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A truly magnificent post Heinrich!Hi Paul. You know I am an expert starting off building one ship and ending up with a totally different one.
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Once I started to build a Spanish Galleon of Billing Boats and when it was finished it doesn't look like the picture on the box. Indeed a good post of @Heinrich
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That Spanish Galleon is still my favorite of yours.
Hi Paul, great work as always. Regarding the plans, I once read that you can build all types with the Swan Class books, unfortunately I can no longer find this description on the Sea Watch Books site.
Good evening Paul. Beautiful my friend. She will look the the Kingfisher with a few upgrades…
…this is why we all play with little tools, bits of wood, wire etc. Must be the everything…well for me.
Cheers Grant
Well, this is true. But the drawings in the book (and the plans available from Seawatch) are for the Pegasus and I should have been referencing the Kingfisher plans along the way. I failed in this regard.
But all is well, the model will just sit on a table in my house and no one will be the wiser.
Hello Friends!
More than a month ago I set out to add the bulkheads and rooms that sit on the aft platform. But as I studied the work progression, I realized that in order to fabricate bulkheads and rooms I needed to first locate the centerline posts that sit under the lower deck beams. But in order to locate the centerline posts I needed to know where the beams would be positioned for the lower deck (at least what I'm calling the lower deck).
Anyway, that's why (seemingly out of nowhere) I fabricated lower deck beams.
With those roughed out I then started working backwards toward the aft platform bulkheads and rooms. And the first job was making the centerline posts:
I chose to add a bevel to the corners. Here you can see one in position:
At this point I realized that the beams (which I had pinned into position) were still moving all over the place. In order to add more stability, I decided that I needed to add the carlings. But in order to do that I needed to cut tabled mortices:
And now with the carlings in place:
Which meant I could FINALLY build a bulkhead.
I started at the back where there is a magazine room (gunpowder and cartridges). You can see this (partial) bulkhead under the most aft beam:
The bulkheads and walls of the magazine are a complicated affair that are oddly thick and then filled with mortar.
Everything is just sitting there loose so don't be concerned with fit and finish - that will come later.
Question: is it normal to spend an entire day making a single small bulkhead? Asking for a friend...
More than a month ago I set out to add the bulkheads and rooms that sit on the aft platform. But as I studied the work progression, I realized that in order to fabricate bulkheads and rooms I needed to first locate the centerline posts that sit under the lower deck beams. But in order to locate the centerline posts I needed to know where the beams would be positioned for the lower deck (at least what I'm calling the lower deck).
Anyway, that's why (seemingly out of nowhere) I fabricated lower deck beams.
With those roughed out I then started working backwards toward the aft platform bulkheads and rooms. And the first job was making the centerline posts:
I chose to add a bevel to the corners. Here you can see one in position:
At this point I realized that the beams (which I had pinned into position) were still moving all over the place. In order to add more stability, I decided that I needed to add the carlings. But in order to do that I needed to cut tabled mortices:
And now with the carlings in place:
Which meant I could FINALLY build a bulkhead.
I started at the back where there is a magazine room (gunpowder and cartridges). You can see this (partial) bulkhead under the most aft beam:
The bulkheads and walls of the magazine are a complicated affair that are oddly thick and then filled with mortar.
Everything is just sitting there loose so don't be concerned with fit and finish - that will come later.
Question: is it normal to spend an entire day making a single small bulkhead? Asking for a friend...
Everything depends on everything else
I seem to remember that the lightroom window was a challenge. Just to give you something to sleep on
I seem to remember that the lightroom window was a challenge. Just to give you something to sleep on
Paul,
Great work getting "the order of things" right! The magazine wall looks great, as do ALL the mortices and carlings!!
The walls are "oddly" thick and filled with concrete, to protect the content from sparks, flame, etc. Lots of precautions taken going in and out to avoid static and inadvertent sparks!
Great work getting "the order of things" right! The magazine wall looks great, as do ALL the mortices and carlings!!
The walls are "oddly" thick and filled with concrete, to protect the content from sparks, flame, etc. Lots of precautions taken going in and out to avoid static and inadvertent sparks!
Thank you kindly, Mark!Perfectly normal, Paul, perfectly normal
Great work by the way, and most interesting too. Well done!
Yes, I am quickly learning that things need to align with other things more here than with my first build (at least vertically).Everything depends on everything else
I seem to remember that the lightroom window was a challenge. Just to give you something to sleep on
As I am getting closer to the lightroom I am beginning to appreciate just how small and complex that window is...
Good information Brad. I was wondering if the walls were designed to suppress an explosion - but had some serious doubts about how effective a few inches of concrete would be in light of the volume of gunpowder.
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Perfectly normal. I spent a whole day trying to get an "insteker" insert done when doing WB2's planking. So, you have nothing to worry about, unless you and I both have to start worrying!Question: is it normal to spend an entire day making a single small bulkhead? Asking for a friend...
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I agree with Heinrich. It took me months to learn how to make my parts with my CNC and now a lot of time to prepare all the parts.
Take the time you need to build the parts and do not Look permanent to your clock. The fun is the making of the parts and not the final result.
Take the time you need to build the parts and do not Look permanent to your clock. The fun is the making of the parts and not the final result.
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In terms of the construction qualities that you strive for and achieve, it makes perfect sense. Well done my friendHello Friends!
More than a month ago I set out to add the bulkheads and rooms that sit on the aft platform. But as I studied the work progression, I realized that in order to fabricate bulkheads and rooms I needed to first locate the centerline posts that sit under the lower deck beams. But in order to locate the centerline posts I needed to know where the beams would be positioned for the lower deck (at least what I'm calling the lower deck).
Anyway, that's why (seemingly out of nowhere) I fabricated lower deck beams.
With those roughed out I then started working backwards toward the aft platform bulkheads and rooms. And the first job was making the centerline posts:
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I chose to add a bevel to the corners. Here you can see one in position:
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At this point I realized that the beams (which I had pinned into position) were still moving all over the place. In order to add more stability, I decided that I needed to add the carlings. But in order to do that I needed to cut tabled mortices:
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And now with the carlings in place:
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Which meant I could FINALLY build a bulkhead.
I started at the back where there is a magazine room (gunpowder and cartridges). You can see this (partial) bulkhead under the most aft beam:
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The bulkheads and walls of the magazine are a complicated affair that are oddly thick and then filled with mortar.
View attachment 431395
View attachment 431394
Everything is just sitting there loose so don't be concerned with fit and finish - that will come later.
Question: is it normal to spend an entire day making a single small bulkhead? Asking for a friend...
Hallo Paul, your work is absolutely great. Very impressive executin. Precise, precise, precise. I like it very much.
The outcome looks very nice, Paul. Good to read that you also has to do some steps ahead before you could make the parts that you want.Hello Friends!
More than a month ago I set out to add the bulkheads and rooms that sit on the aft platform. But as I studied the work progression, I realized that in order to fabricate bulkheads and rooms I needed to first locate the centerline posts that sit under the lower deck beams. But in order to locate the centerline posts I needed to know where the beams would be positioned for the lower deck (at least what I'm calling the lower deck).
Anyway, that's why (seemingly out of nowhere) I fabricated lower deck beams.
With those roughed out I then started working backwards toward the aft platform bulkheads and rooms. And the first job was making the centerline posts:
View attachment 431387 View attachment 431386
I chose to add a bevel to the corners. Here you can see one in position:
View attachment 431388
At this point I realized that the beams (which I had pinned into position) were still moving all over the place. In order to add more stability, I decided that I needed to add the carlings. But in order to do that I needed to cut tabled mortices:
View attachment 431389
View attachment 431390
And now with the carlings in place:
View attachment 431392
Which meant I could FINALLY build a bulkhead.
I started at the back where there is a magazine room (gunpowder and cartridges). You can see this (partial) bulkhead under the most aft beam:
View attachment 431392
View attachment 431393
The bulkheads and walls of the magazine are a complicated affair that are oddly thick and then filled with mortar.
View attachment 431395
View attachment 431394
Everything is just sitting there loose so don't be concerned with fit and finish - that will come later.
Question: is it normal to spend an entire day making a single small bulkhead? Asking for a friend...
Regards, Peter