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Looking good Piet. I'm glad you pointed out the broken ribs

Hi Piet:
I'm playing a little catching up this morning. Been swamped with writing the instructions for the lifeboat kit project....almost done.
So glad to get back and enjoy the amazing progress on your build....and to read the good news regarding your health concerns.
The dingy looks like fun. Might as well build two while you're at it, and bring one to the April show.
Keep up the beautiful work my friend.

6 cm, that s really small to do it as a real pof-model
I would have gonefor the plug-method, or even total fake
 
Btw it's great to hear your major medical problem has gone!
 
Jan

Hello everyone and thank you all for your best wishes, support and all the likes.
We are still under the weather with this flu like condition but we keep trucking.
 
Okay, I took one pic of the disaster with the dingy. I have now two broken ribs and am making plans to remake this bloom'n thing.  However, being the stubborn Dutchman I am going to finish this one even if it kills me, not really, it's just a figure of speech 
 
I cut the frames from a boxwood plank that I sanded down to 1 mm with the vertical grains on the bottom side.  I was hoping that by being extremely careful they wouldn't snap on me till the bottom planking was on.  Well, no such luck.
 
What I'll do for the next one is sand the boxwood plank down to 1/2 mm or so and glue them together 90 degrees opposed to each other.  That way the frames can support each other.  I guess i could run out to the hobby store and buy another sheet of 1 mm plywood for $20 bucks.  No, I'll play with this method, it looks much better from solid wood instead of seeing the plies and I'll have a nice glue surface too.
 
So, I'll look at this thing as my practice piece.  I can even use it as a spare dingy on the display board.  Add some damage to it and claim it's waiting for repairs    I need to do the stern planking also a little different at the keel.  
Who would have thought that such a little thing can give you such grief.  But then again, I'm doing it the unorthodox way.
 

Well, this shows a little better then half of the bottom planking glued on.  What I'll do with this one is make two new ribs with the "new" method and glue them in.  I used 1 X 3 mm planks, soaked them in water, shaped them on the frames and let them dry.  Then glued them om and after the glue had cured I sanded the planks down to 1/2 mm.  That way they would lay down nicely for the lapstrake.  They do look rather convincing. 
 
Cheers,

Thanks !   everyone for the comments and "likes."
 
Moving along with the basic hull construction...
 
Bulkhead fillers...
Cut, fit, and glued the first set of bulkhead filler blocks using 1” x 2” balsa.
 

 

 

 
Thanks for dropping in to take a look!
Your advice, suggestions and questions are always welcome.

John,
Thanks for checking in! Your Morgan build, which I'm following, and your website are very nicely done.
I like the Lufkin pumping unit. Still see a bunch of them going out.
I'll PM you about the photos.

Very nicely done, John!

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Here's the anchors mounted on board.

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Hello Sjors, in this picture you can see a round anchor stock on the port side bow.

Here's the anchors mounted on board.

Looking good Augie. Since they're brass is there a reason you're going to paint them vs. blackening? Just curious.

Gun Preparation
 
Each gun port on the gundeck requires 4 eyebolts to secure the gun tackles and breech lines.  The holes were drilled and the upper eyebolts fitted.  The lower eyebolts will go in with the breech lines:
 

 
As a review, I'll be using Chuck's brass canon from the Syren Co. in place of the kit-supplied white metal canon:
 

 
You can see a small bit of flashing in the trunion hole in the uppermost canon.  For this purpose, keep a 1/16" drill bit handy for (gentle) easy removal by hand (12 pounders) .  In the case of the smaller 6 pounders, a #67 bit will suffice.  Also, keep a small sanding stick ready to smooth the ends of the trunions.  I cleaned the guns by soaking in acetone before fitting the trunions.
 
Here's what the guns look like with the trunions installed:
 

 
Although one could choose to solder in the trunions, I chose to simply use the smallest dab of thick CA for this purpose.  It gives you time to work .
 
The next step will be fitting the brass rings for the breech lines to the guns.
 
 
 
 

PM received.  Many thanks, mate.  I love the fact that this Forum provides a mechanism to receive valuable input from shipmates halfway around the globe.

Here's the anchors mounted on board.

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Here's the anchors mounted on board.

Hello to all who have an interest. Here is an excellent set of pictures that clearly show the anchors. Thanks for all the input.

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Here's the anchors mounted on board.

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Just one comment John.  I noticed you used 'rings' on your anchor.  The photo of the full scale they look more like bands.  Minor point.  I've simulated those iron bands with painted paper, painted masking tape or (my favorite) narrow lengths of heat shrink tubing.  

Although I have a good bit of model building experience – mostly model railroading – I'm quite new at model ship building. I've always been sort of a “scratch-basher,” very seldom building anything according to the plans and instructions. I learned pretty quick that model ship building doesn't work that way... So, with this project I'm making every effort to stick with the plans and instructions. I'm also using as a practicum several of the Fair American build logs, especially those of Pete, Bob, Gary, Kevin and Ed. Excellent work Gentlemen!   And THANKS! for sharing your work.
 
 
Bulkheads...
Once again I dry-fit all the bulkheads on the center keel assembly to make sure everything still went together OK. I beveled the forward four and the aft four bulkheads, but not quite as much as the plans called for, wanting to be sure I didn't remove too much material before I got ready to begin fairing.
 
Satisfied with the fit of the bulkheads, I clamped and glued each one individually, making sure they were square to and flush with the top of the center keel. After setting overnight, everything looked straight and square.
 
 
Creative Clamping 101...   or maybe some medieval torture device????
 

 

 

Hello to all who have an interest. Here is an excellent set of pictures that clearly show the anchors. Thanks for all the input.