Hms Alert by Maarten [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Maarten]

Thx gents.

Back to the deck. I am starting on the spaces in front of the ship. 3 rooms from PS to SB the boatswain store, stewards room and again a store.
Again the bulk heads are made from laser cut cherry.


I first glue in the frame posts before cutting out the doors.



After sanding I lacquer the parts with clou primer followed by sanding with steelwool.


The doors made from vertical strips and filed to properly fit.


On the inside of the doors battens are fitted.
Below the bulkhead you see the rings for the doors.


After burnishing dry fitting the hinges and fitting the rings.


On the doors I made latches to close them, these I made from hammered 0,35 mm brass wire.



The doors are finished and dry fitted on the bulkhead.

 

[Maarten]

Next is fitting the bulkhead in the ship.
I use a small exacto clamp to put it correctly upright.


The breasthook I cut in two to fit it around the longitudal bulkhead, this increases strenght and makes installation easier.


The bulkhead fitted and the other half of the breasthook fitted.


An overview of the current status.

 

[PT-2]

Thx gents.

Back to the deck. I am starting on the spaces in front of the ship. 3 rooms from PS to SB the boatswain store, stewards room and again a store.
Again the bulk heads are made from laser cut cherry.
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I first glue in the frame posts before cutting out the doors.
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After sanding I lacquer the parts with clou primer followed by sanding with steelwool.
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The doors made from vertical strips and filed to properly fit.
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On the inside of the doors battens are fitted.
Below the bulkhead you see the rings for the doors.
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After burnishing dry fitting the hinges and fitting the rings.
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On the doors I made latches to close them, these I made from hammered 0,35 mm brass wire.
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The doors are finished and dry fitted on the bulkhead.
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Your bulkhead and doors are well done with scale to the hardware involved. Rich

 

[PT-2]

Next is fitting the bulkhead in the ship.
I use a small exacto clamp to put it correctly upright.
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The breasthook I cut in two to fit it around the longitudal bulkhead, this increases strenght and makes installation easier.
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The bulkhead fitted and the other half of the breasthook fitted.
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The interior nail heads look too large to me when compared with the galley stove and locker room . . . but if you are happy with all of that work then you achieved your goal. The model is very precisely done. Rich (PT-2)

 

[Maarten]

The interior nail heads look too large to me when compared with the galley stove and locker room . . . but if you are happy with all of that work then you achieved your goal. The model is very precisely done. Rich (PT-2)

Hi Rich thx for the comments, much appreciated.
The copper nails you are referring to are not nails but bolts which are clenched on roves on the inside and outside for fitting the outside planks.
These are actually to scale as mentioned in the AotS book on Alert.


The planks on the inside are treenailed, the planks onvthe outside are bolted through the inside planks, therefore you get this chaotic apearence.

 

[RDN1954]

I think everything what could be said is already posted!
Still, I'm absolutely flabbergasted.

 

[Steef66]

Those details are amazing.

 

[Algol1957]

Incredible detailing!

 

[Heinrich]

This is the best possible advertising for this kit - Trident should pay you royalties!

 

[DST07]

Amazing!! I keep following and reading...

 

[Heinrich]

Maarten. So let me see if i understand this correctly - after you have applied the Clou primer and sanded the bulkhead and doros with steelwool, you do not apply anything else?

Do you think this method can be used as a finish on hulls?

 

[Maarten]

Maarten. So let me see if i understand this correctly - after you have applied the Clou primer and sanded the bulkhead and doros with steelwool, you do not apply anything else?

Do you think this method can be used as a finish on hulls?

Hi Heinrich,

Yes you are right, you get a nice matt smooth surface, got the tip from Ruediger @Lucius . The clou lacquer is alcohol based, very thin and dries in a minute and glue adheres to it, so perfect for us.

Guess you can also paint a hull with it, why not.
Maybe Ruediger already used it for this purpose.

 

[Maarten]

Next is the accomodation bulkhead.
For this I left the two lower strakes off as this is placed on top of the already placed powder room bulkhead.


Dry fitting it into place on top of the powder room.


In front of this bulkhead will be 2 store rooms, the dry provision store and the gunnars store.
These again are build from lasered cherry sheet glued with CA.


On these there is a 45 deg angled corner and to glue these together I first angled the edges, put some CA on the edges and tape it on masking tape. This enables you to easily fold it together and keep the edges straight while the glue is setting.




I use the drawing to get the corner angles correct.


After the glue has set I can dry fit it in place.


Then put a layer of Clou burn in the nail heads and sand it with steel wool.


Dry fitting again.




Next time finish the bulkheads, make the doors etc before they can be finally installed.

 

[Heinrich]

@Wow Maarten. First, thank you very much for the information on the Clou. If it is alcohol-based though, it means it can't be imported, but I will check on Taobao anyhow. Great tip on that angled corner with the masking tape - the fit is perfect!

 

[Maarten]

Slow progress on, yes I know it is getting boring , more doors.
The store room doors are now finished.
All still dry fitting.

 

[Tobias]

Hello Maarten, I am really impressed with your block of ice, the fine brass work and the interior design. Good work.

 

[PT-2]

Slow progress on, yes I know it is getting boring , more doors.
The store room doors are now finished.
All still dry fitting.
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Great looking doors and bulkheads! Rich

 

[Uwek]

It is never getting boring, when you post new photos - very good metal works - and the walls are looking very realistic
Very good details my friend

 

[Maarten]

Before I can install the bulkheads I have to fit the door first.
The supplied door is a very simple thin cherry board with some lasered lines on it.
Like @Jimsky did I decided to make my own doors.
I got some cherry from my stock and cut and planed it to proper thickness.


Cut a pice to fit the door opening of which the door to the hold has no framing. On the door I have drawn the contour of the panels.


Now with double adhesive tape I glue my door on the milling table.


First with a straight mill I make the panels.


Followed by a spheric mill to add a profile to the panel.


Left the kit supplied e ample and right my alternative.


Yeah again hinge making, my favorite.
The hinges for these door I make from brass pipe of 0,6 mm and brass plate.


The pipe I solder on top of the plate.


After this I sand of the remainder of the plate so the plate and pipe will create one solid part in the shape of the figure 6.
Then I push a 0,35 mm wire in the pipe to avoid crushing it while I cut tiny pieces of it to make the hinge parts.
These cut of parts I sand to the correct height, I bend the end to a 90 deg angle, cut a small slot in the door to glue in the hinge piece to get a sturdy connection.


For the frame part of the hinge also a 90 deg angled fit into the frame.


The frame is fitted on the bulkhead.
Additionally I have made a lock on the door with a key to keep the crew out of the officers spaces in the rear of the ship.


Offcourse the door is fully functional and can be opened and closed.


Here you see the hinge fitting on the inside which gives a better construction then just a glued joint.


The bulkhead is finally fitted.



Together with the store rooms. The PS store is the dry provision store.
For this I made two shelfs and on the top shelf I made two big English Red Leicester cheeses, uhh boxwood cheeses . Also a barrel of salted pork and some bags with beans will follow.





And an overview of the current status.

 

[Jimsky]

Oh...yes, the door is the perfect match to the bulkhead walls: stylish and sounds! Of cause, as you promised you made those doors 'workable'. I do love the brass hardware and the key left outside (I think it is dangerous to leave a key like that) Oh...and the few large heads of cheese? What kind, Bree or Swiss?