HMS Discovery 1789 scratch build in 1:48

I thought I posted that last post weeks ago.

Anyway I've been teaching myself how to strop blocks and it's been a slow learn. I made this jig to hold things from every possible direction. So far I've made a breech rope and two side tackles on it. Now I just have to train the rigging to drape like real rope.
Now I just have to remember to hit "PostReply"

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I've installed the the two guns that will be under(in??) the forecastle. I won't be able to get at them when it's decked. I still have to put in the tackle to pull the gun in, whatever that's called. Can you see anything obviously wrong?

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Great progress Don,
To my untrained eye the guns and tackle look great, only thing I am wondering is there some sort of finish applied to the wood already?

Cheers,
Stephen.
 
I haven't been doing much on this log. Here's a few pictures. The last one is just a little silliness before putting the beams on the quarterdeck. That is a picture of George III on the wall. I was actually looking for a picture of Vancouver's wife but apparently he didn't have one.

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I'll try a question on here. I'm working on the stern and I noticed on this contemporary pen and ink drawing that there is quite a curve in the stern lights across the ship. I think this drawing is quite a bit vertically exaggerated. So the question is does the curve on the windows match the round up on the deck?

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G'day Don, here is a link to my build of the Invetigator that shows the Transom, it might help you, scroll down to the bottom of the page, post 26,

best regards John,


 
I've been puttering around more with the stern/quarter galleries. I was thinking that I was going to have to make a drawing of the stern but my drawings never seem to help me much. Once the idea is in my head it doesn't seem to help much to put a copy on a piece of paper. So I started carving out pieces. I made the lower stool and lower finishing as one piece. Then I sawed it in two and glued it back together with a Hazel heartwood insert to simulate a molding. Then I glued it on the ship. Then I had to make the most convoluted part of the whole build so far. I guess it would be called the taffarel. It's the blue arrow on the picture. I steam bent the outside pieces as one bend and then cut it in half. The actual taffarel I steam bent into the shape you would see looking from the stern. Then after it was set I used a heat gun very carefully to bend in the curve of the stern. Then I had to join the three pieces with two scarfs. I temporarily held the parts in place with bamboo pins while I was sorting out the scarfs. It all went together quite well but I did have to use the heat gun just a bit to twist the whole assembly slightly. Then I glued that on and pinned the joint between the taffarel and the stool. Then I made the rear panels of the quarter galleries and fit them in. This didn't go as well as I hoped but I think wood filler and sanding will sort that out. If not, they can be re done. I'm reasonably pleased with how it turned out. If it isn't right at least it seems to be symmetrical :)

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Got the quarter galleries finished and the stern lights in. I used epoxy for the glass. 24 hour for the stern lights and 5 min for the quarter gallery. 24 hour worked way better.


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She's looking good Don, I like them at this stage before painting I like the look of the raw wood, just like they were when being built, looking forward to more of your build,
Best regards John
 
Great build that inspire me. And you show us that you don't need fancy tools to creating something beautifull. Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to see more
 
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