HMS Surprise by Mamoli

[TKAM]

All standing rigging done. All yards and rigging for the boom/spanker and mizzen finished, including rope coils.

 

[Uwek]

Bravo - congratulations for reaching this important phase of work - good work

 

[Captain71]

Great Job. I've slacked off for awhile but this gives me inspiration. Also it helps to see if I'm going in the right direction.
Have'nt posted any logs pic for awhile. I'l be getting to that too.
Thanks.

 

[HHIG]

Fantastic looking model ship and a great build log. Very impressive!!

 

[Jeff T]

All standing rigging done. All yards and rigging for the boom/spanker and mizzen finished, including rope coils.

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Very nice looking model. Well done!

 

[Bryian]

Excellent work.

 

[TKAM]

Bravo - congratulations for reaching this important phase of work - good work

I know, right? Basic hull, 2nd planking, deck/deck furniture, masts, standing rigging....each phase when finished is a pretty cool feeling.

 

[WilliamM]

Here on the model you can see that the groove runs parallel to the keel.Covering boards are negated in the area of the sternpost.In the keel at this point, you need to cut out the quarters, the thickness of the first skin.In the nose of the ship, you also need to select a groove.The front ends of the planking boards are laid there.I after gluing the first skin, the engraver makes another groove on its edge.But already for the insertion of the second skin there.
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Which ship is the above? I was expecting the Mamoli HMS Surprise.

Bill

 

[PapaRonn]

Just looked at the photos of your Bounty, a very good looking Model. Hope mine comes out as well as yours. Thanks for the link

OK, so the deal is....after a judicious sanding I'm finding almost nothing to complain about. No hollows after all, no spots standing proud. Only minor cracks that I don't even have to fill, the second planking will cover those spots over with no problems. Frankly I'm astonished that the first planking came out so well. I guess I faired well after all!

The only big flaw I can see is towards the stern post the flare from hull to keel is not quite symmetrical. I don't think there is any chance that will be spotted but I know (and now you know) that it is there. It'll stick in my craw in any case. But, I'm pleased. Time to move on to installing all the gun port frames then first planking up to the sills.

Before sanding:

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After sanding (no filling).


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Hi TKAM,
I love your build log of the Surprise. Lots of great information and the pics really help me see what I need to do.
I posted a blog request recently asking for advise of correcting the bow planking. I guessi did not get the angling correct on the bulkheads and did not have a rabbet inthe stem board for the planks (I'm not that experienced with wood ships yet).
My planks follow the original bulkheads and are looking more like a clipper ship than a nice bluff/rounded bow. Any suggestions on how I my correct some of this? Any ideas and thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Blessings,
Ed

 

[PapaRonn]

I finished up the three gratings that go on the gun deck underneath the longboat as well at the longboat cradle. All these pieces are made from Walnut so even with a neutral clear stain they are of a very dark hue. When placed on top of the gun deck the starkness in colors between the deck planking and the gratings was extreme and I didn't like it one bit. So I "watered down" some Minwax Golden Oak and applied another coat on the deck planking. I sure Forrest Gumped my way through this part of the project, the end result I really like. I also added some shot racks along the side of each large grating, this feature is not on the plans. I'll install the cannon balls after planking the hull and Surprise is right side up again.

The second picture is the kit provided cast longboat which I won't use. I just ordered another Falconet longboat that I just finished for my Rattlesnake build, this is picture three. It's 5mm longer than the kit provided boat but it'll fit just perfect in the longboat cradle.

The last picture is an example of the supports for the deck immediately above the gundeck, forecastle up front and quarterdeck in the rear, notice the camber that the false deck and then deck planks will follow. The plans call for the center pillar being 21.5mm long. I found the camber to be very pronounced and so I shaved a bit off that central pillar, it's more like 20mm long now.

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I liked your idea of replacing the cheesy pot metal life boat, so I found a kit from Master Korabel of a long boat. It took two tries, but I think it will look pretty nice. I painted it to match the Surprise. The rudder is removable, like a real long boat's.

 

[TKAM]

Yup that's very nice.