Piet

Hi everyone!
Thank you for stopping by and all of your advice and help. The problem is that the angle of the starboard side planks is greater than the port side. The distance from center line on the starboard is grater than the port. I was able to realign the mast blocks with the stem and keelson. I also moved the forward port side the the forward cabin 3 inches closer to the side. I will have to trim some of the planks on the foc's'le to try and hide the difference. I have only 1 deck beam to complete on the foc's'le. That is the very first one. I placed a stub mast and a temporary sampson post to get an idea of how it will go together. I have not glued in any of the deck beams. The are a couple of additional tasks to complete on the hull before I can glue them in place.
Disassembling the mast blocking.

Making sure the mast is straight this time.

It looks straight this time.

My current status.






 
Thanks again everyone.

Speaking of Beaufort (NC).... That is the location of the NC Maritime Museum. I met with the Modelers Club there this past Saturday and took this shot of a beautiful model of the pirate "Blackbeard's" ship.... Queen Ann's Revenge. I'm guessing this is somewhere around 1:36 scale.
 
 
 

Beginning with the fact that I finally have a rigged yard (Lanteen)....
 

 
Creating the Parral was probably the most challenging task related to this stage.

 
Note the addition of the Topmast Backstays (Main and Mizzen), which I discovered had not yet been completed.

 
The Garnet Tackle, seen here, was another little surprise task I discovered that I had not previously completed.

 
All in all, this was a fairly straight forward rigging task, made much tougher by the fact that I had not done that much rigging in over three years. I think I may be beginning to get a little feel back.
Not quite there yet.... but making progress.

Congratulations on a job well done. 
 
Bob

Nicely done.  Piet.

Couldn't expect anything else but high standard after the O19! Still marvelous little lobster smack with great details.
 
You were saying ... fiddling here and there ...hmmm ... I know your fiddling, so does Gwen ... O19 ... dinghy v 1.0 => v 2.0 ... life raft ... lobster cages ... buckets ...

I shouldn't be surprised about instructions being wrong.
 
today I noticed that the little tabs on the ribs that will hold the parts with the gunports are on the wrong side.
 
they are on the side that is going to be open
 
thinking I made a mistake early on I went back to have a look and yup its the instructions that are wrong
 
in the picture on the right it shows the tabs on the right when facing the bow
in the one on the left it shows them on the left
 
this means I will need to cut them off and somehow add them on the other side

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.
 
This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.
 
I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.
 
Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.
 

 

 

 
Cheers to all,
 

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.
 
This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.
 
I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.
 
Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.
 

 

 

 
Cheers to all,
 

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.
 
This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.
 
I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.
 
Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.
 

 

 

 
Cheers to all,
 

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.
 
This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.
 
I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.
 
Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.
 

 

 

 
Cheers to all,
 

Thank you, thank you, thank you - - - he says with a deep bow and a big smile   Very much appreciated!
 
Well, we have arrived at the end of this build.  There is actually one more detail left to do, Amateur Jan's lobster    But he'll have to wait till I catch a few 
 
I haven't made the final pictures yet for the Gallery, I'll do that tomorrow and post a few here.
 
I finally decided on a name for this special build.  It came to me Thursday night as was in bed waiting for the sandman to come.  I didn't want a "sissy" name or something mundane and how can I tie the name in with the purpose of this endeavor, Wounded Warrior?  There it was, Warrior!  Not Wounded anything, just Warrior.  
 
I cheated - - - I typed it up in green and 14 point and printed it out.  So, Friday morning I cut the name tags out and glued them to the hull using Liquitex medium.  
 
Just for fun, I made a coke bottle and two glasses to toast the successful completion of the build    In the second picture I put that bottle and glasses on the sliding hatch.  Any one for more will have to go into the cabin and raid the wet bar.  Sjors on the dock with the popcorn machine 
 
Then I thought, hey, we need an anchor.  I Googled anchors and found a nice simple one that was used on landing craft during WW II.  So, I cut some metal and made an anchor.  The blades are 0.1 mm brass shim, the post is 1 mm square brass stock that I soldered to a small piece of 1 mm brass tubing.  Put a piece of 0.5 mm brass rod through is and then soldered the blades to the rod, one on each side of the tube.  The blades can actually rotate to grab the sea floor.  Then a brass eyelet on the end of the post for the anchor rope.  Who would have thunk it, an honest to goodness workable anchor 
 
I hope I can post the final pics to the Gallery, have to read up on it.
 
Alright folks, here are a few pics of the last details.
 

This bottle was used for the "christening" of the boat. 
 

We are ready for a toast, cheers to all.
 

 

 

 

This shows the completed anchor on my work bench. 
 

This shows the anchor ready to be dropped and lashed to the samson post.
 
Cheers, 

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.
 
This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.
 
I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.
 
Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.
 

 

 

 
Cheers to all,
 

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.
 
This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.
 
I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.
 
Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.
 

 

 

 
Cheers to all,
 

very nicely done Piet!   rigging ,  sails.......look super!      congrats on such a beautiful vessel!
 
I had to look back to see how you made your decals.....interesting 

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.
 
This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.
 
I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.
 
Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.
 

 

 

 
Cheers to all,
 

Thank you, thank you, thank you - - - he says with a deep bow and a big smile   Very much appreciated!
 
Well, we have arrived at the end of this build.  There is actually one more detail left to do, Amateur Jan's lobster    But he'll have to wait till I catch a few 
 
I haven't made the final pictures yet for the Gallery, I'll do that tomorrow and post a few here.
 
I finally decided on a name for this special build.  It came to me Thursday night as was in bed waiting for the sandman to come.  I didn't want a "sissy" name or something mundane and how can I tie the name in with the purpose of this endeavor, Wounded Warrior?  There it was, Warrior!  Not Wounded anything, just Warrior.  
 
I cheated - - - I typed it up in green and 14 point and printed it out.  So, Friday morning I cut the name tags out and glued them to the hull using Liquitex medium.  
 
Just for fun, I made a coke bottle and two glasses to toast the successful completion of the build    In the second picture I put that bottle and glasses on the sliding hatch.  Any one for more will have to go into the cabin and raid the wet bar.  Sjors on the dock with the popcorn machine 
 
Then I thought, hey, we need an anchor.  I Googled anchors and found a nice simple one that was used on landing craft during WW II.  So, I cut some metal and made an anchor.  The blades are 0.1 mm brass shim, the post is 1 mm square brass stock that I soldered to a small piece of 1 mm brass tubing.  Put a piece of 0.5 mm brass rod through is and then soldered the blades to the rod, one on each side of the tube.  The blades can actually rotate to grab the sea floor.  Then a brass eyelet on the end of the post for the anchor rope.  Who would have thunk it, an honest to goodness workable anchor 
 
I hope I can post the final pics to the Gallery, have to read up on it.
 
Alright folks, here are a few pics of the last details.
 

This bottle was used for the "christening" of the boat. 
 

We are ready for a toast, cheers to all.
 

 

 

 

This shows the completed anchor on my work bench. 
 

This shows the anchor ready to be dropped and lashed to the samson post.
 
Cheers, 

Today was rather productive.  As mentioned yesterday I needed to tidy up the loose hanging sheets.  So, that's what I did.  This sounds like a simple job but I had to muster up some patience wrestling these springy "ropes."
 
I made double sticky tape from masking tape so the cords could be stuck to it as I tried to bend them to my will and not theirs.  I have some clear all purpose glue and dabbed some on the coils to keep them in shape.
After the glue had cured I peeled the coils off the tape and with a small dap of the same glue I tacked them to the deck.  For a static model that's not meant to be a toy I figured it would be best to secure them.  
 
The jib sheets are just wrapped around the cleats in the cockpit with one loop hanging loose to make it look ready for action.  Everything is secured with a dab of glue.
 
Well, that was it for today and now it's time for a few more details to finish her.  One of the main things is the name board that'll be placed on the display board.  I don't know yet how I'll do that.  The other detail thingy's will be announced and shown in due time.
 
It doesn't look like a lot I did but I took this afternoon off.  Actually, it was rather cold in the garage and I was not very comfortable, even with a jacket on.  It was my lower legs that felt like icicles.
 
Okay, here are a few more pics.
 

This shows how I coiled the sheets.
 

Here are the jib and gaff halyards neatly coiled after being secured to the cleats on the mast.
 

Here is the main sheet cleated and then coiled on the aft deck.
 

This shows the jib sheets cleated and just looped over the cleat.  I also stuck the oar thingies in.  The oars are fastened under the deck overhang and out of sight 
 

One more profile pic with all the rope work neated up and the flag tied to the sail, can't go without the flag.
 
Cheers, 

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.
 
This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.
 
I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.
 
Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.
 

 

 

 
Cheers to all,
 

Thank you, thank you, thank you - - - he says with a deep bow and a big smile   Very much appreciated!
 
Well, we have arrived at the end of this build.  There is actually one more detail left to do, Amateur Jan's lobster    But he'll have to wait till I catch a few 
 
I haven't made the final pictures yet for the Gallery, I'll do that tomorrow and post a few here.
 
I finally decided on a name for this special build.  It came to me Thursday night as was in bed waiting for the sandman to come.  I didn't want a "sissy" name or something mundane and how can I tie the name in with the purpose of this endeavor, Wounded Warrior?  There it was, Warrior!  Not Wounded anything, just Warrior.  
 
I cheated - - - I typed it up in green and 14 point and printed it out.  So, Friday morning I cut the name tags out and glued them to the hull using Liquitex medium.  
 
Just for fun, I made a coke bottle and two glasses to toast the successful completion of the build    In the second picture I put that bottle and glasses on the sliding hatch.  Any one for more will have to go into the cabin and raid the wet bar.  Sjors on the dock with the popcorn machine 
 
Then I thought, hey, we need an anchor.  I Googled anchors and found a nice simple one that was used on landing craft during WW II.  So, I cut some metal and made an anchor.  The blades are 0.1 mm brass shim, the post is 1 mm square brass stock that I soldered to a small piece of 1 mm brass tubing.  Put a piece of 0.5 mm brass rod through is and then soldered the blades to the rod, one on each side of the tube.  The blades can actually rotate to grab the sea floor.  Then a brass eyelet on the end of the post for the anchor rope.  Who would have thunk it, an honest to goodness workable anchor 
 
I hope I can post the final pics to the Gallery, have to read up on it.
 
Alright folks, here are a few pics of the last details.
 

This bottle was used for the "christening" of the boat. 
 

We are ready for a toast, cheers to all.
 

 

 

 

This shows the completed anchor on my work bench. 
 

This shows the anchor ready to be dropped and lashed to the samson post.
 
Cheers, 

Today was rather productive.  As mentioned yesterday I needed to tidy up the loose hanging sheets.  So, that's what I did.  This sounds like a simple job but I had to muster up some patience wrestling these springy "ropes."
 
I made double sticky tape from masking tape so the cords could be stuck to it as I tried to bend them to my will and not theirs.  I have some clear all purpose glue and dabbed some on the coils to keep them in shape.
After the glue had cured I peeled the coils off the tape and with a small dap of the same glue I tacked them to the deck.  For a static model that's not meant to be a toy I figured it would be best to secure them.  
 
The jib sheets are just wrapped around the cleats in the cockpit with one loop hanging loose to make it look ready for action.  Everything is secured with a dab of glue.
 
Well, that was it for today and now it's time for a few more details to finish her.  One of the main things is the name board that'll be placed on the display board.  I don't know yet how I'll do that.  The other detail thingy's will be announced and shown in due time.
 
It doesn't look like a lot I did but I took this afternoon off.  Actually, it was rather cold in the garage and I was not very comfortable, even with a jacket on.  It was my lower legs that felt like icicles.
 
Okay, here are a few more pics.
 

This shows how I coiled the sheets.
 

Here are the jib and gaff halyards neatly coiled after being secured to the cleats on the mast.
 

Here is the main sheet cleated and then coiled on the aft deck.
 

This shows the jib sheets cleated and just looped over the cleat.  I also stuck the oar thingies in.  The oars are fastened under the deck overhang and out of sight 
 

One more profile pic with all the rope work neated up and the flag tied to the sail, can't go without the flag.
 
Cheers, 

Thanks everybody for kind words and to all who clicked the like button.
 
Wait a minute folks, she's not finished yet!!!  There are still a few details to be added yet.  I hope to complete this little fun build in a few days.
 
@ George, Jesse, Carl and Bob, thank you.
 
@ Joel:  That's a beautiful build and nice colors too.  It looks like that people are using all kinds of materials to "tan" the sails.  On my Friendship sloop model I used tea.  It doesn't matter what we use as long as we are happy with the results.
She is indeed a lovely little boat, si graceful lines.  No wonder that that design evolved into the Friendship sloop.  Not only graceful but also quite seaworthy.
 
@ Sjors:  Thanks for your kind words but you rate my abilities much too high.  No, Gwen didn't make the sails, I did.  I'd like for you to know that I used to sew my own shirts, did needle point and cross stitch end knitted my own socks.  I even made the covering of an aircraft seat in real leather, hand stitched, pleated and rolled.  Hey, when one is hungry and need an extra buck to feed the family you do what you have to do.  Yeah, 52 years is indeed a long time and that with the same lovely girl too    
She said, I never imagined being married to an old man - - - par am pam - ching - - - auch 
 
Chee

Thanks everyone for dropping in and clicking the like button, I truly appreciate it very much!
 
Let's see, Sunday midmorning I started to prep for a special dinner for Gwen and spend the rest of the day in the kitchen.  I wanted to treat her to something she's been talking about, on and off.  So I made Tournedos a la Bearnaise with Dutch style potato croquettes, glazed carrots and asparagus.   I made my own bearnaise sauce, a lot of work but delish!  She was impressed and liked everything.  I would have done this on Monday, our 52 wedding anniversary, but figuring she wanted to go out for dinner to celebrate.  But, no, she'd rather stay home and enjoy my cooking left-overs   So we enjoyed our company home instead.
 
So then, yesterday I started with the sails.  I cut tem out per the sail plan drawings and stained the white cloth supplied with the kit in coffee.  They look slightly tanned and weathered.  First i wanted to fold the edges over and glue a thin thread in the crease, glue corner reinforcing patches on but ran into a gluing problem.  So instead I pencil lined all the seams in.  Then I sprayed the sails with flat poly spray to stiffen the fabric instead of using the diluted wood glue.   Worked out okay.  
Put the reefing ropes in the mainsail.
 
Next I made the mainsail mast hoops from brass rod.  Yeah, nothing like doing this after the mast is installed with all the hardware on it.  To get them onto the mast I bend them apart enough to slip over the mast and then bent them back again.  Worked fine.  i also soldered the ends shut and painted them flat black.  I wrapped some masking tape around the mast for the painting.
 
I also made a bunch of small brass rings to attach the jib to the forestay and installed the sail.  
 
Today I installed the mainsail.  I found that I could have made both sails slightly larger but at the stage in the build I'll have to leave it as is.  
Tomorrow I'll fiddle with the jib and main sheets, coil the ends and lay them nicely on the deck.  
 
Then I'll check things over and fiddle some more with details before calling it done.
 
Here is a picture as she is as of this moment.
 

 
Cheers,

Very beautiful, Piet.   The lucky buyer will a work of art.

Beautiful Piet! Nice job!