Hi All

Time for a bit of an update!

Firstly for those eagle eyed amongst you, after a little battle to seperate the parts I have reassembled the ships anchor stock in the correct orientation.Pic 1


Having that back on track I continued with the bow formers, which will be balsa infilled in the near future. I will be doing the infills before I fit the bow to the false keel,as I found it awkward
on the Soveriegn to work with the whole hull, that and the fact that the bow end of the false keel has been in need of a soak and flat clamping session,(nearly there now).

So bow formers,Pic 2+3


Time for that to fully set before the infills.

Next I decided to make a start on the carronade. Well, that`s where the discussions started as to the correct position of the wheels.Having looked at several photo`s
and a great drawing supplied in the discussion I decided to position the wheels slightly in from the back edge of the base, with the rear eyelets behind the wheels, not in front.
That decision made, I started to assemble the base, only to find another problem. With the rear wheel assembly made, I had a dry fit of the base and soon realised
that the front mounting block needed to be twice the thickness supplied or the whole issue sloped down towards
the front.
This is the state of play at the moment.Pic 4


While that was in the process of drying, I turned my attention to the ship`s boat, being careful to get the frames square and I have this morning started to plank.Pic 5+6



Well that`s all for now,as usual comments and critics welcome

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Thanks Karl,
That looks the real business and has opened up the thought processes.

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Ian,
Many thanks for looking in. Choices at the moment are Plank the SOTS or Plank the Vic`s boat.

Looks like planking is the order of the day .

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Thanks Alan
Think I will be seeing planks in my sleep soon ,talking of which 3am start tomrrow so better be off to bed.

Happy Modelling,

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

hi del a little tip here mate,the joins of the ribs to the "b" sections,needs to re-inforced with a bit of planking,as the charred edges WILL NOT bond,test them out and see.also by adding the bits of plank,it stiffens them up against accidental breakage.

I would del,as the balsa does not go all the way up,and the skinny bits are exposed.I would just do the skinny bits, not the joint.

Hi All,
As this is my number 2 build, just a small update while planking on the SOTS dries out.

I have finished the planking on the Victory launch, which if I say so myself is better than my first attempt on the SOTS. As they say practice makes perfect, well maybe better .


The pics are below, you judge .


No, seriously though any advice good or bad will be gratefully appreciated.

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Hi Derek, nicely done.... think your build is coming on a treat.... .. Once you sand the launch down it will look the part ready for painting, just be careful not to sand too much off as those planks a really thin.... I take it you are going to paint or do you intend to go for the natural finish??

Regards

Alan

Hi All,

Had enough of planking the SoTS, so it`s back to the Vic for a while.

Now, it`s been said on here before that there are "no problems, only solutions".

So to that end I`ll start with the problem.

Bow Keel Section

Serious twisting and warping of the part was the issue. I have been down the route of soaking/steaming then clamping/pressing but it just came back to the same awful shape.
That left me with two possible solutions:

1: Order new part from Deag - Can take to long

2: Make a replacement part - If this had failed I`d be back to #1.

The extent of the twist.Pic 1


The craft knife shows how far out of straight this part was.

Making the replacement

Some while back I bought some plywood off cuts at the Coalville Boat Show, you know the "some day this might be useful"
well the day had arrived.

First I marked round the old piece with it firmly clamped in place.Pic 2


I then cut out the edge where it joined the centre keel section (most difficult edge first)Pic 3


From there I rough shaped the keel shape and cut the top edges.Pic 4


The keel front edge was then shaped with the old and new pieces clamped together.Pic 5


After that the wider slots were cut out using my Dremel and a reamer bit, then finished with a mini file.Pic 6


Using the same tools with a finer reamer bit I then cut the thinner slots.Pic 7


Now it`s new part in and old part out.Pic 8


EUREKA !!!!

Next update soon - Keel/Ribs and first deck assembly

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Nicely done