Bender

I am posting my attempt at carving. The kit came with a laser cut sun, but I butchered it badly. This is my third attempt.
 
I copied the image and glued it onto a piece on boxwood.
 

 
Here a picture to show its size.
 

 
I first drilled holes at the base of the sun rays. It seemed to make it easier to stop at the correct spot when band sawing. I used three sizes of bits.
 

 
I then took out a little wood with a bandsaw.
 

 
Then I shaped the sun rays with a small bench belt sander.
 

 

 
I rounded the face.
 

 
I tried to carve the face by using the paper as a pattern, but it didn't work. I ended up needing to draw the face. I cannot draw.
 

 
The is about three hours in.
 

 
And this is the final result.
 

Ian, Frank, Don, and Red:
Thanks for your kind words and for looking in on this log.
 
Don,
D-construction has happen a lot on this build. I have mentioned a few cases but not all. If one were to look back at the "in process" decking of the bridge deck and then look at the finished bridge deck, you could see that the hatch is in a different location. I'm still,trying to figure out where my head was when I was planning out this.
 
I've finished all the vertical reinforcement timbers and finished the railing on the forecastle. I used a thicker piece of wood for this top rail with plans in my head for some added details later. Also, the middle balusters on both sides of the forecastle railing are not supposed to connected to the vertical reinforcement timbers. Again, this is part of plans to a few added details later. I'll point out this change below in the pictures.
 
These first two pictures show all the progress as a whole.
 

 

 
The two small horizontal rails below the thicker top railing is supposed to be attached on the outside of the balusters as it is on the backside of the forecastle railing. On The left and right sides you can see I've inset the small horizontal rails on the inside of the balusters. This was needed because of changing the shape of the balusters.
 

 
The picture below better shows the inset small rails. Also notice the five vertical timbers.
 

 
The plans show only the first and fifth vertical timbers and balusters as one piece. As you can see I made all five as one piece.
 

 
 

 
The curved pieces are also different. The plans show these pieces being curved 90 degrees where I cut them with a 180 degree curve.

 

 
This pictures shows the thick upper rail. I used a piece twice as thick as the plans called for.
 

 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plans as they are. All of these little changes are just me chasing wild ideas.

I am posting my attempt at carving. The kit came with a laser cut sun, but I butchered it badly. This is my third attempt.
 
I copied the image and glued it onto a piece on boxwood.
 

 
Here a picture to show its size.
 

 
I first drilled holes at the base of the sun rays. It seemed to make it easier to stop at the correct spot when band sawing. I used three sizes of bits.
 

 
I then took out a little wood with a bandsaw.
 

 
Then I shaped the sun rays with a small bench belt sander.
 

 

 
I rounded the face.
 

 
I tried to carve the face by using the paper as a pattern, but it didn't work. I ended up needing to draw the face. I cannot draw.
 

 
The is about three hours in.
 

 
And this is the final result.
 

I am posting my attempt at carving. The kit came with a laser cut sun, but I butchered it badly. This is my third attempt.
 
I copied the image and glued it onto a piece on boxwood.
 

 
Here a picture to show its size.
 

 
I first drilled holes at the base of the sun rays. It seemed to make it easier to stop at the correct spot when band sawing. I used three sizes of bits.
 

 
I then took out a little wood with a bandsaw.
 

 
Then I shaped the sun rays with a small bench belt sander.
 

 

 
I rounded the face.
 

 
I tried to carve the face by using the paper as a pattern, but it didn't work. I ended up needing to draw the face. I cannot draw.
 

 
The is about three hours in.
 

 
And this is the final result.
 

Ian, Frank, Don, and Red:
Thanks for your kind words and for looking in on this log.
 
Don,
D-construction has happen a lot on this build. I have mentioned a few cases but not all. If one were to look back at the "in process" decking of the bridge deck and then look at the finished bridge deck, you could see that the hatch is in a different location. I'm still,trying to figure out where my head was when I was planning out this.
 
I've finished all the vertical reinforcement timbers and finished the railing on the forecastle. I used a thicker piece of wood for this top rail with plans in my head for some added details later. Also, the middle balusters on both sides of the forecastle railing are not supposed to connected to the vertical reinforcement timbers. Again, this is part of plans to a few added details later. I'll point out this change below in the pictures.
 
These first two pictures show all the progress as a whole.
 

 

 
The two small horizontal rails below the thicker top railing is supposed to be attached on the outside of the balusters as it is on the backside of the forecastle railing. On The left and right sides you can see I've inset the small horizontal rails on the inside of the balusters. This was needed because of changing the shape of the balusters.
 

 
The picture below better shows the inset small rails. Also notice the five vertical timbers.
 

 
The plans show only the first and fifth vertical timbers and balusters as one piece. As you can see I made all five as one piece.
 

 
 

 
The curved pieces are also different. The plans show these pieces being curved 90 degrees where I cut them with a 180 degree curve.

 

 
This pictures shows the thick upper rail. I used a piece twice as thick as the plans called for.
 

 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plans as they are. All of these little changes are just me chasing wild ideas.

I need to repost the first picture in the last post. It seems to have been cropped.

The building continues but at a slow pace. I'm still making the vertical reinforcement timbers.
 
These pieces go on the forecastle.
 

 
I needed to remove a vertical piece I had attached earlier. You can see the scuffed planks at the front edge of the forecastle.
 

 
It is alway "fun" trying to figure out a way to clamp each piece.
 

 
I also needed a curved piece. I tried to make it out of walnut, but the walnut kept snapping. I had some boxwood. I'm always amazed at how easy It is working with boxwood. I made one piece wide enough for the two pieces I needed.
 

 
And then cut the two pieces to the size I needed.
 

 
 

 
Here's how it looks now
 

 

Ian, Frank, Don, and Red:
Thanks for your kind words and for looking in on this log.
 
Don,
D-construction has happen a lot on this build. I have mentioned a few cases but not all. If one were to look back at the "in process" decking of the bridge deck and then look at the finished bridge deck, you could see that the hatch is in a different location. I'm still,trying to figure out where my head was when I was planning out this.
 
I've finished all the vertical reinforcement timbers and finished the railing on the forecastle. I used a thicker piece of wood for this top rail with plans in my head for some added details later. Also, the middle balusters on both sides of the forecastle railing are not supposed to connected to the vertical reinforcement timbers. Again, this is part of plans to a few added details later. I'll point out this change below in the pictures.
 
These first two pictures show all the progress as a whole.
 

 

 
The two small horizontal rails below the thicker top railing is supposed to be attached on the outside of the balusters as it is on the backside of the forecastle railing. On The left and right sides you can see I've inset the small horizontal rails on the inside of the balusters. This was needed because of changing the shape of the balusters.
 

 
The picture below better shows the inset small rails. Also notice the five vertical timbers.
 

 
The plans show only the first and fifth vertical timbers and balusters as one piece. As you can see I made all five as one piece.
 

 
 

 
The curved pieces are also different. The plans show these pieces being curved 90 degrees where I cut them with a 180 degree curve.

 

 
This pictures shows the thick upper rail. I used a piece twice as thick as the plans called for.
 

 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plans as they are. All of these little changes are just me chasing wild ideas.

Zoran, I do not consider the shipping information you gave as an disruption. If someone is looking for a new ship model to build, then it is good to have all this information available in one location.
 
I am delighted that you are watching the building of one of your models. I sometimes don't follow all the directions, and I occasionally change little things.

The building continues but at a slow pace. I'm still making the vertical reinforcement timbers.
 
These pieces go on the forecastle.
 

 
I needed to remove a vertical piece I had attached earlier. You can see the scuffed planks at the front edge of the forecastle.
 

 
It is alway "fun" trying to figure out a way to clamp each piece.
 

 
I also needed a curved piece. I tried to make it out of walnut, but the walnut kept snapping. I had some boxwood. I'm always amazed at how easy It is working with boxwood. I made one piece wide enough for the two pieces I needed.
 

 
And then cut the two pieces to the size I needed.
 

 
 

 
Here's how it looks now
 

 

Ian, Frank, Don, and Red:
Thanks for your kind words and for looking in on this log.
 
Don,
D-construction has happen a lot on this build. I have mentioned a few cases but not all. If one were to look back at the "in process" decking of the bridge deck and then look at the finished bridge deck, you could see that the hatch is in a different location. I'm still,trying to figure out where my head was when I was planning out this.
 
I've finished all the vertical reinforcement timbers and finished the railing on the forecastle. I used a thicker piece of wood for this top rail with plans in my head for some added details later. Also, the middle balusters on both sides of the forecastle railing are not supposed to connected to the vertical reinforcement timbers. Again, this is part of plans to a few added details later. I'll point out this change below in the pictures.
 
These first two pictures show all the progress as a whole.
 

 

 
The two small horizontal rails below the thicker top railing is supposed to be attached on the outside of the balusters as it is on the backside of the forecastle railing. On The left and right sides you can see I've inset the small horizontal rails on the inside of the balusters. This was needed because of changing the shape of the balusters.
 

 
The picture below better shows the inset small rails. Also notice the five vertical timbers.
 

 
The plans show only the first and fifth vertical timbers and balusters as one piece. As you can see I made all five as one piece.
 

 
 

 
The curved pieces are also different. The plans show these pieces being curved 90 degrees where I cut them with a 180 degree curve.

 

 
This pictures shows the thick upper rail. I used a piece twice as thick as the plans called for.
 

 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plans as they are. All of these little changes are just me chasing wild ideas.

Ian, Frank, Don, and Red:
Thanks for your kind words and for looking in on this log.
 
Don,
D-construction has happen a lot on this build. I have mentioned a few cases but not all. If one were to look back at the "in process" decking of the bridge deck and then look at the finished bridge deck, you could see that the hatch is in a different location. I'm still,trying to figure out where my head was when I was planning out this.
 
I've finished all the vertical reinforcement timbers and finished the railing on the forecastle. I used a thicker piece of wood for this top rail with plans in my head for some added details later. Also, the middle balusters on both sides of the forecastle railing are not supposed to connected to the vertical reinforcement timbers. Again, this is part of plans to a few added details later. I'll point out this change below in the pictures.
 
These first two pictures show all the progress as a whole.
 

 

 
The two small horizontal rails below the thicker top railing is supposed to be attached on the outside of the balusters as it is on the backside of the forecastle railing. On The left and right sides you can see I've inset the small horizontal rails on the inside of the balusters. This was needed because of changing the shape of the balusters.
 

 
The picture below better shows the inset small rails. Also notice the five vertical timbers.
 

 
The plans show only the first and fifth vertical timbers and balusters as one piece. As you can see I made all five as one piece.
 

 
 

 
The curved pieces are also different. The plans show these pieces being curved 90 degrees where I cut them with a 180 degree curve.

 

 
This pictures shows the thick upper rail. I used a piece twice as thick as the plans called for.
 

 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plans as they are. All of these little changes are just me chasing wild ideas.

Ian, Frank, Don, and Red:
Thanks for your kind words and for looking in on this log.
 
Don,
D-construction has happen a lot on this build. I have mentioned a few cases but not all. If one were to look back at the "in process" decking of the bridge deck and then look at the finished bridge deck, you could see that the hatch is in a different location. I'm still,trying to figure out where my head was when I was planning out this.
 
I've finished all the vertical reinforcement timbers and finished the railing on the forecastle. I used a thicker piece of wood for this top rail with plans in my head for some added details later. Also, the middle balusters on both sides of the forecastle railing are not supposed to connected to the vertical reinforcement timbers. Again, this is part of plans to a few added details later. I'll point out this change below in the pictures.
 
These first two pictures show all the progress as a whole.
 

 

 
The two small horizontal rails below the thicker top railing is supposed to be attached on the outside of the balusters as it is on the backside of the forecastle railing. On The left and right sides you can see I've inset the small horizontal rails on the inside of the balusters. This was needed because of changing the shape of the balusters.
 

 
The picture below better shows the inset small rails. Also notice the five vertical timbers.
 

 
The plans show only the first and fifth vertical timbers and balusters as one piece. As you can see I made all five as one piece.
 

 
 

 
The curved pieces are also different. The plans show these pieces being curved 90 degrees where I cut them with a 180 degree curve.

 

 
This pictures shows the thick upper rail. I used a piece twice as thick as the plans called for.
 

 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plans as they are. All of these little changes are just me chasing wild ideas.

Ian, Frank, Don, and Red:
Thanks for your kind words and for looking in on this log.
 
Don,
D-construction has happen a lot on this build. I have mentioned a few cases but not all. If one were to look back at the "in process" decking of the bridge deck and then look at the finished bridge deck, you could see that the hatch is in a different location. I'm still,trying to figure out where my head was when I was planning out this.
 
I've finished all the vertical reinforcement timbers and finished the railing on the forecastle. I used a thicker piece of wood for this top rail with plans in my head for some added details later. Also, the middle balusters on both sides of the forecastle railing are not supposed to connected to the vertical reinforcement timbers. Again, this is part of plans to a few added details later. I'll point out this change below in the pictures.
 
These first two pictures show all the progress as a whole.
 

 

 
The two small horizontal rails below the thicker top railing is supposed to be attached on the outside of the balusters as it is on the backside of the forecastle railing. On The left and right sides you can see I've inset the small horizontal rails on the inside of the balusters. This was needed because of changing the shape of the balusters.
 

 
The picture below better shows the inset small rails. Also notice the five vertical timbers.
 

 
The plans show only the first and fifth vertical timbers and balusters as one piece. As you can see I made all five as one piece.
 

 
 

 
The curved pieces are also different. The plans show these pieces being curved 90 degrees where I cut them with a 180 degree curve.

 

 
This pictures shows the thick upper rail. I used a piece twice as thick as the plans called for.
 

 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plans as they are. All of these little changes are just me chasing wild ideas.

Ian, Frank, Don, and Red:
Thanks for your kind words and for looking in on this log.
 
Don,
D-construction has happen a lot on this build. I have mentioned a few cases but not all. If one were to look back at the "in process" decking of the bridge deck and then look at the finished bridge deck, you could see that the hatch is in a different location. I'm still,trying to figure out where my head was when I was planning out this.
 
I've finished all the vertical reinforcement timbers and finished the railing on the forecastle. I used a thicker piece of wood for this top rail with plans in my head for some added details later. Also, the middle balusters on both sides of the forecastle railing are not supposed to connected to the vertical reinforcement timbers. Again, this is part of plans to a few added details later. I'll point out this change below in the pictures.
 
These first two pictures show all the progress as a whole.
 

 

 
The two small horizontal rails below the thicker top railing is supposed to be attached on the outside of the balusters as it is on the backside of the forecastle railing. On The left and right sides you can see I've inset the small horizontal rails on the inside of the balusters. This was needed because of changing the shape of the balusters.
 

 
The picture below better shows the inset small rails. Also notice the five vertical timbers.
 

 
The plans show only the first and fifth vertical timbers and balusters as one piece. As you can see I made all five as one piece.
 

 
 

 
The curved pieces are also different. The plans show these pieces being curved 90 degrees where I cut them with a 180 degree curve.

 

 
This pictures shows the thick upper rail. I used a piece twice as thick as the plans called for.
 

 
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plans as they are. All of these little changes are just me chasing wild ideas.

I need to repost the first picture in the last post. It seems to have been cropped.

The building continues but at a slow pace. I'm still making the vertical reinforcement timbers.
 
These pieces go on the forecastle.
 

 
I needed to remove a vertical piece I had attached earlier. You can see the scuffed planks at the front edge of the forecastle.
 

 
It is alway "fun" trying to figure out a way to clamp each piece.
 

 
I also needed a curved piece. I tried to make it out of walnut, but the walnut kept snapping. I had some boxwood. I'm always amazed at how easy It is working with boxwood. I made one piece wide enough for the two pieces I needed.
 

 
And then cut the two pieces to the size I needed.
 

 
 

 
Here's how it looks now
 

 

I need to repost the first picture in the last post. It seems to have been cropped.

Hi Don. I have been playing around with linseed oil. I like how it looks on this light colored walnut. I've never used it before so I need to read up on some how tos.
 
I started attaching the top gallant rails.
 

 

 

 

 
I need to add some explanation here. The plans did not have the top gallant rail curving up from horizontal on the bulwark to vertical up the back side of the forecastle and font side the bridge deck.
 
The plans had the rail running parallel to the main deck between the fore castle and bridge deck. And then once the rail was in place, breakwaters were placed on top of the rail and against the forecastle.
 

 
I had a hard time matching the mitered edges while attaching this rail on the aft deck, so I glued the edges together first. It was much easier this way.
 

 

 
Sometimes you just have to stop and clean up the mess.
 

I did a lot of sanding on the hull and deck, and attached a few more pieces.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Mark, Red and Don for looking in and for your comments, and thanks all for all the "likes"
 
Here are some pictures I took while building the head.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm about two weeks behind in posting pictures. After finishing the decking on the main deck, the bridge deck comes next. I first needed to cut the holes for the main mast and mizzen mast. Here a picture of marking the main mast hole.
 

 
The directions said to use the supplied 4X4 walnut and bend to the correct shape or cut and shape from a larger pieces. I had some cherry wood, and decide it would be easier to cut and shape the beams.
 
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These last pictures show the decking going down.
 

 

 

 

 

 

I cut the cannon holes and the deck drain holes.
 
I leveled the keel to the work table and used a building quick square to mark the side of the holes.
 

 
Drilled holes
 

 
Used a file and a knife to cut the hole to shape.
 

 

 
Inside view
 

I started the decking. You can also see on these pictures where the upper parts of the bulk heads were removed.
 

 

 

 

 

 

More pictures as the planking continues. This is a single planked kit, and the planks are 4mm X 1.5mm walnut. As I get closer to the keel, the planks need to be bent against the 4mm width. In three days I've managed 3 planks on each side.
 

 
 

 
 
To take a rest from plank bending, I jumped to deck beams at the head of the ship.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
Now back to the plank bending. I lack 15 planks on each side.