Paddleducks
Other Marine Models => Sailing craft => Topic started by: herrmill on August 26, 2009, 02:36:40 PM
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Thought I'd share some photos of a 1/25 sha chuan junk that I'm currently building to appease some of my local citizens who question the sanity of a laowai who builds model boats. It will be strictly sail with 3 working sails, reefing on the main & operating leeboards, the later mainly for show. I'll have a bolt-on fin keel to help keep this flat bottom barge on the straight & narrow.
I'm sanding the hull now prior to glassing & hope to get the masts turned by a local cabinet shop this week. The chunk of rosewood sitting on my bench is slated for the deck & rig fittings, mainly sister blocks & euphroe for the sheetlets. Am looking forward to making the sails & see just how well this contraption of lines, blocks & bamboo will actually work in a continuous sheeting system.
Other than the sail winch, servos for rudder, halyard & leeboards & wooden blocks purchased from Poland's RB Model, everything else is scratch built with the majority of materials locally scrounged from local construction in our development. Sail material set me back a few quai at the local fabric market. I did have to drag the dowels back from the States on a recent trip since one cannot find anything like this here.
To accompany my latest "piece of junk", I've started on the hull for the early Song 4-wheel paddle ship that is posted elsewhere in the research forum. I'll start a build thread on it once I gain some more headway.
Chuck
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Hi Chuck,
Sailing boats don't normally do much for me, but a Chinese Junk looks like a challenge! ;)
So with this and then a four wheeled paddler, I can see we're in for some interesting post in the future. Please keep us informed of your progress on both models.....
Regards
Eddy
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Yours looks like a very nice and straight Junk, I remember reading in one of my old Model Ships and Powerboats magazines of the 40's or 50's about a Crooked Stern Junk where the whole stern section curved off to one side so they could use a sweep to steer with I think. I will watch your build with interest and might even get inspired enough to drag out the pile of old books and think about building something very different. Cheers, Ian.
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Its been a while since I've done any work on the junk between a busy schedule and hectic personal life with my eldest son now in town teaching ESL but here are a few photos to show that it has gotten closer to completion.
Sure does make a large conversation starter sitting in the hallway, not to mention a convenient place to store keys & spare change. ;)
The plan is now to get it on the water within the next 2 months so work can finally commence on the paddle boat. I already have all the parts & wood stored away for the latter for what will be this winter's primary build.
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I am very happy to see a post in the sail section. As mine was the last post in 2010, The junk is looking good. I enjoy sail craft a much bigger challenge on the water than a paddler. R.G.Y.
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Thanks. I'm putting some time into the final details & rigging now so it won't be long before she finally gets her bottom wet to sail alongside, or shall I say behind, my IOM.
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PD's .......don't be fooled as Mrs RGY keeps bringing him :coffee all day long..... :nono
I have spoken to a few members :gathering ...& our recomendation is to take the advice of the Doctors & Mrs RGY for a few more days....
Then when you have the "All Clear"........just go for it :41 ....Derek