HMS GRANADO - full hull - POF kit by CAF in 1:48 - by Uwe

Great craftsmanship Uwek. Did you use the Ecoline between the deck planks? Cheers
Yes
both sides of the individual plank were painted with black Ecoline - with no glue at the contact areas.
The planking strips were fixed with glue only downwards with the beams
 
Many Thanks to @GrantTyler , @Mirek , @Bill Hime , @WojtasS , @Lucian29 and @Nomad for the kind words and interest, and also to everybody for the given likes

The main mast bitts were prepared

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good that these bitts have to be fixed on top of the additional boards of the mast partners, so it can be preared completely and removed afterwards not to damage them

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the small knees also fixed - final sanding after the "bolts" are installed (still some laser char visible)

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more or less finished with temporary arrangment with mast and wedges

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Many Thanks for the interest in my work on the CAF HMS Granado .... much appreciated .... to be continued .....
 
some small more progress with installing the small beams etc.

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The bowsprit is a dummy only to get a feeling

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

I am open for all comments and hints, negative and positiv - especially also related to the question of the hawse holes (which are already drilled off course
Beautiful work!
 
That sure looks like the real deal. Great work

The mast wedges were kept in place with some means or were just...wedged
Hallo @Lucian29
sorry for the late reply, I was on a busianess trip over the weekend and had no chance to be online.

These wedges were really only wedged down and prodced the press forces against the mast and against the so called partners

on this photo you can see the "partners" - the wooden elements between the two deck beams
you can see also the gap (here too small and has to be widened) between the partners and the mast
The opening is often an octagon, so it can take over 8 wedges

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the very rough (not at all sanded) wedges around the mast (8 wedges)

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with the deck planking - but be aware, that the wedges are wedged towards the partners and not the planking

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the 8 weddges from bellow without mast

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with some adjustments of the thickness of the wedges, the mast angle was able to be slightly adjusted
so f.e. some thicker fore and thinner aft wedges , the mast would get a more inclination / rake towards aft - somehow finetuning of the sailing qualities

these topics can be also somehow interesting:

 
Many Thanks to @GrantTyler , @Mirek , @Bill Hime , @WojtasS , @Lucian29 and @Nomad for the kind words and interest, and also to everybody for the given likes

The main mast bitts were prepared

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good that these bitts have to be fixed on top of the additional boards of the mast partners, so it can be preared completely and removed afterwards not to damage them

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the small knees also fixed - final sanding after the "bolts" are installed (still some laser char visible)

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more or less finished with temporary arrangment with mast and wedges

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Many Thanks for the interest in my work on the CAF HMS Granado .... much appreciated .... to be continued .....
On real ships I know the mast wedges were driven in to help hold and align the mast, but were they then cleaned up to look nice and even as often seen or just left uneven and rough?? Trying to learn the difference in real ship and model building.
 
Thank you very much Uvek for kind explanation. Currently I'm on a ship myself , but when I go home don't mind if I purchase this awesome kit and "steal" your m.o.
Cheers
 
On real ships I know the mast wedges were driven in to help hold and align the mast, but were they then cleaned up to look nice and even as often seen or just left uneven and rough?? Trying to learn the difference in real ship and model building.
Hallo Kurt,
yes, on sailing vessels like ours, they were correctly shaped and afterwards covered with some canvas and tarred to protect them from moisture and making the deck on this part watertight. Imagine what could happen when the wood of the wedges and / or mast would rot - immense danger for the ship

Here are some examples, originally posted by @Thomas Marocke
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Hallo @Lucian29
sorry for the late reply, I was on a busianess trip over the weekend and had no chance to be online.

These wedges were really only wedged down and prodced the press forces against the mast and against the so called partners

on this photo you can see the "partners" - the wooden elements between the two deck beams
you can see also the gap (here too small and has to be widened) between the partners and the mast
The opening is often an octagon, so it can take over 8 wedges

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the very rough (not at all sanded) wedges around the mast (8 wedges)

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with the deck planking - but be aware, that the wedges are wedged towards the partners and not the planking

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the 8 weddges from bellow without mast

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with some adjustments of the thickness of the wedges, the mast angle was able to be slightly adjusted
so f.e. some thicker fore and thinner aft wedges , the mast would get a more inclination / rake towards aft - somehow finetuning of the sailing qualities

these topics can be also somehow interesting:

Hi Uwe. You have added some very nice details around the mast with those wedged. Time consuming but with a great appearance.
Regards, Peter
 
Many Thanks to all for your kind comments and likes - and the intire interest in my building log
highly appreciated and a big motivation to procede with the work on the model and making regular posts showing the small working progress

The upper part of the model has still the two open areas for the two mortars - so the next working step will be the mortar beds and also the mortars

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(photo is showing an older status of progress)


already in January I made the first wooden floor of one of the mortar boxes


so I will not show in detail the second one

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after nailing the second floor with copper bolts I made this photo -> on the right side the older one from January and on the left the new one.
If you take a close look at the bolts you can see already the difference in the color of the nails - copper is getting darker with the time -> because of this behaviour I like copper more than brass for immitating bolt heads

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some main elements of the mortar carriages are cnc-milled

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In one of the contemporary drawings the mortars are shown

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not completely visible, but we know from other documents, that the Granado had two different sizes of mortars
one 10" and a bigger 13" mortars (see here also the information given in threedecks)

CAF is supplying with the kit exactly these two different types of mortars, so historical absolutely correct - In the caldercraft kit the mortars are identical

after some cleaning the two different mortar carriages (on the left the 10", on the right the 13")

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I could not resist to put the uncleaned muzzles temporary on the carriages and you can see the difference

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the 13" mortar
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an the 10" mortar
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to be continued ......
 
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