I agree Steve, if she was just going to be a display model I would have left her with the brass showing and also the varnished planks,
Best regards John,
Steam powered wooden Drifter trawler, Formidable LT100, 1/20 scale by neptune
I agree Steve, if she was just going to be a display model I would have left her with the brass showing and also the varnished planks,
Best regards John,
This will be the last coat of black on the LT100 Steam drifter, and sitting next to her is the Grimmershorn after one coat of
primer and one coat of black,
The old work bench is starting to get a little bit crowded,
bet regards John.
Hi John,
That's one busy dockyard.
Cheers,
Stephen.
That's one busy dockyard.
Cheers,
Stephen.
G'day Heinrich, no it's my version of The Royal William, Greg's Royal Caroline is not built yet,
Best regards John,
ends of the stand for the drifter ready for cutting out,
attached to the base and padded,
and with the model,
thanks for dropping un,
best regards john,
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Making a template of the edge of the deck in preparation for making the covering boards,
after trimming to shape,
I then held the template tightly and ran a vernier along the side of the boat to get the width,
The vernier leaves a nice indented line to cut to,
checking the template for fit,
and the wood covering board after cutting out, it will still need some adjusting and cleaning up,
both sides cut out, I will be doing these a little bit different from Steve, as I will cut the boards then scarf them together and then the stanchions will be attached to the boards with brass pins or wood dowells, I'm not sure which just yet, these boards have to be adjusted as they sat back from the edge of the hull a little bit,
best regards john,
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For attaching the side covering boards I first attached a thin strip of wood as you can see on the left of the pic, then I added another strip of wood to make up the full width of the covering board, the stanchions will be attached to the second strip, the stanchions are the same thickness as the second strip is wide,
all the covering boards now attached,
best regards John,
the two end pieces and the dividing piece that will be cut in two for the main hatch,
I don't have a taper jig for my saw so I had to do it the old fashioned way by hand,
I have used just a plain box construction, this pic shows me test fitting the hatch covers,
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to cut the hatch covers I set the saw blade at the desired angle,
all the hatch covers cut, they still need a final sanding etc,
and approx where the hatch will sit, I will have to let it down into the deck allowing for the planking, this hatch will be removable but all the covers will be glued in place,
This is just a test piece to see what the hand holds will look like, I intend to drill a small hole at each side for some blackened brass wire to go in,
and this is the bit that i will use to drill the hand holes, I will rig the bit up in my milling machine, also make a small holding jig so all are the same and set the depth stop as well, but thats for another day,
thank you for looking in,
best regards John.
Hello John, just catching up on your build log, and its coming along nicely.
a small jig I made up for holding the hatch lids whilst I drilled the hand holes,
One of the four narrower lids, just have to hold it nice and steady whilst drilling the hand hole, then turn the lid around and drill the second one,
Thats the four narrower lids done,
next up were the wider lids, they sat in the jig nicely and were drilled exactly the same as the narrow ones,
and thats all the main hatch lids done, still have to drill for the lid handles to fit but that will be after i have done the small hatch,
thanks again for dropping in,
best regards john,
now for the smaller hatch, there are only a couple of angle cuts so I decided to do them by hand,
Again just a simple box construction,
and with the first lid cut,
here again there are only a couple of cuts so I did them by hand as well,
both lids cut, they still need to be trimmed but thats for tomorrow,
best regards john,
Love your woodworking, and many thanks for sharing the step-by-step tutorial.
Hi John,
The lids look great. You cannot beat a jig for that sort of work.
Cheers,
Stephen.
So thats all the hand holes drilled,
I used some 1.5mm dia brass for the handles, I decided not to drill holes, but to lay the brass handle across the hole and tap it into place, I used my North West cutter as a jig to mark the length of the handles,
you can just see the mark on the brass rod, I used enough pressure so as to be able to snap the brass rod when held with the pliers,
I held the brass rod with some pliers, you can just see the mark by the side of the pliers, then snapped the rod off leaving the pliers holding the hand bit,
several pieces after being snapped off,
the handles needed to be filed a little bit for a nice tight fit as in the top handle,
then they were tapped in place with a small light hammer, I then pulled them back out and applied a touch of CA glue and replaced them back in place,
all the handles in place,
and approx where they will sit on the fore deck,
approx where the funnel will sit, it has of course to be trimmed to size yet,
thanks again for all the comments and the likes,
best regards John,
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