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So I decided to add a figure to the wheel, the captain in the rear is still undecided🔻

 
Another angle 🔻
 
I decided to go with this configuration on the chain pumps, added the Stanchions on the companionway 🔻
 
and as always, it sure looks better in the real world at distance. Not so much with these High Def Cameras, 😉
 
 

Very nicely built stove. Now it just needs a tea kettle hanging on one of the inside brackets and some chickens roasting on the spit

Very nicely built stove. Now it just needs a tea kettle hanging on one of the inside brackets and some chickens roasting on the spit

Very nicely built stove. Now it just needs a tea kettle hanging on one of the inside brackets and some chickens roasting on the spit

Thanks Ben
 
I am looking forward to seeing some progress on yours too.  You are finally getting to the fun parts.
 
Anyway...
 
Just a few quick photos.  I finished making and installing all the channels and the stools.   I also had time to play around with making the brackets/straps which you can see on the channels.   Most kits will just glue some eyebolts into the top of the channel.  They are actually brackets.  The top protruding through the channel has an eye on the end which the rigging hooks to.   But their are some ways to simplify these.  I will detail them soon.

These straps are just made from 1/16" wide x 1/64" thick brass strips.  They are simplified a great deal compared to those used on the actual contemporary model.  I have just made two so far and will take many more photos of the step by step.
 
In addition we will be using two sizes of deadeyes.   6mm and 5mm deadeyes.   I have made a few of them and tested my process on the mizzen stool.  That uses a 5mm deadeye.   I made up some chainplates quickly for it just to see how one would look.  The chainplate links are made from 22 gauge black wire.   
 
These deadeyes are my three layer min-kits.  I like them much more than any others I have seen available.  But everyone can buy them based on your preferences.  I know a lot of you prefer not to assemble the deadeyes in favor of those that are ready made.  I am biased however and just like these better.
 


 
 

Sure. I added the condenser too. You can see the drain cocks underneath.
 

 
And here is a shot from above, for completeness.
 

 
 

Great work to you and the cats, Jorge. Your model is looking amazing.

Last Night I presented the completed model of the Providence to my ship model club.  The updates I made since my last posting were to add the ensign on a staff, and to rig the ship's boat from davits at the stern.  The ensign is a variation of the Grand Union Flag that was in use by both the army and navy from 1775 to 1777.  I chose the variant with red, white and blue stripes as seen on the 1777 Holman painting (see my first post).  The ship's boat rigging was simple; and I am hanging the boat so it will be in the water.  There is a knotted line for the crew to access the boat without the need to raise it.
 
      
 
Thanks to all who followed this build and I hope to have another build log started soon.

Keith, they are really neat machines and easy to use. She had been wanting one for a few years so I finally broke down and got it for her. Good decision on my part. I never figured that I would find a use for it.
 
As for my tidy workspace, I try to make it a habit of clearing a small area when I take pictures and since they are such large files, I generally crop out some of the picture to get it to a size that will upload to MSW.
 
If you truly want to see what my work space looks like while I work, here you go.

 
Hopefully it doesn't scare you too much.
 
-Brian

Hi All
 
I've now started the ceiling planking - its taken me a while to get started as I haven't done this before.  I thought that I would be able to apply a similar system that we use on the outside of the hull by marking out bands etc but I found that I couldn't do this.  The reason being the way the planks run up the inside of the stem and stern I just couldn't figure out a way of marking them out accurately.
 
I also do not have a flat plan of the planks so the drawings need interpreting which takes me a while to understand.  So in the end I thought the best thing to do was to use a mix of the drawings and apply similar rules to the planking such as only tapering to half of the planks width.  I also thought it best not to start running up the stem too quickly that we also apply on the outside.
 
So boringly 🤣  I've managed the first two strakes - sorry for my snails pace.  I really wanted to get these right as hopefully the rest will then follow.  One of them moved slightly at the stern whilst drying so I had to use some PVA coloured with graphite to fill the gap.  It doesn't look too bad for a first attempt and I know that I will improve as I work my up inside the hull.
 
There's a few pictures below of where I am now and how I make my planks.  I mark out the tapers and then plane them in my plank vice before clamping them together to ensure they are a mirror image of each other.  Next I edge bend them which makes for a good fit and only minor clamping.  The making of the planks is easy but working out the shape is hard.
 
I'll post an update in a few weekends once I've got up to the seven strakes that I intend to fit at this stage.
 
Cheers Mark
 
 
 

Brian, your image provided very accurately describes what I was trying to say in my last post to you, except you have wood panels on the outside edges of the hammock storage compared to a clothe covering on outside of hammock storage. I didn't think to have a support beam under the iron stanchions though, that would brilliantly solve the problem. Great job and go for it!
 
Brian D.

Brian, your image provided very accurately describes what I was trying to say in my last post to you, except you have wood panels on the outside edges of the hammock storage compared to a clothe covering on outside of hammock storage. I didn't think to have a support beam under the iron stanchions though, that would brilliantly solve the problem. Great job and go for it!
 
Brian D.

From the pictures you have provided of the hammock nets, I would almost just suggest the hammock nets the sailing ships used throughout the half a century earlier. The only problem would be that I don't see a secure enough place to fasten the metal parts to on the deck being right on the edge. Would help by having tall posts for sure which would help in some ways. Guessing those posts to be 8ft to 10ft tall. The part I find interesting is how  the nets are covered with strips of clothe or canvas about a foot wide using the crew as a scale. Its like they used sliced sails to make the hammock nets.

Brian, your image provided very accurately describes what I was trying to say in my last post to you, except you have wood panels on the outside edges of the hammock storage compared to a clothe covering on outside of hammock storage. I didn't think to have a support beam under the iron stanchions though, that would brilliantly solve the problem. Great job and go for it!
 
Brian D.

Brian, your image provided very accurately describes what I was trying to say in my last post to you, except you have wood panels on the outside edges of the hammock storage compared to a clothe covering on outside of hammock storage. I didn't think to have a support beam under the iron stanchions though, that would brilliantly solve the problem. Great job and go for it!
 
Brian D.

Making the cannon and carriages is what I have often gone to while the glue dries.   Knees may require a bit of field fitting so should wait.  The spacing between deck beams may vary so the horizontal knees will vary in their fore and aft length.  The vertical knees will vary with the lay of the inside planking, plus some are canted.  For vertical knees at least, it is often a good idea to made card templates to get a perfect fit, then use the template as your guide for cutting out the knee itself.    

Brian, your image provided very accurately describes what I was trying to say in my last post to you, except you have wood panels on the outside edges of the hammock storage compared to a clothe covering on outside of hammock storage. I didn't think to have a support beam under the iron stanchions though, that would brilliantly solve the problem. Great job and go for it!
 
Brian D.

From the pictures you have provided of the hammock nets, I would almost just suggest the hammock nets the sailing ships used throughout the half a century earlier. The only problem would be that I don't see a secure enough place to fasten the metal parts to on the deck being right on the edge. Would help by having tall posts for sure which would help in some ways. Guessing those posts to be 8ft to 10ft tall. The part I find interesting is how  the nets are covered with strips of clothe or canvas about a foot wide using the crew as a scale. Its like they used sliced sails to make the hammock nets.

From the pictures you have provided of the hammock nets, I would almost just suggest the hammock nets the sailing ships used throughout the half a century earlier. The only problem would be that I don't see a secure enough place to fasten the metal parts to on the deck being right on the edge. Would help by having tall posts for sure which would help in some ways. Guessing those posts to be 8ft to 10ft tall. The part I find interesting is how  the nets are covered with strips of clothe or canvas about a foot wide using the crew as a scale. Its like they used sliced sails to make the hammock nets.

From the pictures you have provided of the hammock nets, I would almost just suggest the hammock nets the sailing ships used throughout the half a century earlier. The only problem would be that I don't see a secure enough place to fasten the metal parts to on the deck being right on the edge. Would help by having tall posts for sure which would help in some ways. Guessing those posts to be 8ft to 10ft tall. The part I find interesting is how  the nets are covered with strips of clothe or canvas about a foot wide using the crew as a scale. Its like they used sliced sails to make the hammock nets.

I have finished laying the lower deck:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good afternoon, dear friends. Let’s continue to update the progress.
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Forecastle complete except for grates. I still need to glue in the catheads.
I took some time out to play with the printing of the swivel guns. These are very small parts, and I had a heck of a time tuning in the right settings, and the right resin. 
 

🔻Still need to add the mounting bracket, that should be fun...

🔻All railings painted and glued into position

🔻First planking run on the Qdeck, this one is straight...

 

Well heck. I see that now. Off it will come. And I'll stow it for later...thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow.

Im just really bored with seeing so many Syren kits getting built.  Since there is a huge lack of American ships on the market that are any good I figured I would rectify that situation.  All you ever see are Syren and Constitution kits being built for the most part.....and the occasional Hahn colonial schooner.  Time to diversify as there are so many to choose from.