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Looks good Pierre, they may "bounce" back a little so you might need to do this a second time. But you are on the right track, welcome to edge bending  I used a hair dryer at this point just to speed things up.

Looks good Pierre, they may "bounce" back a little so you might need to do this a second time. But you are on the right track, welcome to edge bending  I used a hair dryer at this point just to speed things up.

good for You, looking forward to seeing your log

good for You, looking forward to seeing your log

Completed, and as promised here are some outside pictures:
 

 
 
Here is my fleet
 

 
My newly seeded grass
 

 
This is what my dog plants in the grass for me
 

 
and what I picked up today, notice the one in the middle.....I didn't see it in time
 

 

 
 Well that is it for this log. Thanks to all who stopped by and I hope you all enjoyed
 
Time for more ship building
 

First up is Thanks Ian, Joe and Dave for your comments and Thanks to all for your likes
 
Well she is done and I can say I am impressed with the outcome.
 Towards the end of the build I was getting a lot of childhood memories of fishing at the river and the many trips I had made. It is with these memories I made the fishing poles as these are exactly what I used.
The first trip to the river every year you rode your bike with pockets full of line and hooks to the river. Upon arrival the next thing was to find a river willow branch to use as a pole, tie your line to it, wrap it around the branch add a hook and bobber and you were ready to fish. It was in reality the most primitive level of fly fishing you could imagine. Trying to cast the line, hook and bobber into the water without snagging trees, friends or anything else within a thirty foot radius was beyond challenging. Heck we had hook pierced ears and lips before it was cool.
 It was always my dream to have a little boat to get my hook to that “special” spot in the river, where it was impossible to get to from the shore. And with the Batelina being 4 meters long she would have been a virtual yacht in my eyes. Along with this thought was to have something to hold your poles while laying back and dreaming of something even bigger and better. Bigger and better really meant to have a real lure and not just a single hook with a worm on it, so I made a couple of those for my poles also.
 What you are looking at is what my childhood dream would have been. I mean really can you not imagine yourself in this little baby, laid back, fishing and no devices. Like I am talking about before eight tracks, vinyl was the king (and still is) and man only looked at the moon. Only thing I wanted to walk on was the muddy river bank and search for the lost Spanish gold (didn’t know back then there was no Spanish conquistadors in Canada  ), hey we were Indiana Jones before he was even born.
  Building the Batelina has brought back these memories for me and I hope that reading my log brings back some memories for you also.
Thank You All for stopping in,
Take Care 
 

 Drilling out and cutting off the rod holders, a job virtually impossible without a $1200 lathe  
 

 
The fishing poles and the start of the fish box, never really needed anything like this for fish, but you never knew when you might run into some treasure of sorts
 

 
As she sits now with poles, lures,holders, fish box, filleting knife and spare spool of line. The anchor is unsecured at the moment as I am waiting for some line coming from Syren.
 I want to get some outside pictures and will post them, but will have to wait until rain stops.
 
Later

Alright here is the last little bit for tonight, the making of the knightsheads, planking the bow and how I measure the planks. Then finally how she looks before the "final touches" which I will show tomorrow. 
 
 Have A good Night

Here I am showing the grating, the seat supports and the making of the oars. The only changes here was to add the cherry strips to the oars the seat and I also made the seat supports. The ones you will never see but what the heck

Squaring frames and fairing, only one frame needed minor adjustments, and adding support strips
 
 

 
Support strips added now planking frames and bulkheads
 

 
 The first of the changes of wood, here I am using cherry for the bottom. It is a flat bottomed boat. looks good and a real treat from the normal planking. I actually finished this and still wanted to do more, how often do you feel like that? Normally it is burn out and you are looking for a drink...........ok no burn out but I still had a drink .
 
 That's it for now I need to go outside to plant and cut grass. No the grass doesn't grow that fast, planting grass in garden area then it's cutting the existing 6 acres of grass. It's not that bad, I have a zero turn lawnmower that helps it go faster. The only problem is you need both hands to operate the lawnmower so no smoking or drinking, so for the next 4 hours I'll be health conscious.  
 More to come soon 

Hello all and welcome to my build log of the Batelina by MarisStella. I have just completed this kit that I started about 2 1/2 weeks ago and I will now show you the complete build. I decided to hold back on a log thinking it would save some time as I went along, and to give a complete log in a couple of days.
 I took on this build after seeing it being built in MarisStella's log here on MSW, and as all my other builds are months if not years from completion I wanted a "completion" in a short time so the Batelina fit that bill.
 If you are looking for a real bang for your buck this little kit has it all, the materials are excellent and the skills needed to complete her are far from the beginners level. She is a great little kit to practice your planking skills on and short of rigging and cannons has pretty much all the challenges of a full size ship just at a different level.
 The past couple of weeks have been a lot of fun building her and I have defiantly not only learned new skills but have also honed other ones. 
 I think anyone needing a break from the more complex builds in your life and looking for something on the lighter side this kit is your ticket. And, no, I am not a sales rep for MarisStella  
 The kit comes with walnut planks to complete the boat and although they were perfectly fine to use I decided to do a little changing and used cherry wood on some parts, and I also added some little extras( I think just to further stall from going to my other builds)
 
 

 
The contents picture is missing a couple of bundles of planks which I missed putting in picture
 
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  I am not sure why all these pictures turned out blue as they were taken outside. Test fitting the frames and transferring rabbet line to port side.
 

 
My daughter and granddaughter were not near as excited about boat building as me....???? go figure  
 
 
 

Hey Mike, I think the way you have your hammocks tied looks real good, I wasn't suggesting you change them I was just curious how the ":real ones" may have been tied. And I sure wasn't thinking you should sew ropes to the sides of the hammocks either that is............unless I can come watch   ....from a distance of course.  

Good morning and welcome to MSW, sounds like you have a good plan with your wood. I think cocobolo will work good as is not porous like oak, for instance, which is a problem at these scales. Being it is as dark as it is and the size of the pieces being used the wider grain will not be that noticeable. As for bending, I don't think it should be too much of a problem as the pieces to be bent will only be 1.5 mm thick. Myself I would use it for the keel also, I am not so sure how you could blend in a white paint line so it would look good with the cocobolo and boxwood. The boxwood and holly are also good choices and ebony, although lots of work, will look great. What do you plan on using for the mast then?
 Looking forward to more updates

Thanks so much B.E., great of you to stop in

Hi Zoltan thanks for the comment. It is an open deck I am trying to think of ways of filling it up a little more

Hey Mike, Thanks Bud

Thanks Lawrence, always good to see you stop in

Looks good Mike, I never realised or thought of the purpose of the canvas but it all certainly makes sense. I do, however, like how you left the inside with not canvas I also like the looks of it. Good stuff!!

Hey Mike, just a couple of thoughts on the hammocks and cranes:
1) the hammocks would have had ropes sewn on each side with tails on each end to secure or a post or hook. Do think they may have used these to tie up the rolled hammock or used a separate piece of rope to get the nice bundle as Joel showed(I like the looks of these)
2) canvas vs netting, which would have been cheaper as that is probably what they used then.
3) I like the looks of the canvas sides, but don't think the hammocks would have been wrapped up in a "tube" like that. It would be just another place for water to collect and rott the canvas
4)I'm thinking if canvas was used and they were to cover the hammocks it would be the outside piece being longer in order to fold over the top or a separate piece that was lashed to the top
5) Do you would think that there would be some sort of grating or rails to hold the hammocks off of the surface of the main rail in order to allow air flow and to prevent water from wick-king into the hammocks?
 
 Just some thoughts.
They have special tape for making hems that is just ironed on, any fabric or hobby store usually have this, try using that before cutting the material it should prevent any fraying.

And some more:
 
Installing knightheads( 3 x 3 mm) and top timbers
 

 
There are waterways to be installed, mine kept splitting on me so I spread some ca on them to strengthen them, and as you can see it bled though to the good side. Time to make new ones.
 

 
Then I decided rather than cutting out notches for all the top timbers in the waterway and going through more frustration I will install them on top of the waterway so..............
 

 
then I decided it was time for a change...the windlass. This was made from cherry turned on the lathe what you see here is the fourth attempt, I also replaced the supports and made them from cherry also.
 
This showing the filed down nail used to make the holes square. This is an idea I got from DocBlake.
 

 
Gluing .5 x 1 mm strips onto drum
 

 
The finished product, still needs one or two more coats of wipe on poly. The fancy ends are inspired by B.E.'s cathead decoration on his Pegasus

 
Thanks for stopping by
 
 

A little update:
 
Grates for ship's stove, just brass rod ca'd together
 

 
The pieces for stove
 

 
Completed, added handles and hangers. The pot is a flattened out penny with brass rods soldered on for handles
 

You may have a hard time finding parts, I wish you luck. I am surprised it has laser cut sheets in a kit that old. It's -23 C today in my part of Saskatchewan, enjoy your day

the tops of bulkheads 5, 6, and 7 are removed after the plywood side pieces  are installed and first planking is finished. You may want to remove the planking around these bulkhead tops now and finish it after these bulkhead tops are cut off. Other than that it looks good

You can never go wrong with swiss pear it always looks good, although, I would have a hard time painting or staining it. Mostly because I don't have a huge slab of it in my shop  

Hi Zoltan thanks for the comment. It is an open deck I am trying to think of ways of filling it up a little more

Hi Zoltan thanks for the comment. It is an open deck I am trying to think of ways of filling it up a little more