Thank you Allan. Being a novice at some of the terminology used in ships of the age of sail, could you enlighten me as to the meaning of spirketting and quickworks and the difference between them. It seems the dictionary says they are essentially the same. Whatever the case may be, I am “relieved” that they are correct on my model.
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Kahn
Learning the terminology can be like learning a foreign language at times.
The following is from the dictionary portion Steel's The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture. The spirketting and quickwork scantlings for various size ships and for each deck can be found in the Establishments, as well as the folios in The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture. Both sets can be found in Scantlings of Royal Navy Ships.
From Steel
Note that it extends to the lower sills which are the lower cross pieces that makes up the gunports.
The picture below is from Peter Goodwin's The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War, page 44
The quickwork is the thinner planking above the spirketting.
I hope this is useful to you.
Allan
Learning the terminology can be like learning a foreign language at times.
The following is from the dictionary portion Steel's The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture. The spirketting and quickwork scantlings for various size ships and for each deck can be found in the Establishments, as well as the folios in The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture. Both sets can be found in Scantlings of Royal Navy Ships.From Steel
Note that it extends to the lower sills which are the lower cross pieces that makes up the gunports.
The picture below is from Peter Goodwin's The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War, page 44
The quickwork is the thinner planking above the spirketting.
I hope this is useful to you.
Allan
Thanks so much for including the illustrations. Now I can see your main point about the bulwark thickness. RobKahn
Learning the terminology can be like learning a foreign language at times.
From Steel
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Note that it extends to the lower sills which are the lower cross pieces that makes up the gunports.
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The picture below is from Peter Goodwin's The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War, page 44
The quickwork is the thinner planking above the spirketting.
View attachment 457634
I hope this is useful to you.
Allan
Finally back to work on the hull after taking the summer off, then going to Uganda to do a medical mission (carve a few prostates instead of stern decorations!), then recovering from shoulder surgery. Worked first on the quarter galleries which was a challenge. Read that there was a “head” just inside the aft window. Couldn’t confirm it on the ship herself because it was closed to visitors the day I made it to Boston. Nevertheless, I installed one on each side with a copper lid. The photo shows a slight copper reflection in the window. Barely visible, but it was fun trying. At least I know it’s there and the officers appreciate it. 
I had difficulty finding the correct angular ion of the rails and stiles of the windows and then used styrene to complete the trim. The styrene (half rounds) that required curves was difficult to clamp to the superstructure except using rubber bands helped along with a spot of super glue.
Then I added the molding trim for the stern. The kit comes with very fragile wooden laser cut pieces and I decided to try to sand them. Well using finger pressure on the pieces while sanding small sections at a time worked.
Finally I added the decorative details. The kit comes with Britain’s castings for the columns but they were not very complete and looked worse when painted, so I constructed the columns out of styrene according to the Hunt practicum. I’m going to install the three port lids after I copper the hull so the lids which are vulnerable to breakage will avoid injury
Now starts the next challenge : the bow with all of its compound curves.
I had difficulty finding the correct angular ion of the rails and stiles of the windows and then used styrene to complete the trim. The styrene (half rounds) that required curves was difficult to clamp to the superstructure except using rubber bands helped along with a spot of super glue.
Then I added the molding trim for the stern. The kit comes with very fragile wooden laser cut pieces and I decided to try to sand them. Well using finger pressure on the pieces while sanding small sections at a time worked.
Finally I added the decorative details. The kit comes with Britain’s castings for the columns but they were not very complete and looked worse when painted, so I constructed the columns out of styrene according to the Hunt practicum. I’m going to install the three port lids after I copper the hull so the lids which are vulnerable to breakage will avoid injury
Now starts the next challenge : the bow with all of its compound curves.
I installed the cheek rails P and S after attaching .04” half round white trim in styrene to the edges as described in the Hunt practicum. Then came the carvings which I cut out on a scroll saw with a 5-0 blade and trimmed it down further with #11 knife blade and files. The practicum described using three laminated pieces of .04” thick sheet styrene. It was my first attempt at such a carving. I’m sure etching brass sheet or a 3-d printer would come out better, but I am satisfied with my efforts. The most difficult part was the third rail (the long one that goes from the cat head to the stem). It’s compound curve and on my third attempt I was happy with the pieces. The second rail (above the third rail) was a 2 dimensional structure and was more straightforward to fashion and install. Finally I put together the grating and the heads and installed the top rail. The top rail is actually a lamination of three strips of 1/32” thick basswood with a “spacer” of 1/64” styrene between each layer. That way the rail maintains the edge triple bead that is consistent with the rail on top of the bulwarks. I painted the edge of the first and third bead to create the white trim. 
