Steam schooner LENA. Scale 1/290

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Hi, shipmates!
I want to offer you a story about one of my other projects. But ... I'll start my story from the very beginning

In summer 2015 I promised my wife to make for her a ship in a bottle larger sizes than previously made. For to fulfill a promise - I choiced the model of the steam schooner with the glorious history and the symbolic name "LENA".
 
History:
The wind power meets the power of steam in late 1800’s . In this period of maritime history, a hybrid generation of ships appeared combining these two. They kept the glory of sail ships and added independency from wind. Lena is a little steam schooner like that.
She was launched in 1875 in Sweden by Motala. She was 26.8m long, 4.95m wide and 2.59m deep. While sailing by wind, the funnel tilts back so that the sail boom can move freely.
She has an interesting story beginning with Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld’s polar expedition. She joined the expedition as an auxiliary ship up to a point. She took part in Russian revolutions. She was reconstructed several times. Once in 1938. She was extended two meters in length, a new boiler was installed and living quarters were rebuilt.
In 1959, she was planned to be reserved as a historical vessel. But the attempts failed in 1967, the damage she suffered was beyond repair. But the model ship builders will help her to live forever. - by Captain from Free Ship Plans

P.S.  The name of my wife is Lena also

Edited March 13, 2017 by IgorSky

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So, I begin.
The first stage does not differ from other models. The hull consists of several wooden plates.

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The next stage - the deck.
The important point - the first deck plank should be glued exactly in the center of the deck

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I then processed the cover of the deck.

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Next update - I started to glue the planks on the hull.
Another important point - gluing of the first plank of the shell hull. It is better to keep in hands during gluing.

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Then I continued the planking of the hull

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And, finally,  I have completed of gluing the planks to the upper part of the hull

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The next step - adding the planks to the bottom of the hull.

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Here  I have completed of gluing the planks to the bottom part of the hull. And now I was have a lot of fun - sanding, sanding and again sanding

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The next step - making the waterline

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It seems that this is the case when a small hammer and soap are the surest means  So I decided to replace the bottle.
 

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Then I made light windows in the deck and proceeded to make deck houses. First I made the engine room.
 

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Next small update - making of entrance structures

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Then I was continuing to make the deck elements

 

 

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Then I started to make the bridge.

 

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The next step - I have tried to make something like a binnacle :)

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Then I continued to work with the hull's elements.

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The next stage - the making of steam windlass

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The next step - making the steering wheel

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At the same time, I continued to finish the hull.

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Then I added the doors to the base of the captain's bridge.

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Then I made a guard railing for the captain's bridge.

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At that moment, LENA began to look like this

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The next step - the making of the lifeboats. I need to make 2 lifeboat and I'm starting to do them at the same time, so that eventually they should be the same.

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Now I just had to finish the second boat