Steam pinnace Janet

[badras-khan]

Happy new Year to All
I let my wife to win the first day of the year and today I worked a bit at my model
I cut forward deck from 1,5 mm plywood and put the cabins toghether
A small sanding here and there and this is the result.
The back of the ship is still a mystery but well see when I get there
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[badras-khan]

Hello All
Afer a little time I begin the forward deck works.
Thanks to Bibigon I got a pear strip of 8x10 mm and used on the front of deck
I also did the little butterfly hatch
now I have to put strips of pear to it
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[badras-khan]

Hello All
After I learned from this forum the method of imitating caulking from plastic strips I looked for a 0.04 thick black paper
Redesigned my front deck with that in mind
the design looked like this
The coloured strips are pink pear and the white - hornbeam

Kind regard ,Daniel

 

[badras-khan]

Hello All
Today I beginned the bending for the deck strips
First I did a little jig to control the bending,
took the hornbeam to spa for steaming and after that was maleable enough to graciosly bend to my demands.
Now I will let them to dry till tomorrow morning . Next batch will be the second half of the deck strips
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[badras-khan]

Hello ,
I have moderate success vith the strips of white hornbeam ,
After the bending they are trying to straighten again,
I use the courve from the deck plan but now I will try to bend to a smaller radius courve .
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[PT-2]

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Hello All
After I learned from this forum the method of imitating caulking from plastic strips I looked for a 0.04 thick black paper
Redesigned my front deck with that in mind
the design looked like this
The coloured strips are pink pear and the white - hornbeam

Kind regard ,Daniel

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Your skylight with the small hinges are very well done. I don't know the scale of your pinnacle but with my 1:64 Bluenose I have not been able to get even close to that hinge detailing and have had to settle with a rod on a brass plate cut to hinge leaves and with failure in soldering used CV to secure the rod in place. I greatly appreciate such precise small work as you have done. Rich (PT-2)

 

[Moxis]

Hello Daniel, your bending jig looks ingenious! And it seems that you have succeeded very nicely to bend the strips "sideways". It is true that after drying the strips are straightening back very quickly. Using shorter bending radius than needed is helping a bit, but best way is to glue them to permanent positions as fast as possible.

 

[badras-khan]

Hello PT2,
I work at a larger scale and the hinges are bought ( 1/15) -dollhause hinges
But sadly I want to be waterproof so I will have to glue shut the skylight
the middle piece is too small for the properly tight fit with the windows
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[badras-khan]

Hello PT 2
For scale sake the deck is printed on A4 paper
The beauty side of skylight and the other part .
The nails are made to impede closing of the hinges over the degree needed for tight fit.
So Ill be gluing this to ansamble and make a possibility to remouve in case of need
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[PT-2]

Hello PT 2
For scale sake the deck is printed on A4 paper
The beauty side of skylight and the other part .
The nails are made to impede closing of the hinges over the degree needed for tight fit.
So Ill be gluing this to ansamble and make a possibility to remouve in case of need
Kind regards,Daniel

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Maybe sometime in the future I will have a model of that larger size which will solve the problem of scale hinges. Not for now though so I'll stick with my visual faux hinges. Rich

 

[badras-khan]

Morning All
Second attempt to bend strips , now with a smaller radius
Today I will begin gluing the first strips
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[badras-khan]

First update

 

[Heinrich]

Good luck with the planking Daniel! That white hornbeam looks sensational!

 

[Uwek]

a very good basis for the planking job - I am looking forward to see the result

 

[PT-2]

a very good basis for the planking job - I am looking forward to see the result

I have never laid deck planking on a solid support sheet and passing the decking over bulkheads or beams only has presented some real alignment problems as some planks want to dive lower than an adjacent one or set creating problems later on. You should do well. Rich

 

[badras-khan]

Hello All,
It is the first time I work with hardwoods and I can tell you they need very much precision and care
soft wood is more forgiving
I am not very proud of the result but keep going on
the caulking will be flush after a bit of sanding and will cover some small imperfections.
Also the superglue I use ( the cheap stuff) was more eager to bond the paper strips to my fingers than to wood so after some cartoonish manifestations ( steam getting out of my ears ) I left at the stage in the photo.
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[badras-khan]

the photos

 

[badras-khan]

Today I made a horrible discovery ,I print the deck on a acetate foil and check the alignment and one little error was translated to all boards.
Si I had to sacrifice the planks already put and I am near stage one.
As I learned from this forum : if you are not happy with your work stop and remake
Kind regards,Daniel

 

[Moxis]

Don't worry Daniel. This is normal for me too. When planking some hulls I have noticed that the planks just won't fit even I am planking her third time. Some hull I have tossed into fireplace and took it back the next day without burning it and continued planking, and suddenly everything went fine.

 

[PT-2]

Don't worry Daniel. This is normal for me too. When planking some hulls I have noticed that the planks just won't fit even I am planking her third time. Some hull I have tossed into fireplace and took it back the next day without burning it and continued planking, and suddenly everything went fine.

I follow an old school approach taking a deck plank stock to measure and cut/file to size and unique location for each one. Slow but ship building traditional I think. Errors still come about and impact the following decking planks but adjustments can be made, if you want to continue without backing up and possibly damaging the prior supporting deck beams and planks. It all works out in the end and very small localized deviations are not seen in a final build unless pointed out. I think it is a question of how much perfection that you are trying to obtain and for what purposes other than personal satisfaction (cost/benefit approach for me personally) not being driven by other SoS builders standards which are to be respected. Just my own thoughts. Rich (PT-2)