Ferit

The nightmare... Ratlines...
Which ratlines are loose will be redone...

The nightmare... Ratlines...
Which ratlines are loose will be redone...

The nightmare... Ratlines...
Which ratlines are loose will be redone...

Ah! Ferit, just missed you...
 
The figurehead is made of urethane resin... I've worked a lot with this material for my other hobby (model railroading). It is quite stable and holds excellent detail. All the fancy work on the headrails etc., is photo etched brass supplied with the kit.
 
Andy

Ok.. for Mr Super-Impatient-Sjors (and all the rest of you kind folks) some photos...
 
Been working away at the main shrouds, one more pair to go on each side. Edging my way slowly towards a bout of rattling... I figure when I get the lower standing rigging done, I'll have a shot at getting the lower shrouds taken care of.
 
Also made a brief stop over under the bowsprit. got the inner bobstay collar done to my liking. Made an attempt at the inner bobstay. It is supposed to be doubled and served all over, but I had issues getting a stong enough splice... I may yet revisit that bit again before this is over....
 
Andy

Ahoy Mates
 
Thank you all for the compliments and advise
 
Not much work done in the shipyard over the past few weeks but someone finishing their Syren lite a fire under someone else's ars.
 
I have given up on my attempt to do the decking. It seems that the bulkheads need to be thinned where they support the gunwales. I do not think they are strong enough to withstand this without the support of the outer planking. I did learn that using black construction paper as caulking is not an easy task.
 
As for the sills I am now on mark 3.2. I have decided to try and step them instead of the consistent line they had in the previous two attempts. I am still using my little cannon jig but have thrown overboard the level. I am now using the upper line of the main keel section as a guide (TY Russ). I soaked and pre-bent a length of wood to use for the bow section pieces to eliminate the blocky effect that occurred there on my earlier attempts . You can see in the top view pic the sills now follow the curve of the hull where as before they were straight pieces klinkering up to the bow. The gun ports are also now positioned closer to the angles shown in the plans which is always nice. I am using a piece of my Boxwood gunwale planking to confirm the angle in which the sill is cut into the planking.

good afternoon, apologies for not getting back recently to the builds that i follow, Real life keeps getting in the way
 
i have sorted the two missing gun port problems out, and the lids are kind of ok, bit the fds lower deck one does not follow the shape of the hull very well - ie it is flat where as the hull is curved, they still  need to be touched up
 
the two after fenders are in - bit of a pain to get right, - i should off perhaps done it a lot earlier
 

Sorry Sjors I was just firing a couple test shots.  

Thanks Ferit, as you know, I'm a huge fan of yours!
 
Michael

Us, we are all waiting for the birth of your baby...
 

Us, we are all waiting for the birth of your baby...
 

Hello again,
 
Again, thanks to all of you for posting those super nice comments. They are a real source of encouragement. As you all know this hobby, for the most part, is a very solo effort. So all of your nice posts are very wonderful catalysts for also improving skills, as well as a forum for sharing our mutual passion.
 
I have not spent a lot of time with the boat, as I have decided to also return, on an as needed basis, to work. I won't travel long hauls, as my sweetheart would break my neck. But I am doing a re-current "type" rating and will return to day trips for a charter company run by some long time friends.
 
It seems that, the majors just hired three of their primary guys; they became short of right seat crews, and asked if I would consider. But I'm in school again OMG.....
 
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So I have a small (very small) update. I installed the small canon doors on each side of the hull near the galleries. A BIG thanks to Ferit for introducing me to that glue for ropes. It works so well (:-)
 
Here are some pics. OH you might notice, on the last pic, that at the top of the stern the superstructure has been removed. Hmmm it kept snapping off on the edge of the table as I reach up and lay the ship across my lap. I fixed it twice. This time I just put it away. Luckily it always snapped off without tearing up other parts of the stern.
 
Regards to everybody AND thanks so much for showing an interest in this project.
 
Regards....Michael
 
 
 

At long last, the anchors are aboard.  Someone asked how to get the tackles in there as there appears to be very little space.  The only answer is to play with the forward leaning angle of the anchors to make just enough space for the tackles.  Here's how they came out:
 

 
 

 
 
Now, as I'm not going to add any flags, I added the flag halliards and that leaves...........    nothing !!!!!!!!!!
 
So tomorrow, I intend to do the photo shoot and make the formal announcement of completion  
 
ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND 
 
 

The port side...

'The path' you say Andy - we'll see. i think I've got at least another year on his majesty's bomb vessel Granado so plenty of time to dither over what to do next.
The belfry was held in place with rubber bands while the glue dried. The belfry is made up of ply laminated together which gives some unsightly lamination lines. The top of the belfry was painted a 'walnutty' colour to hide it. I'm not convince over how it looks and might paint the top of the belfry black at a latter stage- we'll see...

 
Finished windlass and belfry installed. The ship's bell is white metal painted. I hollowed out the base but it will never be seen unless you peer through the first open gunport from below the waterline. . A least I know it's there!

Thank you very much indeed for your kind words Ferit
To cut the square holes out in the capping strip,after marking it out,I cut the 2.7mm square holes out using a tiny rotary burr in the dremel.They were then squared up and taken to full size using a combination of a small jewellers square file and the point of a scalpel.It probably took a couple of hours to produce that one piece.It was then slid over the verticals into position and I found a couple of the uprights were pushed out of vertical slightly,so I marked which holes wanted enlarging slightly.The strip was removed and minute adjustments made then bonded in position.
Kind Regards Nigel

Hello friends,
 
Gun ports on both sides and part of the outer planking.
The small gun ports are not visible from the outside in the BHR.
Port side of only the main Frames were left Standing.
 
 
Beidseitig  Geschützpforten  und ein Teil der Aussenbeplankung.
Die kleinen Geschützpforten auf dem Gun-Deck sind bei der BHR von aussen überplankt.
Backbordseite wurden nur die Richtspanten (Hauptspanten) stehen gelassen.
Karl
 
 
 
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Looks robust and majestic...

If the fumes were cyanide people would be dropping dead rather then having a reaction.
Cyanide's an interesting ion. Its actually an ion not a molecule. Due to its structure its very similar to an oxygen molecule. As in Carbon monoxide which is a CO or C=O (triple bonded) oxygen is double bonded O=O and cyanide is also trple bonded C=N- ( plus negative charge) which I'm guessing reacts with the positive Fe at the center of the hemoglobin to cause the oxygen transfer issues. Cyanide poisoning is basically asphyxiation. The similar size and shape allow it to interact with the heme group and do it in an irreversible way. At the cell where respiration occurs the cyanide isn't released and basically death occurs as oxygen is prevented from doing its Thang.
 
Sorry, more chemist geek stuff.

CA is Cyanoacrylate and its a molecule that has a cyano group attachment. The main toxicity of CA isn't necessarily the Cyano group or fear of cyanide, but rather it's fuming. In the liquid form the molecules are monomer form. Upon bonding they polymerize. As moisture is an accelerant when the fuming monomers come in contact with moist body parts, think nasal to lungs and eyes mainly, It polymerizes onto the moist surface and becomes an irritant for some and a severe reaction for others. It's effects can also become worsened by repeated exposure.
 
Personally I rarely use the stuff. It really bothers my eyes and I'm already haveing issues and don't need more.
 
Sorry, the chemist is me kicked in.
 
I need to check out that GS Hypocement also.

I was very busy yesterday, feel like I made a decent dent in the rigging.
First, I set up both serving machines and served my shroud lines, it worked well, while the line on one machine was drying (the spot of ca to hold) I could serve the next, made it very nice to just keep going without downtime for glue drying

 
Next I seized the lines where they will loop over the masts


 
Next I looped the shroud lines over the masts and put the lines down through the crow's nest. I alternated sides until all the lines were where they needed to go. (yes I see the chipped paint, I will need to do some touch ups later)


 
Once all the shroud lines were attached at the masts I attached the other end of the lines to the deadeyes on my jig to keep the spacing even. (used CA to help hold the deadeyes to the shroud line)
By the time I had finished, the first were dry and I could go back and do the first seizing above the deadeye

 
Again, once finished I could go right back to the beginning and add the second Seizing

 
One mast's seized shroud lines

 
Where she stands now...all shroud lines are on and attached to deadeyes....Next, the lanyards between deadeyes to hold it all in place....that will have to wait a bit....I have school work to focus on today...and as usual, I am having a bad reaction to the CA from yesterday. Knowing I will need it again for the lanyards, I think a break is best for my sinuses. I wish it wasn't so HOT, I would build outside where the fumes would not get to me!!!!!
Maybe, if I finish the school work, I can at least take the lanyard pieces outside to dip in CA (to make a "needle" end for threading through the deadeye holes). And maybe...just maybe...I can get some more done...BUT SCHOOL WORK FIRST!

 
 

all the visiting is done now........my friend will be on his way back to the sunshine state tomorrow morning. 
         it just too bad we could only get together once.......things just kept getting in the way     oh well!
 
I had made up some blocks to tie on the masts...and to add a few more in the bow area.
 

 
looking at the picture I posted earlier,  I saw something else that wasn't right.  for the fore mast and main mast lower stays,  the kit says to use dead eyes.   I had the main mast set up like that......I will change this since I made hearts for the fore mast.  I made two more sets.
 

 

 
the fore belaying rail came off the last time I worked on her......turned out to be a good thing.   those blocks on the deck are not in the plans.  I see them in the pictures........I believe they are the lifts for the yards,  or they might even be the halyards.   a bit more study is needed,  but they are quite visible,  so I will add them in.
 

 
there are a couple more bits of rigging I want to add to the bow......they are pulley assemblies and will be a nice addition to the bow rigging detail. once the fore mast is in place,  the standing rigging can be done.
 

 
the main mast fore stay hearts are in place......change is good
 

 
on the main mast,  there is a boom,  used to launch the ship's boats and to take on supplies.  a yoke rest is located at the top of the rack,  for when the boom is stowed away.   next,  a suitable boom was selected,  painted and set up.   it doesn't have all the hardware on it yet,  but it is in place.
 

 

 
it will look better,  once it's rigged.   I've added a couple more blocks on the bumpkin.  I couldn't think of any other blocks to add to the fore mast....so it is now cemented in place.  then the worst luck happened.......the camera battery ran low and shut down....so now it's on the recharge.
 

 
 
 

From what you describe, my wife must be Dutch!   

wow, getting caught up on my log reading is gonna be a chore.
 
Philosophy and ship building.
Its interesting how few people live in the NOW. My issues have made this more of a challenge, but I agree on the importance of grabbing life and living it, whatever the hand dealt. Age is just a number, belated happy bday BTW, and when I taught I connected more with the students then the staff. The key to staying young is to think young. Experience makes this even more fun, if one doesn't let it become a trap. Thats one of the things I miss most about teaching. I loved students seeing my human side. At 35 if someone would have told me I'd teach HS I'd have NEVER believed it, but by 40 it had happened. We so never see the miracles that occur daily, unless we're paying attention.
More nice metal work, I quite like the hand build over the kit stuff. My swift was suppose to have a single bend wire, ICK! I'll soon be doing metal work.

Hello,

and it goes on with the details of the metal fittings for gun carriages of the carronades.

 

 
The sorting box is filling up slowly but surely with the parts of the carronades.