HMS St Albans (1687) model in scale 1:48
This is really good and a fascinating study in lines; I am particularly interested in the forward tumblehome below the forecastle deck, and the way that it transitions into the head timbers. With the entire head-structure, in place, this is not nearly as noticeable, but in the framing stages, it is quite pronounced. I'll be following this one!
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Hello friends!
I apologize for the long absence.
I had to switch all my efforts and thoughts to looking for work (and this process, unfortunately, has not yet been finalized) - as a result,
the progress with the ship almost stopped.
But, a little about progress in work:
A surprise was the variable width of the main planking boards - four planks located between the upper and lower wales - are equally wide in the area of the aft galleries, towards the bow they smoothly taper by 18 percent of their width
Having made every effort to accurately reproduce the width of the strips and to properly fit the frames of the gun ports,
I underestimated the thickness of the strips in several places.
Perhaps this can be somehow disguised later (for example, leaving the covers of the cannon ports open so that the difference between their thickness and the thickness of the side will not visible),
but then the following problem arose: when I finally went to the last, bottom row of cladding, and sanded the surface at this point,
the result was very disappointing to me - . Maple, of course, is very beautiful in itself, but the grinding hid the boundaries between the planks, and the surface began to resemble a beautiful one-piece wall panel and not the side of a shipboard
.
It's sad - but I have to remove the skin and do all four planks again.
For the desired choice of the boundaries between the boards, I built a test:
in the first version (in the right) I glued black paper between the planks,
in the second (left) I painted the border with acrylic along the planks.
Well, at the same time I covered both probes with oil with a pigment that gives the maple an amber hue.
It became clear that the first option (0.3 mm between the planks) is suitable for the deck. Of course, with a more thorough grinding of the ends of the strips and a tighter clamp
But the second test suits me completely. Obviously, the new version of the planking will be done in this way.
I apologize for the long absence.
I had to switch all my efforts and thoughts to looking for work (and this process, unfortunately, has not yet been finalized) - as a result,
the progress with the ship almost stopped.
But, a little about progress in work:
A surprise was the variable width of the main planking boards - four planks located between the upper and lower wales - are equally wide in the area of the aft galleries, towards the bow they smoothly taper by 18 percent of their width
Having made every effort to accurately reproduce the width of the strips and to properly fit the frames of the gun ports,
I underestimated the thickness of the strips in several places.
Perhaps this can be somehow disguised later (for example, leaving the covers of the cannon ports open so that the difference between their thickness and the thickness of the side will not visible),
but then the following problem arose: when I finally went to the last, bottom row of cladding, and sanded the surface at this point,
the result was very disappointing to me - . Maple, of course, is very beautiful in itself, but the grinding hid the boundaries between the planks, and the surface began to resemble a beautiful one-piece wall panel and not the side of a shipboard
.It's sad - but I have to remove the skin and do all four planks again.
For the desired choice of the boundaries between the boards, I built a test:
in the first version (in the right) I glued black paper between the planks,
in the second (left) I painted the border with acrylic along the planks.
Well, at the same time I covered both probes with oil with a pigment that gives the maple an amber hue.
It became clear that the first option (0.3 mm between the planks) is suitable for the deck. Of course, with a more thorough grinding of the ends of the strips and a tighter clamp
But the second test suits me completely. Obviously, the new version of the planking will be done in this way.
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I proceed from the assumption that the principle of unfolding the wooden skin should be the same both for the underwater part of the ship and for the top of the side.
in any case, I will form this surface with wedge inserts. The only question is whether these inserts will be able to give the correct shape (as in the drawing).
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