Artesania Latina 1805 Swift pilot boat

Well awright - the "houses" look good! Good luck with your project and have a nice day

Paweł

Assembled both deck houses and planked one of them.   

I had to curve the roof of the main deckhouse.So I got creative with a coffee cup and quadruple clamps.  

Cut the scupper slots with a Dremel and a reinforced cut off wheel.    

Cut and installed the timberheads.   

Thanks!I I am pretty adept with the dremel and k now to keep a light touch and minnimum rpm to avoid destroying the part.I will use the cut off wheel to cut the scupper slots soon.

Sorry philo426 - where I am currently, I don't have my ship model handy, so I can't do any photos of it for some time now. But if you take a look at google images (look for "wooden tiller") you even get some dimensions you could scale down. Be careful with that dremel, so as not to take away too much. I did it by hand, and didn't use the kit part, built it from scratch as the kit part had grain going the wrong way. It's a half hour work with fine sandpaper. Good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

Yes it does look too thick.I will machine it down with my Dremel.

That is why I am asking!Can you post a pic of your tiller?

Come on, philo426, you can do better than that! Try to make the tiller thinner at the handle! If you take the scale into account - would you be able to comfortably grip a bar this thick? You might also consider drilling the holes for the belaying pins at this time, later it might get difficult! Good luck with your build, have a nice day

Paweł

Got the tiller bar together.   i235.photobucket.com/.../003-8_zpsdece5d5c.jpg

The kit supplied dog legs did not fit the stern deck so I made new ones out of basswood.   

Will do!

Hello!

While the photo of the stern doesn't really convince me, I like the looks of the hull from the last post, it looks nice! Keep up the good work and watch out for those kit errors! Have a nice day

Paweł

Polyacrylied the deck and hull.While not perfect,I am generally pleased with my first planked hull.        

Putting the stern together.  Some roughness has to be smoothed out and refining required.       

Put 2 pieces of shaped wood on the stern to make walnut planking easier.       

I sanded down with 150.i willsand it down to 220 before I Polyacylic it.

Coming along very nicely. Keep up the good work.That side looks like it should sand very well.

Jim

Finished the one side and will start the other.    

Yeah but i decided to put the keel on first and see how it will work out.Hope it will be all right but I will see!

Looking good, philo426! But I believe the instructions have it the other way 'round, first the planking, then the keel - might be wrong, though, it's years since I read them myself. Keep up the great work and have a nice day

Paweł

I glued on the keel before I put on the second layer of walnut planking.   

It's coming along nicely! Good work so far.

Yes I am planking the inside of the bulwarks.Looks a lot better.  

Hello!

Well I used one of the supplied wood strips for the stiffeners (i mean the short vertical ones), they are mentioned in the instructions and on the plans. Where I diverted from the instructions was to plank also the insides of the bulwarks - I didn't like to see plywood on my model. But what you meant was probably the bulwark rail - I got that wood from my local exotic wood merchant for free, it's some kind of bamboo used as spacers between the planks they actually sell, so he gave it to me for free. I cut it in thin strips and built the rail this way, replacing the kit's plywood parts.

Have a nice day

Paweł

Looks good.Did you use walnut for the bulwark stiffeners.?I kind of like the look.Yes the instructions leave much to be desired but what can you do?MY kit did not come with sails so I'l have to see if I can find them.

Hello philo426!

Good to know somebody else is building this! Watch out, this model is peppered with errors, some things, as shown in the plans, just don't make no sense at all, like for example the chain plates. I still have to finish mine after five years (granted, I only build it in the summer), but maybe I could help you if you have any questions. Here's a photo of my build:

More info in this thread:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/150494.aspx

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł