Burroak

The letters and figurehead look great.

Ken your doing great so far. Keep it up. Oh by the way I need a front row seat.
 
Greg

Ken:
I am on board for this build too.  Your first was so good this one should be something special.
Kurt
 

Ken, I'm going to grab a seat next to the Cap'n. I'll bring some popcorn.

Wow! You sure don't waste time Ken.  Looks like I'll have to pull up a barrel out here in the wings. Looking forward to this one. When you get to the bulkhead/keel assembly, double check the bulkheads for symmetry in the plans. They are a bit off on my set, but hopefully yours won't be. 

Ken your doing great so far. Keep it up. Oh by the way I need a front row seat.
 
Greg

Ken your doing great so far. Keep it up. Oh by the way I need a front row seat.
 
Greg

The letters and figurehead look great.

Looks like I'm the first to sign up!  Your Niagara build was incredible.  I am really looking forward to watching this project progress.  Your skills are inspiring!
 
-John

Hi Ken,
 
Expected you to take a few days off for a well deserved break after completing your Niagara, but great to see you already starting on your Constitution.
 
The pinnace looks great and I am pulling up a chair!
 
Cheers,
 
Nigel.

Hi Ken, pulling up a seat to watch also. Great start on the "little boats"

Ken, thanks for taking the time to show your steps for assembling the pinnace. I am almost to that point in my Syren build and it will be my first attempt at one of those 'little boats'. Your instructions will help a lot.  Your Niagara was a great build and I will be following this one also.

Looks like I made it in time for a front row seat too. Really enjoyed your Niagara build log Ken, so I'm looking forward to following this one too.

If you will, then please allow me to pull up a barrel, as I be lookin' forward to this one, Ken !!

The letters and figurehead look great.

Ken your doing great so far. Keep it up. Oh by the way I need a front row seat.
 
Greg

The letters and figurehead look great.

The letters and figurehead look great.

The letters and figurehead look great.

I am off and running to continue my education of model ship building and hopefully on this one I will add sails. Like my Niagara build I will start with the small boats which are mini model kits in themselves and that my two young granddaughters like looking at the "baby boats". They are 2 and 4 years old.
 
I will skip the presentation of the box and contents since others have done it so well. I am starting with the pinnace the larger of the four. I started by marking the top surfaces of the laser cut parts before removing them from their parent sheet. The reason is that the laser cutting process burns a slight angle in the wood and when layering and gluing together you can use this angle to your advantage and avoid super thin areas.

I glued all the layers of all the boats together minus the bottom layer. I used the scrap center as a clamp surface to provide even compression.

Here is the reason to leave the bottom layer off and allow clearance to work on the inner walls.

Here is the finished up inner walls rough cut and then sanded.

Next I added sparingly automotive glazing putty to the inner walls for additional smoothness. This glaze dries quickly and is very easy to sand. Think of it as a thick layer of primer filler.

Here is the finished exterior 

Here the bottom layer was added and shaping started by rough cutting with an Xacto blade, sanding block and sanding sticks.

Here is the finished exterior ready for the keel.

Here is the finished sanded interior ready for keel and other details.

First I had to address the bow to stern sidewall curve which I developed using 1/4" masking tape, then marked the upper edge with a pencil and removed the tape and trimmed to the pencil line.

Here is the interior with all the details added that will be painted while the rest will be bright stained finish. The exterior keel has also been added. The ribs are .0208" square Basswood Midwest Scale Lumber item number 8000. I have used their micro cut lumber for years on airplane builds.
 
Next the pinnace will be primed and sanded and readied for paint per the plan scheme. 
 

The letters and figurehead look great.

The letters and figurehead look great.

I wish you a very Happy Birthday Augie!

A birthday?!?!?! Happy Birthday! Party at Augies house!!
Hope youre feeling better and you have agreat day.
Sam

Happy Birthday Augie and many more