Steam powered wooden Drifter trawler, Formidable LT100, 1/20 scale by neptune

[neptune]

I'm getting ready to start attaching the stanchions and also the thwart ship boards,


shaped the bottom of the front board, I've made these out of one piece,


both boards cut to there final shape,



I glued a stanchion to each end and then glued them to the deck, I placed a thin piece of cardboard between the hatch and the thwart ship boards so that they wouldn't be glued together as I want to be able to remove the fish hatch when at the pond,


another view,


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[neptune]

with the boards glued in position i then glued on the Knights heads at the bow, I attached them with small dowells and glue,


then i glued an intermediate stanchion between the knights head and the thwartship boards and clamped a batten along the top to get a fair line for attaching the other stanchions,


overhead view,


All the forward Starboard side stanchions glued in place,


another view,


overhead view both port and starb sides glued in place,


one last view looking Forward,

thanks for looking, any questions welcome,

best regards John,

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[Stevedownunder]

Fantastic progress John,

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[neptune]

A couple of pics of my progress with the stanchions, Iv'e gone with what is showed on the plans,





Thats it for now, best regards john.


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[Heinrich]

Hi John. I have told Stephen before that stanchions are one of my least favorite things to do on a model. You devised a very methodical way of doing that and it looks great!

 

[Uwek]

a nice view where we can see the curved form of the deck planking - looking very good

 

[neptune]

Hi John. I have told Stephen before that stanchions are one of my least favorite things to do on a model. You devised a very methodical way of doing that and it looks great!

Thank you Heinrich but I cannot take credit for it, this is the way Ted describes it in the book, to set up two or three stanchions along the ship and then fair them with timber strips, although I must say they used to take the stanchions down below the deck level and fasten them to the side planking, where as I just dowelled mine to the cover boards,

best regards john,

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[neptune]

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a nice view where we can see the curved form of the deck planking - looking very good

Thank you Uwe for the nice comments, still a lot of work to do,

best regards john,

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[neptune]

This is how I transferred the stanchion positions onto the ship, this is the port side, the plan is showing the starboard side, so after clipping the drawing to the timber strip I put a bright light behind the plan so i could see the stanchion positions,



a closer look, you can see where I have marked the stanchion positions on the deck at the edge of the cover board,


Then I went along manually with a pencil and marked the position for each hole that would take the dowell at the bottom of the stanchions,


This is what i use for the dowells, a good few years back i managed to buy approx ten of these Chinese style wall hangings for a few dollars,


and this is what they look like when taken from the hanging, I only have to run them through my dowell plate a couple of times,


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[neptune]

And a few pics of all the upright stanchions in place,







next job will be going around the stern with a different type of stanchion / bracket,

once again thank you for looking in,

best regards john.

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[Stevedownunder]

Great progress John,

I think the stern will be a bit of a challenge, though I am sure you have something worked out.

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[neptune]

Well this is what I have done today, worked out and marked the stern stanchions, the piece of cardboard sitting over the plan shows where the outside of the top rail should sit, I have to cut and fit it to match with the tops of the stanchions, when I have it right I will make a plywood template to sit on top of the stanchions that are already in place and then cut the stern stanchions to fit, on the real ship they made a temporary metal rail to fit the stanchions to,

best regards john,

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[Stevedownunder]

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Well this is what I have done today, worked out and marked the stern stanchions, the piece of cardboard sitting over the plan shows where the inside of the top rail should sit, I have to cut and fit it to match with the tops of the stanchions, when I have it right I will make a plywood template to sit on top of the stanchions that are already in place and then cut the stern stanchions to fit, on the real ship they made a temporary metal rail to fit the stanchions to,

best regards john,

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Good idea and well described John.

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[neptune]

So I've marked where the stanchions will go,



Then I made a cardboard copy of the after most stanchion and glued it to the deck with some rubber cement, then I cut a piece of plywood to fit the outside of the frames and tacked it in position you can see this more clearly in the next few pics, you can see I'm going to have to replace the last two stanchions on each side with taller ones to fit the upward sweep of the stern rails,


I cut the knee that supports the last stanchion, actually they didn't have a stanchion on the middle line, but i decided to put one there as it helped to work out the positions etc of the other stanchions,


Just test fitting the stanchion with the knee glued to it,



I then started fitting the other stanchions without the knee's, i will add the knee's later, I glued the stanchion to the deck and also put a dab of glue on the top to hold it to the plywood template, tomorrow when all the glue has set I will drill down through the stanchions and dowell them to the deck just to make sure all is nice and secure,


the plywood template,


in this pic you can see the two stanchions tha I will have to remove and replace with taller ones, I might even take a the third one out just to make sure that i get a nice smooth sweep to the rails,


all the after most stanchions in place,


and a close up view,


port side view, looking at the pic I might even have to replace four of the last upright stanchions,


Thats one removed, I will use a batten to make sure the upward sweep is nice, there are lots of filling pieces etc to add,


this shows the upward sweep to the rails,

thanks for looking in,

best regards john.

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[dockattner]

Impressive effort that is paying dividends John.

 

[Jimsky]

My prompt compliments, John! Absolutely love the way you build model.

 

[Stevedownunder]

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So I've marked where the stanchions will go,


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Then I made a cardboard copy of the after most stanchion and glued it to the deck with some rubber cement, then I cut a piece of plywood to fit the outside of the frames and tacked it in position you can see this more clearly in the next few pics, you can see I'm going to have to replace the last two stanchions on each side with taller ones to fit the upward sweep of the stern rails,

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I cut the knee that supports the last stanchion, actually they didn't have a stanchion on the middle line, but i decided to put one there as it helped to work out the positions etc of the other stanchions,

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Just test fitting the stanchion with the knee glued to it,


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I then started fitting the other stanchions without the knee's, i will add the knee's later, I glued the stanchion to the deck and also put a dab of glue on the top to hold it to the plywood template, tomorrow when all the glue has set I will drill down through the stanchions and dowell them to the deck just to make sure all is nice and secure,

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the plywood template,

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in this pic you can see the two stanchions tha I will have to remove and replace with taller ones, I might even take a the third one out just to make sure that i get a nice smooth sweep to the rails,

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all the after most stanchions in place,

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and a close up view,

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post side view, looking at the pic I might even have to replace four of the last upright stanchions,

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Thats one removed, I will use a batten to make sure the upward sweep is nice, there are lots of filling pieces etc to add,

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this shows the upward sweep to the rails,

thanks for looking in,

best regards john.

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Hi John,
I think I will copy your method there, great work on a tricky area.

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[neptune]

Thanks guy's for all the compliments and the likes, as Steve said it is a tricky area, if it was a tug that I was building I would have just bent a piece of thin plywood around the stern and scribed the deck shape on it, but because it is light vertical boards on a frame work then it is a bit more complicated,

..Best regards john,

 

[neptune]

So I released the tension on the last five upright stanchions and ended up with a nice upward sweep,


Then I replaced them, it looks a lot better I think,



After the glue on the stanchions had dried I cut out most of the ply template just leaving enough round the top of the stanchions to give them support till I get the rest of the knee's and the dowells in place,



view of the starboard side,


and overall view,

best regards John.

 

[Stevedownunder]

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So I released the tension on the last five upright stanchions and ended up with a nice upward sweep,

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Then I replaced them, it looks a lot better I think,


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After the glue on the stanchions had dried I cut out most of the ply template just leaving enough round the top of the stanchions to give them support till I get the rest of the knee's and the dowells in place,


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view of the starboard side,

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and overall view,

best regards John.

Great resalt John,
You have captured the look very nicely.

Cheers,
Stephen.