Good work my friend - I like it very much 
A fantastic development, it looks absolutely great.
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For the inexperienced among us, this build looks immaculate, I mean, look at the floor grid; it looks as if there's no grid member out of place. And we're not even talking about the rest of this build... Definitely setting standards here.
You made a nice progress with those nice detailed items, Maarten.
Regards, Peter
Regards, Peter
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Starting with deck planking. I use the kit supplied laser cut cherry strips for this. The laser char edge of the plank I keep inplace.
The planks are glued with pva following the pattern as show in the AotS of the Alert.
Before finalizing the deck I first prepare the winch so I can build the deck around it.
The winch is again colored with schmincke aquadrop twice and sanded with steel wool.
Dry fitting
When the deck is finished I will scrape the deck with a razor blade.
The planks are glued with pva following the pattern as show in the AotS of the Alert.
Before finalizing the deck I first prepare the winch so I can build the deck around it.
The winch is again colored with schmincke aquadrop twice and sanded with steel wool.
Dry fitting
When the deck is finished I will scrape the deck with a razor blade.
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Hello Maarten,
Does keeping the char on the edges give you the desired result, or is it too much, too little, too irregular?
Johan
Hi Johan,
Actually I have never used lasered deck planks before but thought I would give it a go. Think the laser char would simulate a nice caulking and an actual caulking is also not that regular.
I will see after scraping if it was a good decision.
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Oké, thanks Maarten, we’ll see about your decision in due time.
Following your build is still both enjoyable as well as educational.
Work on the winch is progressing slowly.
The bitt is shaped from two cherry strips glued together. The top you need to shape yourselve.
A round file and the sanding disk will do the job.
After burnishing the pewter parts and colouring the bitt parts it is time for dry fitting.
After finall installation it will get a finall layer of shellack.
The bitt is shaped from two cherry strips glued together. The top you need to shape yourselve.
A round file and the sanding disk will do the job.
After burnishing the pewter parts and colouring the bitt parts it is time for dry fitting.
After finall installation it will get a finall layer of shellack.
Next is the winch. The winch is build up from milled segments creating an octonal drum.
The individual drums I cut from the cherry wood part sheets. I leave the edges on to keep the parts ridged during sanding. After sanding I cut away the edges.
The milled inside I taped to sand down the outside to nearly release the individual 8 drum parts.
After sanding down I cut loose all the segments and glue them around a 3 mm stick for the outer drum parts, and a 4 mm stick for the inner drum parts.
The outer caps of the drum are from pewter which I burnished black and glued in the drum end.
Dry fitting in the drum bit.
For the inner drum I drilled a hole in the 4 mm stick to fit in the 3mm stick to fit it through the drum bit as one single winch drum.
After assembling the drum dry fitting on the ship.
The individual drums I cut from the cherry wood part sheets. I leave the edges on to keep the parts ridged during sanding. After sanding I cut away the edges.
The milled inside I taped to sand down the outside to nearly release the individual 8 drum parts.
After sanding down I cut loose all the segments and glue them around a 3 mm stick for the outer drum parts, and a 4 mm stick for the inner drum parts.
The outer caps of the drum are from pewter which I burnished black and glued in the drum end.
Dry fitting in the drum bit.
For the inner drum I drilled a hole in the 4 mm stick to fit in the 3mm stick to fit it through the drum bit as one single winch drum.
After assembling the drum dry fitting on the ship.
Fantastic Maarten.
Every time I see the update, I am amazed at your craftsmanship, mon ami. But being an 'Eagle eye' ( your expression to me), I found some of the discrepancies. I hope it is just 'dry' fitted and not permanently glued. The Pawl ring (gears) are far from the Pawl. I guess this could be the reason for our old discussions, back when we started the build. Which way the Carrick bit pin should be facing? But I really hope it is just a dry fit and nothing serious...
Jim no worries, just loosely positioned for the picture.Every time I see the update, I am amazed at your craftsmanship, mon ami. But being an 'Eagle eye' ( your expression to me), I found some of the discrepancies. I hope it is just 'dry' fitted and not permanently glued. The Pawl ring (gears) are far from the Pawl. I guess this could be the reason for our old discussions, back when we started the build. Which way the Carrick bit pin should be facing? But I really hope it is just a dry fit and nothing serious...
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I am now building the deck around it but want to remove it for sanding and scraping the deck surface.
Next will be the coamings before finalizing the deck half way around them.
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Beautiful work. The details are amazing. Excellent!!
Marcus
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On to the coamings. I make these in a square to ensure square angles.
After glueing these will be sanded to also give the joints a smooth appearence. First plank fitted around it.
The rest of the coamings dry fitted and planks fitted around them.
Now the coamings will be removed and the deck scraped and sanded.
After glueing these will be sanded to also give the joints a smooth appearence. First plank fitted around it.
The rest of the coamings dry fitted and planks fitted around them.
Now the coamings will be removed and the deck scraped and sanded.
Progress on Alert.
The deck is finished by scraping with a razor blade followed by sanding with steelwool.
Next I will burn in the treenails, for this scale 1:48 0,6 mm.
After setting the treenails I will sand again with steelwool followed by two layers of Clou and in between and at the end sanding again.
Around the furnace I made a gland of a small piece of ebony.
The hatch coamings will be blackened with ecoline, now only one layer. Here the same procedure, two layers of ecoline and Clou, sanded in between.
The greatings will be clear wood creating a beautiful contrast.
HMS Victory has the same colour on the greatings.
The deck is finished by scraping with a razor blade followed by sanding with steelwool.
Next I will burn in the treenails, for this scale 1:48 0,6 mm.
After setting the treenails I will sand again with steelwool followed by two layers of Clou and in between and at the end sanding again.
Around the furnace I made a gland of a small piece of ebony.
The hatch coamings will be blackened with ecoline, now only one layer. Here the same procedure, two layers of ecoline and Clou, sanded in between.
The greatings will be clear wood creating a beautiful contrast.
HMS Victory has the same colour on the greatings.
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