HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48.

AnobiumPunctatum · Feb 28, 2026

The treenailing is looking great.

dockattner · Feb 28, 2026

Treenails are PERFECT! But each one through the lathe??? Since when did you become patient? ROTF

Ken · Feb 28, 2026

Grant , this is becoming one of those awesome builds. Your attention to detail is amazing. I know just how much skill and effort you’re putting in. Thanks for sharing, builds like this are inspiring

Corsair · Feb 28, 2026

Beautiful !!

Peter Voogt · Feb 28, 2026

GrantTyler said:
Good morning my shipbuild friends from around the world.

Time for a little detail. Treenails…. I don’t have a drawplate and after paying tax (He was mean to me this year) and two weddings my disposable income is limited. We also bought a warehouse in the company so no dividend for poor me this year end . So……Grants way of making treenails with no drawplate.

I used the same wood for treenails as the planks themselves as I wanted subtle and not a ship with measles .

I cut a 1x 1mm strip and then turned them down to approximately 0.5mm dowels using my lathe.

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I made them a little pointy as there was no way of getting it exactly 0.5mm on a lathe.
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Drilled a 0.5mm hole and with a tiny tiny tiny drop of CA glue inserted into deck and cut with nail clipper.
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The outcome after gentle sanding with 220 grit. I oiled these for the photos as you don’t see them without. Note to self….dont oil where I need to glue!
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Ultra close up
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Cheers Grant

Nicely scaled treenails, Grant.
Regards, Peter

RogerD · Feb 28, 2026

Firstly my congratulations to the family and, most importantly, to the bride and groom.

No doubt a laborious process making those treenails but the outcome is excellent. The photos show how effective they are.

Neil_jo · Feb 28, 2026

I think they look great and very subtle but you still see them.

GrantTyler · Feb 28, 2026

AnobiumPunctatum said:
The treenailing is looking great.

Thank you very much imdeed

dockattner said:
Treenails are PERFECT! But each one through the lathe??? Since when did you become patient?

Hello Paul. Thanks. They are close to “Grants perfect

“ and I am holding thumbs that when there are plenty dotted around it will still look OK. Nope patience still eludes me ROTF

. They go pretty quickly, so it seems, however this may change as I move along. I’m doing a row for each frame and while this model doesn’t have the correct framing there will still be plenty to do.

Ken said:
Grant , this is becoming one of those awesome builds. Your attention to detail is amazing. I know just how much skill and effort you’re putting in. Thanks for sharing, builds like this are inspiring

Good morning Ken. Thank you kindly. I feel like a bowler playing cricket where the batsmen got some runs on the board but no guarantee…..I have something to work with so I’m encouraged at the moment.

Corsair said:
Beautiful !!

Thank you Jeff. I appreciate your comments and checking out my attempt so far.

Peter Voogt said:
Nicely scaled treenails, Grant.
Regards, Peter

Good morning Peter. Thank you kindly. Lets hold thumbs it will look good when done.

RogerD said:
Firstly my congratulations to the family and, most importantly, to the bride and groom.

No doubt a laborious process making those treenails but the outcome is excellent. The photos show how effective they are.

Thank you Roger. They just got back from their honeymoon last night and look like newly weds living in La La land ROTF

. As they say now the honeymoon is over the real life starts….Im excited for them.

So far I’m in the honeymoon stage with my treenails ROTF

let’s see how long my patience lasts.

Neil_jo said:
I think they look great and very subtle but you still see them.

Thank you Neil. Often these little things look good as an example but turn into a bad bought of measles…..I am hopeful tho.

Cheers Grant

shota70 · Mar 1, 2026

great, my dear friend
I'm sorry I missed all the joy, so first of all, congratulations on your birthday and congratulations on your son's wedding, may you know many more moments of happiness and joy in the family.
You're doing an amazing job on the model, well done, friend.

GrantTyler · Mar 2, 2026

Whew - The guys are busy. I have spent an hour and a half going through logs this morning and still not done

. Good on everyone.

Ricochet rabbit at his best.

Some more treenails

Got bored…
Cut some glass:

Broke more than I could actually use…so..
Blackened cannons and started making some

I only blackened the cannons once and buffed with a dremel. I quite like the “used” look so may not re-dip these.
Cheers Grant

Corsair · Tuesday at 10:05 AM

Your work continues to be wonderful, but I REALLY like the way that internal bulkhead looks !!!
People won't see the pieces you broke, only the ones you installed.

AllanKP69 · Tuesday at 10:12 AM

It is SO GREAT to see the appropriate cannon pattern, Armstrong Fredericks, for a ship of 1774. That is impressive and a nice change! Well done.
Allan

RogerD · Tuesday at 12:11 PM

I agree with Jeff, that bulkhead panelling and glasswork looks terrific. The aged cannon blackening and buffing is very effective too.

GrantTyler · Saturday at 5:30 AM

Corsair said:
Your work continues to be wonderful, but I REALLY like the way that internal bulkhead looks !!!
People won't see the pieces you broke, only the ones you installed.

Good afternoon Jeff. Thank you for the compliment I do appreciate this. True story re the glass however I need to find a way not to break so many as I will run out of this 0.02mm glass I have.

AllanKP69 said:
It is SO GREAT to see the appropriate cannon pattern, Armstrong Fredericks, for a ship of 1774. That is impressive and a nice change! Well done.
Allan

Thank you Allan. I just got lucky as these came with the kit- so kudos to Tom and CAF.

RogerD said:
I agree with Jeff, that bulkhead panelling and glasswork looks terrific. The aged cannon blackening and buffing is very effective too.

Thank you kindly Roger. If I can get all the cannon looking similar then I will leave them as these came out, otherwise a second dip of blackening will be required. Cheers Grant

GrantTyler · Saturday at 9:39 AM

Good afternoon from a blustery Melkbosstrand.

Some more treenails. I also decided to nail the wales on each frame- wale messy again:

Broke my last 5mm drill bit. Ordered some better bits so hopefully these will last longer.

Scratch built my breast hooks around the hawes holes and shaped some lead to represent the iron sleeve:

Cheers Grant

Steef66 · Saturday at 10:19 AM

GrantTyler said:
Broke my last 5mm drill bit.

Didn't know the ship was that big. 5 mm thick treenails...... WOW!

Dean62 · Saturday at 10:30 AM

Another case of the measles! Where’s the ship doctor? ROTF

Just kidding, she’s looking good Grant!

GrantTyler · Saturday at 10:42 AM

Steef66 said:
Didn't know the ship was that big. 5 mm thick treenails...... WOW!

She is massive…. 1: 4.8 scale Stephan. ROTF

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Yep my 0.5mm drill bit it should be.

Dean62 said:
Another case of the measles! Where’s the ship doctor? Just kidding, she’s looking good Grant!

The measles are getting worse ……major outbreak still to come ROTF

. We shall see if I have the cure once we sand and oil these….. maybe the ships doctor will be needed.
Cheers Grant

AllanKP69 · 2026-03-08T07:08:48-0500

GrantTyler said:
shaped some lead to represent the iron sleeve:

The lead linings make more sense than iron for your Enterprise. I don't think they used iron until much later, circa 1850-1860, driven by the adoption of iron anchor chain so lead would surely be more appropriate as you have done. For smaller scales grey paint as described in TFFM by David Antscherl makes a great substitute.
Allan

GrantTyler · 2026-03-09T00:25:42-0500

AllanKP69 said:
The lead linings make more sense than iron for your Enterprise. I don't think they used iron until much later, circa 1850-1860, driven by the adoption of iron anchor chain so lead would surely be more appropriate as you have done. For smaller scales grey paint as described in TFFM by David Antscherl makes a great substitute.
Allan

Thanks Allan. After reading Goodwin properly you are correct the wrought iron linings came much later when the iron anchor chains were introduced rather than hemp. There was also a time when oak linings were used with the hemp cables however Goodwin doesn’t put a time to these. Maybe I got lucky with my lead, I don’t know, but it was way easier than attempting the oak lining ROTF

. You are correct tho the pic I included was definitely for ships built in the 1800’s. Cheers Grant