Sherbourne, Vanguard 1:64

[ubjs]

I have been doing a lot of model ship building. Unfortunately, I apparently find it more fun to start a new ship than to finish something. I have at least assembled a number of hulls, so the hope of completing a ship is alive.

I thought I had to try a Vanguard ship myself because I have heard a lot of good things about them.

To me, Sherbourne feels like a good choice. It gives me an opportunity to try double planking with high quality on the wood. Sherbourne will be painted but my ambition is to get the planking as good as possible.
I prefer larger scales, 1:48 and even larger. But I have Vasa in 1:64 scale in my pile so I see this as a bit of training for that build as well.

Today I have spent an hour on the construction and securely assembled the hull. Haven't glued anything yet but I think I will glue frame 2 to the lower deck part 23. I will also drill a couple of small holes in part 23 to be able to glue it to the keel and frame using construction needles. The hull otherwise feels very stable and straight without any gluing.

Pictures will come.

 

[ubjs]

Here is a picture, have clued part 2 and 23 so far.

 

[papi_joe]

I apparently find it more fun to start a new ship than to finish something

Hi ubjs

That's exactly how I feel. I have a lot of good ideas that I start as projects, but unfortunately, I rarely finish them. Now that I'm retired, I want to change that. I'm currently working on finishing the HMS Grimsby (see thread). After that I want to start building the Sherbourne from Vanguard Models, like you.
It's meant to be a gift for my granddaughter. She's just over three years old, loves pirates and pirate ships, and has already asked where the pirates are on the HMS Grimsby

Sherbourne will be painted but my ambition is to get the planking as good as possible

It is always a good idea to do the first and second planking as well as possible, regardless of whether the hull is to be painted or not.

I wish you lots of fun building the Sherbourne and even more fun finishing it.

Jose

 

[ubjs]

Oh well, today I discovered that the lower deck is 1 mm off in the bow.
This build has a very good fit but this particular deck probably needs to be a little smaller to be able to get it in place.
So a little warning here. I don't think I need to fix this, just remember it when I'm going to assemble the mast, for example, I may have to sand it down a bit.
Even though the kit has a good fit, it's not Lego!

 

[ubjs]

Worked on, the lower deck was a bit difficult to get in place. I tried to check the fit but the description said it would snap on so I didn't dare try it without glue in case I couldn't get it off for gluing later. Had a bit of a problem in the stern and had to grab the nearest suitable saw to fix it. It turned out to be a modelrail saw.
Worked pretty well, a small piece of the deck broke off. But it's only the lower deck so it shouldn't matter. I think I got it down properly everywhere which should be the most important thing.

 

[AllanKP69]

Vanguard is usually (not always) more faithful to original plans than any other European kit maker. To add to your fun, there are contemporary drawings of Sherbourne (10) 1763 on the RMG Collections website that you might find useful or interesting to compare to the kit plans. What is the moulded dimension at the heads of the top timbers? I am curious to how they compare to the contemporary drawings and a 10 gun vessel in Steel's The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture.
Thanks UBJS
Allan