Well, have been unsuccessful so far getting adequate drawings, so starting a new project of a later era, a WW1 era German torpedo boat. This is bigger than it sounds- when other countries began building torpedo boat destroyers, and shortened the name of the type to destroyers, Germany just called them torpedo boats, or torpedo boat leaders. But they were destroyer-sized. This will be a scratch project, 1:192. Elected to use that scale rather than 1:200 to ease scaling (1:192 is 1/16" per ’ ). There is generic PE in that scale, and the difference is very slight. Bought wood yesterday. For a simple project without much carving in hull lines, I frequently use Aspen (which is what I bought yesterday). Only five bucks worth of wood! Hope to get blanks cut and glued today and cutting templates printed out on card stock.
Love the smell of aspen. Will be following with interest.
Got started cutting wood today. Ordinarily I build bread and butter style. The lines to this thing are so simple, however- so little carving, that after cutting to width and length I glued the lifts together to get a solid block. Block is now cut to profile. Will cut to planform tomorrow.
Below is the Mirage 1:400 Boat V108. It is fairly similar to the B110, and the drawings I have are only profile and planform, with no detail drawings. Some of the deck structure is a bit confusing, so maybe this kit will help on the scratch project
Very fine choice for a project, and very nice start for your hull. Are you working from the old Warship Profile #27?
Yep, that’s the one, Greg.
Got the hull block ready to carve. Sawed it to profile and planform (top view). Made the section templates and cut them out. Ready to start carving!
Got the hull rough carved now. I find a coat or two of primer helps judge the contours better, so it is prime a little, sand a little (or fill a little, or even carve/plane a bit for a big bump), then repeat.
I do keep checking this Don because A: the subject and B: I’ve got a Blue Jacket CSS Virginia and am curious as to how you handle wood. Interesting.
I am intending to buy the Bluejacket Monitor kit shortly.
The foredeck on the B110 is sheathed in sheet styrene, as the deck planform does not follow the bulkheads below, so I needed a thin but strong material there. All the rest is wood.
Thx.
Looks good Don. The tip on priming while sanding is such a simple one, but I never thought about doing that. Probably would have saved me some grief on my Olympia!
Ron W.
Had some trouble getting new pictures- first, camera problems, got a work-around, then Photobucket was acting up.
Hull is finished and painted. Masked off waterline and below as I do not want weathering to affect that area. Still need to buy a couple of props, and make prop shafts. Working on deckhouse and upper bridge areas now. The stacks are next, not quite sure how to do them without doing a lot of interior carving.
Nice! Keep me updated.
BTW, what was the original project you couldn’t find adequate drawings for?
Early- say 1870s or 1880s British battleships. Also want to build a Mohawk class destroyer. Fewer vendors of ship plans today, and vendors still in business seem to have culled their lines. On the other hand, searching for drawings did acquaint me with new free drawing sites, where you download drawings.
Too bad…however, I love WWI subjects, and I love torpedo boats, so this build should be cool.
Latest photos
This overview shows current progress. Stacks are yet unfinished, and more difficult work than I suspected.
This shot shows cardstock overlay to represent hull plates, and portholes I just finished.
Base is temporary working base.
Got fittings today from Bluejacket. Two props, two ship’s boats, and five ventilators. These will be all the purchased parts except for a sheet of 1:192 generic railings.
Looking good!
Hmmm.
Verry Interresting ! Das is Goot Boot , Yah ! T.B.