Piet

Hey Denis,
 
I finally made some time to log in MSW and get caught up with all of my friends builds.  Yeah, it's been over two months but who is counting.  Great little boat you are building, looking fantastic and nice work as usual.
 
Cheers,

Hey Denis,
 
I finally made some time to log in MSW and get caught up with all of my friends builds.  Yeah, it's been over two months but who is counting.  Great little boat you are building, looking fantastic and nice work as usual.
 
Cheers,

Hey Denis,
 
I finally made some time to log in MSW and get caught up with all of my friends builds.  Yeah, it's been over two months but who is counting.  Great little boat you are building, looking fantastic and nice work as usual.
 
Cheers,

Hey Denis,
 
I finally made some time to log in MSW and get caught up with all of my friends builds.  Yeah, it's been over two months but who is counting.  Great little boat you are building, looking fantastic and nice work as usual.
 
Cheers,

Hey Denis,
 
I finally made some time to log in MSW and get caught up with all of my friends builds.  Yeah, it's been over two months but who is counting.  Great little boat you are building, looking fantastic and nice work as usual.
 
Cheers,

Mmmmmm a new one...😏 
I will try to follow this also....
 
Sjors

I need to hurry.........errand time,  but the admiral is taking Gibbs out.   anyway........I almost have the 5 mm strakes added to the hull.  the other side got the reinforcements for the deck platform tabs.  just two 5 mm planks more to go,  and then I can continue with the 7 mm.


the stern begins to get filled in....this makes it better terminating at this point.

as I work on the planking and the Tumbl'in Dice {as a fill in},  I'm allotting time to do a few things to this build off to the side.   the helm room need to be modified......the Progress doesn't have some of the finesse that the Nordkap has.   so I need to do away with the sloping curves bulwark,  that border along the sides of the helm room.   I will straighten them out and level the height.  but I need to trace the new parts first.  taking the best side to trace,  the windows were cut out for reference.


.....and then traced on a piece of 1/8 flat stock.

the bulwark part won't be as long.....but it's good to have extra.  they were then cut out...........still needing to cut out the windows.   on the helm deck platform,  the walls were measured 1/8 th from the edge,  as they are on the original platforms,  and traced out.  the arc of the front is not totally exact,  but it's close enough.   not sure if I will need the back line,  but I added it anyway.

well folks......she back inside.........errand time is at hand.   I will be back   

hey there!   I have some progress to report........not much though.  kinda boring during the planking process.   I did a few more things on her,  on the 9th of this month........first was to get that light in place so I can see!

so,  after filling in the bulwarks with the two strakes of 7 mm,  I ran two more strakes of 10 mm,  about 1/3 down the length of the hull and staggered.
    from these,  I will run 5 mm to fill them in....all this just so the bow will be totally filled in.   after running the first 5 mm strake,  the tabs for the deck platform aftward,  were reinforced with 1/8 short pieces.   when I do the other side,  it will get the same treatment.....no more running the risk of breaking those tabs.   especially during deck planking.

 

when the moment of truth came.......fitting it was terrible!   one curvature was working against the other.......and it just became too crazy.   so,  I said the heck with it.......I split the difference.   the first side was fitted and cemented in place.

the other side was fitted and cemented in place soon after....and then I couldn't stand it any longer.   that transom strip needed to be thickened up!
    I was gonna run out and get some flat stock,  so I could make a whole part for it......but I grabbed any 1/32 pieces that would fit and cobbled them in, filling the span of the transom part!

hee....hee.......looks like me the other day at the dentist       when ll this was dry,  it was trimmed and sanded to some degree.  I didn't want to go too crazy on it.......damp basswood does not sand well........no..no..it don't     there are a couple areas as I mentioned,  but I think it will take less putty to smooth it out.

I left a sill to terminate the planking.

you can see some of the bow parts on the board.......the bulkhead is there,  cut from mahogany sheet.   in the first Nordkap kit,  that part was plywood,  which was a lot thicker.  most of the aft cabin parts were plywood as well.   I may double it up,  should I use that one.......although,  I cut the other bulkhead part from 1/8 basswood flat stock.  it's not much different,  but it's a lot stiffer.   when I worked in the bow cavity,  I cemented in two posts for the bulkhead to rest against.  they will also serve as the locator points for the beam that will fit against the upper edge of the bulkhead.  I cemented the first beam in place already.........it was out of the way.

yea.......I still gotta get a light over here so I can see better........it will benefit the pictures too.   the stern too is all closed in.......I think some of the CA worked it's way around the deck platform too.

well........I think I bent yas ears long enough........my god........I'm such a chatterbox!  I thinks I'll slinks back in me hole and see what other forms of mayhem I can get into     my god!.........some cortisone please!!!!!>>>>>>>I an SOOOOOOO itching to do a fore'cle deck!

I was going to post this on the Nordkap thread in the nautical discussion forum,  but seeing it here will set the tone for what I did today.   when I built the Nordkap,  this area of the stern was really tough,  since this was my first time actually planking a wooden hull.  I laid the planking until the counter {I guess this would be what this area's called} was totally isolated.

I came up with the idea to use the cast off planking to fill it in
  then it was sanded 
then it got a coat of filler
 then it got sanded 
that was much later.....guess I didn't snap a picture of it sanded.   what I intend to do on the Progress is a bit different......I'm going to try and cover it with 1/8 th basswood flat stock.   

one thing I would do beforehand,  should have been to line along the underside of the deck platform with 1/8 strip stock......bent to the contour of the transom part.   I would have something for the mating edge to lay on.....I did encounter a little unevenness,  but nothing a little filler can't handle.
   taking a piece of card {a model box} I made up a template.

bad enough there is the hull curvature,  but there is an opposite curvature,  since the stern is rounded {a compound curvature}.   making and fitting a piece from the template,  it was soaked in hot water and flexed enough to be able to trap it inside a glass.  another glass was pushed inside to press it against the inside ID of the glass,  and left in the sun to dry {with any luck}.   earlier,  before I did that,  I had hot water in the stacked glass,  to keep heat on it {setting it in the sun was the admiral's idea....she likes to help sometimes}.  while playing the waiting game,  I puttered around on other projects,  coming back to the Progress,  to make the anchor boxes.

I will post something on this in the Nordkap thread........these I did a little differently......I added the bottom part rather than use the deck platform as the bottoms.  cemented in the bow,  they will be totally closed in.  they were sanded and fitted into their places inside the bow cavity.

I did go a bit further with the bow.  I started to make another cabin bulkhead,  cutting the bin opening in the middle of the bulkhead...but I stopped in the middle of it all,  and worked with the bulkhead that was supplied with the kit.  the bin opening is off to the starboard side,  making allowance for a porthole and a door.  I may keep it.......but I will finish the other bulkhead and compare them to see what I like best......I will also look at the diagrams and see what was actually there.  in either case,  I want to try and do a sliding door,  rather than removable boards
 
you can see that I'm impatient to get to work on the deck fixtures....huh  

Great work mate - very tidy planking.
 
OC.

hello Zappto.......yes.   fish were caught by net,  transferred to fish boxes,  where they were sorted and the catch was stored below.   there will be holds on the deck.   while I am waiting for the addition to the transom part to set,  I made up the anchor boxes.   I will then have to make the holes in the hull after they are cemented in place.  I'm no expert with planking.......it might look scary at first.  but considering my past outcomes,  it should end up looking pretty good.   having worked with an old kit before,  I know what to expect........so far it hasn't let me down.  I've had some breakage,  but it's due to the age of the wood.   I got into scratch building very early,  so I'm all set there     thanks for the good word !

Hi, really nice shape of the hull, did it carry fish there? very good planking!

hello Michael...and thanks for the good word   the bench is actually the board I use to paint the hulls on.  it has a pair of 2 x 4's that fit along the deck,  making it pretty much hands free.  not too good if I want to support the hull right side up though......but it gets the hull off the table,  so I can do other things and not twiddle my thumbs.   glad to see you look'in in......
 
thanks to you all who hit the like button  
 
this morning,  I attempted to see how the planking would wrap around the transom and counter.   without soaking the planking......it broke!  so,  I'm in the process of tracing and coming up with a template to make an addition to the transom part.   I'm going to try and make the part from 1/8 th flat stock.   I want the grain to run from port to starboard because of the curvature of the stern stem.   this is not going to be easy........even after soaking the part I'm making under real hot water,  it being very stubborn as far as the bending goes.  I have it trapped inside a glass at the moment,  sitting in the sun.   I'll give it a while to see how this all works out.   I hope I don't have to split the part.   more on this soon   

I did a bit more planking between other goings on 'round here today {and here on the site}.   at one point during the bulwark planking,  a triangular piece broke off one of the tabs on the deck platform.   I think the margin would have covered it,  but I glued it back in place.  the hull is on the table,  along with the Tumbl'in Dice...kinda crowded.

as can be seen,  rather than do stealers along the bulwarks,  I will wait and do them lower at the bow.   I know I will need to do at least one.  I laid the two 7 mm strakes,  then set it up with two 10 mm strakes.  from these,  I'll run 5 mm planking hoping that they will work better forming the transom and counter,  as it meets the stern stem.   I had a terrible time with the Nordkap........hope to do better here.   the planking process is going to be time consuming and slow.........to keep myself occupied,  I'm going to set up a small station to plank her on.  with the table free,  I can work on the Tumbl'in Dice while the planking dries.  so I cleaned up some plastic milk crates and set up the station.

I'm not too keen on the lighting........I may move the other crane light over to it.....got plenty of room.   not that it might happen again......I'm finally going to add blocks to those tabs,  so I don't break them again.   I was able to do all the ones fore to the bow........aftward,  I'll have eight more pairs to install.

the bulwarks are now fully planked over.........there are no open areas around the deck.   

I also cut out some more parts........never take laser cutting for granted........I sure don't     one never realizes just how many part there are in a kit,  until it has to be done manually........Mahogany to boot!   I hope to have an update tomorrow.    nighty night!😫

....and I wish I had more......    welcome to the log Kevin.   it's true.......I have way too many projects.   even I lose track of where I am sometimes,  but I enjoy it.   this one was too good and too cool to sit on any longer.   it's not every day that a person builds an old kit,  then gets another older kit as a Christmas present.   these two kits are interesting too because of the differences between them...in the wood part,  as well as the fitting kit itself.   same kit,  same model.  check out the Nordkap thread in the nautical discussion forum...I think I posted a link at the beginning of the log here.  I've added to it as well.
    thanks for the good word,  and I hope ya follow along.   she kinda rough right now,  but once she's fully planked and some paint get laid,  she'll really start to take shape  

That's just what I was thinking this guy Popeye(aka Dennis) has way to much time on his hands and he's getting better by the day for it! Dennis I like how anything that floats has your undivided attention Kevin

thanks CDW.........appreciate ya say'in so   she don't look like much right now......but once she has some paint,  she'll start to look like something.  I'm doing more planking today.....I hope it's not a super long process      thanks for the good word!
 
thanks for the likes all...........I'll be sure to report any weird stuff that comes along  

Beautiful! I really like the lines and craftsmanship of your ship model.

hi all..........thanks for the likes   very kind of you folks to look in!   yes........progress is still progressing on the Progress..........I started planking the bulwarks.   I had this nagging feeling about the width of that wrap around part for the stern....it just didn't seem wide enough.   I didn't have any problems with the Nordkap,  when I planked that hull.   if you've read the post I placed in the Nordkap thread,  you see what I'm talking about.   so,  after looking at the two sets of instructions....which should have been identical {and finding that they are not},  I measured the width of the part in question,  and found out that it wasn't 30 mm wide.   this is what I get for thinking that both of these kits being the same.  they should be.......but no.
    so a different direction must be taken here.   I already have an idea.   taking two strips of the 7 mm planking and comparing them to the deficit of the part,  I saw that they would work instead.............so,  I will fill in the bulwarks with one 10 mm and two 7 mm planks.   first though,  the top plank for the port side need to be laid.

I found that I needed to break and reset the aft section on the starboard side because it was sitting too low.......not much,  but it would have been a problem.  when dry,  the first of the 7mm planks was laid on the starboard side.
 
I wasn't too worried about the excess glue along the inside at the bow........but from the bow cabin wall aftward,  I made sure I cleaned them up.  I don't need a bumpy inner bulwark  .

the second strake of 7 mm was laid after it was dry.

if you read the other thread,  you'll see what I did to cover the bulwarks at the bow.   me at the time,  being a total newbie,  came up with the idea to follow the deck line with the second and third strake,  and leave a gap,  to be filled with stealers.   I figured that it would straighten the planking and make it easier as I went along.   in a way,  I wished that the wrap around part {the transom} was a little thicker.   it was printed on the same sheet of thin plywood,  that the Nordkap's part was printed on,  which is probably only 1 mm thick.   I will have to look further in the Nordkap pictures to see what I did for this.   but for the time being,  it's nice to know that I solved the problem at hand.

I could make another transom part from some 1/32 flat stock {1/64 would be better........I think they make it}, and thicken the transom up that way,  I will make a tracing of it,  just in case I decide to do it.   with the two 7 mm strakes on the starboard side,  it closes the bulwark totally........now to get the port side into the picture.

but,  the bow still has a way to go yet.   I even have a thought about the planking as it continues.   seeing that I have eight of those 10 mm plank strips left,  I may use it to hasten the planking process.   I have some 5 mm plank strips,  my though is to jog two as I reach the stern,  and it may make it easier to fill in the contour that shapes it.   once the hull is sanded and painted,  this will never be seen.

looking at the fore deck,  it makes me think..........the fitting kit came with hold covers.   they are larger than the printed deck plan you see here.  I may make the two aft of the mast larger,  and make use of them.   something to think of........

the day has come........booked the appointment with the dentist to have the rest of my teeth taken care of.  I go at noon,  but I thought I'd get some stuff done this morning....I took the day off from work.   I had done some organization of the fittings last week,  but this morning I ran across the organizer case I had bought a few weeks ago.   this caused me to reconsider what I had done.

I even cut out all the plastic part on sprues and separated them.   this will work out much better,  I think.   going a bit further with the cabin structure,  I added the two doors along the sides,  and the support knees for the second level decking.   these will get painted the same color,  so I can do it all at once.

the porthole in the doors were drilled out,  using a 5/32 bit.

time draws near........hope to get more done when I get back  {Custer's last words}   

thanks Zappto....it would look better if I had more planking done,  but I'll get to it soon enough.   I'm thinking for a change with the helm room structure,  and if I start doing that,  this will drag on too long.    thanks for look'in in  
 
thanks Tom......I've lost track too     glad to have you look'in in!
 
thanks Nils.......I love this scale too     I can better handle most of the parts and keep better mind to the scale.   detail perks are not as pronounce anymore,  since kits put out lately can produce a lot of detail,  or can be easily dressed up with accessories.  besides,  if I want to do a model of this size,  if it were up to the admiral,  it would be of wood    thanks for the good word
 
thanks all for the likes  

very nice work Denis,
 
I also like the scale (1:50)....
 
Nils

Nice Popeye. Another build of yours to follow along. I've lost count now, but they are all terrific.

Wonderful looking structure, ship  is getting its form!