thomaslambo

Well done on the ropes Brian...I've been down the same path recently    
 
Gotta love Danny's build log...thanks for the tip 

Looking good Bryan...nice choice with the blue   
 
And my compliments on your choice of chair...if I'm not mistaken, is that a Herman Miller

Nenad,
 
Beautiful work on the panels for the deck houses....and I also have many unplanned Jewelry Boxes 
 
Looking forward to seeing the finished work 

Little update...
 
 
These little hatch doors will cover the openings for bunkering coal, ( 13 on each side) where the slide-chutes are placed .....
Hull is now covered with plating, and the waterline is marked, (for applying the masking tape, when painting), with an permanent ink marker
 
Nils
 
 

 
this, borrowed from the web, shows a dutch liner being bunkered with coal at NY Hoboken piers
 
 

 
the bunker hatches will bear the hinges on the top sides
 
 

 
The black marking is the waterline
 
 

 
doors not permanently mounted yet, have to coordinate the correct positions together with the portholes on that level. Just noticed, it must be one level (belt) higher, and not so near to the waterline
 
 

 
 
 
 

Hi all
 
Just dry fitted the window on the upper quarterdeck that also supports the Poop deck.
 
Denis.

Hi Duff,
 
I've had my eye on this manufacturer....I'll follow your build with keen interest 

Hi Duff,
 
I've had my eye on this manufacturer....I'll follow your build with keen interest 

Nenad,
 
Beautiful work on the panels for the deck houses....and I also have many unplanned Jewelry Boxes 
 
Looking forward to seeing the finished work 

Nenad,
 
Beautiful work on the panels for the deck houses....and I also have many unplanned Jewelry Boxes 
 
Looking forward to seeing the finished work 

Nenad,
 
Beautiful work on the panels for the deck houses....and I also have many unplanned Jewelry Boxes 
 
Looking forward to seeing the finished work 

Nenad,
 
Beautiful work on the panels for the deck houses....and I also have many unplanned Jewelry Boxes 
 
Looking forward to seeing the finished work 

Nenad,
 
Beautiful work on the panels for the deck houses....and I also have many unplanned Jewelry Boxes 
 
Looking forward to seeing the finished work 

Hello to all, Captain Slog-Nils-Nigel-Rik-Jeff i do thank you for your visits and likes!!   Marcjp welcome aboard.
So i varnished the cap rails with mahogany red..... And some more painting and varnishing....
 
Cheers
Dimitris

New skeleton for all deck houses done
 

 
And old deck house turned in a Jewelry box
 
 
 

 

Hi Peter

All three houses will be made one after another, exactly by reason to have same color. All will be made with same method and from same material, and painted at the same time

Tonight is playing time with roof. Not bad, but I missed proportions of roof mouldings, and have to redo. This is a piece which i very visible in first plan
 
Here are correct proportions
 

 
And here is what I did




 


BTW
"Sucuri" could recognize members, and allow them to post from cellphone !!!!

Thanks Nils for kind words.
 
All sides done, and long process of mounting and fitting house starts
 
Nothing more for tonight, Old Lady do not feel well
 

Thanks everybody for likes and good words. Thanks particulary for not let me slide to the devil's road of everlasting redo

Another side done. Yes, you read well. Finishing second attempt of first side, I put both pieces together, and get famous "Hmm" on my face

Almost same. And considering that for me it is just impossible to hit every 0,5 mm on it's place, and fact that if I correct one mistake, another appears, ask myself: To correct ? Endles road. And can anybody see that ornaments are not mirrored on both sides? And missing of 2mm element? I do not think so, if I do not point watcher exactly to this. And at the end of "Hmm" point, I made light test to see how relief on both acts - yes, this is efect I was looking for. Helped with presence of my bunch of mistakes, I decided I can live with this, just on the same way I can live with twisted deck, different number of stanchions on each side ...

So, I have got another side done

Just left to glass windows Mark ( you challenged me if you remember?)

Kidding, of course. No point to glass window 1mm dia







Ok, it is 22,30 in local time, going up to finish/end fight with Hothead we started at Lunch.

Thanks Tim, and those likes too.
 
After a light sanding and clean up, I gave the spar deck planks two coats of wipe on poly. I used a fine piece of plastic "steel" wool between coats with a very light touch. I like this finish a lot, much better than the Tung oil I used on the gun deck. I used it on the coamings, bitts, and gratings too.
 

 
You can see that there is some paint damage to the bulwarks from sanding the deck planks that I need to touch up.
 

 
Before I do that though, I went through the plans and found a few more details to add to the deck first. I used 1/32" strips for the doubler planks around the mizzen mast, as shown on the plans. This was fortunate because I had elongated the mizzen mast hole slightly to get the mizzen mast to sit straight vertically side to side. Although the mast coat would have hidden that, I can now get the hole more rounded. These are the raw planks as glued on last night. They still some sanding and finish. I do have to be careful sanding them, however, because their thickness shows along the edges, not like the other deck planks.
 

 
I am also going to be drilling holes for the scuppers in the deck planks, and fill them with some brass tube painted grey. Then I will clean up the bulwarks paint.

Thanks for likes, guys.
 
I finished drilling and filling the treenails, and gave the deck planks a good sanding with medium then fine sandpaper. I also scraped down a few high spots. I wiped the deck with a tack cloth and gave it a coat of pre-stain, wiped off the excess, and gave it a coat of Oak stain. I also gave the coamings and bitts another coat of stain.
 

 

 

 
I was glad to see that the spar deck color matches the gun deck pretty well. I may give the spar deck planks another coat of stain though to even it out some more.
 
I am going to use a different finish for the spar deck, though. I used Tung oil on the gun deck, but will use Wipe On Poly for the spar deck. The Tung oil was a bit blotchy and took a long time to harden up. When I checked my almost brand new can of Wipe On Poly, it was a solid mass  . It looks like the plastic cap popped open at some point (or I forgot to close it the last time I used it? - nah!  ) Instead of buying a new can, I decided to make my own by mixing 50% Poly with 50% mineral spirits. This way I can make up just as much as I need when I need it and store the Poly in a regular can. More to come on that later.

Thanks Sal and Steve, and for the likes. This part seems to me that it is taking a while, but it has been enjoyable. I am looking forward to moving on, though.
 
Some progress this week, but first I had a small side project to take care of. Our old kitchen sink faucet let go and dumped a bunch of water under the sink  . It took out the particle board cabinet floor. I had a plumber replace the faucet but I replaced the cabinet floor with some sanded plywood. I got to use the big boy tools so it was fun  !
 
Here is the new faucet, which my wife picked out:
 

 
And here is the new cabinet floor. I just put on a coat of poly so it looks a bit uneven. I have one more coat to go:
 

 
(that flash is sure a harsh light, shows how bad these cabinets are, but that is a job for another day, or the next owner whichever comes first  )
 
Back to ship modeling. I gave the planks a good sanding with medium sand paper to get them all even. I had a few more small cracks that I filled with sawdust filler. Then I marked the plank end butts. I used long planks when I did the planking but I wanted to show them at the appropriate lengths with a three butt shift. I first marked the planks with pencil, using a strip of manila folder to get a straight line. I then indented the planks at the pencil marks with a 1/8" angled chisel. Because it was angled, I could use it on the planks that were less than 1/8" wide. To get an even indent across the planks, I made one indent, then turned the chisel 180 degrees and made another. I still have to make the indents on the stern planks, they are just penciled for now.
 
Planks after sanding but before marking:
 

 
Bow area planks indented:
 

 
This is the chisel I am using for this step. It came in a pack of chisels from Micro Mark (I think):
 

 
We are home this weekend so I should have this step competed tomorrow, then start drilling and filling for the tree nails.

I finished marking the butt ends and started drilling and filling. Here you can see the steps I use - the raw drilled holes on the right, the holes after I clean them out with an awl in the center, and the filled holes on the left. I use a wood putty for the filling.
 

 
I then scrape the excess putty off with a razor blade, X-Acto chisel or smaller chisel, and end up with this:
 

 
I am about half way done with this step, so more drilling and filling tonight.

Looking good Bob  

Hi All
 
Just painted the window that supports the Poop deck.
 
Before I painted it I had to move the planking out as they sloped to far inwards but all is Ok now.
 
Now will do the liquid glass on the back.
 
Denis.

Looking good Bob  

Finally got a new camera on eBay.  Re-took the last picture.  I still need to learn how to get the most out of it, but here is my first effort.

 
And here's the latest in the slow progression of planking.