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Good to hear all is good, looking forward to seeing more of your build

Amazing work Sjors, a very beautiful ship she is!!

Nice work Jack, it's almost sad to see all that beautiful framing being hid

Amazing work Sjors, a very beautiful ship she is!!

Well it's been a month and I don't have much to show for it. Thanks to all for stopping in, for your likes and great comments. I bought an android box for my TV and have been wasting too much time watching that, great device but be careful!!. Here are some pictures of what little I have accomplished:
These are the completed demizanas and their rack
 

 
This is a before and after shot of the pedestals for the new stand I built. These are some sort of pistons that my favourite son-in-law(my only one) gave to me. I just turned them on the lathe to clean them up and size them, nothing to technical here.
 

Milling the slot for the keel, this is a piece of rosewood
 

This is all the pieces, the base is cherry. I drilled out the brass pedestals and epoxied some 1/8" brass pins in
 

And here it is assembled with four coats of poly. The brass pedestals were given two coats of spray lacquer 
 

These two pictures are showing the railing installed and the demizanas/rack installed
 

Here is a shot of one of the supporting posts down in the hold, complete with dust. lol
 

And this is how she looks this morning
 
Next up are some breast plates(I think that's what they are called) at the bow and stern then a top rail at the stern. Sorry no bow shots, there is some re-contruction going on that I am really not too proud of
Thanks for stopping in and enjoy your day

Ahhh that is a good one. You brought tears to my eyes laughing

Hi Jack, congratulations on your new build and I know you will enjoy it. Having watched your last build I have no reason to believe you will have any problem making this a beautiful boat.
 Having some experience, but far from an expert, with these kits my best piece of advice is to follow the plans very closely. Unlike many others these are very precise and by all means take your measurements from them. Look very close at them, a problem I keep having, and you will find all the information you will need.
 The instructions are a little vague at times and hard to understand( I am finding it is getting easier as I go along) but what they lack the plans make up for. If you do have problems give Zoran a email, he is a great guy and has always come through for me and most times the same day.
 It is my understanding that they are in the process of re-writing all of their instructions for their kits so they may very well appreciate your help in re-writing these.
 In the meantime enjoy your build and I will gladly follow along.

Not sure what I like more, your skills at modelling or your interventions with Mrs W. It all looks good

I'm agreeing with Frank, the stern is a thing of beauty.

I'll have to agree, have it replaced. They are really good about these things and you should have no problems other than some down time.

I can't say much more than what the rest have said, nice work!

I can't say much more than what the rest have said, nice work!

Good to hear all is good, looking forward to seeing more of your build

Thanks Ross, much appreciated

Looks Derek, two - three hours a day a couple times a week all adds up, keep having fun

That wood does look very brittle, good come back. You may have mentioned it before but what are you using to simulate your chalking?

Good to hear all is good, looking forward to seeing more of your build

I can't say much more than what the rest have said, nice work!

Good Morning All, Thanks to everyone for stopping in, for your likes and comments. This a new one for me, two updates in a week, but without my vehicle(another story) shipyard time has increased. I have completed the back rails which I will show in my next post as they aren't attached yet and will complete the breast hooks today as Mike is on edge waiting to see them. For now I have nailed the companion way and made some cleats from rosewood.
 

Here I am showing how I mask it to try and get a relatively straight line.
 

Here are a couple of shots showing holes drilled and nails in place. I used .4 mm nylon fishing line. First side I cut these off using flush cutters then sanded smooth, this side I used a sharp blade to cut off then sanded. The blade worked much better and very little sanding was required, just enough to remove excess glue. Should be noted the companion way had several coats of poly on it to prevent any stains from the ca glue.
 

 Here are the results, I think the .4 mm fishing line is the right scale and looks good. With a little more practice I may do a deck someday. I also found some light brown .3 mm fishing line that I may do a test section on my Pegasus with. 
 

Here I'm just showing the steps of making cleats. As you can see they are fairly large about 10 mm so they were fairly easy to make, that's one of the beauties of working at this scale.  The first one is after rough shaping on the Byrnes disc sander and the middle one is after some fine tuning with riffler file the cleat on the right is the kit supplied one. I would not normally spend twenty minutes making a cleat but I only need two so I thought what the heck. As you can see I have two extra ones that I am willing to offer to members here before I list them on ebay 
 

Here I'm rough shaping it on the disc sander.The thing off to the right in the picture is a crepe block used to clean the sanding disc, this helps prolong the life of your disc or belt if you have a thickness sander. You can get these at Lee Valley they are cheap and last forever.
 Thanks once more for stopping in and have a good one.
 

That wood does look very brittle, good come back. You may have mentioned it before but what are you using to simulate your chalking?

Looking good, keep going

Beautiful work E.J., you deserve a trip to that lovely shelving unit of yours

Ahhh that is a good one. You brought tears to my eyes laughing

The blocks, especially the double ones, are a little big. I think once things are all finished on the deck, rigging and masting  there will be so much to look at that they won't be noticed. I would not worry about it too much, just one of those things to keep in mind for the next build. Your build is coming along great, nice work

That wood does look very brittle, good come back. You may have mentioned it before but what are you using to simulate your chalking?