Derek C

Hi Jim

Hello fellow MSW members 

i haven’t posted in a week , not because I haven’t been working in the shipyard but because what I was working on was kicking my butt !So I thought I’d give a update .I have finished the rigging  and started on the sails  and I quickly found out that my sewing is the most horrid thing I had ever laid eyes on ! I have posted pictures of what I’m happy with after six or seven attempts  . I still have plenty opportunity to screw these up as I still want to add a black seam of thread around the sails and make the anchoring points . I plan on attempting this process today after I apply a coat of clear  to the boat I will begin my sewing nightmare again lol 

Coming along very nicely B.E. 

Hello Philippe

Oh lol o thanks

Yea they are nice looking , but I'm in same boat as Kurt. .... I cannot locate them on the site.

Real nice  looking ship that your building 

I made the rudder today, I used a spare I had from the kit version of this boat as a template I started by tracing the template then sanding and filing until I got it to match

Then I mounted the rudder and got the stays rigged 

next I will rig the boom and gaff and start to mock up the sails. I have read that there are a couple different rigging plans for the sails   One for a short gaff and one for the gaff in the plans I used for this build. I will do a bit more research on this before I commit to either way.not that I have kept the build period correct using the colored rigging on the stays. 

Lol Tom

Dont you hate that feeling , but what ever pops up can be overcome with a bit of thought and planning . Looking good so far  

I cut , drilled and shaped all the 1/8 "blocks I need for the rigging today and for some reason building the blocks went so much better than the dead eyes.

I started of with a piece of wood cut to 1/8 " I then cut out pieces to  aapproximately the size I needed and drilled the holes for the rigging

 Then I sanded and filed until I got to the size and shape I was looking for . Then I filed in my grooves. I used a block I had left over from the ms kit to use as a example but now that I went back and saw chucks technique  in his log he put two holes in his and they look sweet so I will have to go back and fine tune  these 

I am getting close to doing rigging and making the sails I need to start thinking about acquiring something to make the sails out of . I need to go back and find the forum I got the sail and rigging plans from and see if they mentioned anything about the materials used . If anyone has any suggestions please speak up 

Thanks

Derek 

Planking looks real nice B.E. 👍🏻👍🏻

I made the dead eyes and chain plates, not the best but if I never have to make dead eyes this small again it will be to soon  I needed  9 total but I bet I made 20 and got 9 semi successful ones out of them . I started with a small square and cut out the general shape then finished them with sanding and filing.

Then I used a small brass nail " the same diameter of the nails I will use to mount them once there done  "with the head cut of to form the 1.5 " long piece of 28 gauge wire to make my chain plates .

I then twisted th wire until the desired length and added the dead eyes using a drop of glue to secure  them into the chain plates.

i also finished the gaff and applied the paint . I used white and black to accent pieces of the boat . Trying to leave as much of the natural teak showing . I plan on using a two part clear coat used on autos for the final finish 

i am pretty pleased with the way she is looking for my first scratch build model 

Looks great

Welcome to MSW 2beers  

Looks real nice Bluto

Looks real nice Steve ! Planking with hard wood is difficult I have found out , but yours came out sweet. 

I'd go red handles and paddle leaving the center natural 

Looking good Tom, I guess just wait till you fair the hull and see how that gap will effect your planking but don't look so bad from here 

I have also retained  plans for that boat from a website, a few years ago and seeing this post I had to go digging to see if I could find where I filed them lol . I did find them but maybe I lost some because they don't make since to me. I have never done a paper or card model in fact I'm only on my second wood model now , I had done many plastic kits when younger but nothing like what is seen on MSW. When you start your log I will follow along maybe it will help me understand what I have 

Good Luck

Derek 

😳 wow ! Simply marvelous Nek0

Looking good B.E. 

I made the bow spirit, and almost finished gaff last night . 

But with all the sanding I did yesterday . I woke up this morning with a nasty rash between my fingers 😲 Apparently I bit to much of the oil from the wood sat a tad to long on my unprotected skin . So here is a P.S.A. ..... when working with teak be sure to use a good respirator and cover up as much as you can stand  lol 😂 

I installed the mast and glued in the last thwart she's coming along nicely 

I got the mast and mast step done . I had a scrap piece of teak that I had broken earlier in the project so I used that to make the mast . I used my pocket knife to get the general shape and size I was looking for then finished it if by hand using 120 grit sand paper and a couple hours of sanding. The teak is very hard and takes time to sand . I guess I could have used power tools but it was a nice day to sit outside and whittle up a mast .