4.2 Basis (laying of power boards under beams).
Here are all the details I will need for this section.
First of all, I glued all the Keelson fragments together. According to the instructions, they need to be glued in turn, but as for me, it is illogical and more difficult to do.
Glued on the table so that the geometry is not disturbed. Clamps put clerical at the edges from gluing so that the parts do not slide off on the glue. Then he polished all the surfaces and made 90-degree corners in the grooves under Breast hooks.
In the meantime the glue was drying out, I was preparing Mast step parts.
The middle part is glued on both sides, so it needs to be finalized before gluing, as indicated by the arrows above. This middle section differs not only in the mast notch, but also lower in the central zone. This protrusion will lock into Keelson and position the entire part. And after grinding the planes, I need to glue 3 fragments.
Without wasting time while the glue dries (5 minutes))) I sanded Limber strike (two power boards closest to the keel).
In order for Keelson to clearly lie on all the frames - it was necessary to make a small device.
This is a piece of wood from a 5 mm thick set on which I glued sandpaper.
Since this "tool" with a slight bend, it perfectly grinds the frames along the deflection line. And here is the result, the surface clearly corresponds to Keelson.
But before fixing, he needed to create the correct chamfer from above.
To make an even uniform cut of 45 degrees, I made such a device in a couple of seconds from a couple of pieces of wood and a piece of blade glued to the SA. Scraping methods can be made a neat bevel, then modified with sandpaper.
I will continue to constantly make footnotes on anatomy if there are inaccuracies or simplifications in the set. But now is the moment with inaccuracies in the anatomy itself, which relate to the detail of the Mast step.
First, the anatomy shows that this part is fixed with 4 bolts on each side, as indicated in the red circle. But then, one of the distant bolts would not fall on the frame, which could not be. Therefore, it is more logical that the bolts hitting all the frames twice were 3 on each side. Since this is a small ship and the effort does not go to the separation but to the displacement, then I think 6 bolts are enough for this unit.
The second moment is the tilt of the front and back walls. As shown in the side view of the drawings, this angle is approximately 6 degrees. I don't know if it will be visible, but it took me half a minute on the grinder - so I did it like in anatomy.
And this is how it looks assembled, front view...
.. and rear view.
So how I fixed Keelson. Since all these manipulations are fast enough and there is no time for photos, those who read my review - as a bonus - tell this procedure in a step.
First, I drilled holes in the grooves with a diameter into which the pin passes. And with this mace he fixed the part in place. There are three such places.
Then I applied PVA TiteBond from a syringe to each frame. (Be sure to point out that during compression the drop occupies only the gluing zone without staining everything around. I remind you that the oil does not lie well where there is a surplus of PVA. You need to apply pointwise and at the same time without rubbing, so as not to waste time on this and the glue did not have time to dry. And when the parts are compressed, the drop will spread along the gluing plane anyway).
Then, from the stern, I applied a strip of CA to Keelson himself. The pin next to the glue must be threaded through in order to insert its tip into the keel and lower the Keelson into its place along the pin. This makes it easier to position it with a fast glue.
For now, while the CA glue sets, the entire Keelson is laid on the frames, parailly passing pins into the holes for better positioning of the second edge. Well, all that remains is to hold Keelson so that the caday is completely frozen (5-7 minutes). And here is the finished result.
Well, as always now, Nelson, once again inspects the result of the fixation.
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