Progress on my wooden ship

[philo426]

Yeah guys!When you open the box,all that you see are some plywood cutouts of the keel and bulkheads as well as many strips of wood of varying widths and lengths.You carefully align and glue the bulkheads to the keel and build the hull plank by plank until it is covered.To make the bends in the bow and stern it is necessary to soak the planks in a tall water jug for a few hours to prevent the wood fibers from shattering.Then you drill pilot holes and pin the wet planks to the bulkheads and allow them to dry.When dry you then glue them to the bulkheads.Little tricky but very fun to see the hull take shape.

[philo426]

PReview of the VErnonl.

[Gitarre]

Originally Posted by philo426

PReview of the VErnonl.

I got nothing here

[philo426]

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[Gitarre]

Very cool. I like it!

[philo426]

Thanks!Here is the stern treatment along with the large rudder and preventer chain.(The chain limits how far the rudder can be deflected in a storm thus preventing the rudder from being snapped off.)

[philo426]

[BananasCentral]

I saw "Ship" and thought WOW this guy must have a HUGE shop !
What the .... ...where is the sixty foot barn??

To some people the building part is more important than even doing something with the product.
What do you do with these when they are done?

[kydave]

Nice!!

If you smile at me, I will understand...

[philo426]

Well the Other ship models are displayed on shelves in the living room.This one will require its own display table.

[Gitarre]

Looking good!

I think you need a tripod for your camera. I keep taking my glasses off thinking they're dirty or something but it only gets more blurry.

Are all the models in your display case built by you? Are they all wood or some of plastic?

I'm going to continue where kydave left off:

Cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language....

[philo426]

Most of the models in thr case are plastic and yes I have built all of them except the B24 which I purchased at my locsl hobby s0hop.

[philo426]

Mounted up the foremast and bowsprit.

[Gitarre]

Is that the mainmast you're preparing on the workbench?

Boy, that coping saw looks mighty familiar. I'll have to go see if mine is still in the drawer.

[c70man]

Originally Posted by Shoreline Music

That's sweet! Nice work.

This calls for a song:

" Silver people on the shoreline, let us be.....Talkin' bout very free and easy."