HMS Alert [1777] 1:48 POF by serikoff. (Two hulls: skeleton and fully rigged)

[serikoff]

Chapter 1. Frames​

1. Cleaning​

To minimize constant mess, I tackled the dirtiest part of the work first. (In fact, I did this even before documenting the kit.)
The router left a lot of sawdust on the blanks, most of which I removed using a special vacuum nozzle.



However, not all sawdust was easy to remove. Some blanks had smooth cuts, where dust could be easily brushed off and vacuumed. But a few sheets had rougher cuts with fibers that trapped sawdust tightly, requiring me to pick it out with a needle.



The most difficult parts were those that hadn’t been milled all the way through. Fortunately, there were very few of these in this kit.



As a result, after cleaning, some parts will be easier to work with (only requiring the tabs to be cut), while others will need additional sanding to remove the fibers—but thankfully, not too many.



Now, handling the blanks will be much more pleasant without dust constantly falling off. Next, I will move on to numbering all parts—starting with the frames and keel—so I don’t have to waste time searching for the right pieces later.

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Which program do you use to prepare the parts? After finishing my deadwood I will start to prepare the frames for my Fly. The challenge is that I have to mill a lot of frames from both sides.

 

[serikoff]

Which program do you use to prepare the parts? After finishing my deadwood I will start to prepare the frames for my Fly. The challenge is that I have to mill a lot of frames from both sides.

If I understood your question correctly, you assumed that I made these dies myself. But this is not actually a ready-made set from Trident Model. At the beginning of this thread I review this kit.

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

If you wrote this I remember your review.

 

[serikoff]

2. Numbering.

Not a very difficult stage, but very important. In order to bring everything to maximum automation and conveyor, you need to prepare everything correctly.

I have already bought 100 zip-bags, in which I will group all the parts for each frame. But first, I need to pick out all these parts from the dies, and there are quite a few of them...




So far I have only signed the frame parts and will work only with them until I get them half-ready. Then I can work on the keel parts and only after that I will assemble the slipway. But I think I have already talked about this))

 

[serikoff]

Another small update.

I printed out the numbers of all the frame pairs on colored paper. There are 77 of them + half-parts, and in total there are 85 zip bags. Now when I take the parts out of the buns, I will put them in the corresponding bags and then work with them: sand, glue and contour. And all this time they will be dry, tidy and in their place. That's how pedantic nerd I am

 

[serikoff]

3. Sorting – Extracting and organizing.

I am shocked myself, but today I completely extracted all the parts of all 85 pairs of frames and sorted them into prepared zip-bags.

Luckily, all the parts are available (there was even one spare) plus 14 additional pentagonal connecting parts.

I extracted them using a scalpel of this shape. By simply pressing along the grain, the holders were cut off. The only thing where there were very large holders, I had to cut them with a jigsaw.






In the end, this is what we got. Well, the next stage is cutting the holders and gluing the frame parts together in special templates.