Day 3 - 6 Hours Work
Before I started Race Horse building, I've been thinking of making the interior of Captain's Cabin. So, I searched through the net to find one good example.. and here it is!!
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| The Interior of Captain's Cabin |
Of course that's no way that I can make such complex cabin, this is just for a reference!! :) After few hours of planning and 'filtering', I've decided to add at least a table, a chair, a bed and a cabinet in my cabin..
Here's the plan!!
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| Draft on Making Cabin |
The red shaded area are region that need to be cut off. Part between bulkhead #10 and #11 will be the cabin; while part between #11 and #12 will an empty space between the cabin and the stern window.
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| Window between Bulkhead #10 and #11 |
Comparing to the full scale plan, you can see that there'll be a window at both sides. This part will not have major issue. Planking is added on bulkhead #10 and #11 to give more detail view.
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| Planking on Bulkhead #10 |
Now, the stern window part.. which is much more difficult to handle. The reason I remove the area on #13 is because they are blocking the view from the stern window. However, if they are removed, it will cause minimum area for me to apply glue on it, which makes me no way to hold #12!
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| Removing Shaded Region of #13 |
Now you can see how small is that area to hold #12. To solve it, I'll need to make another wood piece increase the surface to stick on #12.
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| Extra Wood used to hold #12 |
This extra wood will be placed between the tips of #13. Note that planking is already done also.
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| Holding Firm |
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| #12 On Position |
DONE!!!
Anyway, #12 is actually temporary!! Because there is no 'holes' to allow people to see through it. I haven't had a clear plan on it yet, maybe I'll need to drill a 3 big holes on it; or I'll directly put the cast metal on! The purpose to put #12 on position temporarily is to give body planking a set point.
However, there's another issue here... the cast metal stern window doesn't fit perfectly! I have currently no idea on solving this. Anyway, I think that the double planking will cover that empty part. Let's put it aside first.
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| This Is So Not Good |
So, after all these planning and cutting I can finally put my bulkhead on!! To make sure they are perpendicular to the keel direction, always use a 'right' rectangular object to help. In my case, I used a rubik's cube pieces. :)
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| Rubik's Cube Pieces to Help Positioning Bulkheads |
After everything set, put the half deck bars in.. and they should in perfect position. :)
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| All Bulkheads in Position |
I actually checked again with decks inserted on, but didn't take picture. Anyway, there are many ways to check whether the ship is straight. :)
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| Check Whether It's Straight |
- End of Day 3 -
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