texxn5

I am very saddend to hear about your brother Sherry.  My prayers go out to you and your family, may God bless you all....

Oh my Piet.....was it that obvious???  would I do something like that????

Hello all y'all ship builders and thanks for dropping in and your like votes!
 
@ Popeye, wow, thanks for spending the time to scrounge up those URL's.  I'll be looking into it and see what I can find that I can use.  The O 19 numbers and letters is rather odd and I may have to avail on Remco to make them for me.  He has a method to duplicate them exactly as they were.
 
@ John (texxn5), and why do I see a sh-t eat'n grin on your face?  Straight face indeed        Just for yuns info - - - there is a plan being cooked up by them sawdust worms, miracles are not out of this world yet       
 
@ John (Lad), you know, I thrive on pressure, makes me think harder - - - - uh oh, what's that stuff coming out of my ears??  Oh - - - it's smoke!  Brain is heating up   
 
Cheers,

I would like to thank everyone for the kind words and well wishes for my brother. My heart is saddened, beyond words, to report that he passed away this afternoon.
 
I know this is a build log for my ship, but I would like to post one photo as a mini tribute to him - my favourite photo of him:
 

My "big" brother Brian
 

Looking good Randy, glad to see you're getting it figured out....

Time for the promised update !
 
Planking has begun.  I've begun at the channel wales and am working upward toward the chain wales.  The planks are basswood.
 
You may recall that we laid out the sweep ports using a supplied paper template.  As we begin planking, it is necessary to notch some of the planks to accommodate these ports.  Here's a notched plank ready to be laid:
 

 
Here's where we are after laying the first 8 rows:
 

 
Both the port and starboard sides are at this point.  All of the individual planks are scale length (25-30 feet).  The channels themselves will be double planked after we get all the way up to the cap rail.  I haven't  broken out the belt sander yet to level things out    .
 
After the next few rows we'll be notching out for the gun ports.
 
Probably be a good week or more before the next update.  She's a lot bigger than I thought.
 
 

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this is just some of the sites I have listed........I hope you find something good      I'll look forward in seeing the coning tower.  I had a funny thought,  after reading your post.   "Gee,  with the coning tower on there,  it will be hard to flip 'er over."   of course,  I thought about it for a moment,  and then gave myself the 'Denozo headslap'............on saw horses......what-douya think :D :D
 
you don't need encouragement........I think you have enough  'drive'  for the both of us     I will cheer you on though.......I think your doing a fantastic job! 

That's what we're all here for buddy,  to give you s@#$, a quick kick, and get well.....nothing worse than a darn cold in winter.....uccchhhh.  now, go have a toddy....Sir!

Sky light - - - yippee!  Just take your time with it 
 
Cheers,

Ohhhhhh, ooopppsss,  I missed that que Augie....you are absolutley right.....Beware the Wrath of Sjors.......kinda like a Star Trek charecter I think.......perhaps The Wrath of Khan.....

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Don't make any promises on completion dates to Rear Admiral we-all-know-who

Hey John real nice work on the wheel house, looks just great!.... looking forward to see how you handle the skylight, that will definitely enhance your deck work
Frank

Hey John, I finally got caught up on your build. Looking good ! Looks like I got here at a good time. I am interested to see how you tackle the skylight.
Great detail.
 
Charley

Thanks Augie.....for the confidence.....I have some ideas in mind for building it.  I have photos of the real thing, and I really studied it while I was in Mystic.  The instructions and plans are pretty vague.  My biggest problem will be figuring out the wood strips to keep the proper scale so the details look good.  It hopefully will turn out to be a good addition to the Hurricane House.  I need to build a ladder and rail for the roof of the Hurricane House first.  Admiral duty took precedence today.  Not sure if I'll get anything done tonight or not, we might go get some good Mexican Food tonight so being fat, dumb and happy and after a couple of good Dos Equis, I might not get to the shipyard......tomorrow is another day.....

Yeah Augie, it's kinda looking like a ship.....miracles never cease!

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Well, this morning I got some fiddly stuff done to the aft of the Hurricane Roof House, built the ladder and handrail, attached and painted them.  I am now I think Officially finished with the Hurricane House, Tiller & Wheel.   I'm starting to figure out that some of "white" looking spots in the painting, is actually reflexions from the powerful flash on the camera.  If it was't so cold I'd go outside and take a few photos to compare.

Sounds good Piet.  Might be time to break out your engineering skills to figure this one out....might be worth the effort.   No pressure from any of us though, we wouldn't do that to you....

I have not had much time to work the build this week. Daughter no. 1 is about to be married this weekend and there has been very little time for ... fun. But I did sneak in a few items on the chain pumps. I used the 6" rule for their dimensions. Using the reference photo below the pipe inner diameter is reported to be 6" (an elm log hollowed I believe). This made the up and down pipe about 12". These were used to apprx. the rest of the pump size. Mine may be a little large but the plastic crew member is about waist high to the pump handle and that can't be too far off.
 

 
The finished parts:

Tanks for looking in Adriaan, Popeye, Sherry, Sjors, Daniel and Mark and for your like votes, much appreciated.
 
@ John (Lad), thank you for agreeing with me   Yes, fitting these small pieces of decking was time consuming, filing wood away one molecule at a time    but in the end it paid off, I only had to remake one piece.
 
@ John Texxn5), yup, it sure makes a big difference with the deck closed.  Now I need to make the hatch doors that fit in between the rails.  The anchor should not be a big problem.  I have to wait for the copper to arrive from Paul out of Malta, provided there is enough left over from making the propeller blades.
Well, yeah, the mine storage tube issue looks very simple but in reality it's really not.  There has to be a part of the round pressure hull visible behind the tubes and on each side is a frame with on the topside a flange with lighting holes.  All that has to be made and then try to worm it inside an empty space with nothing to adhere it to.  How do you attach something to nothing?  You have to make that something first and then see how to wriggle it inside that small opening. Magic??        But I'm thinking about it though.  Yes indeed, I'm forging ahead with the needed work before the con and am still making sketches for it.
 
@ Popeye, thanks my friend for your encouragement.  Am very curious about your three-ship holiday project 
 
Today I did some metal work for a change.  I made the small horizontal net / cable cutters at the stern, the ones just above the prop shaft bearing housing, and the bow net / cable cutter.  They are just cemented on with epoxy and in "the raw" so to speak.
No pics though because I want to first dress them up nice for all yuns to look at.  I bend small strips of .3 mm brass sheet to 90 degrees to create a small edge to solder to a strip of .2mm brass sheet.  This way I can bend them to the curve of the bow without the teeth part separating.  I used a small cut-off disk to shape the teeth but had to finalize it with a knife edge file.  They came out okay.  A final touching up after the cement has cured. 
 
Did I hear "paint the bottom of the boat"?  Hmmmm, my hearing is playing tricks on me, again    That's what happens when you get old - - - - I mean - - - respectably ancient        
 
This is it then for this day and now back to my drafting table and work some more on the conning tower drawings.
All y'all have a great rest of the day or new day, whichever case may be.
 
Cheers, 

Well, I guess I've put it off long enough.....it's time to start on the Skylight.....

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