Posted by - HOF00
Post date - 04-23-2007, 09:21 PM
Cutty Sark
(Artesania Latina)
It is something that I have wanted to build now for quite some time, I remember pictures in books in my younger years, and, now, I have the opportunity….
I have had the kit sitting in a closet for over two years whilst I practiced building wooden model ships, (Bluenose, Bluenose II, Mare Nostrum), and studied like crazy….
I brought plans from the Cutty Sark Preservation Society in Greenwich, England for this purpose, Basil Lubbock’s book and the two “Longridge” volumes.
I have the Sergal/Mantua version of this ship also, but that will wait.
O.k. the kit is 1/84 scale or 1/7” to the Ft. (1.038Meters long when complete.)
Nicely boxed and everything seems to be there, plans up on the wall, a deep breath, and were in to it!!
Numbered the bulwarks and various Ply pieces, Mounted the False keel in the Vice and test fitted the bulkheads which fitted absolutely beautifully!!
False Deck time, dry fitted and oops, the False Keel had a very small, but noticeable, longitudinal warp. Never mind, the False Deck took care of this and once everything was lined up and temporarily “Pinned.” Glue time with Aliphatic over the structure and leave well alone for a couple of days.
A couple of days turned into about 2.5 months while I did some full size joinery, building a “Crib” for a friend and his very pregnant wife.
Another start over Easter, or more correct to say “Re-Start.”
Decking material, Ramin, 3mm X 1mm The 1mm thick Decking turned out to be anything but, using the digital callipers, this was anything between 0.55 and 0.70mm in thickness. Nevertheless, I thought that I’d get away with it as I intended to “Joggle” the decking into the Margin plank. The Margin Plank was its’ correct 1.0mm thick.
I had decided to use a “Four Step Butt” deck as used by Mr. Longridge and re-calculated the plank lengths to 15, 30, 45, 60 and 75mm The sequence for this is 5, 2, 4, 1, 3 (5 being the longest and 1 being the shortest.)
I started with the Poop and progressed to the main deck after ensuring that I was reasonably happy with the pattern on the Poop. (A/L have a single step butt deck in their model.)
Again referring to the A/L prototype in the instruction photos, the main deck is joggled but nothing else is. (Poop/Forecastle)
I decided to do this one mine…. Quite a few hours later, I realise that I’m not really all that happy with it and even less so as the deck really needs to be 1.0mm proud of the false deck…. This is to assist in supporting the Bulwarks at a later stage of construction. (By the time I had sanded the Deck, in part, it stands proud 0.5mm)
This is where I am at now…. I have some 0.5mm African Walnut which is the same width as the Margin Plank, 4.0mm I’ll finish the last few planking strakes on the Main Deck, sand it smooth and install the “New” Margin Plank on top of the old. The effect will be twofold, firstly covering the “Joggles” and secondly, will raise the Margin Plank to its’ correct height, 1.0mm
I had a little play last night and it looks much better this way.
Why don’t the “Joggles” look o.k., you may ask? I think that it may have something to do with the scale…. The planking is 3.0mm wide and if it were true to scale, the planking would be more like 1.0 -1.5mm wide.
I'll post some photos soon.
Cheers....HOF.
(Artesania Latina)
It is something that I have wanted to build now for quite some time, I remember pictures in books in my younger years, and, now, I have the opportunity….
I have had the kit sitting in a closet for over two years whilst I practiced building wooden model ships, (Bluenose, Bluenose II, Mare Nostrum), and studied like crazy….
I brought plans from the Cutty Sark Preservation Society in Greenwich, England for this purpose, Basil Lubbock’s book and the two “Longridge” volumes.
I have the Sergal/Mantua version of this ship also, but that will wait.
O.k. the kit is 1/84 scale or 1/7” to the Ft. (1.038Meters long when complete.)
Nicely boxed and everything seems to be there, plans up on the wall, a deep breath, and were in to it!!
Numbered the bulwarks and various Ply pieces, Mounted the False keel in the Vice and test fitted the bulkheads which fitted absolutely beautifully!!
False Deck time, dry fitted and oops, the False Keel had a very small, but noticeable, longitudinal warp. Never mind, the False Deck took care of this and once everything was lined up and temporarily “Pinned.” Glue time with Aliphatic over the structure and leave well alone for a couple of days.
A couple of days turned into about 2.5 months while I did some full size joinery, building a “Crib” for a friend and his very pregnant wife.
Another start over Easter, or more correct to say “Re-Start.”
Decking material, Ramin, 3mm X 1mm The 1mm thick Decking turned out to be anything but, using the digital callipers, this was anything between 0.55 and 0.70mm in thickness. Nevertheless, I thought that I’d get away with it as I intended to “Joggle” the decking into the Margin plank. The Margin Plank was its’ correct 1.0mm thick.
I had decided to use a “Four Step Butt” deck as used by Mr. Longridge and re-calculated the plank lengths to 15, 30, 45, 60 and 75mm The sequence for this is 5, 2, 4, 1, 3 (5 being the longest and 1 being the shortest.)
I started with the Poop and progressed to the main deck after ensuring that I was reasonably happy with the pattern on the Poop. (A/L have a single step butt deck in their model.)
Again referring to the A/L prototype in the instruction photos, the main deck is joggled but nothing else is. (Poop/Forecastle)
I decided to do this one mine…. Quite a few hours later, I realise that I’m not really all that happy with it and even less so as the deck really needs to be 1.0mm proud of the false deck…. This is to assist in supporting the Bulwarks at a later stage of construction. (By the time I had sanded the Deck, in part, it stands proud 0.5mm)
This is where I am at now…. I have some 0.5mm African Walnut which is the same width as the Margin Plank, 4.0mm I’ll finish the last few planking strakes on the Main Deck, sand it smooth and install the “New” Margin Plank on top of the old. The effect will be twofold, firstly covering the “Joggles” and secondly, will raise the Margin Plank to its’ correct height, 1.0mm
I had a little play last night and it looks much better this way.
Why don’t the “Joggles” look o.k., you may ask? I think that it may have something to do with the scale…. The planking is 3.0mm wide and if it were true to scale, the planking would be more like 1.0 -1.5mm wide.
I'll post some photos soon.
Cheers....HOF.