Artesania Latina Cutty Sark

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Ken

[Guest]

Hi all well I'm on to the gunwale covers (why they are called that I dont know, they cover nothing have nothing to do with guns and what wale's are I've no idea) anyway I've made a jig to get all the holes in the same place.

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Drilled all 52 holes

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Gunwales installed

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Bit annoyed with the instructions (and myself for not checking) they tell you to drill 52 holes @ 1.5 mm but the brass wire they supply is only 1 mm

[Steven000]

Very nice :thumb2:
Damned instructions :astonished:

[spanner570]

Looking good, Ken.
The gunwales are the last lengths of hull planking above deck and were fitted to strengthen the hull against the recoil of the main deck cannon fire.

It's supposed to be a bastardization of 'Gun Wall'. In it's short form they're also called gunnels.

Your Servant.
Horatio (Kiss me Hardy) Nelson (Dec.)

[stillp]

Looking good, Ken.
The gunwales are the last lengths of hull planking above deck and were fitted to strengthen the hull against the recoil of the main deck cannon fire.

It's supposed to be a bastardization of 'Gun Wall'. In it's short form they're also called gunnels.

Your Servant.
Horatio (Kiss me Hardy) Nelson (Dec.)

So why do unarmed vessels have them Ron?
I'll politely decline the kiss, thank you.
Pete

[spanner570]

Dunno.... :upside:
I was just trying to possibly promote a definitive answer from the members in order to help Ken.....

[wotan]

Hi Guys

Just since I happen to know this useless info. The planks forming the wall around the deck of a wooden ship form the BULWARK. On top of this a plank was usually attached to strengthen this wall and to provide stiffening against the flexing of the bulwark due to firing the guns. The shipbuilding term Wale refers to a plank of wood bent around the hull of a wooden ship. Typically the term is used to refer to the somewhat thicker planks that you see usually just above the waterline that strengthen the hull and provide some protection when docking the ship. I guess used in the term gunwale it simply refers to a plank of wood bent around the form of the hull to strengthen it.

Ship nerds of the world unite
John

[Guest]

Thanks guys.
Well shes got a name on her now, I feel shes looking like a ship now and with the lines on the side the proportions are looking better (I did think without them she was looking slab sided)

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[Guest]

Hi all finished the planking on the bow (those little bends in the 2x2mm sapeally were a real pain in the bum, that is the 12th set of those, they kept snapping when trying to bend them) I finally managed to get the bend by soaking them in boiling water then giving them 2 mins in the microwave.

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[Guest]

Got some more work on this one done.
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[Guest]

Looking the part Ken, will be worth all the effort.

[boatman]

HI Ken she's really comin on now an im likein what I see :thumb2:
chris

[Guest]

Hi all did some to the stern cabin on this, I must say I'm really enjoying this.

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[Steven000]

Some fine carpenter-skills Ken :thumb2:

[Guest]

I made a simple jig to keep the ribs the same distance apart and to keep them perpendicular to each other

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Made the cats whiskers too.

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