St. Caterina by Schrader – Small Ship - 1/12 Monography by Franco Fissore - Plans by Ancre

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My New project is the St Caterina. It is a Mediterranean fishing vessel. Plans from Ancre. I started it since October and is well advance so far.



  1. I decided this time to go after a old fashion diorama
  2. New tech to aging wood (At least for me)
  3. New tech for nails (Also at least for me)

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Please don't hesitate to make comments
 
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My New project is the St Caterina. It is a Mediterranean fishing vessel. Plans from Ancre. I started it since October and is well advance so far.



  1. I decided this time to go after a old fashion diorama
  2. New tech to aging wood (At least for me)
  3. New tech for nails (Also at least for me)

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Please don't hesitate to make comments
Hallo Helmuth,
a great project and I will follow with big interest - please check the photo(s) - they are not working.
Would be great if you would edit your post.....
 
Aging.....

Once the planking is done I proceeded applying danish oil......

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Then with a drill wire brush I went to mark the wood as it was a real weathering or attrition.....

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Then..... with cement grout (not that liquid) I proceeded to “paint” the hull. Wait until it is almost dry. Make sure that the grout is going to all the scratches you made with the wire brush

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The with a cloth or kitchen towel take the grout surplus.... The result should be lake this...

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The nailing has been done with sewing pins.

To the main hull, I cut them. Flat them with a sander belt and blue them. Also I decided to tape the hull in order to protect it. As a drill bit I used one of those pins, it worked really well, and the hole was perfect to ensure the pins.

MORE THAN 1000 PINS WERE NEEDED!!

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Very good treenailing job!! Some of them are with the square heads, on the gunwales? What technique do you use?
 
Today I’ll show you the process I used to build the benches.

First, I cut the templates

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With the belt sander and router, I finished all of them but the middle one, which has this middle circle, where the mast will located

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For this particular bench, in order to make sure the half circle will be perfect, I used doble side tape, I taped a piece of wood (with the same thickness) beside it.....

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I drilled the hole.....

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