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Excellent start.  If you're using balsa, once everything is sanded, put a coat of 50/50 white glue and water on the balsa after it's shaped.  It'll harden it up and help prevent dings and ouches. 

Make the hole just big enough to put eyebolt in.  Some just bend the eyebolt "tail" 90 degrees, others drill the hole at an angle, and others just insert it into the hole.  A little (very little) epoxy or CA will secure it in position. 

Nice going Marcus and thanks for the sawdust/Titebond III mixture.  I am contemplating a wipwatermolen for next to my fish pond.
 
Cheers,

Today was a sunny day to do some sanding outside and start building the cap. Sanded the mill and put together the framework of the cap.
 
Also drilled the axle head, which is the piece where the vaines will be attached to. It ended up as a complete failure. I did it by hand but need a drill press. Tomorrow getting a six pack of beer and next week go to the neighbor across the street, with the 6 pack and ask if I can use his drill press. 
Marcus 

Nicely done Mike in the plane and a super display in flight, love it.
 
Cheers,

Fab!!!  
 

Flying... I love it.  

Hi druxy. And thank you very much for the quick reply. I think I understand your suggested method for rigging the blocks I will try it shortly. 
 
As for fixing the eyebolt to the deck, the plans the plans show this illustration the plans still state that the hole is 1.5 mm but the deadeye is not that width...yet still the illustration shows the deadeye sitting snug in its hole with no real gaps. 
This is how it looks in realityit certainly isn’t the snug fit that is shown in the plans. But it if it is common practice I will proceed as the plans state?

The rope you refer to is called a strop. It is basically a single loop of rope lashed together between the block and hook. There are many ways of making this loop up at scale size. Perhaps the simplest way is to lash a length of line into a small loop, capturing the hook first. Then take the two ends of the line around the sides of  the block, glueing them. Cut and glue the line ends neatly at the top of the block.
 
Usually hooks engage an eyebolt. I suspect the wire is twisted to make a stem. Is that why the hole required is larger than the diameter of the wire?

Hey hey the gangs all here! Glad you could stop by Mark. Later on you may regret it though when I get into the stuff I don't know much about, (Meaning almost everything!) and have to consult with my Sensei.
 
Better put a lock on the popcorn though, I don't provide much food for my dockyard crew and they might start helping themselves! That will distract them from their work and slow things down! 
 
Lou
 

Glad to see you both. Looks like I will need to find better lighting now as well! 
 
Feel free to jump in with suggestions. If you were able to wade through all of the above stuff you will know that this is a VERY subjective build and as such is wide open to interpretation! Right now I am a few days ahead of what I am writing and for the most part it is pretty much in the alteration phase and I feel pretty comfortable with what I am doing. Like I said before I am pretty sure I have voided the kit warranty but I am feeling OK with the new look. I should be able to have a few pictures starting tomorrow. Hopefully they will be OK as that is completely new to me. Maybe They will all turn out fuzzy and I fool everyone that it is the camera not the builder! (That could be good to hide the quality of work as well)
 
Oh by the way, don't forget your hard hats. I can be a little dangerous when I get around tools!
 
Lou
 
By the way Chuck, as you have the plans for the replica Providence you can compare them with this build. I have the book also but my plans are book size and I didn't want to spend the money to blow them up as that is not really the ship I am building. 
 
Me again

The model
 
With all the previous information and more in mind I settled on one set of plans that most represented my conclusions but even they didn’t match them all. I also was divided in that I could either alter the plans to suit my image or find a model hull that would provide the same base. I settled on the later method as #1 I already had the kit and #2 it would also provide most or all the required wood and fittings that would be needed in the build anyway. I went through my stash of kits and narrowed it down to two almost perfect matches, The Corel HM sloop Resolution and the Artesania Latina Colonial schooner Independence 1776. Both were of the right draft and beam with slightly longer decks than I needed, especially on the Resolution. To use that model I would have to make a new profile piece at 94% of the original and shorten the transom counter. On the Independence I would need to lower the fore castle to the level of the main deck, lower the main deck to a more proper depth of hold that would also make the bulwarks higher in relation to the deck, and then raise the quarter deck to match the poop deck. In addition to all this I would also have to alter the bow to a slightly more pointed plan shape and add a little more rake to the bow/cutwater area especially from the waterline down. This kit would also need to have almost an inch of the stern counter removed. The rigging of course would also need to be altered from a schooner to a sloop. At first glance it would seem that the Resolution would be the easier conversion, but I cannot help but feel that the Independence after alteration comes closer to the right shape and size. After this initial alteration there will be a number of other items that need to be dealt with, almost all of them somewhat minor in detail but important none the less.
 
(Next The build)

Thank you Lawrence for the best wishes. We have done nothing special for the "big" day, I'm just happy to be on the smelly side of the flowers
Yup, I know all about that kind of home work, done plenty of it in times past. Now it's just maintaining the yard and a few other things.
I can't wait for the start on your new model though.
 
"Java" is coming along slowly right now. Boris Mulenko told me to paint the deck dark grey so that I did yesterday. I also bought the polymer of the sea and a blue coloring to add into the polymer that'll make it opaque.  In order to make waves I bought some special stuff the diorama makers and model railroaders use.  It also can make splashes and other water features. All this is new to me but have read up on the how to's. 
I have filled the gaps in the base plate with some more of the filler material and then painted it blue with an acrylic paint. It may not be needed because the polymer will be opaque but one never knows.  In any case, it wont hurt.
 
Here is how it looks now.

 

 

 

Cheers,
 

Hi Piet

You just made my day. I was beginning to think that I was the only person who could see this post.
I didn't think of using the term " Concept build" in my build title, maybe I should have.
 
You are more than welcome to pull up whatever you like, after all it is a pretty empty room, I hope that I can find something better than a stump though! Stumps are no way to treat a guest unless you are sitting in the woods next to a campfire. Hopefully I can keep it interesting, (Or possibly that should be MAKE it interesting) so that I can partly pay you back for all you have provided me with in following your Java build.
 
Lou

If the pillows don't give enough support, use rolled up blankets.   I used the blanket method for the move about 10 years ago.  These were tall ships and needed support so as not to fall over.  Mission was a success.  No damage and all ships out of harms way.   Also, but them in a "safe" room until all the furniture is out.  Then move them to their new home. For a safe place, I used the benches at where I worked (IT guy and had a large lab/office).   Drew attention for a week but no damage from the visitors.

Pillows! Theres an idea. Its a 30 min all highway drive to the new place.  I was also thinkin about putting my girl in the back seat and putting the bismarck on her lap. Maybe she can monitor things back there?  This is going to be stressful. 

Thanks Lou, i was also on the same page as you. It would be really hard to notice after all deck furniture is in place.
Appreciate your comment..
 
Cheers

Some progress
Cutting wood for the deck on a mini jig


 
Starting the deck



 
Some walls



 
Some painted walls

6-22-2012
it was back to planking the bulwarks again,  after the rest of the pilot house was assembled.   I had done some sanding to all the posts.....you may have noticed one picture,  where one of them was clamped.   I ran into some trouble with a couple of them.  the goal was to get the planks to lay as flat as possible,  making them just as smooth inside as outside.


planking around the stern was interesting.....instead of rounding it off,  I left it to come to sort of an apex.  it was given a less subtle shape with the finish sanding.





the wall for the aft cabin was built up some more.



the shape of the deck realized...

thank you very much for the kind comments. also thanks for the likes    
 
yes it was Mark.......it's one of the reasons why I decided to repost it.   I should have done it at that time,  when everyone else was rebuilding their logs,  but it was a finished build,  and if my memory serves me right,  I had five or so builds going on at the time.   way too much to replace.   what amazed me was that I didn't have to put much thought into it...I had everything planned out in my head.   I even added in a few extras.......like Andy's suggestion about the windshield wipers!  the admiral actually accused me of prolonging the project   
 
thanks Pat......I'm sure you remember the log........you followed star to finish!   glad your ready to follow again!   
 
thanks Patrick.......then you'll get a huge kick out of it!   I had just as much fun with this build,  as I did with the Andrea Gail  
 
hello Lou......thanks for the good word!  I guarantee that will never happen......it sits on a shelf,  and the admiral STILL won't let me touch it!  I wouldn't think of try to mod it in any way.......it's a one of a kind.  even if I tried to build another one,  it wouldn't come out the same.
 
I've got a small errand to run.........but when I get back I'll post more.  

Great work, Ondras! Nice looking planking! 

Thank you Srodbro!!
I marked the whole left side with a spike and immediately started drilling 0,65 mm holes. There's cca 1600 of them on one side, but it's going unexpectedly well..
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I sympathize with your moving woes. I have done it a couple of times with models, some made it and some didn't do so well. If the distance is short them I have had the best luck in putting them in the back of the car with pillows or foam for protection and take them by them selves. Longer moves, not so easy! It also helped that almost all my ships were RC so they were a little tougher than your normal shelf kit.
 
I still may be a little while on the Titanic as I think I am a little intimidated by the project and I also just started my sloop Providence build and want to make some progress with it before I branch out to another "Never done that before" build. Plus, like I said I still need some tools before I start working with this PE stuff.
 
Meanwhile I will avidly be following your build and see how it is done before I have to try my pitiful attempt.
 
Get back to work now, I need my next lesson!
 
Me again 

Glad to see your work again Scott. I was starting to go into withdrawal! For some reason My "Unread Content" didn't show your last posting until today!
 
I finally ordered and received the PE sheets needed to do the 1/350 Titanic for my Admiral, (It HAS to have lights as well!) and OMG  that stuff is SMALL!!!! Your pictures make it look like something you can actually see! After I get over the shock I will probably have get a list of the tools you have found most useful, other than a magnifying optical system that would normally only be used by a Micro-surgeon!
 
Optically challenged Lou  

Hi Denis
I bet this is one build log that won't fall behind or end up in the unfinished kits! This could be the fastest build log in history! Keep it up I'm expecting great things from you!
 
Lou