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Popeye, Carl, Per, Sal, Pete, George,  thanks for the compliment and all the LIKES.
 
Popeye, yes the brass rings came with the kit. Unfortunately, tho, they were a tad small in diameter for the mast so I can't get them to close tightly - almost couldn't get the bolt ropes between them and the mast, even tho the mast is the exact diameter specified on the plans.

Popeye, Carl, Per, Sal, Pete, George,  thanks for the compliment and all the LIKES.
 
Popeye, yes the brass rings came with the kit. Unfortunately, tho, they were a tad small in diameter for the mast so I can't get them to close tightly - almost couldn't get the bolt ropes between them and the mast, even tho the mast is the exact diameter specified on the plans.

Charlie, you hit the nail on the head. So I just set the stem, stern post and keel today, and to make it work, I had to trim a quarter inch off the aft end of the keel. I did a lot of additional hull sanding with 200 grain paper (sand, fit, sand etc.). One thing that helped me is I glued the stem to the keel and then worked the fit. I held my keel to the hull with rubber bands, but this caused me to come slightly off centerline, so I will have to adjust that. As you can see, I also will need a bit of filler at the bow where the keel and stem meet.

We have added some meat to the hull master, and I will be glad to send a n/c replacement hull to anyone who has purchased a Revenue Cutter from us.

Nic, good idea moving forward, but I am far enough along, that I think I can make it work. It is great to see the support that Bluejacket is willing to give though.

As a modeler myself, I know how I would like to be treated, and make my decisions accordingly.

Hi Gents,
 
Thanks very much guys comments and likes are all appreciated.
 
Carl, By all means mate, pull up a pew. your always welcome here, I shall be using mikeaidanh's log as a reference quite a lot. His build is superb and definitely one to follow. One thing I do like about this kit is that there is a lot of scratch building to be done although the plan drawing leave a lot to be desired.
 
Frank, Cheers buddy, one more planking to go, she's triple planked. Final planking will be Pear when it arrives.
 
Wayne, Thanks mate for your confidence in my planking efforts, I am learning and the final planking will be better.
 
Ken, Thanks mate, If I were you I'd wait for me to finish the planking before hoping your turns out like mine, good luck with yours mate.
 
Mark, Thank you very much mate for sharing your wisdom. It does sound complicated but I'm beginning to get my head around the process and the mist is beginning to clear. we'll see.
 
Thanks Grant, stay tuned mate.
 
Thanks again guys.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Hi Gents,
 
It's been while since my last post and a lot has happened.
 
Thanks guys for all your comments and remarks and for hitting the like button, it means a lot.
 
I've completed my trails on the Ebonizer with mixed results and not all good. I put some Pear and Lime in the solution and gave it a 40hr soak to find out the depth of penetration, the results I admit are disappointing, penetration was no more than if it had been soaked for 2hrs, the surface area built up with stain and started to crystalize, when rubbed with a finger a dirty brown stain remained. Not a good result at all.
 
Best results came from soaking in Tea for approximately 2hrs, allow to dry then soak in the stain for a further 2hrs, allow this to dry and apply a Wipe on Poly to finish. All work that needs to be done must be before staining as the base wood will show through if done afterwards.
 
I do have a picture of the Sheer Rails after they have been treated, I'm happy with the results for these.
 

 
Next up is the update on the Launch.
 
Second planking is now complete, although this is a lot better than the first planking there is still a lot of room for improvement.
 
The planks are a lot tighter together due to bevelling the edges but I still had trouble with getting a smooth bend on each of the lower strakes around the bow section. Although the strakes were measured at the Bow, Midships and Stern there is some a lot more that can be done and so I've put myself on stand-by to do this properly, if anybody would like to pop round mine and give me a practical demonstration of how to do this please feel free, I have seen the tutorials so feel a little better but putting it into practice is a whole different ball-game.
 
The final planking will be Pear with the waterline in Holly, the top of the hull will have decorations on top of Red Heart, hopefully this will be a paint free zone but we will see, never say never.
 
The Pear has been ordered from C.M.B. but is still in tree trunk form and is waiting to be cut, I've ordered Strips and Sheets so hopefully will have all angles covered, I really must get a Thickness Sander, it will save me money in the end, I just need to persuade the boss.!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
Sorry about the quality of the pics, I promise to do better next time round.
 
Half way through and not looking to bad

 

 

 
The 2nd planking is now complete, somehow a rogue plank has infiltrated.

 

 

 

 
So there we are guys, your up-to-date with where I am, Hopefully I will have an update sooner rather than later.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fantastic work,  Ed. I am speechless

Beautiful!
Maury

beautiful work Ed,
 
thanks for sharing, the planking of the boat looks fantastic
 
Nils

Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 147 – Ship’s Boats 3
 
In the last part the frames were installed on the port side of the plug.  The first picture shows the starboard side framing in progress.
 

 
 
The frame strips were left to soak in water overnight, making them very flexible.  They were then brushed with glue where they would mate with the opposite frame and the keel and then pushed under the keel.  Each frame was then pinned down at both ends and sometimes in other places as shown in the picture.
 
The next picture shows the topside plank on the starboard side being installed against the nailed guide strip.
 

 
I intend to leave this side unplanked to show the framing, so only the wale below the top plank will be installed on this side.  On the other (port) side, the nailed guide strip and this top plank were also installed.  The next picture shows the keel rabbet being pared out on the port side to prepare for the garboard strake.
 

 
The rabbet at the deadwood and on the stem were pared out first with a V-gouge as shown in the picture.  These areas were then cleaned up and the remainder of the keel rabbet formed using the barette file shown in the next picture.
 

 
The garboard strake was then installed as shown below.
 

 
Back on the starboard side the channel wale was installed just below the top plank while glue was drying on the port side planking.
 

 
I mentioned earlier that all the work shown above was done on longboat two, the second to be made.  At the same time, work was proceeding on the first boat.  The next picture shows that boat fully planked below the channel wale on both sides.  The wale has been temporarily inserted so the top plank can be glued on.
 

 
As on the ship’s hull, boats will be painted, and the channel wales shown in a contrasting color, so they will be glued in after painting of both the hull and the wale to ensure a clean line.  In the next part I will pick up on work to finish longboat 1.
 
Ed
 

Thank You....
 
Its just a matter of slowing down and taking your time.   Not rushing is a huge part of it.  I think everyone can do the same but I see so many folks running through their projects like they are in a race.  Should parts not fit correctly...throw them away and do it again.   It took me about 2 hours to paint the stern after making the seats and adding the cleats.  It took me about 1 hour to just paint one ladder after making it.  Many thin coats being careful not to get any dust on it.  Sanding carefully when imperfections and brush strokes take place.  The key in my mind is to just slow down....my best advice for any model builder.
 
Chuck
 

I love how clean and crisp your build is, Chuck. It's like a plan come directly to life (the truest aspiration of any ship modeler?). 

Very nice Chuck!
 
As one who has enjoyed you making some of these laser parts available to us I thank you!  

Hi Chuck! I'm guessing at some point you'll be drawing the line as to how many of these parts for your Cheerful will be made, and available as pre-made parts for her, but I have to ask if there will be "ladder-kits" down the road? 

Making ladders now.  They are usually very annoying to make in any scale.  I quickly drafted some laser cut plans.  Makes it much easier.   I laser etched slots to take each step.  Note the angle to the completed ladder.  It follows the sheer of the deck fore and aft and therefore is askew.  Otherwise it would look funny.   These will be painted red.  
 
Chuck
 

Small Update:
 
Added the Mainsail and Main Gaff topsail to model, spend several hours trying to determine where the Gaff topsail tack and sheet attached to the belay points - the rigging plans were very vague. Finally got it figured out and attached. Attached the boat rack and boat to deck. Rigged the anchor and chain and attached to capstan and into hole for chain locker.
 

That's looking pretty flash, mate!
 
John

Very nice!!! 
Your Admiral's the only one you need to worry about Dennis!   When the "look" is administered, it's time to run and hide! 

thanks George.........if you liked that update.......you'll love this one        thank you      >thanks Gerty!<

here is the last window....... in place.....finally!
 

 

 
forgetting I took a picture of the front already......I took this one...........different lighting.
 

 
time to get the cap rails on the upper deck.   they are all cut at an angle,  for a nice squared corner.
 

 
the little section of port side rail needed to be trimmed to fit properly.  to fill in the corner joints a Testor's glue nozzle was fitted into the tube of wood filler.   the neck is cut down just enough for a tight fit...the filler is thinned down to a consistency that it will extrude.   great for small cracks.
 

 
the sections were trimmed and fitted.....cemented in place.  the joints are filled.   I made sure that the two small rails didn't go over the edge of the opening..........making way for the stairs
 

 

 
when dry,  they were touched up,  blending them in.   we went to the local Hobby Lobby today.......I got the right thinner,  so I could paint one of the plastic builds I'm working on.   the same trouble I had with the Jingle Belle....happened there too  {I was also using Billing's paint......jury's still out on the cause.....it does rule out the primer though,  'cuz I didn't use any}.   while we were there,  I managed to pick up another pack of those lights.   here it is with two of them in there.
 

 

 
kinda bittersweet.......the stained glass look isn't there as much as I would have liked.  oh well.......ya win some,  ya lose some.  >shrug<
 

 
yea.......it's a bit cluttered.   I got the Syborn draped to the left there,  got the Half Moon on the main table.......got the two orders of parts that I haven't put away yet {some are for both of these builds}......got the Tree Boat laying there,  and my desk is an absolute war zone!   it's a wonder the admiral isn't giving me the hairy eye.  the hardest part is keeping the paint bottles separated.......trying to keep the paints I'm using together with the builds.   I persevere though......I refuse to let anyone threaten me with a good time  

gee........now where the heck have I been the last couple of days........I dunno......it's all a blurrrrrrrr!   I'm working on two plastic kits on my desk.....planking the Tree Boat,  and the Jingle Belle.   cramming this all together,  because Thursday on to next Tuesday,  it's gonna be a bit sketchy for model building........but I'll try and get something done Thursday and Friday.
 
anyway........life goes on for the Jingle Belle.   I figured it was just as good a time as any,  to get the windows in place.  the stern window is now cemented in place.
 

 
....and so are the two front windows........
 

 
....and so is the port side badge window......{poor picture}
 

 
....and so are the two cabin doors.
 

 
but.......still one set of windows eludes me......the starboard side.   they are cemented together and waiting for the colorization.  before that can happen though,  the exterior needs to be finished off.
 

 
hard to notice in this picture,  but I saw a couple holes in the material.  they were quickly patched up by dabbing and spreading some white glue over them.   the joints were filed out and covered with the quarter round molding.   they broke on me too.....not serious,  but still they had to be fixed and left aside for a short time.
 

 
once these dried,  I could sand them and flush everything out.  then they got some touch up paint.  THEN.......the color
 

 
now to wait till they dry somewhat.......and then they can be cemented in place.

Hey tom seems like I was there from the beginning but I do have to say that the slide show rejuvenated the imagination and interest. It shows the progression that I had forgotten It reminded me of how a simple few peices of wood can transform into a piece of art

Hi all,
I have been busy building my display case/table for my Constellation.  I am just getting ready to stain it and will put up pics when all is said and done.  In the mean time I played around with putting together a YouTube video of my ship build log pics.  It's not quite ready for network TV but it was fun to do.  Check it out.
 

 
Tom