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| Timothy |
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  Registered Member #252 Joined: Thu Aug 27 2009, 02:23pmPosts: 56 | Here's a couple pics of a sloop I've been working on. It's scratch built, and isn't of any particular boat, but represents a type of boat found along the New England coast. It still needs the rig, and some cleaning up, but it's coming along albeit slowly.   | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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  Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Timothy, Nice, meticulous work. I especially like your mast hoops. Did you make those on a lathe? If they're scratch-built, I'd like to hear your method. Gene | ||
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| Timothy |
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| Registered Member #252 Joined: Thu Aug 27 2009, 02:23pmPosts: 56 | Thank you Gene, The hoops were made just like the full sized ones. I used ash, ripped down to about 1/16 thick and about 1/8 wide (1" to scale), scraped the inside end to a taper, then soaked them overnight in just plain water. I had a dowel the correct size (20% more than the diameter of the mast to allow for the line that will lash the sail), then wound them around the dowel, clamped them, and let dry. After they had dried thoroughly I slid them off, put a little glue (Tightbond) inside the wraps and tightened them on the dowel again. After that had dried, I sanded the outside end to a taper, sanded the edges, then a little shellac to seal them. They go about 2 1/2 times around the mast. Failure rate was about 10% because the grain ran off the outside edge and split off. It's hard to tell in the pic, but there's twelve hoops on the mast. Eleven for the sail, and a spare, which will live on the jaws. I've been tempted to drill the hoops and insert a few pieces of brass wire to simulate rivets, but....maybe later..... On a smaller scale I've used the same proceedure with plane shavings. These are actually a little easier because they tend to come off the plane already curled.    | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Timothy, Thanks for the explanation. Great method. Very nicely done. Gene | ||
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| Timothy |
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| Registered Member #252 Joined: Thu Aug 27 2009, 02:23pmPosts: 56 | Here's a couple more pics showing some slow progress. (I'm not very fast, but I sure am slow  ) The sails are just held on with clothes pins so I can judge the over-all appearance. The first pic shows the stand that the model will live on. The boat would have had a center board, but I deleted that, and slide the boat down on a piece of aluminum cut to fit the CB slot. The aluminum is bent at about a 15 deg angle to give some "heel" to the model. This adds some "static action" (!?), and allows the sails to sag to leeward as they would naturally. The boom will be hauled in, and the gaff will be farther out. The sails are hand stitched to simulate panels, and although they don't show up immediately, they do on closer inspection, which is deliberate.   | ||
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| Winston |
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winston  Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2530 | I don't know how I missed this before. Very nice work Timothy, and a fine subject too. All too often we tend to over look boats and ships from our maritime history. | ||
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| Boomer |
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 Registered Member #1532 Joined: Fri Mar 18 2011, 04:46amPosts: 18 | Beautiful job! Is this a POF or POB? | ||
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| Timothy |
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| Registered Member #252 Joined: Thu Aug 27 2009, 02:23pmPosts: 56 | Thank you. I agree Winston, the regional boats seem to be over-looked, but generally speaking the research potential is huge. I deliberately left the planking a little rough because in most cases the individual strakes do show in a wooden boat. This model is supposed to depict a workboat converted to a pleasure craft. Thank you Boomer. Actually, the boat is a combination of both. A friend had ordered a kit of a Muscongus Bay Lobsterboat from an outfit called Bluejacket Ship Models a few years ago. Before he started construction I spent an hour tracing the keel, frame stations, and transom. I put them away in a folder and forgot about them. Last summer I was looking for something else and came across them again. It seemed like a good subject, so I began a scratch - phantom build of the type. Forward of the cabin there's a couple of bukheads, but aft of that there's frames to allow for the bunks, and cockpit. The cabin after bulkhead was built up, and the deck beams where added to support the deck. Originally, the mast would have been free standing, but I wanted to add the shrouds for interest, and to support the running light boards. (All of the block hardware, shackles, and mast/boom collars will be blackened before it gets delivered.)    | ||
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| Richardt |
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 Registered Member #1244 Joined: Thu Nov 04 2010, 04:59pmPosts: 122 | Hi Tomothy, It's a bit of a mish-mash as you describe it but what a spectacular result! Very well done. Richard | ||
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| Timothy |
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| Registered Member #252 Joined: Thu Aug 27 2009, 02:23pmPosts: 56 | Thank you Richardt. Work has been slow, other pressing projects having taken priority, nonetheless, I suppose a little progress is better then nothing...... Fastening the mains'l to the hoops, adding the boom preventer, and parrells. Still have to clean up the hoop ties, fasten the sail to the gaff, and rig the jib. This boat is going to a doctor...hence "Therapy".     | ||
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