Colin Archer 1:15 scale

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Some interior parts have received a coat of green. Very, very Green, but it's the correct colour according to the Colin Archer museum. George

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Very interesting build

Watching with great interest

Bob

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

i like the colour George…….very traditional of the age of the ship.

i was told many many years ago by my grand dad why so many houses close to the sea had the darker green paint on the woodwork.

Apparently it had a much higher lead content than the other colours so as not to degrade as quickly in the salt air. it also contained the similar anti fouling agent as used in green lead anti fouling used on ships, before the application of red lead anti fouling later on……all stems from the stuff they painted on to wooden ships to stop wood boring worms.

Something i remembered and stored in my feeble brain, and still remember………but can't remember what i had for last nights tea, lol.

[geconParticipant @gecon]

I understand that in the 'old days', many farmhouse kitchens were painted some shade of blue. It was noticed that this kept the flies away! It was first thought that flies did not like the colour. When it was discovered that flies were colourblind, it was suggested that the poisonous lead in the blue paint was what was keeping them away!

Nobody seemed to mind that the PEOPLE using the kitchens were in physical contact with the blue paint 24/7. Anyway, the water pipes were probably lead too in those days. You can't win!

Will be sloshing on some more lead-free, water-based colour over the next few days while waiting for doll's house hinges, and another order from CMB which has been in the post for over a month. I think I'll have to re-order.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Took a 'Richard Simpson' style break from painting and made the cockpit (or steering well) gratings in the last 2 days. The glazing for the compass-viewing porthole is also in place. Also made two gratings which are to be place on deck P&S of the steering well. Tried to stain them 'weathered teak' but that did not work too well so they are now stained in 'new teak'. The gratings are not a part of the kit, they were 'flown in' from CMB. The porthole through which the helm can view the compass has also be 'glazed'. The compass I ordered from CMB a month ago has been lost in the post. Re-ordering tomorrow. Sorry about the sideways photo.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Had some trouble with photo format recently. The photos on the phone camera were suddenly in a format called HEIC. How they got changed from JPG I do not know. After a lot of 'digging' in my phone's internals I finally found the button to change back to JPG.

Anyway the interior 'skelleton' framework has now received a coat of 'greener-than-green'. Must get the R/C and batteries connected up and working before fitting the interior sections back into the hull.

The cockpit well is also in production and -in addition to the grating- has received a glazed porthole and raised top edges to help keep the waves out. The kit/plans only show a 4mm top edge/rim. Now it's about 10mm.

I expect to used a week or so to get the R/C installed and working.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

The wood for the cockpit well included in my particular (old) kit is mahogany coloured. I therefore used some mahogany stripwood left over from the Fisher build to build up the edges to look more like the original, AND give better protection against filling the cockpit with water!

The edges are increased from 4mm high to nearer 10mm. This might interfere with the tiller where it passes over the aft edge of the cockpit well, but that will be easy to remedy.

I have a photo of the original, but this was found on the web and is not in JPG format, so I can't 'beam it up'.

George

PS. Just remembered….took a photo of the PC screen to get a JPG format photo. So here is the original cockpit too.

Edited By gecon on 04/08/2021 09:14:51

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Did some test fitting of interior components today. Nav station installed, simulating the unit in the present museum CA. The original photo comes up sideways no matter how much I rotate it on th PC. Had to take a photo of the PC screen instead.

The heads door is a bit kinky with the porthole feature. It is however glazed in frosted green. Door frame still to be edged to make it less draughty! Some paint damage occured while re-positioning (hacking with a knife and saw) the heads unit.

George

 

Edited By gecon on 05/08/2021 22:29:47

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello George, you are making a very nice special model of great interest.

The furniture etc is fascinating and the green is easy on the eye too

I hope you have room for a motor drive?

It would be nice to see your model chugging about on windless days etc

Bob

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Many thanks Bob, no worries, the zero wind facilities are installed

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

OK George

Over n out

Bob

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Close-ups show a bit too much weathering on the woodwork I fear. Looked OK from a meter away!

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

I must say that I am impressed by Cornwall Model Boats……

An order which CMB sent to me on the 28th June has not been delivered to me in Norway. Orders usually get here in about 10 days -as was the case with a later order sent from them on 20th July. CMB are very kindly re-sending the order (and including a couple of 'upgraded' items) completely free of charge.

Given that it is most certainly not their fault that the order has disappeared, I consider this to be exceptionally generous of them.

George

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi George,

Not a Colin Archer issue, but many moons ago we were discussing the control of the Genoa sheeting on the Fisher, well I have seen a track system used on a yacht at a meeting I went too on Wednesday in Surrey, using a split tube and winch controlled line and traveller seemed brilliant idea to me

Sorry I forgot to ask the gentleman's name !!

Regards Ray

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Hi Ray, looks like a smart way to do it! I have in fact seen a large flush-deck yacht on Youtube with a similar system. This seemed very smooth in operation. I think I googled "model yacht genoa operation" or something of that nature.

Main advantage is, you only need ONE servo to to do it! Disadvantage is, that you cannot let out the sail clew to fly loose for sailing downwind. The clew follows, and is allways the same distance from the track. With two separately controlled servos, you can let them both out for downwing sailing.

However, to use the track system on the Fisher, would not look very 'scale' as it would entail routing the track quite far forward to get around the mast, then across the top of coachroof (which needs to be removeable to get at the swithches/fuses).

The track would also have to be routed outboard and well aft of the mainmast shrouds too….ugly.

My system looks reasonably scale I think -and it even snags slighlty (as in real life!). Although the tracks and sheet blocks are rather larger-than-life in size.

You will remember in our discussions on this -ages ago- I mentioned that my grey cell was under considerable duress trying to work out a suitable system .

Thanks though, for the info. The photo shows that for the right type of model, it's not that difficult to achieve some sort of positive genoa control.

Cheers, George.

PS. Can anyone tell me what I've done recently to start receiving 'allerts' when someone posts on my thread/s?

I don't mind, but I'm not aware of what buttons I've pshed to make this happen. Or is this just a new Forum-feature?

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

George

There is a small box just above where you press to add the posting. If you tick the box you get the EMAIL alerts.

If you go to to bookmarks at the top of the page you should be able to turn it off.

Tim

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Thanks Tim,

I'm not aware of ever having ticked this box. Below the 'bookmark' icon I have now removed the highlighted text. maybe that will fix it?

Time will tell!

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Brass knobs appearing here and there. Paintwork looks a bit tatty-weathered in the close-ups I'm afraid. However the boat was built in 1893! Had to make a hole in a bulkhead to get at the screws for the hinge on the heads door! I'll hang a photo over the plug.

It'll all look good enough when I'm finished.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

More interior details added. Some (non-working) hinges applied to lockers and doors. Brass rails on locker tops. Richard's tip about Doll's house furniture produced not just hinges…I could not resist the brass parafin storm lamps. Bought 3! One of them will probably be modified a bit and suspended from a cross beam.

Made an attempt at the companionway steps. It looks like it's dangerously placed in mid air, but that's where the companionway opening will be when the deck is in place…I hope.

Still waitng for compass and some other bits from CMB. Hope they don't get lost in the post again.

George

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi George,

Had you thought of a perspex deck to show off your detailed interior ?? Seems a shame to have it all shut off from view ?

Regards Ray

[geconParticipant @gecon]

I don't think the 'rivet counters' would accept that Ray. I'd be getting hate-mail for sure. The plastic hull is bad enough. A see-through deck would get me excluded, BUT I plan to open the deck below the skylight and I'll hinge the companionway hatch. Though there still won't be much view of the interior.

I do have another Colin archer kit in the cellar store. If I ever start building it, I definately will not try another interior. It's driving me nuts.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Hatching-out (sorry) more ideas. Through-deck access to R/C gear.

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Well, the second attempt to send me a compass was successful. Took only 8 days in the post, which is the shortest UK-Norway time since I started ordering from CMB in 2019.

Fitted the compass in it's 'pigeonhole'. The porthole surround which I made two weeks ago is a bit on the large side I think, so something might well 'happen' to that before launch. The whole compass thing was just an afterthought which ended up being a main event which -as Ray gently hints- will hardly ever be seen!

Post a photo of the original too. oh, oh, I have to take a photo of the PC screen first. Can't turn it the right way here, sorry.

George

Edited By gecon on 19/08/2021 19:07:46

[Richard SimpsonParticipant @richardsimpson88330]

I wouldn't bother with the rest of the model, just display the interior!

Lovely looking job George.

[neil hpParticipant @neilhp]

sod the rivet counters George, that interior is well worth admiring……..absolutely stunning.

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