Here is a list of all the postings neil howard-pritchard has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: 61' Barnett class lifeboat |
12/08/2022 19:15:09 |
15 minutes with a block plane, an aching arm, and a blister on my thumb........and so I started to think of a better way. |
12/08/2022 15:55:02 |
slowly, Slowly, SLOWLY,........ and quite monotonously, the frames have all been filled with blocks and strips of obeche'......... That is, ALL but the holes that would form the propeller shaft tunnels, and these will be formed and shaped once the rest of the hull has been planed, shaped and sanded to a nice smooth finish...but that's for later..........once the glue has set overnight in a very hot workshop, tomorrow i shall go to our local car boot sale and see if i can pick up a decnt smoothing plane to do some damage to the blocks.............but for now, i shall have a sit down, and contemplate there to start on it. Its nice though to look at it, and see what sort of hull it is going to turn out like. ohhhh happy days!!!
Edited By neil howard-pritchard on 12/08/2022 15:57:02 |
11/08/2022 19:09:59 |
It will all come out in the end George, but I feel more confidant in this method than plank on frame.
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Thread: Colin Archer 1:15 scale |
11/08/2022 19:04:24 |
a beautiful model George, and she looks a good sailer too.......far better on the water than my lifeboat turned out to be, lol. enjoy sailing her, she looks fantastic. Edited By neil howard-pritchard on 11/08/2022 19:04:42 |
Thread: 61' Barnett class lifeboat |
10/08/2022 20:25:40 |
I have the last four frames, [two each side] at the bow to fill, and then I can concentrate on capping the tops of each frame with some 8mm thick planks from the keel to the blocks as shown on one mid section set of frames.
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10/08/2022 15:25:16 |
Done some more blocking up between frames this afternoon, and have come to the stage whereby if I put any more blocks on them, the first ones will not set because the upper ones dislodge them when I am tamping them in to place.......so 4 blocks maximum. I am also getting the stage where the bilges are becoming to run flat , and as such I'll be cutting some wider and thinner plates to fit into the spaces in one piece. Therefore a support strip needed to be added to the keelson, and these are also now glued in place, and shall leave it now untill tomorrow when I hope to finish blocking in the hull totally. My back is now killing me constantly bending over and straightening up, so will also give that a rest before I go out again tonight to shape the port side of the cabin top. |
10/08/2022 01:06:30 |
Was looking at the photos that I was sent by Martin Kinghoward at certain parts of the plans that I didn't understand, and found one of the parts was the steering box at the stern. |
09/08/2022 21:51:55 |
ten minutes planing, and thn 5 minutes sanding with a delta sander and 40 grade grit and one side of the top of the cabin was looking a little more like a cabin. much more work to do but those 15 minutes were very constructive and thought cultivating. More tomorrow. |
09/08/2022 13:10:56 |
And whilst the 2 heavy G cramps are stopping the cabin from slipping sideways or back and forwards whilst glewing the 60lbs [27 kilos] of old batteries are maintaining a downward force to glue the cabin and engine casing together, using aliphatic resin wood glue. |
09/08/2022 12:47:00 |
Richard, its a form of bread and butter construction,the only difference being thather than having the set lines for cutting the layers to produce he hull withour using the cross sections, this method is where you only have the cross section frames, and no set lines. takes longer but the result is the same in the end. |
09/08/2022 12:43:14 |
As the old song says........"the first cut is the Deapest." |
09/08/2022 12:40:37 |
good one Ray.........at the price i paid for it, a snip..........the plug will last forever, lol. |
09/08/2022 12:39:12 |
Posted by Richard Simpson on 08/08/2022 19:28:58:
I must admit Neil I've never seen such a method of hull construction. It looks to me like it is going to be as solid as a brick "Out House" by the time you will have it to shape. put it this way, Richard, if i drop it it will bounce and not fall apart, or put my finger through a plank when i sand too vigourously, haha. |
08/08/2022 18:56:55 |
A lot of pieces of obeche' board, A lot of glue,........... And this is what I ended up with, the main cabin hood, and the base. And once I had cut the top in half length ways as the whole block wouldn't fit through the gate of the band saw which I used for cutting it, the curves were cut into the two parts of the cabin top using the template I had made from card. I had miscalculated the back lower cross member, and this dropped out as I cut the sweeping curve........so had to put two blocks back in, and these are now setting using aliphatic resin. and once the base 2 layers of the engine room casing have dried after gluing the second base layer of strips on to the solid board, that too will have to be cut length ways right down the centre so that i can cu the final part of the cabin's curve before glueing it all back together before shaping the cabin.
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07/08/2022 13:22:48 |
and down to work! |
07/08/2022 11:47:40 |
I had paid no real attention to the superstructure i.e. the cabin and engine room casing until this morning. |
Thread: Humbrol Paints |
06/08/2022 21:18:18 |
Posted by Richard Simpson on 05/08/2022 13:25:49:
We'll have everyone screaming that plastic glue is carcinogenic next! god i hope not, i use gallons of the stuff lol. Edited By neil howard-pritchard on 06/08/2022 21:21:25 |
Thread: 61' Barnett class lifeboat |
06/08/2022 18:54:35 |
IT LOOKS MESSY!!!, and it is messy with all the glue around, but once I get my sonoc rasp and block plane on it it will start to take shape. Edited By neil howard-pritchard on 06/08/2022 18:57:45 |
Thread: Humbrol Paints |
04/08/2022 23:40:41 |
good news indeed, but why are hobby stores still selling the old stuff. |
Thread: 61' Barnett class lifeboat |
04/08/2022 16:44:45 |
RIGHT!!!.....I'm not hearly as fit as I used to be as the last time I made a plug for a lifeboat and in a similar way my back didn't ache even half as much, but have had to give up for the day.!
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