11 March 2017Keel and bulkheads2 photos
The keel is up
The Diana kit has arrived, the parts are numbered, and by the end of day one the keel is standing with the bulkheads sitting loose in it.
Milestone Help from janzwart, *Hans*.
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Phase 1 Keel and bulkheads2 Planking the gun deck3 Hull planking4 Stern and quarter galleries5 Coppering6 Mouldings, head and rudder7 Fitting out the gun deck8 Guns9 Planking the upper deck10 Rails and capstan11 Ship's wheel and binnacle12 Upper deck guns13 Hammock cranes All postsMarch 2017
12 March 2017Keel and bulkheads5 photos
The first bulkhead faired
The first bulkhead has been faired off the keel, Piet's method, but the forum is unanimous: glue first, then fair and check with a fairing batten.
How-to Problem and fix Help from pietsan, Hans Groenenberg, Pingu57, Danny Mulders, *Hans*.
18 March 2017Keel and bulkheads7 photos
Keel glued and practising on the false deck
Keel and bulkheads are joined; the false deck serves as a test piece for deck planking and promptly delivers the first lessons about splinters and caulking seams.
Milestone Problem and fix Help from Hans Groenenberg, *Hans*, Pingu57.
19 March 2017Keel and bulkheads2 photos
Sanding strips and a bulkhead that doesn't touch the batten
Piet teaches me to pre-sand strips with 320 grit, a glued-in bulkhead has to come out again, and at the sternpost bulkhead 14 doesn't touch the fairing batten.
How-to Problem and fix Help from pietsan, Henkl, Pingu57, Hans Groenenberg.
20 March 2017Keel and bulkheads4 photos
Stern frames 26 and 27 stick out
Stern frames 26 and 27 stick out above the aftermost bulkhead; I choose to build up the bulkhead, which turns out to be a mistake the next day.
Problem and fix Help from Pingu57, Hans Groenenberg.
21 March 2017Keel and bulkheads3 photos
The other way round: fitting the stern frames to the bulkhead
Piet corrects me: don't build up the bulkhead but fair the stern frames down to it; repaired, and stern frame 24 placed square.
Milestone Problem and fix Help from pietsan, Hans Groenenberg.
24 March 2017Keel and bulkheads
Ordering from England
Balsa blocks and tanganyika ordered from Cornwall Model Boats, where the kit came from too, and the plan to cut wood with my wife's cutting plotter.
25 March 2017Keel and bulkheads1 photos
Plotter-cutting wood: nice try
The cutting plotter does cut through wood, but rounds the corners and shifts a few millimetres: the margin plank will be done by hand after all.
Problem and fix Help from Hans Groenenberg, Pingu57.
August 2017
14 August 2017Keel and bulkheads
The work has stopped, the thinking hasn't
During a long summer break I'm already thinking about patina on the 2500 copper plates; the forum advises simply letting them dull down.
Help from *Hans*, Jan Veraart.
September 2017
24 September 2017Keel and bulkheads9 photos
Inner bulwark and an upper deck that won't fit
The inner bulwark is on (with a slight kink at bulkhead 13); the upper deck won't fit because the bulwark is too long, which is solved by shortening it.
Milestone Problem and fix Help from pietsan.
25 September 2017Keel and bulkheads5 photos
Upper deck pinned down, balsa for the first time
The upper deck is pinned in place and the first balsa filler blocks are in the bow; Piet warns that the balsa must not sit lower than the bulkheads.
Milestone Problem and fix Help from Jaques, pietsan.
30 September 2017Keel and bulkheads8 photos
Stern filled, one side as good as done
On Hans Groenenberg's advice the balsa at the stern was glued in roughly first and only then filed; according to Piet the bow line can only be checked with a batten.
How-to Help from Hans Groenenberg, pietsan.
December 2017
28 December 2017Keel and bulkheads2 photos
After a long time: all the balsa is on
After almost three months at a standstill all the balsa filler blocks are on and the first two strips of the first planking are in place.
Milestone
31 December 2017Keel and bulkheads1 photos
Marking out the gunports: in inches it works
The gunports on the starboard side have been marked out at 1.2 inches, after 30 and 31 mm went wrong at bulkhead 5; 1.2 inches is 30.48 mm.
Problem and fix Help from pietsan.
