donrobinson

Looking good Glenn, you are really making time

Thanks Mike, what kit did you get?

Thanks you all for your visits and comments it is really appreciated
 
Well it's been a long time since my last update. After many hours on pondering as how to approach the deck planking I decided to go with Zoran's(MarisStella) approach. The biggest reason being is that there is a central 17 mm wide plank that goes down the middle it would cover up any mast holes, pawl holes and one of the hatch holes. So I decided to plank the deck first and do the cutting out later. Planking went real good, I changed it a little by putting walnut at the bow and stern a blood wood plank then the cherry planks. I went with a four plank rotation, a big thanks goes to Ulises Victoria for his great tutorial on how to plank a deck http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Deck_PlankingIIbuttshifts.pdf.
 It was a lot of work and many hours but it is finally finished, scraped and sanded. She is approximately 175 mm x 520 mm at the largest points and took about 220 planks to cover it. Next I will cut out the main hatch then install the central strip followed by the remaining holes required.
I am really looking forward when all forms of planking are done  
 
Enjoy the pics
Take Care
 

Thanks you all for your visits and comments it is really appreciated
 
Well it's been a long time since my last update. After many hours on pondering as how to approach the deck planking I decided to go with Zoran's(MarisStella) approach. The biggest reason being is that there is a central 17 mm wide plank that goes down the middle it would cover up any mast holes, pawl holes and one of the hatch holes. So I decided to plank the deck first and do the cutting out later. Planking went real good, I changed it a little by putting walnut at the bow and stern a blood wood plank then the cherry planks. I went with a four plank rotation, a big thanks goes to Ulises Victoria for his great tutorial on how to plank a deck http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Deck_PlankingIIbuttshifts.pdf.
 It was a lot of work and many hours but it is finally finished, scraped and sanded. She is approximately 175 mm x 520 mm at the largest points and took about 220 planks to cover it. Next I will cut out the main hatch then install the central strip followed by the remaining holes required.
I am really looking forward when all forms of planking are done  
 
Enjoy the pics
Take Care
 

Thanks you all for your visits and comments it is really appreciated
 
Well it's been a long time since my last update. After many hours on pondering as how to approach the deck planking I decided to go with Zoran's(MarisStella) approach. The biggest reason being is that there is a central 17 mm wide plank that goes down the middle it would cover up any mast holes, pawl holes and one of the hatch holes. So I decided to plank the deck first and do the cutting out later. Planking went real good, I changed it a little by putting walnut at the bow and stern a blood wood plank then the cherry planks. I went with a four plank rotation, a big thanks goes to Ulises Victoria for his great tutorial on how to plank a deck http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Deck_PlankingIIbuttshifts.pdf.
 It was a lot of work and many hours but it is finally finished, scraped and sanded. She is approximately 175 mm x 520 mm at the largest points and took about 220 planks to cover it. Next I will cut out the main hatch then install the central strip followed by the remaining holes required.
I am really looking forward when all forms of planking are done  
 
Enjoy the pics
Take Care
 

Thanks you all for your visits and comments it is really appreciated
 
Well it's been a long time since my last update. After many hours on pondering as how to approach the deck planking I decided to go with Zoran's(MarisStella) approach. The biggest reason being is that there is a central 17 mm wide plank that goes down the middle it would cover up any mast holes, pawl holes and one of the hatch holes. So I decided to plank the deck first and do the cutting out later. Planking went real good, I changed it a little by putting walnut at the bow and stern a blood wood plank then the cherry planks. I went with a four plank rotation, a big thanks goes to Ulises Victoria for his great tutorial on how to plank a deck http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Deck_PlankingIIbuttshifts.pdf.
 It was a lot of work and many hours but it is finally finished, scraped and sanded. She is approximately 175 mm x 520 mm at the largest points and took about 220 planks to cover it. Next I will cut out the main hatch then install the central strip followed by the remaining holes required.
I am really looking forward when all forms of planking are done  
 
Enjoy the pics
Take Care
 

Thanks you all for your visits and comments it is really appreciated
 
Well it's been a long time since my last update. After many hours on pondering as how to approach the deck planking I decided to go with Zoran's(MarisStella) approach. The biggest reason being is that there is a central 17 mm wide plank that goes down the middle it would cover up any mast holes, pawl holes and one of the hatch holes. So I decided to plank the deck first and do the cutting out later. Planking went real good, I changed it a little by putting walnut at the bow and stern a blood wood plank then the cherry planks. I went with a four plank rotation, a big thanks goes to Ulises Victoria for his great tutorial on how to plank a deck http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Deck_PlankingIIbuttshifts.pdf.
 It was a lot of work and many hours but it is finally finished, scraped and sanded. She is approximately 175 mm x 520 mm at the largest points and took about 220 planks to cover it. Next I will cut out the main hatch then install the central strip followed by the remaining holes required.
I am really looking forward when all forms of planking are done  
 
Enjoy the pics
Take Care
 

Hey Mike, Thanks. It is a good machine, the zero turn. I do find myself going back to my lawn tractor on some hot summer days and I want a cold beer, as with the zero turn it's impossible to have a beer and steer at the same time   

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

Good Morning Robin, I am fortunate enough to be retired and currently have no admiral so allocating more time to ship building only takes one vote which happens to be mine. Thanks so much for stopping in

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

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
 

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

You can use a table saw with a taper jig, there are blades thin enough. I just use a knife a/o a sanding block. I  usually always also sand  a slight bevel to the tapered side of the planks

It's a good practicum, I think it was his first and maybe one of his best. I also used it for my AVS

Looks great and with all the improvements you have planned I have just booked a permanent front row seat

The rats look great E.J. Good luck with the move. My stuff still fits in the back of a truck...........only difference is the truck now has 18 wheels instead of 4.    

Hi Lawrence and Thanks. The lathe is really nice to have even though I don't use it to it's full capabilities yet. As far as being justifiable, mine has not reached that point, but when I retired I had a one time time chance to buy my tools and I went for it. So the bank may be able to take my house but the tools are mine!!!      

Thanks Ian, much appreciated

Myself, you already have done a great job of making them and you may need them for some of the rigging and we are always buying their junk so let them suffer and leave them in    . I think they will look good Frank.

Hey Frank, she is looking great. The windlasses make for a crowded deck no doubt. I guess safety was not a priority, they probably did not even have steel toed flip flops  

Looking good Ian, You will be real happy with the filler blocks, they make the planking and especially the sanding so much easier. Good catch with the markings, you will learn(if you haven't already) to really trust in the plans a skill I am still having a problem with   . Nice work and have a good holiday.