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HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48.

AllanKP69 said:
Sounds like a foray into scratch building :) You can use the contemporary drawings including the framing plan and body plan to draw up the stern timbers and counters and the deck drawings will give a guide on the curvature of the deck transom and lower transom shapes. There are books on the general construction for the cross pieces and counter pieces such as The Construction and Fitting of English Men of War. The original contract has all the scantlings and describes the stern timbers, counter timbers and transoms in a lot of detail that should help. If you do not already have a copy, please feel free to PM me if you would like a transcription of the contract. It is transcribed in Word so you can easily search the document for the various parts without having to read the entire thing.
Allan
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Good afternoon Allan. Thanks for this. I do have Goodwins book and I have read the contract. The challenge I face is to make these so the kit windows and decorations etc still work for the stern and gallery. The measurements are not the same and I’m not going to attempt a full scratch build here. I have some ideas and we will find out soon.:D. Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning from a sunny Cape Town. Summer is coming:D. Some more rugby this WE - SA vs Argentina so braai vleis is happening.

I scratch built the base for my capstan. It had to have a small angle to adjust for the deck slope. I also added two gratings one which I left open.
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I had to include wedges to the deck planking which took a few attempts. My main problem was there are no planks wide enough for the wedge to be part of the whole plank so I added these separately and did not caulk them. The join is unfortunately visible but not too bad.
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The sheaves for the tiller cable is left open and the mast base is added.

How she looks at present:
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Cheers Grant
PS. You will notice I still have not added the stern counters etc. I don’t like the kit structure which is completely wrong and I am still head scratching the how I’m going to do this.
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A nice and solid base, Grant. With a nice nailing pattern.
Regards, Peter
 
GrantTyler said:
Good afternoon. I have not posted for awhile so thought I had better do so. I am busy “tiling” the main cabin floor.

I have kept with the theme of haphazard decking/tiling. You will see the tiller and rigging will be visible.

I stained half the tiles with oak stain.

WIP :
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The arrow show how on one side I planked the deck into the margin plank (notches) while the other I made it open to see some knees.

I have realised while my surname is Tyler, a tiler I am not….ROTF.
Cheers Grant
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Awesome work there Grant.
 
GrantTyler said:
Good evening. Whew I’m still on the rudder, tiller system.

The kit provides for a limited tiller/steering system which is then covered over by the cabin floors.

I’m not a modeller who makes things I don’t see….so I am planning some open cabin floors to see at least some of the tiller/steering system.

Tiller, gooseneck, iron hoops and tension blocks (some Grant extras added) - the kit cleats and blocks are horrid however I’m using the cleats here.

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Quadrant and sheaves for steering cable :
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And finally busy the pintles and gudgeons.
All pretty much unfinished WIP…….
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Grant! Glorious!

Blessings.
Chuck
 
Good morning. Some more work on the deck and gratings. I included the two centre gratings and decided to leave these open. Some more deck planks were added.

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Bit by bit she is starting to come together and I am starting to enjoy the look and feel. OH boy I can see many hours of treenails and details ahead of me……fun….ROTF
Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning. Some more work on the deck and gratings. I included the two centre gratings and decided to leave these open. Some more deck planks were added.

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Bit by bit she is starting to come together and I am starting to enjoy the look and feel. OH boy I can see many hours of treenails and details ahead of me……fun….ROTF
Cheers Grant
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Wonderful! :D Thumbsup
 
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