Siggi52

Hello Johann,

I'm just back from London and also the NMM. There I found something you may be interested in

I don't know how the lightning should enter the conductor 

Your work is as always extraordinary

Regards

Siggi

Thank you all...

Yes Druxey, without the frizzen the gun is not working. I gave it away for weld some material to it. And they lost it. They ordered a new one from the shop in Oklahoma, but these guys are not the fasted at all. I'm waiting now for five month!  

Many thanks for all your nice comments, I really appreciate it. 

The men of the shipyard are still on vacation. I had been busy building two rifles during the wintertime. The smaller rifle is after a Armstrong rifle and the longer one after a Jacob Ferree rifle. (48 inch barrel!) Here is the frizzen is still missing!  

At the moment I'm busy in my garden, I did't do very much here the last 4 years. But I think to the end of the year I will be back at the shipyard.

Best regards,

Siggi

Many thanks for your nice words and likes. 

Druxey, I will not build the front part of the Dragon. That part was enough for me. The next time, or the rest of the year, I have to build two rifles and than may be a 60 gunner of the 1745 establishment. But then in a more conventional way.

Nils and Maury, many thanks for your nice comments. Maury the water and the whole show case is made from Acrylic 

Thank you Druxey, did you mean the rest of the Dragon? 

Hello,

many thanks for your likes and comments. Today I finished the barge and set it to the Dragon into her showcase. After the motto: the captain would go from board and his barge is ready.

And here all is closed and ready

All in all it was a fun to build this little boat and I think it would't be the last I Build.

Hello,

it is done. The barge is more or less ready and when I think it over, I could build more of them. But now the last pictures. 

There is a rule of thumb with the oars I found out. 1/3 of the oar is in the boat and 2/3 outside. The square part is fully inside, it is the counterweight for the outside part. The point of balance is shortly outside of the boat. For modern oars they say 30 cm. So the oar would fall alone in the water, but you need not much power to get it out. That means also, that the oars have all more or less a different length at each position. You could see that also at many of the old models. A good example is the model SLR0578.

I'm sorry Druxey, but for your barge you need the girls (?) of the Russian shot putter national team. But with them on board, the barge would go only in one direction, downwards 

Because I would set the barge to the Dragon, I tried some position of the oars. But at least I have to take all oars in I think, because of space.

Hello,

thank you for your kind words, Mark and Nils. Mark, when I understand the descriptions of the NMM right, then an admiral would have twelve oarsmen and how the barge would be equipped was up to the captain or admiral and how much he was willing to spend. 

The oars are more work then first expected. But I hope to get ready with them tomorrow. Yesterday I build two masts and sprits for two spritsails and installed them today.

Hello again,

First I had to build a scabbard for a small sword for a friend and afterwards I took my cold. If you did't take your cold in wintertime, you had to take it in July 

But now I'm back at the ship yard. The last two days I worked on a seat cushion for the captain. Captains are not used to sit on hard wood, so I had to do it 

Also new is the gangplank and the two hooks. I don't know the exactly name for these.

The next things to build are the oars. 

Hello,

before I have to pause with this little barge, here the last pictures with her so far ready. There are only the oars and some little details left. But that later. 

Hello,

first many thanks for your nice words and likes. Yesterday I installed the thwarts and this morning I gave all al thin coat of varnish.

That is the next step, the tholes. They are really small 

Helo,

today only a small update. The painter has been a little overzealous and painted more then he should. So I had to scratch away the color around the pictures at the captains seat. I'm glad that all went well and that I had there no damages.

Hello,

thanks for your likes and comments. Today I finished mostly the back part of the barge. There are only some small things left. Next I start building the thwarts. 

For those who do not use Euro Cents, they have a diameter of 16 mm. When I started painting the fries of my Dragon, I thought that this is the limit for me. But it works even at a smaller scale    

Hello Druxey,

did you think that this are dolphins? Most of these, I say fishes, have no dorsal fin. So I think that this are more „monster" fishes, like these you could also see also at old maps.

May be it is one of this species, that I found at Wikipedia. But mostly I think they are fantasy. 

Hello, 

today only a small update. The picture with the fishes is 4 X 17 mm   That saves paint!

Hello,

thank you all for your nice comments and likes. Here now the latest update, I finished the inboard planking with the carvings. Next would be the back of the captains seat.

I'm sorry, but I did't know all these special names. But I hope you could follow me 

Hello Karl,

that is just great!

Hello,

today only a small update. The seat for the captain. 

Next come the inside planks. With the carvings over two planks, I really do not know how to manage that. At least I have to make the carvings after the planks are installed 

But that I left for the next week. 

Hello,

the floors are ready and painted. The next thing would be the seat for the captain.

Hello Druxey,

thank you for the answer. Because it is the most logical solution, I worked already in this direction, but now I know that I'm right. 

At the moment all is under fresh paint and tomorrow I will assemble it.

Hello,

many thanks for your comments and likes 

Yesterday I installed the frames and the captain came to inspect the work. 

Today I think I will build the floors but there is a small problem. At the plan are two bolts with rings in the Keel.

To get access of them, did they made there a door at the floor, ore is may be the plank in the middle removable? In the last case they have access to the whole keel, for cleaning, getting water out and so on. There are so far as I know no pillars under the thwarts. 

Hello,

after a short break, because the weather was so fine here, the building goes on. Monday I painted the frieze and today I finished the rudder, except the tiller.

Here some of the hardware 

After all dried, I will start with the interior. I made all these things ready, because after the next step I could't use the plug to hold the boat in the vise. 

Hello,

here some pictures of the actual progress. 

Thank you all for your comments and likes. 

Mark over the white paint is a layer of wax.