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  1. Day three of my build. I'm trying to decide how to hold down the false deck while the glue sets. I have nails ordered but no delivery date as of yet. I will appreciate any tips.
  2. My original plan was to build a pirate ship after I finished the Independence, but then my son intervened with his junk ship request. So now it’s time to circle back and take on a pirate ship. I wanted a pirate with an interesting story as well as an interesting ship. After considerable research, I decided on Captain Kidd’s Adventure Galley. I was intrigued by his personal story of pirate hunter turned pirate. Plus, the Adventure Galley was quite a unique ship. Here’s some background on the pirate, his ship, and the SIB concept I have in mind. The Pirate: Captain Kidd’s story is fascinating, although the particular details differ depending on the source. Basically, he was a pirate hunter turned pirate. He began as privateer commissioned by several noble lords of England (including King William III) to hunt pirates. He weighed anchor in the fall of 1696 and over the course of the next couple of years, captured several ships. In 1698, he took his greatest prize, the 400-ton Quedah Merchant, which was an Indian ship hired by Armenian merchants and carried a large treasure of gold, silver, silks and other valuables. Shortly afterwards, Kidd was declared a pirate by the same English Government that had given him his commission. By some accounts, it was because the Government’s view of privateering had changed. Others blamed it on his poor treatment of captured crewmen. Still others insisted that the East India Company, which had ties to the Quedah Merchant, pressured the crown as retaliation for Kidd’s capture of their prized ship. Regardless, he was lured to Boston with a false promise of clemency, but not before he supposedly stashed much of his treasure near Long Island, NY. After surrender, Kidd was extradited to London in 1701 and hung for piracy and murder. The Ship: Captain Kidd’s main ship was called the Adventure Galley. It was launched in 1696 and purchased by Kidd a year later. It was a 284 ton, 3-masted frigate equipped with 34 cannons and designed for a crew of 150 men. After capturing the Quedah Merchant, Kidd scuttled the Adventure Galley and took over the Indian ship, renaming it the Adventure Prize. I found the Adventure Galley unique because it was a hybrid, similar in a way to the steam/sail ships of the mid and late 1800s. Kidd’s ship featured square sails AND two banks of oars. The oars gave it maneuverability in calm seas – theoretically a significant advantage in combat. There are a number of fully assembled Adventure Galley models for sale by various makers. I find it interesting that most do not show the oars or even have ports for them. However, a company in Madagascar called Le Village displays a model on their website that does include the bank of oars. See below for a picture of the Le Village version. I will base my Adventure Galley loosely on their version but likely add some elements from other models and illustrations.
  3. For my third foray into building wooden ships, I chose this kit for grins and giggles. Ever see the movie "Princess Bride"? If not, rent it, find it on netflix or amazon, pop some corn and watch it - good family movie. I'll wait.... Ok - so, my last name is Roberts, and my wife is a program manager whose has a reputation for being tough but fair. She quickly gained the name "Dread Pirate Roberts" and she in turn began referring to the engineers in the lab as ROUSes. I'm building this pirate ship for her to keep on her desk, proudly flying the Jolly Roger! My first two build were both Constructo kits - very nice instructions and materials! I was disappointed that the instructions for the pirate ship was VERY short on actual pictures, the main set of instructions are in Italian with a small English guidebook with some general build tips and lots of references to the original drawing in the Italian instruction book. The part numbering system is very odd (for instance, one figure will refer to the wood for the deck planking as #90 - 0.5 x 3mm. In the next figure it will refer to the top rail wood - which is 1x 5mm - as #90 also! So, 90 means one thing in one figure and a different thing in the next figure). Also, there are no lengths given, so it's a matter of figuring out which stick of wood to use, where it's supposed to go (given the drawn figure), measure twice, cut it and fit it. I hope I don't make too many mistakes (or can reuse the mistakes in a later step) and have enough wood to finish the model! Pictures to come...
  4. Starting my first log! This is my second POH ship and was looking to start afresh in my ship modeling seeing as my last model didn't survive my most recent move and I need a nifty new mantle decoration. Adventure is a "pirate" schooner kit offered by Amati. The last ship I completed was also an Amati in 2014 and I now recall frustrations from the vague details in the instructions provided. I rushed through that model, had plenty of very, very visible mistakes and only admired the finished product as it was my first. Luckily I found another build log here for Adventure that has been helpful, and I figured I'd document my current build here also to further the available info for future "Adventure-rs". I'm on break from school for the next few weeks so I really hope to get a lot done with the build. I've already completed some of the first steps (deck planking, first hull planking), I'll be posting pictures soon! Thanks!
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