Piet

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

First of all, to the many, and I mean many, who visited and "liked" my progress my sincerest thanks.
 
Hoi Gino, thanks for your compliments.  Yes, I guess I'm getting carried away a little by adding more stuff to the boat but am loving it.
Thanks for the added information about the configuration of the subs in the time before WW II.
 
Hello Boris, thank you!
 
Hi John, yup, that makes the model more realistic.
 
Well, today I only managed to complete the two crew hatches on both gun decks.  Just a lot of tedious work with small pieces of brass tubing and wire.  But they are now done, painted and installed.  I decided not to take pictures of it because there is really not much difference in how she looks now compared with yesterday's post. 
 
I also received the dye for the deck slats, so I'm now all set to start work on the gun decks.  Next project will be the lids for the AA gun buns.  That'll be a humdinger, many parts.
 
All y'all have a great weekend, stay warm or cool, as the case may be   and in good health,
 
Cheers,

Sam,
 
It's still straight.   Once there's no smell, I'll try using it on something.
 
 
Bug,
 
It's big mystery to me also.  
 
 
Meanwhile, back in the shipyard.....
I think, hope, pray, that I've hit on the final solution to the exterior forecastle bulwarks.  After realizing that doing the same thing over and over again again expecting different results is insanity, I went for something just a little bit different.  A combination of spiling and stealers!  No, wait... I was doing that. 
 
Change the wood.. YES!!! Change the dimensions of the wood... YES!!!
Went from plum which I wasn't plum crazy about anyway to cherry.  Change the dimensions from 4" X 9" to 2" X 12".  The wood is more flexible and less grainy than the plum and a nicer color.
 
After playing with some designs and feeding the scrap box, there's now one main strake that runs the 30 feet of bulwark.  And two stealers to help make the transition in the flair.   The next set pics (in the next several days) will show it fitted and glued in place and hopefully sanded.    By the way, try to ignore the pencil marks.... Oh...I guess I better make the one for the other side while this is still fresh.
 

update?????.......................................boy??.........................OK!  well,  I took this plank and put it here.............and I took that plank and put it there...........it's all very ad - nausium :D :D    I did take a few pictures last week........I should have posted them,  but i wanted to wait till I had something  a bit more..........positive.     here they are as of last week.
 

 
this is the hull dubbed Larry........I've started to do some tapering to the planks.   I need to defeat the planks wanting to rise off of rib #6,  creating a gap.
 

 
this is the hull dubbed Curly........as you can see,  it seems to want to do the same thing.   I may have fared the rib a bit too much as well.
 

 
the hull dubbed Moe........just sits in the back and laughs.   I haven't gotten to that point with him yet,  so when I do,  I will begin to taper the planks earlier.
 
moving along to the present day planking job........Curly is moving towards becoming completely planked.   I'll need to make an adjustment on Larry.......so I halted progress for the moment.  it's not too bad though.......after sanding and some putty to fill in the plank lines,  I should come up with a decent hull shape.
 

 

 
......still,  in a line-up.......they all look the same
 

 

 
I still have the United States on the other table.......debating whether to plank the decks or not,  at this time.  all I know,  is that it is not going back out in the hallway.   I have other things on my mind 

A busy week in the workshop. I have prepped, painted and installed all of the deck fittings. Not that there were that many...
 
This is proving to be a fun build and relatively quick. A nice change from a square rigger, that's for sure.
 
Here are some photos of the progress...
 

 

 

 
Cheers,
 
Peter

Thanks John and Ray, it might be a couple more weeks before my mesh shows up.
 
 
 
Carrying on with work on the boom. I've now completed the starboard truss (short a a couple small finishing touches here and there). And what a lot of fun that was. Incidentally, that is a 12" ruler below it in the photgraphs. Now to replicate it as an exact mirror image for the port side.
 
 
Andy

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Wow thanks guys! It's really fun to build this little stove, much more than I had imagined. Now I understand why people build small buildings from individual brick, one ought to try once. 
Tony, I think a simple stew would be appropriate.
Gee Rusty you're tough to please
 
So chimney added, time to make some pots and pans....
 

 

 

 

 
Remco

I was studying the deck on my ship and the copper oil cooling tank didn't look good to me.....kind of stark.   So I got to thinking.....dangerous at the least...what would they do in real life.....like what about rain, weather, pitching seas, sloshing, so I decided to build a wooden hatch cover for it, it can be removed or tied down depending on the need......also adds some more clutter to the deck......

a couple of more

Today's progress, again not much, had to go to town this morning.  So far today I have finished the chain work on the bowsprit.....total of 4 chains, 2 for the bobstays, and 2 for the bowsprit shrouds.....those are 1/8" deadeyes, and it was tedious to work with them, especially running the 3 loops of the lanyards...more later...

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Thanks everyone for visiting and your like votes, it's much appreciated.
 
Could not get far today.  I forgot that I had our monthly meeting of the colored pencil society chapter here in Palm Coast.
 
I managed to fabricate the two hinge bracket pairs for the AA gun bun lids and soldered them to the lids.  
 
I first had to make the hinge mounts from brass sheet.  These are the rings you'll see on the photos.  I still have to make brackets that hold the center hinge part, a small copper tube, that'll be soldered to the ring  This will eventually be cemented to the outside of the styrene bun that sticks above the deck. 
 
The lid hinge brackets will have hinge pin holes drilled in them for the hinge pins to complete the hinge assembly.
 
It's kinda difficult to describe the manufacturing method so I have made a few pictures that hopefully will show what I mean.
 
I also had rotate the aft crew hatch tube by close to 90 degrees so the lid opens against the snorkel exhaust pipe instead of the port side railing.  I should have consulted the drawings first 
 
Well, that is all for today.  But it's progress and that's a good thing
 

This shows the parts I made for today's project.  The ring that'll go around the styrene tube and that'll be the foundation for the stationary hinge part.  Then the two hinge brackets to be soldered to the top of the lid.  The lid I made a week or so ago.
 

I figured to temporarily cement the brackets to the lid with a dab of CA so I can tack-solder the brackets because I had no way to hold them to the lid.  Big mistake because solder would not hold at that spot.  Fortunately it was only a tiny spot and is not noticeable.
For the second one I first spot-tinned both parts and then hand held each bracket to tack it to the lid.  Now I could hold both brackets to the lid with clothes pins and a steel clamp for a heat sink.
 

This is the completed lid assembly.  I made the brackets extra long so I can play with the final size.
 

This the same lid assy from a different angle.
 

This is the completed second lid assy.
 

This shows the forward gun placement. Here I have temporarily put the base ring over the styrene tube and placed the lid on top to show how it'll look like.  The lower part of the hinge bracket has to be made yet.
 

This shows the aft gun placement with the lid and base hinge ring temporarily put in place.  You can also see the change I made with the crew hatch tube.  
 
Cheers, 
 
 

Nice metal work bro.  Sorry to hear about your problem with MS but being a smart cooky you'll work your way out of it.
Pics look great!
 
Cheers, 

I have now completed the installation of the bayonet. It is glued in with epoxy glue and (hopefully) made waterproof with epoxy resin.
 
Next is to start to work on the outer plates of the deck section. These are difficult, I am using 0.8 mm triplex wood, which bends mainly in one direction. Especially at the bow it needs to bend in two directions. So I have installed some wood blocks as glue surfaces.
 

 
The two front hull plates have been glued in (compare with original foto on page 2).
The torpedo tube door will not be functional and has been glued in place.
 

 

 
All surfaces under the plates have been treated with epoxy for water repellency. Clearly there is some work to be done with plamuur/putty as there are a few unwanted curves in the wood. But that will be fixable I think.
 
Freek

Bowsprit is removed, and it will be quite a work latter to mount new
 
Stem is corrected according to C-plans. Two  thinned layers of mahogany veneer added to stem to reach "strong" 4 mm. 
 
I think successfully
 
Light glueing of C-plan part
 

 
Look of new  stem after swamp-works. Not finished jet, but correct lines are there
 

 
And new stronger look of 4 mm stem from front. I realised that I am guilty for last 3-3,5 mm I had on stem (carelessly sanding in previous works). Another thing has to be thinked about earlier which I did not
 
I decided not to correct thickness of keel downside, it is/will be not visible 
 

 
OK, let`s go forward
 
Precise puttying in places of assembly of planks when it is needed, and very light sanding ( with sandpaper 280 and 400) begin and follow. Then stern finale .... then preliminary painting to the line of coopering. Determination of that line is something for what I must dive deeper in MSW

An other trade to master, stone  masonry ... 
 
I cancelled the stones I had ordered and got a rubber mold from dioramadebris.co.uk instead , now I can cast my own bricks in the color I want. First I made a big batch with slightly different colors (plaster & pigment)
 

 
Then I had to find a way to make the mortar. At first I glued the sones with thin paper sheet in-between to get an even spacing. I had planned to use sculpey to make the mortar but this doesn't stick to plaster :-( 
So I had to find an other solution, from the DYI shop I got a pack with powder mixed with water this is used to fill holes in walls, as this dries in just under 1 hour it looked good, but this didn't stick to the plaster too :-( 
 

 
So I mixed it with titebond and pigment and this was a working formula. The surplus removed just before it dries and with a wet brush I softened the flushing. 
 

 

 

 

 
At this point the chimney needs to be made, I'll make this from brick and not steel like my original plan. In the two holes two big cooking pans are fitted. The square hole's on the sides will get a metal hinged doors. Opposite to the hearth I'll make a pantry with different kitchen utensils. I must say it's really time consuming to make but this is really a lot of fun to do. The admiral is complaining she didn't see me all weekend :-D 
 
Remco

the armament is now being built - the barrels are supplied in the extra's kit so they replace the plastic kit ones on the smaaler rurrents this means cutting of at the breach and drilling to allow the replacement to be installed 

the PE on the hull has been done now as is the waterline, i am in the process of confirming that it is the correct position Trumpeter dives no indication of where it should be