Piet

thanks a bunch for the good word......and to those who hit the like button.   it's a start.......it needs to get off the table......it's so close towards being finished     I'm thinking to make the brow a bit more oval,  rather than rounded....the front windows will be more visible.  I went on the porch to make sawdust......admiral's orders..
 
thanks again Gerhard,  John,  Eddie,  and Pat    I'll try to come up with an update soon  

Your trawler looks great Denis; ready to sail with the next tide.
 
cheers
 
Pat

Hey howya goin Popeye mate, wow shes looking great.    

Looking good, mate!
 
John

Hi Denis
 
Nice done, building so many at one time would never let me be so accurate!!
 
Regards
Gerhard

to muse,  or not to muse..........awwww..heck with it.......let's muse     I mentioned in a few of my logs,  stuff that I had been play'in with.....put it down,  and now can't seem to find.   I had made a couple extra conveyors,  an engine block destined to become a Hemi engine,  a pair of wings {I still won't say what they are for}....and the roof to this blasted model!   I looked everywhere for them....I have a special plastic bag that I keep all these partially assembled parts in....nope!   the bottom compartment of my junk bin.....nada!   in any of the project boxes I may have opened  in the recent past, not a chance.   I decided to take Patrick'e suggestion he mentioned earlier......I haven't done a progress report on the Boulogne Etaples and her offspring in quite a while.......a year,  I suppose.  some have seen it already......thank you very much for look'in in.......other who haven't,  but wish to,  it's in the Boulogne build log.   I could have put it in the Holiday Harbor log,  but since I missed Mother's day,  I figured it fitting to post it with the Mother ship {if I'm not careful, the mother ship will come for me too}.   assembling all the ships for the shoot.......I found all my parts!......nestled on one of the decks of the covered hulls......which one eludes me {immaterial}....the fact remains that I am reunited with my trove!

now that the mystery is solved....I can put them somewhere else....and create another mystery!       not pictured here though......is the roof I made for the Syborn..........that's because,  I broke it!         since I made the second one,  I used that one instead......I broke the original one while fitting the brow.    the brow was made with some flexible cast off wood from the junk bin.   the sides are merely short pieces of planking.


I wasn't sure how low the brow should be.   I may lessen it......it's in the planing phase still  


 
from here.......my musings took me elsewhere.   I decided to visit 'ole Thermie.

that's very kind to say TB     I think we ALL evolve........every new obstacle that we run into and solve,  gives us more insight as to what's possible.   this old dog is still learning new tricks  
 
thanks for the likes everyone !

Denis,
Once upon a time I would look at your work and think, "I can do that". But, somehow, you've changed. You've gone WAY beyond me! Good work, wonderful pal.
TB

thank you for the kind comments and hitting the like button     I really appreciate it........my pleasure for adding the extra photos.   I'll do my best to get an update going on her  
 
I dunno Patrick.......I yain't the bess modeler,  but I does me bess!  AK-k-k-k-k-k!   I've done a few 'fashion shows' in the past with the Boulogne Etaples and her siblings.....her family has grown   if there's a thread on this subject in shore leave or something......perhaps.  if not,  I'll PM you  

thanks Tom     I hope to get more done on her this week.   still thinking of what to do with the stern...once I get mess'in 'round with it,  I'm sure it will come to me  
 
the camera is fat and happy now.......the pictures I posted in the Thermopylae log is proof.   I took them this evening.   I took a couple more of the Syborn  for you to enjoy......I am pleased how they came out.



can't wait to tackle that roof  

Thanks Michael, Kieth,
I was looking for a plank on frame or at least a plank on bulkhead kit. I only have a dining table to work on so I don't have the facility for a scratch build. Perhaps one day I'll  have a garden with a man cave in it.
 
There really does seem to be a dearth of 'working boat' kits
 
Wishing you all fair winds and a following sea.
Don

Thanks Keith I could not remember the name of the outfit that made the hulls.
 
michael

Don
Re Bristol Pilot Cutter kit, this may be of interest http://www.kingstonmouldings.co.uk/products.html

Hello Don,
I do not know of any Kits although at one time there was a hull that was either vac formed or glass fibre one that approx 46 inches long.
 
In this months Wooden Boat magazine there are some nice plans of a 29 foot daysailer along the lines of a traditional pilot Cutter.
 
Michael

Hi Michael
What a fabulous project - I love these pilot boats. Are you aware of any medium size wooden kits of Bristol pilot cutters on the market?
 
Best wishes
Don

Many thanks Greg,
am pleased you like the simplified collapsibles, that now completes the basic production of all the boats, shall do the remaining rigging of the falls to all the boats now....
 
Nils

Nils
 
You seem to make progress very quickly. Do you spend a lot of time on the build or are you training for the model making olympics?
 
 

Just having fun with making and seeing ideas work out Keith,
you`re right with the bunch of time involved, but sometimes I ca`nt settle down if I do`nt see the results match the intensions yet...
 
Nils

Nils, missed a lot of your recent progress but it is so great to see everything come together.  Your KWdG really has a presence would look fantastic in any setting.  I hope your admiral could be persuaded to let it in the house 

thanks very much for your word Jason,...
 
probably I`ll put the KWdG on display in my hobby room, together with the other models, thats not too bad. I have now agreement with the admiral that it can be set up in the living area, but there is absolutely no more adequate space, and she`s right there....
 
Nils

Incredible Work Nils, Beautifully done 
 
Best Regards,
Pete 

Pete,
 
thanks for looking in, your compliment, and for catching up.....
I just had a look at your RC racer, a grand boat
 
Nils

Hi Eddie,
thanks for looking in and for your words...
 
Nils

Hey howya goin Nils mate, the little boats are looking great mate.    

Build log part 60...
 
Update,
making the "collapsible" lifeboats...
These are shorter, flatter and a bit narrower than the larger lifeboats. The appearance is more that of a "river barge", but the capacity is just like the that of the larger boats. The hardshell-part untill slightly above the waterline is made in wood, and clinker planked. The side flexible textile / canvas bulwark is shown in collapsed mode, in order to staple two or three boats under the last pair of davits in the total boats row.
 
The raw mini models (I´m doing 6 of them) are made in the well proven way with silicone mold and resin castings......
 
Nils
 

Shape of the collapsible boats, (here still without shaped interior area)
 
 

"Clinker planking" resembled with 3mm wide stripes of aluminium foil
 

tapering the the overlapping stripes to the ends
 

making a mold for the outer shape hull
 

here the plug for the outer shape
 

Here the plug for the interior shape
 
 

This is the second plug for the interior contours of the boat, resin cast in between outer skin and interior plug
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

raw, collapsible boat compared with the size of the the larger boats
 
 

 
result : raw cast boat hull....
 
 

three story high, will put some additional spacer / supporting lugs under second and third boat