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Disaster struck!
 
Remember these?
 
The 23 blocks I made (I need 17 of them)....They're gone 
 
Today I was ready to attach the blocks to the stays and to the receiving end...on the deck and to the sides of the ship.
 
I made my coffee...cleared my (messy) workbench and was ready to do the job.
The small plastic cup (until last week) with them in front of me...on the cutting mat....with tools, glue and whatever.
 
Only difference...the cup was empty. No blocks....gone!
 
"Darling? you have an idea what happened here?"
"Those grape seeds? I threw them away if you don't mind"
"Oh...please...say that's not true"
"What?"
"My blocks!"
"Your what?"
"Took me days to make them!"
"They looked like grape seeds"
"Never mind  "
 
Sigh!

Steve is an email friend of mine and we converse as often as we can...he does a great job and is a great mentor.
Good call to post his google site.
 
Rob

I'll have to take a look.....thanks for the info  

some more pictures
 
cranes : the first one is with the cranemast as it comes  with the kit, second pic with PE-mast; don't know yet wich one to choose

 

 
funnel n° 3, with the piping, not accuratly but i can live with that

 
the inside of the hull will be lighted with a LED-strip, brightness can be adjusted trough a remote control

 

 
deckplanking

 

 
Eric

I have found that when using a hair dryer to bend planks that if I use dry wood there seems to be a lot of spring back. If I soak it even for a minute or two then apply the heat it holds the bend much better and there is little or no spring back. Might be worth a try

Good Morning All, I trust and hope you all had happy holidays and are now back to the reality of life once again.
 I took the last five days off of my Trabaccolo build to do a little work on my neglected Pegasus, she was very happy to be in the shipyard once again.
First up was fairing the hull, sorry no pictures, then was to install the plywood gun deck. Before doing this supports were required as per so many other logs such as Mike's(Landlubber Mike). So you can see in the pictures how I accomplished this using some 3 x 3mm posts and 1.5 x 5 mm planks.
 

 
Next was the infamous plywood gunport pieces, I had little problems with these which still worries me  . I soaked them for about an hour then bent them using a curling iron. I needed to move them approx 5mm forward as one of the oar holes was being blocked by a bulkhead, but other than that it went smoothly.
 

 
While waiting for glue and paint to dry I thought I would put together the cannon carriages. Many have complained about the Amati carriages , mostly about the quality of the plywood. I am thinking they must have changed their stock as I found these ones to be quite durable and easy to work with, you can be the judge as to how they look. Amati does include 18 carriages and 16 cannons, I'm thinking these extra carriages will work fine as stocking stuffers next Christmas or even mount some chocolate in them and they could be a Easter bunny thing, at any rate they will not go to waste.
A point to note is Do Not paint the bulkheads black above the deck if you wish to paint red later    . Mine took a minimum of ten coats to cover then I just quit.
Here I am using the mill with the sensitive drilling attachment to drill the axles for the pins that hold the trucks on, then it was on to assembling.
 

 
A little out of order but here you can see the result of moving the gun port sides ahead by 5 mm. The stem post and bowsprit are not glued in place, looks so good I feel like making the real bowsprit now.
 

 
And here she is ready for a battle, well kind of, and loaded up for next stage of deck planking
 

 
Here the planking has started using the kit supplied planks. I decided on a four plank shift using 120 mm planks. I built the aft bits as they are noted for not fitting properly mine required minor adjustments and fit perfectly. So with the gunport sides causing no problems and now the bits fitting good I am really getting concerned about my usual not so good luck.  
 In my excitement to start planking I forgot I should have built the hatches first, I don't think this will pose too much of a problem, I will carry on as is and see what happens later with the hatches.
 

 
Have a Good Day

This is the start of my Pegasus log which I have been putting off for far too long and decided I would get it going. When I started this hobby a little over a year ago I seen a picture of the Amati Pegasus and instantly wanted her, however, for once in my life I held off starting her as I knew my skill level was not there yet. I feel now if I take my time and with the help available here at MSW I should be able to stumble through and do a fairly good job.
 I know this is a bold step starting this kit as there is some excellent ones on the go now, Blue Ensign and Landlubber Mike  are just two examples of some of the skilled craftsmen here at MSW. Although I do not plan on following in their footsteps, I mean who could, I do plan on making some changes mostly to the kit wood and possibly a few other features(cannons, rigging line etc.).
 I did not include pictures of the contents but if anyone is interested in seeing the contents of this great kit just say so and I will be more than happy to add them.
 Enough of an introduction, it is my hope that I do this girl justice and maybe someday be allowed into that elite Pegasus/fly fraternity. 
 
 To date I have fitted the bulkheads and transom supports. All went together good and there was very little adjustment required. I am impressed with the mdf so far and do not see any problems arising in the future from it, it is defiantly quite a bit denser  than the stuff found in the local lumberyard and should out shine the normal plywood that is typically used.
 The one picture shows the plywood forecastle deck in place, it is not glued down that was just me playing around. In the past year I have had this kit the box has been opened and closed no less than 30-40 times and this piece keeps falling out. So I just put in in place for safe keeping .
 

Thank you and everyone for the likes. Yes, the connection seems to be solid, but I may add a (toothpick) pin for each head later before bevelling the bulkheads. Still have to add a lot of filler parts for gun- and sweepports. It is curious. When I built the sherbourne and ballahoo, I was able to start first planking very soon. Only adding the bulkheads and some filler blocks to the false keel, bevelling the bulkheads and I was ready to begin first planking. The AVS require al ot more of preparation and attention before beginning the planking. That is surely a nice lesson of patience for me to learn. :-)

At last post I had 3 strakes per side to install.  These proved to be the most difficult of the entire job!  The hull is finally planked!  A major milestone.
 
Overall I'm happy with the results, especially at the bow and amidships.  The stern could have turned out better with more uniformity in the terminal widths of the planking, but I did the best I could given the weird geometry of the hull aft of the final bulwark. 
 
Next up is treenailing, then fairing the hull.  Once that's all done I'll turn to completely rebuilding the transom and figure out a way to install the fashion pieces at the stern
 

I finished treenailing the hull.  The pattern is stylized with treenails only on the bulkheads where butt joints in the planking occur.  I'm still not sure whether to try to treenail the bulwarks, because they are very thin, and the risk of drilling through the inside surface from the outside is real.  I'll have to think about it.  I'm now planning my rebuild of the transom

I started work on the transom.  I photocopied the horrible metal casting that was supposed to be the transom and rubber cemented it to a piece of 1/64" thick plywood.  I was able to cut out the outline with a simple pair of scissors!  I carefully removed the lights from the plywood and then removed the template and residual rubber cement.  I planked the transom in swiss pear.  next up are the lights (windows).  I'll make them out of boxwood as I did in my AVS build, 

Thanks, Keith!
 
I finished two of the four lights I need for the transom.  The technique is pretty simple.  here's a link to the page in my AVS log that explains it: 
 
 
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10979-armed-virginia-sloop-patrick-henry-by-docblake-finished-lauck-street-shipyard-scale-132-pof-admiralty-style/page-15

After completing hour 705 today La Couronne has her mizzen mast in place with shrouds ratted down and the forestay in place. She is starting to look like a proud tall ship sitting there now. Next up will be the top masts. I am going to take a break though from her for a little while to work on S.R.'s planking. The top mast's rigging starts to get more intricate with the way the stays are run on ships of this era. Fortunately as a trade off the ratlines get fewer as you go up. I want to give the eyes a break before diving into the first set on the fore topmast. So back under the plastic she goes for a week or so. Till then....  

this will be my first clipper done in wood Rob...........I'm kinda excited about it.   glad to have you look'in in  

hello Steve    welcome  and enjoy
 
I was doing a little browsing this morning........I thought I had more sites bookmarked,  but only had one.   it only showed pictures of portraits done on different clipper ships.  nice,  but doesn't answer too many questions.   most of the pictures I did find are in black 'n white of course.......but descriptions can help with color schemes,  so I'm not too worried about that.   the mizzen/galley this is probably the most puzzling aspect on this vessel.   in my later days as a modeler,  when I began building ship mostly,   I settled on the larger scale vessels.   Revell was first on my list,  since they had their 1:96 series.  the Constitution,  the Cutty Sark,  and the C.S.S. Alabama were the first three that I did.   then I got the U.S.S. United States,  and found it to be a spin-off of the Constitution......the only real difference,  was the added galley {w/badges} and poop deck {basically, the aft section is altered}.   the same can be seen as true for the Cutty Sark and Thermopylae.   that early in my ship building,   I didn't really think of it;  but later on,  I began to see that ships of any specific type,  do have subtle differences.   I can't remember if I had ever owned a Revell Thermopylae {who could forget something like that},  but everything I had seen of these two kits,  mirrored each other to the point where it was hard to dispute that these two kits were clones.  Kpnuts introduced his build of the Revell Thermopylae,  and turned my thoughts upside down.  the galley on his model was an elongated rectangular looking structure... ......the Galley on the Cutty Sark model is an elongated rectangular structure,  but the sides flare out towards the fore end of the ship....has a bit of a curvature too.  the second structure was omitted on the Thermopylae as well,  and in it's place is a canvased hold.   these were the only two features that differ between the Cutty Sark and the Thermopylae.   there is one glaring feature that indicates that the same molds were used on both vessels....the deck sections still have the same location holes for the second structure and the Cutty galley structure.   the 'pad' for the galley can be seen in the Thermopylae kit........Kpnuts build shows this.   I found a site for wooden decks.......even the wooden decks reflect the difference to the galley structure.
 
 
 
even the over view of the deck shows it
 
 
 
http://www.radekshipmodels.cz/en/seznam-modelu-plachetnic-en/modely-v-meritku-do-1_100/cutty-sark_-en
 
if anyone is looking for wooden decking for the Cutty Sark.......and a select others......have a look here.   the instruction sheets can also be found here,  for revell,  Airfix,  And A.L. versions of these two kits.   I also looked at images od the Thermopylae.......the closest and best ones I found,  were of an admiralty style model.
 
   
 

 
I'll be looking for more pictures.........in the meantime,  planking the hull is the next thing to do.
 
 

well I think I have the faring just about done.   I was sharing it with another project.
 

 

 
might need a little more fine tuning here and there........especially around the stern  {part #21}.   I then realized that the poop deck wasn't cemented in place.   after cementing it in place,  I saw where the mizzen hole is.   this looks a bit odd to me.......
 

 
I'll have to check this out.       there is no direction to cap off the pop deck/main deck either.   I'm beginning to think some deviation is in order >the inner bashman is starting to emerge<

pennies from heaven!   thanks gents!   exactly the problem I was having John....as I zoom in on anything,  the picture becomes grainy and blurry.   the admiral wondered what I was hoot'in about...........she just mentioned to me that I could download a program called 'hover  zoom'.   I will look at that as well.
thanks so much.......I bookmarked the site     sitt'in here hoot'in like a kid in a candy store!  
 
thank you as well Jack !    I wasn't overly concerned about the language barrier,  since I will probably use them simply as a visual reference.  I down loaded it.......is that both sheets?    no matter,  I'll find out soon enough   there are a few changes I may make as well,  so going rouge will lead me away from them here and there.   I hope you follow along.......shared knowledge about the kit can be a life saver,  as well as a time saver.   what did you do concerning the life boats?
 
happy to say that it is happening....the hull planking has started.   the 1 mm planking is working well.........but I did have an after thought.   I could have measured bow to stern,  and down to the deck line,  and made up a pair of 1/16 panels for the bulwarks.   Billing boats kits are based this way.   I know they sometimes can be a pain to install,  but it would really sturdy-up the bulwarks,  since they want me to cut out all the posts.   I did not cement the planking to these posts,  so eliminating them won't leave me with a huge mess to clean......just sand the roots flush to the platform before I plank the deck.     easy-peasy!     I shot four pictures before the camera died........I need to charger it up.
 

 
1 plank strip equals two of the supplied planking strips for this model.   I will have enough to sand,  without fear of burning through......and perhaps I can get away with doing a single plank on her as well.
 

 

 
more on her progress today.....that's what I'm shoot'in for  

What a superb kit! My congratulations on this one. Wish you good sales. With the exception of the Red Jacket, this is certainly the most complete clipper ship kit around. Especially your etching sheet is impressive. A wish though: please add more pictures to your site (close ups. Even the ship boats look impressive. Wish we soon have a build log of her.

Looks nice Zoran, it is a beautiful kit and reminds me that I should get busy on mine  

All knight- and timberheads installed and false deck parts glued. Hope to finish all remaining steps tomorrow before starting first planking.

Call them what you want it's your log!
 
I do like to try to use the proper word for a part both for my education and that of who ever is reading my post. That being said, I still don;t always do that. Often times I am trying to explain something that either I or my readers do not fully understand and therefore common wording must be used. I run into that a lot on facebook when I am sharing with my friends and family. If I use wording like abaft, gunwale, bulwark, even port and starboard they can easily get lost. At that time I have to decide how much typing I want to do. Do I explain every term or do I just simplify? Simplify usually wins.   
 
Anyway, welcome back to your build! As you said, it may not be much but it is another step forward and a little closer to finishing.

Mast done.
 
Nothing spectacular and the only reason I post this is because it's a "I'm back on track" photo.
 
So I placed the mast with the 6 stays attached to it (1 goes forward, 1 goes to the rear and 2 to each side).
I now must do the blocks. One on each stay and the same amount of blocks attached to the ship to tention the stays.
 
I'm still struggling with the proper nautical word for them. In the Dutch language...and nautical terminology... these blocks are called "jufferblokken"...dead eyes in the English language. The Dutch language makes no difference between one or three eyes. They serve the purpose of a dead eye block...just 550 BC...with one eye. It's what the ancient Greek used. English nautical terminology call one eyed blocks...heart blocks.
I just don't know how to call them here. 
 
Pfff....anyway....the first update in almost 3 weeks.
 
Now...12 blocks (give them a name...I don't know) to do to attach the stays to the ship.
 
With some luck....monday.
 
More soon.
 
Robin

To install the timberheads and knightheads I first sanded the bow fillers roughly to shape. Then used my scrollsaw to cut the notches for both of them. The model had to stand upright on the platform to ensure vertical notches. For the timberhead pieces I used the scrapwood that held the bulkheads earlier and draw a piece close to the bulkhead outline. Cut that with my scrollsaw, sanded it to shape and installed it into the previous cut notch. I will give it its final shape when it comes to bevelling the bulkheads. Only three more to go...

With the Christmas holiday past, I'm back planking the hull.  The shape is really weird, and is requiring some very interesting custom planks.  At the stern, I'll need another stealer, or a plank that "widens" at the end of it's run to get the stern planked properly.  The final strake will be custom fit, and I'm going to try to arrange it so that it's made up of three planks, not just two.  The fitting will be easier that way.

This is the last Video this year. Many thanks for all your support and help.
 
Kevin