.delacroix.pagesperso-orange.fr/rochefort/plaquette-e.htm Price exclusive postage is 66,- Euro There are different...
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I am new to this game and interested in your clarifying what the square and rectangular metal weights that you use for holding parts in place horizontally and vertically. I have good squares but need better weighting and positioning assists.
Thanks Uwek for the meaning of the arrows. Works for me!
Pt-2 I was in telecomm maintenance provisioning and construction. these are just remnants from our left over that were thrown in the trash years before telecomm started to recycle. if you know anybody in that field they would probably be able to help you out. We had this stuff in the 1000's, but i am retired now.
Hello All,
Been having internet problem for just about 2 weeks, the problem has been resolved so here we go.
I worked on the mast and spars, plus the Hannah's little boat. The mast and spares were made from dowel and stain a light shade of walnut. The spares were shaped and painted black and goes for the crosstree area too. The crosstree area was built from basswood and painted.
The ships boat was build upside down like so many other small boats builds in these boat forums that I have seen. So I didn't show this. I just had to pick a size and go from there. Bob Hunt does not do any of this(longboat) on the Hannah practicum. But mentioned that the boat was about 2.5 inches. Well mine was a little bigger and to me it matched or was close to the size seen on Hahn's model. I decided to use holly, boxwood, and ebony for the boat. Add as much detail as I was wanted. Ring bolts an rings, tholes were all brass. The craddles out of boxwood. Hanh placed his across the breadth of the ship and a tight fit for the cannon but it worked. It worked for me too, but I decided to go with the Halifax settting with a couple of adjustments to mine. Hey gotta make it my own as they say. Plus it looks pretty good to me. What say you all? It's not glued in place yet, because I will be rigging it to the craddles off the deck. Which will be easier, then I will glue it into place maybe before or after the rigging. The Hannah is mentioned to be a good starting POF model with minimul rigging. I have done more complicated rigging before, thats why I haven't decied as of yet. I have learned to make the rigging as easy as possible. If I do rigging!
So internet don't fail me now...here we go.
Pt-2 I was in telecomm maintenance provisioning and construction. these are just remnants from our left over that were thrown in the trash years before telecomm started to recycle. if you know anybody in that field they would probably be able to help you out. We had this stuff in the 1000's, but i am retired now.
Hello All,
Been having internet problem for just about 2 weeks, the problem has been resolved so here we go.
I worked on the mast and spars, plus the Hannah's little boat. The mast and spares were made from dowel and stain a light shade of walnut. The spares were shaped and painted black and goes for the crosstree area too. The crosstree area was built from basswood and painted.
The ships boat was build upside down like so many other small boats builds in these boat forums that I have seen. So I didn't show this. I just had to pick a size and go from there. Bob Hunt does not do any of this(longboat) on the Hannah practicum. But mentioned that the boat was about 2.5 inches. Well mine was a little bigger and to me it matched or was close to the size seen on Hahn's model. I decided to use holly, boxwood, and ebony for the boat. Add as much detail as I was wanted. Ring bolts an rings, tholes were all brass. The craddles out of boxwood. Hanh placed his across the breadth of the ship and a tight fit for the cannon but it worked. It worked for me too, but I decided to go with the Halifax settting with a couple of adjustments to mine. Hey gotta make it my own as they say. Plus it looks pretty good to me. What say you all? It's not glued in place yet, because I will be rigging it to the craddles off the deck. Which will be easier, then I will glue it into place maybe before or after the rigging. The Hannah is mentioned to be a good starting POF model with minimul rigging. I have done more complicated rigging before, thats why I haven't decied as of yet. I have learned to make the rigging as easy as possible. If I do rigging!
So internet don't fail me now...here we go.
and the rest
Will get back to this soon I hope. But been going to memorials for friends and families since no funerals are allowed. The virus and cancer has been rough for my family n friends.
Sorry to hear it, Mario! Hopefully you can find some peace. Although she was just a dog, our beloved 13 year old Golden Retriever, Lucy, passed last night. We have a hole in our hearts today.
With regard to rigging and belaying, when I was researching rigging my Independence model, I wrote to Daniel Dusek of Dusek Model Kits. He owns the rights to the Mamoli Halifax, a ship similar to Hannah. He actually sent me .pdf's of rigging and belaying plans. Write and explain your situation. He'll doubless send you the .pdf's also! No commercial use or redistribution allowed, of course!
contact@dusekshipkits.com
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Dear Mario
I must to say that it is simply a pleasure to read your blog, a precise work process that brings beautiful results!
I will use your blog to build the same model I am building, I am in the initial stages and your blog will help me a lot 
I must to say that it is simply a pleasure to read your blog, a precise work process that brings beautiful results!
I will use your blog to build the same model I am building, I am in the initial stages and your blog will help me a lot