IgorSky

The next stage is the manufacture of the windlass.

Then I glued round portholes and made one of the skylights

 

Hello to all!
Thanks for the support, friends!
So, on the last weekend I continued to work with this project.
At first I finished the planking of the main house deck.

Just incredible work, Michael!

19 hours ago, Omega1234 said:

Hi Igor

Micro-Mini-Miniature marvels....Very, very nice.

Cheers

Patrick

Many thanks, Patrick!
Yesterday I continued work with main deckhouse.

Yesterday's little update

On 18.04.2017 at 0:20 PM, Mirabell61 said:

I`m still looking for a suitable set of steering wheels in scale 1:144......

 

that was just what I was looking for, but unfortunately the North Star etched wheels are are too small in scale ( 1:700 , 1:350) but many thanks for your input on this....

Today I found and ordered some etched wheels in the scale required and after a few days search

 

Hi Nils!
As usual, I just do not find the words ... Your work is incredible!
What diameter should the steering wheels have for your model?

Best Regards!
Igor.

Hi Jeff!
My sincere condolences to you and your family...
And good luck in the continuation of your project!
Be careful in combining CA and white glue - they do not always work well in close contact.
Igor.

Many thanks, Michael!
During the last weekend I continued to make tambours.

I continue to build one of the entrance tambours

At this stage my vacation is over. Now the pace of work will slow down significantly

Now it was possible to try to make the entrance tambour

Next, I cut through the deck in the places of the entrance tambours and lined the walls of the holes with planks. I do not know for sure whether there will be open doors in the entrance tambours, but, just in case, decided to refine these holes in the deck

Then I glued the steering plate. I was thinking of making imitations of fastening loops, but they are built-in on this boat and are unlikely to be visible under water.

Then I increased the keel in the stern part of the hull

Then I finally grinded the planes connecting the upper and lower parts of the hull, cut out the plate replacing the waterline and processed the entire hull assembly.

Then I proceeded to planking the underwater part of the hull with the red hornbeam.

 

17 hours ago, Mirabell61 said:

Nice going Igor,

it will be a beautiful little cutter

 

Nils

Many thanks, Nils!

Then I glued the gunwales.

4 minutes ago, Omega1234 said:

Hi Igor

Nice!  Quick question, though - What's hornbeam?

Cheers

Patrick

Patrick,
Hornbeam is the kind of trees - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbeam
 

I use strips of this tree, which are pre-painted right through.

Next, I glued the posts to the inside surface of the bulwarks. Because The bulwarks themselves gradually reduce their thickness in the process of grinding them from the outside, then their additional strengthening will be very useful. In addition, they will be very useful and to increase the area of gluing when installing gunwales.

Then I glued another belt of plating the bulwark from the black hornbeam.

Many thanks, Patrick!
Next update.
On the bulwarks above the scuppers there is a narrow red strip. In order not to bother about drawing these strips, I decided to make them too from hornbeam.

Then I glued the first planks of bulwarks to the right and left boards. So I got scuppers.

The boards also have narrow scuppers at the deck level. Therefore, I cut them in the parts of the planking of the boards, protruding above the deck before gluing the bulwarks.