Piet

Kevin,
If you'll at the photo from above that I've attached... note the red arrows..  I think your lower alligator clip is the responsible party that's where the greatest "pull" is.  The knots as indicated by the arrows followed that curve of the shroud.  The stave is above the curve and the upper alligator clip and had nothing to do with it.
 

Mark 
looking at the pictures i think I may have created my own problem with Number 1 shroud where it is secured to the futtock stave, as much as I regret it - I may have to go and start all over again and produce new shrouds and then possibly go for black ratlines rather than the white (stained grey) lol - i might as well then paint the yellow bands pink at the same time 

Thanks everyone for your warm welcome back messages, and then all the likes, it's really appreciated very much.  Yeah, it's been what, almost 3 years since I last worked on her.  As yuns know I kinda concentrated on the 019 build.
 
Well, here we are and trying to spend some more time on this ship.  I finished four of the eight cannon conversions except for some final detailing, which includes adding the bolts that hold the pivot straps.  I made the straps from paper that I painted flat black.   I'll wait with all that till all eight are completed, no sense in prepping the paint twice.
 
Then there is all the hardware yet, with the ropes.
 
Here are a few pics of what was done today.  Yes, it was rather warm in the dockyard (garage), 33 C!  But I love it though.  
 

This was how I left it last evening.  So, this morning I started dunking the wheels in brown dy so they could dry out for later assembly.  I also painted the axles flat black.
 

Here is the bunch from another angle.  I decided not to polish the canons but leave them somewhat rustic.  Gives a better impression of time at sea 
 

This shows only two of the 32 wheel securing pins.  Yeah, they are still in the rough state but before I installed tem into the axles they were dressed a little better.  I decided not to glue them in the axles in case the crew needs to change a wheel 
 

This shows the four cannons placed in their position on deck.  You can now see that the smaller size fits a lot better without running into the hatch coaming at recoil.  It also gives the crew some space working around the hatches.
 

Here is an overhead view.
 

Here is a close-up of one of the cannon assembles.  This is probably the roughest cannon of them all but I kinda like it and it's not noticeable when placed on deck and ready for action.
 
Cheers,
 
 

Hello everyone, Piet's back in the Surabaya shipyard!  I have accumulated a few more tools and 0.5 mm brass tubes for the canon lid hinges.  I have to redo all the lids already done because the 1 mm tubes are just too much out of scale.  There are no 0.5 mm brass tubes available here in the US but Remco offered to get them for me from Holland.  Thanks again, much appreciated.
 
In the meantime though I started on converting 8 of the 18 pounder canons to 12 pounders.  I cheated and bought a bunch of precast cannons that would fit my scale of 1:80 for 18 pound canons but on the upper deck they must be 12 pound.  The are too large to make them look good.
 
I also had to modify the gun carriages for the modded canons.  
 
I cut the barrel from the gun in front of the pivot pins and shortened that piece a 1/4 inch and did the same at the breach end where I cut about 1/8 of an inch off.  Drilled holes in the three pieces and cemented the gun back together using steel finishing nails as reinforcement.  A little filing and presto, I have a 12 pounder.
 
Actually it wasn't all that simple because the castings were not round but oval.  Fortunately this was mostly at the barrel end.  I had to first file the barrel round before cutting the canon pieces.  Not doing this first would give me all kinds of grief when cementing them back together again.
 
Drilling the holes for the pins was also a tedious job because I had to go slow other wise the metal would melt and jam the drill bit.  I think I lucked out in that all the holes were very close to center and wound up with straight looking guns.
I used 5 minute epoxy to cement the three pieces together.  A little fine tuning and cleaning and then a coat of flat black paint.
 
The gun carriages are still not finished yet.  I only made one for now and will use that as a pattern for the other nine 
 
I also started to make the wheel / axle securing pins.  Micro work, to say the least.
 
Well here are a few pics of the progress so far.  This'll be slower going then with the work I did on the O19 but it has to remain fun.
 

This shows the difference after I converted the first gun.
 

This shows the barrel end removed from the gun and in proces of shortening.
 

This shows the same treatment with the breach end.  I used a grinding wheel in my electric hand tool to shorten it that 1/8 inch.  I had to go slow to prevent the metal from melting and clogging the stone.  The final treatment was with a file to make the cuts square to centerline.
 

Here I have laid-out all the parts to be cemented back together again.
 

This shows the result of all my work for just one gun.  All together i estimate about 4 hours or so per gun.  I didn't check time so it could very well be longer when counting all the time i spend in dressing the gun.
 

This shows the completed gun on its carriage with the next one in line to be done.  All that's left is painting. and attaching the hardware for the ropes.
 

Here you can see the axle / wheel pins.  They too still need to be dressed some more - - - carefully, because they are fragile.
 
Cheers,

Stay strong and have a VERY positive attitude and keep smiling and joking. Get well soon Dave.
 
Cheers,

It's all looking fantabulous Patrick!
 
Cheers,

Hello my friend, let me add my best wishes for your dear mother in law and hope that she'll recover soon.  You too must take care of yourself and reduce the stress level your in at this time.  
All the best from Piet, 

Stay strong and have a VERY positive attitude and keep smiling and joking. Get well soon Dave.
 
Cheers,

Stay strong and have a VERY positive attitude and keep smiling and joking. Get well soon Dave.
 
Cheers,

Stay strong and have a VERY positive attitude and keep smiling and joking. Get well soon Dave.
 
Cheers,

Stay strong and have a VERY positive attitude and keep smiling and joking. Get well soon Dave.
 
Cheers,

Stay strong and have a VERY positive attitude and keep smiling and joking. Get well soon Dave.
 
Cheers,

Stay strong and have a VERY positive attitude and keep smiling and joking. Get well soon Dave.
 
Cheers,

You're right, Robin...  I'll amend that from now on so "abuse is always welcome".  

An additional hint: once I have a strake of planking laid, I run a sanding stick along the edge of it to ensure it is even and lines up with my mark-out before proceeding with the next strake.

Nils, since all the windows and doors are flat on the back, you could cast in a sand cast method.  Or with a lower temperature material you could use plaster or silicon for the mold.
 
Bob

Hi Nils, catching up and Wow! you have done a great deal of work, your small details continue to show the level of skill you apply these areas that are so often shown with less finesse.
 
Michael

Had you considered making master patterns and casting all those units?

All those fine doors and windows, what a chore.
 
Bob

Thank you Patrick,
 
when making all these small parts a milling machine would be of advantage for the sake of better uniformity, but when mounting these parts I will choose the most uniform ones laying next to one another
 
Nils

Hi Nils
 
Very nice and uniformed in shape.
 
I bet it was far harder than it looks, which makes your skills all the more apparent.
 
Well done.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Little update...
 
have been producing some of the doors in different hights and with different size windowframes, also some forecastle doors, and about half of the double-story promenade deck windows
 
Nils
 

 
the window frames have been sprayed with dull clear varnish in order to keep the brass shiny.
the 4 doors for under the forecastle deck (with each two locking levers) will also be painted
 
 
 

Patrick the model defies the size it always looks so much larger that it really is, a testament to your skill.
 
Michael

Looking better all the time.  Love the wheel.
 
Bob

Love this little fella! Makes me want to go full on and try proper planking on my next model. Might need to have a lower scale then though.