Chasseur

I concur she is outstanding!

Excellent Video Kevin and one sweet man cave you have there!

Jeff

My condolences Jesse, my Father in Law passed late February this year. Really tough on my wife so I can relate to you. My the good Lord give you a peace that passes all understanding and richly bless you and yours ... Jeff

It's really busy right now with work. I have next week off so I'll be back in the man cave to continue on.

Expect an update post in a week or so.

Jeff

Heaven's no. I haven't even touched it since my last post. Life has seriously got in the way of my hobbies as of late.

Just catching up! Nice machine work on your part.

Let's see Nils is the Brass Meister so I guess you are the Machine Meister

LOL

Looks great Jesse nice touch Bro!

Very cool Rob!

Thanks Mark greatly appreciated my friend.

Jeff

Amen thanks for the condolences Rob!

Blessings on your weekend... Jeff 

Thanks greatly appreciated Dado!

Great detail work Patrick nice and clean!

Awesome work Nils

The Brassmeister strikes again!

Thanks Cog!

Jeff

Thanks Igor for your condolences Greatly appreciated my friend!

Jeff

Thanks Michael.

Thanks Patrick for your condolences, greatly appreciated!

Jeff

Well it’s been quit awhile since I have had a chance to hobby. My Father-in-Law passed away suddenly from Parkinson’s disease and my Aunt Sadie passed away as well. We expected the passing of my Aunt but not my Father-in-Law. So it’s been pretty solemn around here lately. It’s been really hard on the Vice Admiral. Work has been really busy as well so I apologize for the long lag.

I started on the cross tree’s for the masts and I also built a special ergonomic workstation to alleviate some stress on my back when working hunched over on small parts. The cross trees are made from paper glued to thin card and then paper for the supports and end trim. Cyano in combination with white glue worked well here. More to come eventually … Jeff

Wunderbar! Nils

Outstanding as always*

Thing of beauty Nils. What's on the drawing board next?

Yeah we heard you guys had some ferocious winds!

Bravo!!!!!!

Hi Rob,

Yes I have. Also Robert/Bob Wilson puts out a free news letter on his site from time to time. A good read I might add.

Jeff

Last few days I had a chance to get to it. Starboard bulwark installed and primed. I built a tool rest for the mini lathe and a new addition a mini grinder/sander/jack of all trades. I also scratched out the 5 masts ready to be soldered. The mini grinder was wonderful for this project. I had this old 4.8 volt rechargeable type of Dremel rotary tool from Sears Craftsman. I threw away the recharging station and battery pack as they both sucked! I wired it in directly to my power pack and rheostat. Go to go! Pictures as follows ... Jeff

Yes Patrick you are correct about the hull. Thanks again for the encouragement ... Jeff

Today I managed to get the port side bulwark on and primed. Once the paint dries overnight I’ll get out some 600 grit and work towards 2000 to polish out the imperfections and get things nice and smooth. I am leaning towards using some paper on the hull to depict the plating on the Preussen. Note sure how crazy I am going to get here. Also some paper gussets to hold the main rails to the bulwarks are up soon.

I have been thinking about starting on the masts and yards and in particular how I want to secure the ratlines, back-stays and fore-stays. Everything has to come apart before she goes into the bottle so I have to put on my Engineers hat and figure this out in more detail. McCaffery’s below and Underhill’s book has been some inspiration as of late.

Lots to do ... Jeff