She's really looking good Grant!
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Wonderful progress. She will become a beauty.
Nice, nice, very nice. Complicated, head scratching work.
Jan
Jan
Brilliant, Grant! These new additions just add to what is becoming a feast for the eyes.
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.Sounds like a foray into scratch buildingYou 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
. Cheers Grant
Thanks Jan. Yea I’m not so sure if I had to plank the whole deck from here all the planks would fit and line up
. I think some of my head scratching went wayward……The good thing is we are not going to find out.Cheers Grant
Thank you very much Paul. I’m getting more and more excited about my end result as I progress. Still waiting for that “OH NO” moment tho
. Cheers Grant
Good afternoon Gentlemen. Thank you kindly for your comments- they are appreciated. Cheers Grant
A nice and solid base, Grant. With a nice nailing pattern.Good morning from a sunny Cape Town. Summer is coming
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.
Regards, Peter
Hi Grant. She's looking great!
Bill
Bill
Awesome work there Grant.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….
Cheers Grant
Thank you very much Peter,Bill and Johan. Cheers Grant
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Thank you kindly Chuck.