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Jonathan G |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #4155 Joined: Thu Mar 14 2013, 09:01pmPosts: 1159 | I asked that same question about Rattlesnake's boat (clinker or carvel) to a fellow member at the Nautical Research Guild, Chuck Passaro who specializes in small boats models. He said: "It depend on what type of boat. If it is a launch then carvel is fine. If its a cutter then it should be clinker style. The kit looks like a simple launch type so carvel should be fine." So based on his expertise, the boat will be carvel | ||
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Jonathan G |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #4155 Joined: Thu Mar 14 2013, 09:01pmPosts: 1159 | The Main Ribs The kit provides 4 rib jigs to form the main ribs. Nos. 2 – 4 are the same size. Using the “paper” method, 4 pieces of 1/16” square stock were cut to length. The idea is to soak the strips and then bend them around jig form and glue them, just at the ends, to the jig. I soaked the wood for 24 hours. At a later point in the build, the ribs are to be cut from the jig. ![]() | ||
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donfarr |
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![]() Registered Member #2001 Joined: Fri Dec 23 2011, 09:51pmPosts: 1982 | Hi Jonathan, have been following your build, the craftmaship is supberb, I too am getting ready to do a M/S ships boat like yours am watching how you build it and do you cut some kind of rabbet at all. Thanks Don | ||
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Gary M |
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![]() Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 904 | Hi Jonathan, I eagerly await each new intallment. Nice work on the masts of your Rattler. I am still trying to figure out the rigging dimensions on the Rattler and look forward to your input once you get there (next week???). All the best, Gary | ||
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Jonathan G |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #4155 Joined: Thu Mar 14 2013, 09:01pmPosts: 1159 | WOW, there seems to be a lot of excitement for this build. Has no one ever built this model kit before? I'm taking it one step at a time and sometimes more time per step as you will see in the next installment. Having no one to watch myself to guide me, I'm learning as I go. Stay tuned, watch this space...etc. | ||
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Jonathan G |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #4155 Joined: Thu Mar 14 2013, 09:01pmPosts: 1159 | Bending the ribs was easier said than done, at least for me. My method to bend the wood was to use the heated iron. But because the bend is 180° the wood wants to kink or worse split. I also tried using my clamp type wood bender which put little creases on the inside of the bend; that was a disaster. I finally got some satisfactory (not great) results working very slow with the heated iron and repeated dippings in water, but I used a lot of time and wasted more wood than I think the kit allows. Another part of the problem was how the strip of wood was held in place on the jig. It can’t take much stress due to the 1/16” thinness of the jig and the softness of its wood. If you don’t bend the rib wood strip enough prior to putting on the rib jig, forcing the strip into its final shape on the jig will break the jig. You can see that result in jig No. 4. All the ribs ends are glued to the jig at the bottom. Hopefully the flaws will be buried under planking and internal boat structures. BTY, the gap at the top of the arch is supposed to be there to make it easier to remove the hull from the jig. ![]() | ||
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aew |
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aew![]() ![]() ![]() Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 3010 | I think a couple of strips half the thickness, laminated together, might be the way to go if you have any more trouble, but you seem to have overcome the problems. | ||
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Jonathan G |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #4155 Joined: Thu Mar 14 2013, 09:01pmPosts: 1159 | I thought of that afterwards, but by then I had what you see now. If I had to do it again, that's is the way I'd do it. | ||
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Jonathan G |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #4155 Joined: Thu Mar 14 2013, 09:01pmPosts: 1159 | During a dry fit I noticed that jig No. 1 seemed to be short in height by about 1/16”. This was remedied by adding a strip at the bottom.![]() | ||
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Jonathan G |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #4155 Joined: Thu Mar 14 2013, 09:01pmPosts: 1159 | Eight 1/8” were cut about 2” long and glued to both sides of jig bottoms.![]() | ||
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