Siggi52
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Hello, after setting in the rudder boss, and the stick as rudder, the ship looks quiet different. More like a ship, I think. After work, the ship sits often in the living room. And after looking half an houer at it, I'm often back at the yard and change this or that. 😚 After I have seen the pictures today, I found an other thing I have to change 😐 And I thought, I just like to build a Viking ship. Now I'm building nearly 6 month! And it's not the end. Today I cut in the oar ports. Next I have to build the oar-port cover. 😟
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Hello, and thank you for your kind comments and likes Today I build the rudder boss and I'm happy that I got it! First I turned it with some surplus, and then fit it to the ship. That was the hardest part. The rod has 1mm Ø. I'm still looking for the drill bit I first used. There must be a black hole somewhere. Then I glued it with ca to a piece of wood, to file it to the final shape. That was then the easiest part, gluing it to the ship.
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Hello, it is done! Both sides are ready.
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Hello, and many, many thanks for your nice comments and likes Because we had here the last week the finest summer weather, I was't very often at the ship yard. But today the weather shanged and I have worked a little at the yard. The preparations for the following work I made during the week. These bars where for fastening the shields or tent to the wall. The battens are 0,6 X 1,2 mm. The drill bit has 1 mm Ø And that is what I finished today. The worst part of this is, gluing them to the gun wale
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Thank you, Nils
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Thank you, John
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Thank you, Patrick
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Thank you, Marc
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Hello, and many thanks for your likes today I set in the last knees and the first side frames, as W. Dammann they named, up to the gun wales.
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Hello, today I build in another 8 knees and only 8 are left 😃 Only to show you the dimentions of the knees. When all went right, I takes half an hour for such a knee. But that happend rarely The planks I build in between those points are in reality parts of the beams, means it is one pice of wood.
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Hello Dick, with the rocker in the keel you will have no trouble with hogging. That is statics. I did't heard anything about hogging from viking ships. My ship is at least, now that the frames are build in, realy stabil.
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Hello and many thanks for your comments and likes, today I finished the first 10 knees. Only 24 left 😟 That was't an easy task, but as I had established a routine, it worked well.
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Thank you, Chuck and John
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Hello, there was not much action at the shipyard the last time, but at least I made the mast and yard for the ship. Next on my list are the inverted knees 😐
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Thank you Albert
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Hello, I set in all the deck beams and most of the stantions. At the second picture you see, that the underwater ship has it's broadest pard one or two meters infront of the mast. The beams are at least 97-100 cm apart from each other. Greatings also from the ships cat. He is getting old now (18) and enjoys the warm weather we have here the last days.
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Thank you Ian and Chuck. Chuck, the nails/rivets are pencil marks 😇
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Thank you Keith
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Hello, thank you John and all others for your likes. The mast step is ready and installed. Now my fingertips have to regenerate for some time 😉 And here with the deck beams installed. As the next thing to do, I think to instal the other deck beams.
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Hello, today I found some time to work at the shipyard and build the mast step. There are some knees left to build, but tomorrow is also a day. And here he is fitted in. There is a little gab to the left, but the knees will cover it later. Only the outer deck beams are fast at the moment. I needed a high fore the mast fish, who will follow next. With the beams I made a short cut with there ends. You would't see that later.
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Hello John and Richard, thank you. Richard, because I could't build the ship like the Vikings, I build the planks over a plug and take the frames also from that plug, as seen in one picture. And yes, I had to fit the planks to the frames because they sorted themself into a comfortable way and did't stay in the way they where build at the plug. But it was not soo much I had to correct.
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Hello, the last two day I was pretty busy at the shipyard. UPs, and where is the ship? 😄 All the frames are installed. The next days I think, I must concentrate my work more onto my house and garden. During that time, the ship could settle before I install the bitis (deck beams)
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Hello, and many, many thanks for your comments and likes Last week we had here an outstanding wether with much sunshine, so I was't very often at the shipyard. But today it rained, and there was really action at the shipyard. I build and installed the first frames. First I would cut the undercut of the frames like those at the originals, but that was too dangerous for my fingers and the frame itself. So I decided to file it insted. The form of the frames I took from my plug Glueing them in was the next challenge. Because, the hull was a little out of shape and I must work with a little brutality and big clamps 😉 For the next frames I took a third pair of clamps and all went well.
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Hello Richard, the planks are glued together. I used white watersolvent wood glue. So I could make later easier corrections. What I had to due more often. The clinker nails are only pencil marks.
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Thank you Chris, I hope that you are right. At noon I was't so sure. 😏
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