HMS GRANADO (1742) - midship section - POF by CAF in 1:48 - by Uwe

[Uwek]

The frames are prepared with all the visible nails now we have to make the riders for the mortar base.
These heavy stiffeners were necessary to take over the weight of the shell room with mortar and also the extreme forces of the bomb during firing



all together 5 riders are under the mortar - here the parts dryfitted, at the bottom the keelson (2 parts connected with a hook scarph joint)







first dry fit of the completed riders inside the hull





still a lot of cleaning and fairing works to do



Fairing lines are marked with a fine laser line



- on the left side partly done and on the right side original with the lines





prepared based on the laser marks - final adjustments than with the thickstuff inside the hull

 

[pianoforte]

Looks absolutely great, Uwe.

 

[Tobias]

Looks really good Uwe.

 

[stan167]

It 's interesting that there are grooves in rider for thickstuff in your kit, and they weren't in mine. It looks like my kit was erlier production, before final adjustment.

Anyway, nice progress and clean work.

 

[Jimsky]

Very good and precise joinery work, Mon Amie!

 

[Uwek]

My friends,
many thanks for the nice comments and all your likes recieved - much appreciated
I can really recommend this kit (like others) from CAF - great prepared and especially here with this kit wonderful timber

The keel and keelson are also prepared - so step by step I am coming closer for final fixing of the structure








after some smaller adjustments all the frames are sitting well on top of the keel - and accuratly fixed inside the jig - here really everything is fitting very well



Before I start with the inner planking of the thick stuff, clamps and planks I wanted to finalize the nails and bolt of the riders



The connection of the riders with the hull structure was done via stronger bolts - I imitated these bolts with available square nails, which were sanded down just above the timber - with this I have an imitation of a square bolt head - over a longer time I wanted to try this solution on a model, and I thought, that these strengthened structure of the mortar bed of the HMS Granado would be a good possibility







Many Thanks for your interest .... to be continued

 

[Uwek]

Now it is time to start with adjustment and fixing of the inner planking - necessary before the final fitting of the riders

Fist of all the thick stuff planks - already with bolts (here I used once more my standard copper nails of 0,6mm









The kit contents also two plexiglass stripes with notches to align the beams correctly - btw three "normal" internal planks are installed (this time nailed down with wooden treenails)



you can see these two strips for alignment directly under the beams





when the correct location of the beams is defined the deck clamps can be installed






These clamps are getting stronger forces - so therefore here also fixing with the bigger squared bolts (maybe you recognize, that not everywhere are the boltheads - here the riders will cover them, so no need to install them in the model)

 

[Dematosdg]

Hi Uwek,

Your job is extraordinary to my eyes , as always. I always love to see your details and those square head nails blown my mind.

May I ask you a technical question. Why the pattern of the nails is different on this section ? In other words, why you haven't placed both nails , one beside the other, like you did on the other side ?

Not sure if I am clear with my English. Let's see if the below picture explain my question .



Thanks
Daniel

 

[Uwek]

Hi Uwek,

Your job is extraordinary to my eyes , as always. I always love to see your details and those square head nails blown my mind.

May I ask you a technical question. Why the pattern of the nails is different on this section ? In other words, why you haven't placed both nails , one beside the other, like you did on the other side ?

Not sure if I am clear with my English. Let's see if the below picture explain my question .

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Thanks
Daniel

Hallo Daniel,
many thanks for your kind words (and from all others) and the interest in my building log.
When I remember correctly, I followed here a top view drawing of the riders in the Goodwin book showing this bolting pattern......and if you see it this drawing it will be clear and understandable hwy it is like shown.
I will make asap a photo of this drawing and complete the information here in a post.....

 

[Uwek]

In the last photo you can see already the keelson installed on top of the frames.
What I wanted to show also shortly in detail is the scarph joint of the two keelson elements and the used nailing bolting pattern



B3/3 is showing the scraph joint of the Granado keelson connected with 6 bolts (2-1-1-2)



here a close up photo of the joint





and from top you can see the 6 copper "bolts" and the stronger square bolts for connecting the keelson with the keel through the frames



Many Thanks for your interest - to be continued

 

[Olivers Historic Shipyard]

It looks very good. Where did you get the squarehead bolts ?

 

[Uwek]

It looks very good. Where did you get the squarehead bolts ?

I got a box with several hundred nails by a friend in Croatia (Zeljko) years ago. These are very short shoemaker nails - Schuster / Schuhmacher Nägel
I will make also here some photos, so that you can see the nails original....

 

[Olivers Historic Shipyard]

@Uwek


you have to be careful so that it doesn't rust if it is normal steel nails ! Maybe its good to sand them and paint them with a colorless coating.

 

[Jimsky]

you have to be careful so that it doesn't rust if it is normal steel nails ! Maybe its good to sand them and paint them with a colorless coating.

One of the ways to protect steel from corrosion is to heat it until it is red, and instantly dip it in a mix of oil and beeswax.

 

[Bryian]

The steel nails will not rust if a solvent based clear varnish is applied over the top.

 

[GrantTyler]

Now it is time to start with adjustment and fixing of the inner planking - necessary before the final fitting of the riders

Fist of all the thick stuff planks - already with bolts (here I used once more my standard copper nails of 0,6mm

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The kit contents also two plexiglass stripes with notches to align the beams correctly - btw three "normal" internal planks are installed (this time nailed down with wooden treenails)

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you can see these two strips for alignment directly under the beams

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when the correct location of the beams is defined the deck clamps can be installed

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These clamps are getting stronger forces - so therefore here also fixing with the bigger squared bolts (maybe you recognize, that not everywhere are the boltheads - here the riders will cover them, so no need to install them in the model)

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No words. “I want to model like this when I’m big”. Excellent.

 

[Uwek]

Hi Uwek,

Your job is extraordinary to my eyes , as always. I always love to see your details and those square head nails blown my mind.

May I ask you a technical question. Why the pattern of the nails is different on this section ? In other words, why you haven't placed both nails , one beside the other, like you did on the other side ?

Not sure if I am clear with my English. Let's see if the below picture explain my question .

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Thanks
Daniel

Hallo Daniel,

I made a photo of the top view drawing in the Anatomy book showing of the riders of the mortar bed - I followed the bolt pattern shown here

 

[Uwek]

@Uwek
you have to be careful so that it doesn't rust if it is normal steel nails ! Maybe its good to sand them and paint them with a colorless coating.

Hallo Oliver
here are two photos of these iron nails (not steel) which I used for the bigger bolts - mine are 0,8mm in square, relatively soft so easy to cut and sand





These nails are not realy rosting, they got somehow a patina over the years ..... I am still think about if and how I protect them, because I do not like fully the actual shiny appearance of the "bolt-head" - maybe I treat them with blackening..... but I did not make a final decision here

 

[Dematosdg]

Hallo Oliver
here are two photos of these iron nails (not steel) which I used for the bigger bolts - mine are 0,8mm in square, relatively soft so easy to cut and sand

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These nails are not realy rosting, they got somehow a patina over the years ..... I am still think about if and how I protect them, because I do not like fully the actual shiny appearance of the "bolt-head" - maybe I treat them with blackening..... but I did not make a final decision here

Thank you Uwek for answering my bolt pattern question.

Here goes another one. Those shoemaker nails: You just took out the head or you squared the head ?

Thanks !!
Daniel

 

[Dematosdg]

And how long are those nails ?

Thanks
Daniel