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| Mike 41 |
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  Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | HMS Beagle (1820) History From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia History United Kingdom Ordered: 16 February 1817 Laid down: June 1818 Launched: 11 May 1820 Commissioned: 1820 Decommissioned: 1845, transferred to Coastguard Fate: Sold and broken up 1870 General characteristics Class and type: Cherokee-class brig-sloop Tons burthen: 235 bm; 242 for second voyage[1] Length: 90.3 ft (27.5 m) Beam: 24.5 ft (7.5 m) Draught: 12.5 ft (3.8 m) Sail plan: Brig from 1825) Complement: 120 as a ship-of-war, 65 plus 9 supernumeraries on second voyage Armament: 10 guns, reduced to 6 guns for first survey voyage, changed to 7 guns during second survey voyage The HMS Beagle served as Charles Darwin's floating laboratory on his historic voyage to the Galapagos Islands. Drawings: I traced the drawings I needed to generate the modeling plans from the book Anatomy of the ship HMS Beagle using AutoCAD. The Keel Assemble The Keel Assembly is 24 ½” long x ¼” thick European Beachwood. Since this is going to be a Navy Board type model I simplified the keel and framing. This set of photos shows the keel assembly and the first two frames. All the frames are double and consist of ten individual sections each.      | ||
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| dave1254 |
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| Registered Member #2647 Joined: Fri May 25 2012, 08:08pmPosts: 405 | looking good Mike looking forward to the build Dave | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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| Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | Thanks Dave, the Beagle was a small ship and should be fun to model. Mike | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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| Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | The frames have all been cut out and fitted to the keel. This is a few photos showing the frames and building board. The gantry style building board I am using has been through several previous builds and is holding up well. A description of the board is posted under Jigs & Things as ‘Building Board Gantry Type’ and explains why I like to use it. I am currently working on the stern framing after than is in place the bow framing is next I have found it is easier for me start on the ends and work towards the middle of the model.         | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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| Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | This is a few progress photos of the stern framing. The first photo shows the addition of the poop deck transom. The stern has a 1/32” thick solid Beachwood core that will be planked on both sides I added a photo of my thickness sander it does a great job on very thin material. The next set of photos shows my Folgers sheet bender with the wife’s hair dryer for the heat supply. It is faster than bending the wood wet and waiting for it to dry out. Many other people have been using this system it was not an original thought. The next photos show the lower transoms and stern being installed on the keel assembly. After the timbers on the outer stern timber are installed and the transoms below the wing transom I will start the Knightheads and Hawse pieces. Any comments or questions are welcome.                  | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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| Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | The stern framing is finished for now. The bow framing is next on the list.     | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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 Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Mike, Very nicely done. Gene | ||
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| aew |
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aew  Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2974 | That's a substantial bit of framing. | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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| Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | Thanks Gene and Arthur, there is some very good details in the AOS book. Mike | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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| Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1241 | The bow framing started with the installation of the most forward frame ‘O’. I generated patterns for the Hawse pieces from the existing drawings after the pieces were cut out I glued them to the frame bread and butter style. I trimmed the timbers to the proper height and sanded the interior and exterior smooth. The last step was to drill the hawse holes.                 | ||
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