ca.shipwright

Jesse,
Your killing me. Every time I walk past the Syren box, it feels like something is grabbing me by the throat. As soon as I finish my Endeavour, or probably while I am still rigging which begins in a day or so, I will start my Syren. I hope I enjoy the build because everything I do will have to measure up to your Syren, (not a chance), the Gold Standard  of Syren building.
 
A joy to watch your ship take shape
 
By the way, what are you using to take your great photos, especially the close ups?
 
Regards

Jesse,
Your killing me. Every time I walk past the Syren box, it feels like something is grabbing me by the throat. As soon as I finish my Endeavour, or probably while I am still rigging which begins in a day or so, I will start my Syren. I hope I enjoy the build because everything I do will have to measure up to your Syren, (not a chance), the Gold Standard  of Syren building.
 
A joy to watch your ship take shape
 
By the way, what are you using to take your great photos, especially the close ups?
 
Regards

Jesse,
Your killing me. Every time I walk past the Syren box, it feels like something is grabbing me by the throat. As soon as I finish my Endeavour, or probably while I am still rigging which begins in a day or so, I will start my Syren. I hope I enjoy the build because everything I do will have to measure up to your Syren, (not a chance), the Gold Standard  of Syren building.
 
A joy to watch your ship take shape
 
By the way, what are you using to take your great photos, especially the close ups?
 
Regards

Jesse,
Your killing me. Every time I walk past the Syren box, it feels like something is grabbing me by the throat. As soon as I finish my Endeavour, or probably while I am still rigging which begins in a day or so, I will start my Syren. I hope I enjoy the build because everything I do will have to measure up to your Syren, (not a chance), the Gold Standard  of Syren building.
 
A joy to watch your ship take shape
 
By the way, what are you using to take your great photos, especially the close ups?
 
Regards

Jesse,
Your killing me. Every time I walk past the Syren box, it feels like something is grabbing me by the throat. As soon as I finish my Endeavour, or probably while I am still rigging which begins in a day or so, I will start my Syren. I hope I enjoy the build because everything I do will have to measure up to your Syren, (not a chance), the Gold Standard  of Syren building.
 
A joy to watch your ship take shape
 
By the way, what are you using to take your great photos, especially the close ups?
 
Regards

Jesse,
Your killing me. Every time I walk past the Syren box, it feels like something is grabbing me by the throat. As soon as I finish my Endeavour, or probably while I am still rigging which begins in a day or so, I will start my Syren. I hope I enjoy the build because everything I do will have to measure up to your Syren, (not a chance), the Gold Standard  of Syren building.
 
A joy to watch your ship take shape
 
By the way, what are you using to take your great photos, especially the close ups?
 
Regards

Hello Dave and ca.shipwright, thanks for comments and for looking.
 
If you think the extension of the false keel in places for masts, I did it with pieces of scrap-plywood,
same material like keel. For main mast I add 2x5mm plywood on both sides. foremast and mizenmast only1 on both sides.
Slots for masts will be done with drills with corresponding diameter. You can see it on folowing pictures.
 
One of the bulkheads was repaired by short planks.
I made aft with places for windows and I removed pre-cut parts of plywood in places, where are the holes in the deck.

If you haven't already glued all of the filler blocks to the center-keel, you may want to look at Post #1 Stepping the masts in a plank of bulkhead kit in the masting and rigging forum. You may find it useful since mast slots are not precut on your center-keel.
 
Regards

"When do I cut the hole in the deck for the masts" seems to be a very common question.
 
Here is one solution:
 
Take your center keel and lay it on the full scale side view of the ship. Draw an extension of the mast on the center keel down to the level of the bulkhead slots. Or, as close as you can without interfering any of these slots. Make the slot the diameter of the mast. Now glue two pieces of scrap to either side of this slot making sure not to interfere with any of the bulkheads.
 
Cut a tenion on opposite sides of the mast making sure that the sides of the tenion are parallel. The width of the tenion should be the same as the thickness of the center keel less a hair so that it can be inserted and removed easily.
 
This slot will give you the proper rake of the masts and keep them centered vertically on the hull. Bevel the end of the tenion and the top of the tenion to match the line of the center keel.
 
Remember to add the depth of the center keel slot and the thickness of the deck to the nominal length of the lower mast.
 
The mast should like something like this
Side View
              
        \     \
         \     \   <---   mast
          \     \   < --- deck line
           \     \    <-- tenion 
            \     \
 
Front View
                    
    l      l
    l      l
    l      l
     l    l
     l    l
     l    l
This sounds a lot more complicated than it is. I hope someone finds this useful.
 
Regards

Great work! Love the coils.

Greetings everyone,
 
Some progress to report, finally. Built and installed most of the deck furniture. Left to go are the pumps and the bumpkins. The hatches, cat heads, skylight, windlass, swivel gun stocks, rudder, knightheads and gangway ladders. The windlass is an abbreviated version. I could not figure out how to cut the square holes. When I laid all of the deck furniture out, they didn't want to fit. It appears that my afterdeck is too short, I can't find the reason. If I have to, I will leave out a hatch just aft of the main mast.
 
This is what happens when you bounce back and forth between two sets of plans- Corel and AOS. When will I ever learn!!!!!!!!!
 
There appears to be an asymmetry in the foredeck, The ships bell doesn't mount centered- a little to starboard.
 
This journey began as a replica of HMB Endeavour, it progressed to a Corel "kit bash", now it will wind up as a representation of a ship that sailed during that period. As Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) said, "a man's go to know his limitations." I am rapidly learning mine.
 
Next up will be the dreaded chain plates and dead eyes on the hull, using the long gun assembly as breaks, followed by beginning the masts and bowsprit.
 
I have now idea what happened with photos 2, 3 and 4. I know I didn't stand on my head.
 
photos follow
 
Regards,

Used you masking tape idea for the gangway ladders. Worked like a charm. Thank you.

Greetings everyone,
 
Some progress to report, finally. Built and installed most of the deck furniture. Left to go are the pumps and the bumpkins. The hatches, cat heads, skylight, windlass, swivel gun stocks, rudder, knightheads and gangway ladders. The windlass is an abbreviated version. I could not figure out how to cut the square holes. When I laid all of the deck furniture out, they didn't want to fit. It appears that my afterdeck is too short, I can't find the reason. If I have to, I will leave out a hatch just aft of the main mast.
 
This is what happens when you bounce back and forth between two sets of plans- Corel and AOS. When will I ever learn!!!!!!!!!
 
There appears to be an asymmetry in the foredeck, The ships bell doesn't mount centered- a little to starboard.
 
This journey began as a replica of HMB Endeavour, it progressed to a Corel "kit bash", now it will wind up as a representation of a ship that sailed during that period. As Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) said, "a man's go to know his limitations." I am rapidly learning mine.
 
Next up will be the dreaded chain plates and dead eyes on the hull, using the long gun assembly as breaks, followed by beginning the masts and bowsprit.
 
I have now idea what happened with photos 2, 3 and 4. I know I didn't stand on my head.
 
photos follow
 
Regards,

Used you masking tape idea for the gangway ladders. Worked like a charm. Thank you.

Greetings everyone,
 
Some progress to report, finally. Built and installed most of the deck furniture. Left to go are the pumps and the bumpkins. The hatches, cat heads, skylight, windlass, swivel gun stocks, rudder, knightheads and gangway ladders. The windlass is an abbreviated version. I could not figure out how to cut the square holes. When I laid all of the deck furniture out, they didn't want to fit. It appears that my afterdeck is too short, I can't find the reason. If I have to, I will leave out a hatch just aft of the main mast.
 
This is what happens when you bounce back and forth between two sets of plans- Corel and AOS. When will I ever learn!!!!!!!!!
 
There appears to be an asymmetry in the foredeck, The ships bell doesn't mount centered- a little to starboard.
 
This journey began as a replica of HMB Endeavour, it progressed to a Corel "kit bash", now it will wind up as a representation of a ship that sailed during that period. As Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) said, "a man's go to know his limitations." I am rapidly learning mine.
 
Next up will be the dreaded chain plates and dead eyes on the hull, using the long gun assembly as breaks, followed by beginning the masts and bowsprit.
 
I have now idea what happened with photos 2, 3 and 4. I know I didn't stand on my head.
 
photos follow
 
Regards,

thanks EJ

thanks EJ

So many ships, so many great build logs. On the shelf are La Couronne, Niagara, and Syren. I may have to play spin the bottle to decide which gets the next kiss.
 
Regards

Greetings everyone,
 
Some progress to report, finally. Built and installed most of the deck furniture. Left to go are the pumps and the bumpkins. The hatches, cat heads, skylight, windlass, swivel gun stocks, rudder, knightheads and gangway ladders. The windlass is an abbreviated version. I could not figure out how to cut the square holes. When I laid all of the deck furniture out, they didn't want to fit. It appears that my afterdeck is too short, I can't find the reason. If I have to, I will leave out a hatch just aft of the main mast.
 
This is what happens when you bounce back and forth between two sets of plans- Corel and AOS. When will I ever learn!!!!!!!!!
 
There appears to be an asymmetry in the foredeck, The ships bell doesn't mount centered- a little to starboard.
 
This journey began as a replica of HMB Endeavour, it progressed to a Corel "kit bash", now it will wind up as a representation of a ship that sailed during that period. As Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) said, "a man's go to know his limitations." I am rapidly learning mine.
 
Next up will be the dreaded chain plates and dead eyes on the hull, using the long gun assembly as breaks, followed by beginning the masts and bowsprit.
 
I have now idea what happened with photos 2, 3 and 4. I know I didn't stand on my head.
 
photos follow
 
Regards,

So many ships, so many great build logs. On the shelf are La Couronne, Niagara, and Syren. I may have to play spin the bottle to decide which gets the next kiss.
 
Regards

Great work! Love the coils.

Gentlemen,
Thank you for all your replies. It makes a lot more sense to me now.
 
Regards,

Hi Darrell,
This is where my ignorance shows. I never realized that unlike cannon, cannonades are sled mounted, as opposed to carriage mounted. This sets up a little different rigging pattern. Do not the carronades have an inhaul line as do cannons?
 
Thanks for all the info.
 
Regards

Beautiful work. How do you not slop up the model as you work? It seems that mine is always getting touched up in some way or another.
 
 
To all:
If the gun crews load and service these guns via the muzzle, wouldn't the breach rope have to allow the gun to recoil far enough inboard that the crew could get to the muzzle? All of the models I have seen have a breach rope that barely allows the muzzle to clear the bulwark. What am I missing? Thanks
 
Regards

Hervie,
Step by step is extremely valuable for all of us less than master shipbuilders. Thanks for the extra effort to take all those pictures and writing the details in the log. It is amazing how the different approaches used by modelers all seem to get excellent results. Comes from looking at a problem from a different prospective. Kudos to all that share.
 
Regards