HMS ALERT 1777 cutter POF by shota70 [COMPLETED BUILD]

shota70 said:
good evening dear friends
today I continued working on the Work on the chain wale. First I modified the dead eyes by changing the rope holes. next I connected the metal rings I clamp around them squeezing the ends gently to lock them around the dead eye. the next step is to Followed by fitting the 3 parts to chain wale. It should be noted that I connected the lower part of the chain plates (in the form of a round disk with a hole) to the ship's hull with a blackened nail.
good night dear friends Sleep
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You owned this Shota. Brilliant.
 
good evening dear friends
First I would like to thank you all for the compliments, words of support and likes. It's nice to know that you like my work, the comments help me to improve my abilities and to achieve better quality results. :)

Today I dedicated several hours to create the Two blocks for the cat heads that assembled each from three milled cherry parts and glued with PVA.
Unfortunately, I did not find an explanation in the model's booklet how to build and where the 3 pieces of wood are for each block, nor in other blogs I didn't find a detailed explanation and photos documenting the construction process of these blocks.

Therefore, dedicate a few lines today to documenting each step so that the next in line can benefit from it:

First step: the parts for the blocks are located in the small board with the number 31. I took them out, sanded them to get clean lines. Note that the straight board fits between two boards that have a wide groove, also the rounded quarter smaller by tenths of a millimeter than the one corresponding to it should be glued to the same small quarter on the other side. When everything is ready and polished, stick with pva.

Second step preparation of the round disks located inside the center of the block. At first I tried to make them out of wood but I didn't succeed because it broke very quickly. So I made them from a 2.8 mm diameter brass tube that already came with a 1mm inner hole.

Third step: After the block dried, I created a hole in the center where the hinge will be inserted into the round disks and I also gently sanded the block to create rounded/slanted lines. then I installed the rounded discs with their pivot.

Fourth step: Around the block I made a brass hook from 0.5 mm brass.
Unfortunately, I have not yet learned the possibilities of silver soldering even though I have already purchased the necessary materials. Therefore I make the following method, I shaped hat wraps the block with the brass wire and then I left about a centimeter and a quarter of wire that I wrapped in the form of a braid. At first I did not achieve a satisfactory result, but in the second and third round I reached a situation where the wires integrated into each other also by pressing pliers and heating the wires with a soldering iron at 450 degrees Celsius and finally I wrapped them in a light layer of tin and bent them into the shape of a hook. Of course, I made fine sanding with nails as well as browning the hook.

Final step: cleanings and smoothing of the surface of the blocks and hooks and application of teak oil.

I am quite satisfied that the investment and patience I gave to this "small" part resulted in a nice result for me. Because one of the challenges I face is restraining the production to achieve progress in the process, which sometimes brings results that are not satisfactory to me.

wish you all a pleasant week :D
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shota70 said:
good evening dear friends
First I would like to thank you all for the compliments, words of support and likes. It's nice to know that you like my work, the comments help me to improve my abilities and to achieve better quality results. :)

Today I dedicated several hours to create the Two blocks for the cat heads that assembled each from three milled cherry parts and glued with PVA.
Unfortunately, I did not find an explanation in the model's booklet how to build and where the 3 pieces of wood are for each block, nor in other blogs I didn't find a detailed explanation and photos documenting the construction process of these blocks.

Therefore, dedicate a few lines today to documenting each step so that the next in line can benefit from it:

First step: the parts for the blocks are located in the small board with the number 31. I took them out, sanded them to get clean lines. Note that the straight board fits between two boards that have a wide groove, also the rounded quarter smaller by tenths of a millimeter than the one corresponding to it should be glued to the same small quarter on the other side. When everything is ready and polished, stick with pva.

Second step preparation of the round disks located inside the center of the block. At first I tried to make them out of wood but I didn't succeed because it broke very quickly. So I made them from a 2.8 mm diameter brass tube that already came with a 1mm inner hole.

Third step: After the block dried, I created a hole in the center where the hinge will be inserted into the round disks and I also gently sanded the block to create rounded/slanted lines. then I installed the rounded discs with their pivot.

Fourth step: Around the block I made a brass hook from 0.5 mm brass.
Unfortunately, I have not yet learned the possibilities of silver soldering even though I have already purchased the necessary materials. Therefore I make the following method, I shaped hat wraps the block with the brass wire and then I left about a centimeter and a quarter of wire that I wrapped in the form of a braid. At first I did not achieve a satisfactory result, but in the second and third round I reached a situation where the wires integrated into each other also by pressing pliers and heating the wires with a soldering iron at 450 degrees Celsius and finally I wrapped them in a light layer of tin and bent them into the shape of a hook. Of course, I made fine sanding with nails as well as browning the hook.

Final step: cleanings and smoothing of the surface of the blocks and hooks and application of teak oil.

I am quite satisfied that the investment and patience I gave to this "small" part resulted in a nice result for me. Because one of the challenges I face is restraining the production to achieve progress in the process, which sometimes brings results that are not satisfactory to me.

wish you all a pleasant week :D
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This is absolutely fantastic Shota! Bravo!
 
Very very good results with those blocks, my friend! I do not know how you did that.
 
shota70 said:
good evening dear friends
First I would like to thank you all for the compliments, words of support and likes. It's nice to know that you like my work, the comments help me to improve my abilities and to achieve better quality results. :)

Today I dedicated several hours to create the Two blocks for the cat heads that assembled each from three milled cherry parts and glued with PVA.
Unfortunately, I did not find an explanation in the model's booklet how to build and where the 3 pieces of wood are for each block, nor in other blogs I didn't find a detailed explanation and photos documenting the construction process of these blocks.

Therefore, dedicate a few lines today to documenting each step so that the next in line can benefit from it:

First step: the parts for the blocks are located in the small board with the number 31. I took them out, sanded them to get clean lines. Note that the straight board fits between two boards that have a wide groove, also the rounded quarter smaller by tenths of a millimeter than the one corresponding to it should be glued to the same small quarter on the other side. When everything is ready and polished, stick with pva.

Second step preparation of the round disks located inside the center of the block. At first I tried to make them out of wood but I didn't succeed because it broke very quickly. So I made them from a 2.8 mm diameter brass tube that already came with a 1mm inner hole.

Third step: After the block dried, I created a hole in the center where the hinge will be inserted into the round disks and I also gently sanded the block to create rounded/slanted lines. then I installed the rounded discs with their pivot.

Fourth step: Around the block I made a brass hook from 0.5 mm brass.
Unfortunately, I have not yet learned the possibilities of silver soldering even though I have already purchased the necessary materials. Therefore I make the following method, I shaped hat wraps the block with the brass wire and then I left about a centimeter and a quarter of wire that I wrapped in the form of a braid. At first I did not achieve a satisfactory result, but in the second and third round I reached a situation where the wires integrated into each other also by pressing pliers and heating the wires with a soldering iron at 450 degrees Celsius and finally I wrapped them in a light layer of tin and bent them into the shape of a hook. Of course, I made fine sanding with nails as well as browning the hook.

Final step: cleanings and smoothing of the surface of the blocks and hooks and application of teak oil.

I am quite satisfied that the investment and patience I gave to this "small" part resulted in a nice result for me. Because one of the challenges I face is restraining the production to achieve progress in the process, which sometimes brings results that are not satisfactory to me.

wish you all a pleasant week :D
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Good morning Shota. Man those are tiny and what a wonderful job you have done making them. Cheers Grant
 
Uwek said:
so much cannonballs for this small ship - I do not know how many shots they made during the action against the Le Coureur.....

One question, because I can not recognize this detail - on some it is visible on some not - What we can see here?
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Dear Uwe and Shota,
In response to your previous discussion. The illustration below is from the book Anatomy of the ship Alert. Obviously these eyebolts are for attaching the gun tackles. But I'm not sure if it's correct. In my own Alert build, I tied the tackles to the eyebolts at bulwark.


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mtbediz1 said:
Dear Uwe and Shota,
In response to your previous discussion. The illustration below is from the book Anatomy of the ship Alert. Obviously these eyebolts are for attaching the gun tackles. But I'm not sure if it's correct. In my own Alert build, I tied the tackles to the eyebolts at bulwark.


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thanks my friend for the explanation, I will do it in your way
 
Hello dear friends
In the Last week I started working on the creation of the cannon carts. Most of the work I have done so far has focused on removing the various parts from the of the three panels that make up the cart (10 wooden parts), and a lot of delicate manual sanding work.
It was monotonous and Sisyphus work, but important because it will give the carts the right finish and beauty.
I will try to be as detailed as possible in the stages of the work so that the next modelers will help with convenient explanations and detailed pictures as much as possible.
After preparing the wood parts in the coming week I will focus on the various metal parts and blackening them.
meantime, I am attaching photos of the work,
wishing us all a pleasant and enjoyable weekend :)
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Evrything well prepared - it is the beginning of mass production.
With this number of guns a template for the fixing of the wooden parts is maybe helpful.....
 
Uwek said:
Evrything well prepared - it is the beginning of mass production.
With this number of guns a template for the fixing of the wooden parts is maybe helpful.....
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you are right, I am intending to create a jig for thet
 
I have caught up with your build log again, must have missed a notification. You have made very good progress in the meantime and added so many nice details Thumbsup.
 
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