| Galleon Wodnik (part V) - The Head & Stern |
| Geschrieben von Jerzy Bin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunday, 30. September 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Wodnik - end of Sep. 2007 Let’s try to concentrate on the major pieces through. The hull becomes more and more galleon looking like. Treenails and "iron" nails are placed and the hull now looks almost like the hedgehog and I am very impressed with the result. I used the pattern, as described in Wolfram’s book, where every second frame has wooden nails and others have iron nails slightly sticking out. I used standard tailors’ pins and with mini drill I was sanding the heads to have diameter below 1 mm. Then using simple lighter’s flame I burnt the pin to get nice black colour. It took me ages, but to achieve the result… it was worth the effort! Few weeks later I found new product – brass rivets with head’s diameter of 0.8mm. (See the rivets in the shop .) If I only had them before…. I will use them for my next model.
After hard and long work in the hull I needed a change and went towards casting of the anchors. I have built wooden plug out of pine wood and filled it with white silicone (Symsil B ). I will use the same mould for the future so I tried to make it as good as possible. Two parts mould with de-airing channels. I tried different resins in the end staring from epoxy, polyester and ending with newer types - polyurethane resins. And they are really good. I found 2 component resin where parts A and B are mixed with 1:1 ratio, so easy to use at home. Once components are mixed, you must hurry to fill and de-air the mould, you have only few minutes before the resins becomes dens and thus unusable. After few tries and bad casts I managed to get my 2 anchors out.
 The stern - its gallery is built from the same wood as the rest of the hull i.e. African walnut. Gallery’s flooring and bulwark are put together from smaller planks 3mm wide and around 0.5 mm thick. I wanted to achieve the effect of real planking all over. Still requires underneath supports, but can already be a joy to an eye. Guys in the past knew that galleries were a must for their ships.
Next big thing I almost finished is the head with its gratings and bowsprit and even recently added bowsprit gammoning! I was really afraid of the element but somehow I managed to ‘navigate through those seas’. I stuck the gratings supports bevelling them to shape and to the correct angle. Outside planks were bent to form the head. I bent all my planks using hot iron method after soaking them in room temperature water. See my article under here . Head’s grating is made of Austrian walnut for a change. Friend from the office once told be he is burning old pieces of walnut on his fireplace at home. I convinced him that I could find better use for those pieces i.e. they ended up in my lumberyard! The head’s bulwark is made also from small planks and then bent slightly longitudinally trying to get the effect of plank following the curve upwards.
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