Jack12477

I have settled on a color for the gun stripe and am moving forward on the planking. Here is the color and the start of the planking on the starboard side starting at the stern and moving forward. These planks are just set in place and will need some fine tuning on the edges before the final gluing in place.

 
Ken

Quite a few guys to thank for dropping in and commenting - George, John, Pat, Greg, Richard, Carl, Crackers, Nils, Popeye, Steve, Grant, Mark and Al. Thanks guys .
 
 
Or you could follow along with my next build Greg .
 
 
I don't know so much about the experience bit Popeye - until this build I'd been buying most of the blocks or using kit-supplied ones. It IS more a question of technique, which I'm still working on - my more recent blocks look a lot better than some of the early ones on Vulture .
 
 Danny

Sorry.......I'm speechless!  (Great control panels).

I think the others have said it all... I'm a bit like Augie right now.. speechless.

Carl, you have one of "those" garages too !    My car hasn't seen the inside of the garage in over 5 years, maybe even 10 years. :( 
 

Popeye, just found your log. Great looking model.

Bob I am pretty sure that I will make it look like the one in the real Skipjack as much as possible, which I suppose is a long winded way of saying yes I will paint it green.
 
Most of the Drawings that I print for the engine as I am working on it are printed 2:1, and I am thinking that down the road a smaller boat model  with a 1/4 scale engine which would be the same size as my 2:1 prints would make a nice model.  Skipjack will be 28 inches so at 1/4 scale something that is say 16 feet long would end up being 38 inches long which is shorter than the pilot cutter hull by 15 inches. 
 
Just some idle musings this morning while i am warming up the shop.
 
thanks for all the likes today.
 
Michael

I'll do my best to stay where I am.  Garage.. dark (needs more lights), no heat or air conditioning, no enough power outlets and my Admiral would be really aggravated if she called me for help and I didn't hear her.

Carl, you have one of "those" garages too !    My car hasn't seen the inside of the garage in over 5 years, maybe even 10 years. :( 
 

Belated Happy Birthday from me also, Piet !  O-19 is looking real good. I have to go back and play catch-up on your build log.

Looking mighty fine Mr. Piet. Pappa's smilin' Sorry I haven't been around much - been kinda busy lately. Looks like a Leffe's in order....

I quit adding more polly, it looks rather presentable for the Fayetteville event in a few weeks.  Plan C is still being contemplated, just need to find the right dye.
Thanks to you who have given me the suggestions.  I have been busy with other things in the last few days, not only domestic chores but also doctor appointments.  Got some very good news about the prostate cancer issue, that seems to have disappeared altogether.  One more annual visit for next year and after that I'm cut loose.
Tomorrow is a pre-op for the bladder cancer and the end of April I'll get the cysto for an inside look.  Let's hope that it looks as good if not better then 2 months ago. 
 
In any case, I mounted the O19 onto the newly made and finished display board and took it outside for a picture.  I know, I should have added this to the profile part but so what, yuns can see how she looks on the board.
 

 
Cheers,

Shindig?--(checking mailbox)------no R.S.V.P.'s or B.Y.O.'s? 

Piet!!!
 
I didn't know (for people less familliar with the Amercan colloquial, like me self): Shinding
A small party, not quite full scale. Generally a shindig consists of 5-20 people hanging out at the host's house, but they may be held at other locations such as a beach. Shindigs almost always involve alcoholic beverages, usually beer. Often, marijuana is smoked as well. :o  

thanks for the kind comments and likes.......and a warm welcome Jack...glad to see new faces looking in.  not totally positive as to how these are rigged,  but the pictures do show lines governing these particular points on the booms.  for all I know,  these could have been separate lines,  but this type of rigging assembly combines the two together.  it does show functionality,  and that,  is of course what I was shooting for.  I might have to amend what I said earlier though......I'll have to place the double block aft of the yoke.   if I go forward,  it may interfere with the counter weight,  and this will be rigged with chain.
    since this seems to be a step in the right direction,  the other aspect should be toyed with......the alignment of the booms.  they tend to swing aft,  most likely due to not taking the curve of the hull into perspective,  in the positioning on the boom brackets.   I'll get into this later when I make more progress.
 
thanks again for the comments,  likes and for looking in......I raise a glass.....or,  even a boom...in your honor! 

Popeye, just found your log. Great looking model.

Popeye, just found your log. Great looking model.

Popeye, just found your log. Great looking model.

Carl, you have one of "those" garages too !    My car hasn't seen the inside of the garage in over 5 years, maybe even 10 years. :( 
 

Thanks for the kind thoughts for our Anniversary, I had Atlantic Salmon, and Judy had Lobster, it was great, then cheesecake for dessert.
Our lake is starting to break up, it amazes me that 16 days ago people were still driving on the ice, and it looks like we might have open water within a week.
 
Thanks for the likes and comments about the Engine for Skipjack.
The more I work on the engine it seems that new bits to make keep jumping out of the woodwork, it is getting closer though.
 
 
Michael

I'm officially on vacation     off to a slow start though.......Tuesday was an errand day,  ran a few of those and surveyed the yards......the plow guy did a number on the back yard.  it's not my problem.....I should let the landlord handle it,  but he'd do a crappy job....that I am sure of !  I can wait on it....there is still a small mound of snow and Ice that needs to go away 
 
I did manage to do a small bit on Andrea,  but it was not enough to even mention.   yesterday proved to be the better day,  I did a lot more    the frame work that needs to go under the first part of the trawl rig was where I had left off.....Tuesday was mostly fitting it in place.  before I get to it though.......I recall a problem that was mentioned.  I believe it was Mobbsie,  that pointed out what looked like a small crack in the starboard side stanchion for the fore deck.  I took care of it my friend......I didn't forget about it.   thanks for pointing it out to me 
 

 
...now for that piece of framework........   after fitting it,  it was touched up with flat white.
 

 
it was then cemented in place.
 

 

 
seen in the picture.....is the starboard side stabilizer boom......pinned and cemented in place.   the main objective here,  is to figure how to rig them,  so the lines don't hinder anywhere.   this is tough,  because the telemetry seems a bit off....and with no real plans to work with,  the problem is compounded.   going into the collection of older decals I made,  I chose the ones that I will use for the control panel face.  for the levers,  I used some belaying pins,  which Billing's supplies in their kits.
 

 
dry fitting it in place.......the reel on the bow side will be deployment reel.  the one on the aft side will be for the anchor weight {counter weight,  would be a better name}.
 

 
the pulley {block} assembly for this will need to be high up,  but no higher than the top bar.  I will use a double and a single block for this assembly.   the single block will be located just below the contact point of the yoke,  where it rests when not in use.  an eye bolt will be located at the tip of the boom for a line to widen the weight distribution of the rigging.
 

 
sorry for the background being so busy,  here on the table.  you may have to look close.  the double block.......the dilemma.........where to position it.  I can't put it on any of the side frames.......it would be too far aft,  and it would want to pull it aftward.  there are the guide bars that I need to add later {those other brackets I made},  and that will pull them forward,  to align them with the yoke.   I decided to put the double block just under the top bar,  behind the yoke.
 

 
it imitates a peak halyard,  to sum it up in a nutshell.  I like the way it looks,  but the upper line going to the eye bolt,  is hindered by the top bar and yoke.   I will try something different with the port side,  and if it works better,  I can adjust the starboard side.  I won't need to change where the control panel is.......this is the most logical spot for it.
 

 

 
clearly,  the problem is here.   looking at it at this point,  I may have to relocate the double block to the forward side of this anchor point.   we shall see
 

 
 

Mark,
 
I saw and sand in the garage, and have taken posession of the dinner table whilst the Admiral can't eat at it ... else I have to move to one of my desks, which at present are rather completely cluttered ... The cannon I'm working on now isn't very big (5"). Currently waiting for solder utilities. Besides ... the garage is somewhat 'loaded' if not 'over loaded' ... so many things still to do ...

Carl,
 
Cleanliness is self-defense.  I use the bedroom next to the master bedroom.  If saw or sanding dust becomes a problem, I'll probably be moved to the garage... 

Here the ribs and top rails and have been added.

 
Next I cut and fitted the floor boards, thwarts, breasthook, and stern sheet. Then primed and painted them.

 
Here is a view with a penny for scale reference.

 
Here is a side view. Next I will add the rear knees, lifting rings, tiller handle and thole pins. Does anyone have an image of what the thole pins really look like on a boat. I am familiar with oar locks are these an earlier version?

 
I have learned a great deal building this yawl that I can use to build the quarter boats.
 
 

Thanks for all the kind comments and visits they mean a great deal and are very motivating.
 
Just a small update because I am off to dinner with Jude to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary this evening.
 
The carb is started
 

 

 
There are a few more bits yet then it all gets soldered together the main assembly will wind into the manifold and the nut will lock it into the vertical position.
 
Michael