Kingfisher 1770 1:48 POF

dockattner said:
The motivation to do this on the 'frames' side is complicated
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Good morning Paul. I enjoyed this- complicated = motivation. True story however the corresponding skill set is required- perhaps why I have avoided the complicated thus far in my ship building career.
dockattner said:
Now moving on from the quarter badge (for now, or forever, remains to be seen).

Some time ago I committed to installing a cap rail (planksheer) on both sides of the ship. That is the natural choice for the 'finished' side but unusual for the side left in frames. The motivation to do this on the 'frames' side is complicated - but suffice it to say that I reasoned this would give a better result than leaving the over-faired top timbers.

One of the challenges in creating the cap rails is that there are 10 places (5 per side) where there is a curved vertical step in the rail. I doubted I could steam and bend these steps, so I created patterns and made them from thicker stock.

Patterns:

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Traced onto leftover boxwood stock:

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The concave face was then sanded on an oscillating spindle sander:

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And then the upper face was sanded to shape on a disc sander:

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Obviously, these are still 'rough' pending final fit and adjustment for final thickness (1.4 mm rails).

On the 'finished' side I tinted the cap rails black. They were left natural on the 'frames' side.

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I will be adding unshaped timberheads to the 'frames' side and shaped timberheads on the 'finished' side. These will obviously be faux timberheads since I cut off the top timbers more than a year ago...

Thanks for the visit!
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Maybe it’s just me however the inclusion of this rail makes a noticeable visual difference to model, as does staining the starboard one black. So very good! If I don’t chat to you before Wednesday have a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends Paul. Cheers Grant
 
dockattner said:
Now moving on from the quarter badge (for now, or forever, remains to be seen).

Some time ago I committed to installing a cap rail (planksheer) on both sides of the ship. That is the natural choice for the 'finished' side but unusual for the side left in frames. The motivation to do this on the 'frames' side is complicated - but suffice it to say that I reasoned this would give a better result than leaving the over-faired top timbers.

One of the challenges in creating the cap rails is that there are 10 places (5 per side) where there is a curved vertical step in the rail. I doubted I could steam and bend these steps, so I created patterns and made them from thicker stock.

Patterns:

View attachment 490893

Traced onto leftover boxwood stock:

View attachment 490895

The concave face was then sanded on an oscillating spindle sander:

View attachment 490896

And then the upper face was sanded to shape on a disc sander:

View attachment 490897

Obviously, these are still 'rough' pending final fit and adjustment for final thickness (1.4 mm rails).

On the 'finished' side I tinted the cap rails black. They were left natural on the 'frames' side.

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I will be adding unshaped timberheads to the 'frames' side and shaped timberheads on the 'finished' side. These will obviously be faux timberheads since I cut off the top timbers more than a year ago...

Thanks for the visit!
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It will not come as a surprise that I am very happy with the 2 different halves of your model, Paul. :) The 'blank construction' view on the port side and the 'fully installed' starboard side. The different colors looks great and gives very nice accents.
Nice that the different sides are exactly the other way around on my model. But for that you live on the other side of the Ocean.;)
Regards, Peter
 
You appeared to have nailed it at EVERY curved stepdown! I'm at this exact step, as I restart work on my cross section of the BHR. It's taken hours to get the SINGLE stepdown to fight tight. I admire your skill and patience!!

The Scarph joint is spot on too.

I love the profile shape you added to the rail edges. It looks like you left that edge profile off on the "naked" unpainted side? Or am I seeing the photos wrong?
 
rtibbs said:
Capped off nicely :)
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I see what you did there ROTF...

Pathfinder65 said:
Fascinating, that is incredible fiddly work.

Jan
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Thanks, Jan. Yes...fiddly work.

GrantTyler said:
Good morning Paul. I enjoyed this- complicated = motivation. True story however the corresponding skill set is required- perhaps why I have avoided the complicated thus far in my ship building career.

Maybe it’s just me however the inclusion of this rail makes a noticeable visual difference to model, as does staining the starboard one black. So very good! If I don’t chat to you before Wednesday have a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends Paul. Cheers Grant
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Thanks, Grant. Merry Christmas to you and your bunch as well!

Peter Voogt said:
It will not come as a surprise that I am very happy with the 2 different halves of your model, Paul. :) The 'blank construction' view on the port side and the 'fully installed' starboard side. The different colors looks great and gives very nice accents.
Nice that the different sides are exactly the other way around on my model. But for that you live on the other side of the Ocean.;)
Regards, Peter
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Thank you, Peter. I'm feeling pretty good about the half and half thing at this point.
Maybe we can take my starboard side and join it with your port side to create something unique!

Dubz Modelling World said:
What a beauty Paul ... it's really fun to look closely at each new post, the careful execution of the components and, above all, your critical faculties and enthusiasm.

best

Dirk
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Thank you kindly, Dirk.

serikoff said:
Це погоподібно :p:cool:

it's godlike !!!!!!!!
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ROTFROTFROTF

Tony P said:
Incredible Doc, So clean. Not a micro spec to be seen. It takes a lot of time and patience. That's what separates everyday ship modeling from Masterworks.
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Much appreciated, Tony. Patience is certainly part of it.

Daniel20 said:
That black cap rail adds yet another complimentary contrast which is tying into the overall theme beautifully.
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Thank you, Daniel. The black cap rail does pair nicely with the black band of the wale. Coming together...

RogerD said:
Totally agree.
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Thanks, Roger. The details are fun to do and fun to look at.

BradNSW said:
You appeared to have nailed it at EVERY curved stepdown! I'm at this exact step, as I restart work on my cross section of the BHR. It's taken hours to get the SINGLE stepdown to fight tight. I admire your skill and patience!!

The Scarph joint is spot on too.

I love the profile shape you added to the rail edges. It looks like you left that edge profile off on the "naked" unpainted side? Or am I seeing the photos wrong?
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Ah ha. Someone who understands how hard that was to accomplish! Even with paper templates it still took quite a long time to get the fit just right.

As for the scarph joints - I made several hundred on the Vasa hull so I have some pretty well-developed routines for those. They are actually rather easy once you figure out how you want to approach them.

And yes, apart from the waist rail I decided to leave off the rail profile on the 'frames' side. I felt like that honored the half-and-half theme appropriately, although...
 
Peter Gutterman said:
Too true!
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Thank you very much, Peter!

Tobias said:
Great result, it just looks perfect.
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Much appreciated, Tobias. A very satisfying outcome.

Maarten said:
Stunning work Paul.

PS why not adding the carved dolphins on the galleries.
Are these drawings not from the Kingfisher?
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Thanks, Maarten.

Yes, this is one of the NMM drawings of the 1770 Kingfisher. Unfortunately, so is this:

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And Harold Hahn shows this:

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In any case, since my model has plenty of Pegasus features because of how closely I am following TFFM (Antscherl), I'm feeling like I have a certain amount of latitude. But to your point - something will definitely be carved to flank the quarter badge. But whatever goes there I will want to coordinate with the stern carvings so I'm holding off at present.
 
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