Moonbug

Great work Viv. Good looking ship you have there.
 
-Bug

Great discussion and great work.
 
- Bug

Hey Wolf - I'm telling you right now that although I'll need to alter the shape a bit to fit my Santa Maria's time frame - I'm totally stealing your techniques for my second life boat.  Nice work!
 
- Bug

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

JSGerson,
 
   I chose to go with the "pretty" coils on much of my San Juan Nepomuceno because I approached the build with the idea that it was just out of the shipy yard. 
    To accomplish them, I used diluted the rigging in diluted white glue, used a sewing pin to hold one end in place and slowing wrap the rest around the center.  I did each coil on a piece of cardboard. Then, after it dried, I slowly cut it away and lifted it from the cardboard by sliding a razor blade under it (much like using a spatula on a pancake) then glued it on the deck.
 
- Bug

First an update and then some questions.
 
The update: I 've now added the hatches, ladders and shot racks on the gun deck. The coamings were made from boxwood strip, the gratings are the laser cut pieces from the kit, the shot racks are boxwood strip and the ladders down to the lower deck are made from boxwood strip. The gratings were stained with golden oak stain and all of the pieces were finished with Wipe-on Poly. The "cannon balls" provided in the kit seemed much too large, so I used smaller ones that I had on hand. Predictably, after installing these pieces the work previously done on the lower deck sections pretty much disappeared.
 
Now for the questions:
 
(1) I'm going to add two cushioned benches in the great cabin as shown in AOTS. Does anyone have an idea as to what color the cushions would be?
 
(2) The kit shows only one partition on the gun deck. AOTS shows three, with the great cabin partition and a partition for the captains bed space aft of the one in the kit. I'm assuming that these are correct, but there is nothing to show their appearance. Would they be simple board construction, or paneled construction on one or both sides?
 
(3) There are cannon in both the great cabin and the captains bed space.Should these be shown any differently than the other cannon on that deck?
 
I would be appreciative of any help you can provide.
 
Bob 

A bit of both Bug .
 
  Danny

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

Well, clearly I'm late to the party here, but good luck with version two. As far as version one, after salvaging what you can, might it be beneficial to keep her around as a frame of reference (no pun intended) so you can see where the mistakes were (as painful as they may be) and avoid repeating them?
 
That's why I still keep in touch with my first wife. :-)
 
-Bug

Well, clearly I'm late to the party here, but good luck with version two. As far as version one, after salvaging what you can, might it be beneficial to keep her around as a frame of reference (no pun intended) so you can see where the mistakes were (as painful as they may be) and avoid repeating them?
 
That's why I still keep in touch with my first wife. :-)
 
-Bug

Well, clearly I'm late to the party here, but good luck with version two. As far as version one, after salvaging what you can, might it be beneficial to keep her around as a frame of reference (no pun intended) so you can see where the mistakes were (as painful as they may be) and avoid repeating them?
 
That's why I still keep in touch with my first wife. :-)
 
-Bug

Nice job on the bulwarks.
On fitting the stem I wouldn't remove material from the hull, but rather the stem. I'd use a pencil to mark where the stem touches the bow, then sand that part down, refit, remark, resand........ until it fits flush. Its a slow process, but for me that's one of the enjoyable parts. As an analytical chemist I tend to prefer the tedious stuff that drives others mad. Plus I'm already mad, so that helps.
 
On the upper bow, where the curvature deviates from the stem.... How does the stem lay on the bulwarks? As the bulwarks flair out, it should match the stem better. This will leave a bit of a gap at the top planking. One idea is to shape and glue a second plank over the first and sand it to shape and thickness at the stem. As it wraps back around the bow toward the stern taper it to flush with the hull so there is a smooth transition. I've seen other builders that had a low plank and used this method to fill in. You could use filler as it will be double planked also and it won't show. I just personally prefer using wood.
To be honest I had no issues with this step as when I saw how badly the OEM stem fit on my kit, that was when I decided to cut my own keel/stem as I saw it was going to be quite a job fitting the kit piece. If it makes you feel any better, my kit stem fit WAY worse then yours.
Also once the bulwarks are dry I sanded the peak flat so the stem laid flush with it.
 
It looks like you have the keel line on the hull shaped down to the correct thickness. Also the newer kit has the scuppers precut which saves that problem/issue. Adding the bulwarks really shows off the sheer line of the Swift. I too love the shape of these little boats sheer.
 
She's looking good 3S10, keep up the great build.

Well, clearly I'm late to the party here, but good luck with version two. As far as version one, after salvaging what you can, might it be beneficial to keep her around as a frame of reference (no pun intended) so you can see where the mistakes were (as painful as they may be) and avoid repeating them?
 
That's why I still keep in touch with my first wife. :-)
 
-Bug

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

man....what a shock to the system!   having to get up from a sound sleep,  to go to work is bad enough.........but to get all those notifications in my E-mail,  and come in here to see this.....why....it's beyond words,  my friend!  I am deeply saddened to read that you've scuttled your build........I can understand     I've had doubts in a few builds myself.......but I am but a crude method-ist.......I'm used to my little quirks    I'll look forward to your restart.
 
is there no way to rename her and perhaps launch her under another flag?   you could simply turn her into a pirate ship........pirates love scuttled ships 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.  
 

It took a while, but I finally got the cleats, rails, and sheaves in place.