cobra1951

Have you noticed how much easier it is to glue yourself the the parts than it is to unglue yourself

Thanks Carl   had a choice prick my fingers with needles or glue myself to the sacks with CA lol CA won

Sacks made and ready to hang

 
Sacks hanging on the inner hull
Must remember to get my airbrush out and blow the dust away

 

Hmmm, I only want to sit back, relax, and enjoy the view ... marvelous work

Hi Don thanks   Not far to go now. Still have some wooden bowls to make and hammocks that are suspended between the overhead beams and some Cannon tools and the cannon ball racks to fit to the decks then i can do the upper deck, but not too much to do on that as show in the box picture in post #1

Thanks Bob, Don and Russ. As if there aren't enough challenges in this hobby, I see now that I should have fitted the display cradle before I stepped the mast.

All those little things left to do can sometimes take up as much time as the main part of the build

Those are awesome, I particularly like that first one, lots of details.  I had no idea that these kits ever existed.  I hope that you are building it and this isn't just a look at the kit!

Those sacks do look great!
 
I have just accepted that gluing myself to things with CA glue is just a part of the process. It is a step located somewhere between sanding and installation. Hahaha!

Sacks made and ready to hang

 
Sacks hanging on the inner hull
Must remember to get my airbrush out and blow the dust away

 

CMB have 52mm x 52mm gratings with 1.5mm holes made by Amati 2nd one down on the page link
http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/amati_gratings.html

Thanks Carl   had a choice prick my fingers with needles or glue myself to the sacks with CA lol CA won

You're quite a seamstress ;-) Lovely job on the accessories

Sacks made and ready to hang

 
Sacks hanging on the inner hull
Must remember to get my airbrush out and blow the dust away

 

CMB have 52mm x 52mm gratings with 1.5mm holes made by Amati 2nd one down on the page link
http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/amati_gratings.html

Sacks made and ready to hang

 
Sacks hanging on the inner hull
Must remember to get my airbrush out and blow the dust away

 

Sacks made and ready to hang

 
Sacks hanging on the inner hull
Must remember to get my airbrush out and blow the dust away

 

Made the buckets for both builds

 
In place on the deck

Looks like a nice kit, good luck with it

I just luv the contrasting woods, Mobbsie.
Simply stunning work !!

Just found this log, looks like a great little kit and it's being put together in an extremely neat way

Just found this log, looks like a great little kit and it's being put together in an extremely neat way

awwww c'mon!   I've crammed more photos into my updates..........    not enough Mobbsie........just beautiful!    what a boatload of progress you've made!    really sweet job.......big difference now that you've totally done her in the poly,,,really tones her up nice.   you really have a gem there my friend  

Final post from me today.
 
With the deck, I prepped them and marked the lines of the ribs first, and pre-drilled holes for the pins. I did drill 2 holes per half per rib, but in the end I only used 1 for each as they were a superb fit. Much better than the first version of this. There was only actually two slots I needed to file, and it was the bare minimum needed. They all lined up almost perfectly, except for the Port side middle section; it seems as though that was cut just a little too far right, as the photo below shows.
 
It made no difference to the fit in the end though, and only needed a minor alteration.
 
Before fitting, again I painted off ship the sections for the dummy guns, and once dry, proceeded to fit to ship. I'd also fitted the bow frame and bow formers. Not shown here.
 







 
Thanks for looking in...again.

Morning Gents,
 
Thank you all very much for your comments and for dropping in and thanks to all who hit the like button, all are very welcome and appreciated.
 
Piet and Brian welcome to the log guys, good to have you along.
 
I have an update guys which is pretty quick for me, just 17 days since my last one.
 
I think this is the correct time to apply a coat of W.O.P,  the colour change is quite evident, the wood was also very thirsty.

 
The Port and Starboard stern benches have now been fitted, the holes are for a pair of Belaying Pins, elbows can also be seen and are waiting to be fitted to the stern.

 
Forard stringer elbows made and ready for fitting and the forard locker cover fitted, all the elbows are made from Lime planks and have had cut down flathead pins pre-fitted, the locker cover is made from 2x2mm lime strip and 1x5mm walnut planks.

 
Aft elbows have now been fitted along with the rudder cap and tiller bar also the Swivel Gun Pedestals, the pedestals are 6x6mm Walnut square stock, the pedestals had to be shaped to fit the hull and cut out made for the Capping Rail. The tiller was a lot of fun trying to bend to shape, no matter what I tried it creased at the bend, in the end I sanded out a lot of the crease and settled for that, it's not too bad really. The Rudder Cap is a 10x10mm Lime block and the Tiller Bar is a 5x5mm Lime Stock. Lime is not the best of woods to work with.

 
Next step was for the Benches, Mast Seat, Mast Head, and Bench Elbows. I cut the Benches from Swiss Pear Boards, the size is 5x15mm, a 10mm hole needed to be made for the Mast seat and Bracing pieces fitted either side of the bench. The Mast Head was cut from a piece of Lime square stock, reamed out and pulleys fitted, I changed the small brass pulleys and made a couple of wooden ones from 6mm dowel. The seat elbows are made from Lime stock but I wasn't happy with these and changed them to Swiss Pear.

 
Next was to dry fit the stern Capping Rail and fit it around the Rudder Post. The Capping Rail is made from Swiss Pear, shaped and the outer edge decoration cut into it, this was then treated with Ebonising Solutions until the right colour was reached. The stern side rails were given the same treatment. The capping rail elbows were cut from a 10x10mm block of Swiss Pear stock, using a template made from the plans the shape was cut and sanded. These have now been dry fitted.

 
We have now a big leap ahead, All the capping rails have been fitted and I decided to put a length of rope (1mm Caldercraft) along the length of the decoration, more as a rubbing rope. The benches have been fitted along with the elbows, (I hate elbows). The Mast seat has been fitted underneath the bench and columns fitted beneath each of the other remaining benches. I cut the rowlocks from 6x6mm Walnut stack and shaped using my drum sander, they were drilled and pins fitted, these were then glued to the aping rail. the two Fairleads were cut from 6x6mm Walnut square stock these were also glued to the capping rail. 



 
 
I've reached the limit of this download gents so I will wait until my next update to post the rest.
 
I hope you enjoy this update and as usual all comments whether good or bad are always welcome.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie