BobG

Nice job, Harry. I love these working boats with lateen sails. I'm looking forward to your next project. This one was a quickie!

My rule is: if the eye can't see it...it ain't there and doesn't matter! 😄

I just got caught up on your log, Ryland. She's going to be a beauty when you're done. Enjoy the rigging...it was my favorite part of the build even though it was the first time I ever rigged anything.

Thanks very much, HakeZou. I will definitely watch those videos.

Welcome to MSW, Eugenio. All of your models are very impressive. I look forward to following your Victory build. Bueñas suerte.

Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts. Unfortunately, we just got word that a friend of ours house burned to the ground in St Helena last night. He is and his family escaped but it still comes as a shock. God help us if the nations of the world don't join together to help slow the human contribution to climate change. Living here in California feels like it may already be too late to stop this runaway train...

I use CA quite a bit and prefer it for planking especially. I can use just the smallest amount applied to the frames or bulkheads when planking. It allows me to move along quickly and without lots of complicated clamping. That said, I have found CA can sometimes be inconsistent and I've had to reapply a tiny amount in some instances. It doesn't always grab 100% of the time especially if too much is applied. Very small, thin amounts seem to work best and medium viscosity gives you a bit of working time.

I just want to let everyone know that, even though I haven't been able to spend any time on my build lately, I have not abandoned the build. I've had a bunch of other priorities that I have had to attend to recently that has prevented me from making any further progress. However, I have been researching the Pen Duick quite a bit and have received some good articles and advice that I will discuss in a future post. As many of you already know, California is experiencing the worst number of catastrophic wildfires in the state's history. Thousands of people have been displaced, lives and property have been lost and millions of acres of wilderness have been destroyed. As of today, 26 fires continue to burn throughout the state. We have had horrible air quality in Sacramento for weeks now and ash has coated everything on numerous occasions but we are so fortunate compared to so many others that are suffering from this climate catastrophe. The record heat and hazardous air quality has pretty much eliminated a lot of outdoor activities that my wife and I love here in northern California. So we rented a house on the coast in Dillon Beach for a week in search of a change of scenery and clean air. We've had a very nice week here until yesterday and today when smoke began rolling in and ash began falling from two new wildfires in the Napa Valley and near Santa Rosa that just started. There seems to be no end these devastating fires. That said, I hope to return to working on my build again later this week. I hope some of you will still be interested in continuing to follow along despite no progress of late. Your sage advice and encouragement is always much appreciated.

I think you will probably find a variety of opinions about gluing surfaces that have laser char, Bruce. I ran my own small test once where I glued some small pieces of wood together with and without laser char and they both ended up with strong bonds. Personally, I've had no problem with PVA or CA glues. I don't sand off the laser char unless it is necessary to obtain a better fit or if it I don't want it to be seen. Sometimes I'll sand it very lightly if it is extremely thick and heavy and/or dusty and loose just so I can get a cleaner surface for gluing.

Nice job. How in the world did you manage to carve out and sand those bulwarks evenly to 1/32 of an inch? Tedious and nerve wracking!!

Nice job on the patch work. The hull looks very good!

Gorgeous model and superior craftsmanship, Gary!

This is a very interesting and useful topic. Thanks for getting it started, Phil. I'm working on the original, Pen Duick racing yacht, which is a gaff rigged cutter, and the Artesania Latina plans and instructions are minimal when it comes to the rigging and sails. In addition to Lennarth Petersson's book, Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft, I have found the following two books very helpful also: The Gaff Rig Handbook by John Leather Hand, Reef and Sail 2nd Edition, Traditional Sailing skills for Classic Boats by Tom Cunliffe

Fantastic detailing, Grant! The Model Motor Cars "upgrades" are very expensive but the fine details they add seem to be worth it to me. I have no idea when I will attempt to build my model, but I have an idea that it will be the most expensive model I ever build after looking at all the model enhancements offered by them.

Your craftsmanship looks pretty darn good to me. I have way too many hobbies as well and several more interest that have yet to be explored in depth. I'd need another lifetime to do them all justice. I should probable try and pare them down so I could do a few really well. It is true that the older you get, the faster time goes by.

Gorgeous model!

She's going to be quite a showpiece, Don. You have a nice, spacious workspace also. I don't think I could even fit a model this size into my tiny modeling area.

Gorgeous, Pete!

Very nice work and good luck in grad school!

I did all my painting on my Medway Longboat by brush and it looks really good to my eye. The secret for me was painting many very thin coats of Vallejo Model Acrylic Paint. I must have put 15-20 coats on the caprails and benches but these were fairly small areas to cover. It's not as smooth as my airbrush can do but it still very good. I'm currently grappling with a small "disaster" on the hull of my Pen Duick. I tried to adjust the caprail on the port side of the stern and the top plank pushed out a little and left a cracked line in the paint and it is noticeable if you hold the model up and look at it carefully. The plank is not going to come off; it's just bulged ever so slightly in 30 mm line. It looks like a crease. It won't be seen when the boat is in the display stand but it still bothers me. The problem is that I think any attempt by me to fix it would probably just make a big mess and then it would look really bad. I need to learn to put my "fussiness" aside also but it's hard for me to do that...right now I'm leaving it alone but it's hard since I had a "perfect" hull before I made that crease... Cheers!

Even though the first planking won't be visible in the finished model, it is a great opportunity to learn planking skills so that you feel more confident and are able to do a better job on your second planking. The following post by gbarlow is excellent and well worth the time to read it carefully:

Beautiful model, Mark! Superior craftsmanship!

I like the color combinations you are painting. It seems like every build has its difficulties no matter how easy or complex the build is. Good idea to redo the paint with an airbrush too. Cheers!

The Amati Sampang is a very interesting model and looks like a nice choice for your second build. I would highly recommend that, at some point, you look at the two new fishing boat models that Chris Watton of Vanguard Models has recently designed. The Lady Eleanor, a fifi, and the Lady Isabella, a zulu, are very interesting models that are historically accurate and are suitable for beginners. The materials are outstanding and the instructions and plans are as good as it gets. James H has made professional build logs here on MSW also that are excellent too. You can take a look here: vanguardmodels.co.uk. I look forward to your next build.

I need to work on that...