GrandpaPhil

The carronades aren’t too bad to make.  I made mine out of a dowel rod.

I carved it with a #11 scalpel blade.

Cut slowly and make small cuts.  Watch your fingers (I learned the hard way).

I made the barrel first, drilled it out, glued a seed bead on the back end for the cascabel and put an eyebolt on the breech.

 The hardest part was starting the first one.

I’m very sorry to hear this.  My condolences to the family.

Awesome!

I have the Fore Course almost half done.

Excellent!  I am looking forward to seeing this build come together!

Working on the Fore Course.

I agree with Jim, be safe.

Thank you very much for the comments and the likes!

I’m pretty happy with the color of the sail material that I’m using.  I like the darker look, it looks more real to me.

 As for making the seams, a sewing machine is on my wish list.  I used upholstery thread for the seams this time.  Next time, I will use upholstery thread for the rigging and regular thread for the seams.

I finished the fore top studding sails:

Well done!

Looking good!

Are you planning to paint?  

Fantastic work!

Fore Top Sail is done:

I’m sorry to hear about the E. Coli.  

I went through that twelve years ago and it made me completely miserable for about six weeks.

On the bright side, the Portland is looking good!

Congratulations on the new puppy!

Sorry to hear about the stroke.  Get to feeling better and enjoy drawing out Le Terrible.

After that, sawdust will fly 😀

I’ve had a lot of fun with the Prince de Neufchatel, so I’m looking forward to starting in on the Triton.

I need to pick up a sheet of 1/4” (6mm) plywood for the bulkheads, but I have plenty of basswood for the planking and the underdeck.  I’m sure that I’ll be buying more, but I have enough to get started.

 I just need to finish making the sails and installing the running rigging on the Prince de Neufchatel.  Hopefully that will be done by August.  Then I need to finish Victory, which will probably run me into next spring or summer, before I actually start cutting wood on Triton.

The tape will oxidize in a couple of months and get a nice patina.

I am building the Mantua version, and I had plenty of planking left over.  

I would imagine that the Corel version would be the same.

Thank you all very much for all the likes and all the comments!

Fore Top Gallant Sail is made!  I’m making progress.

I’ve got the popcorn popper ready!

I got my wire (granted it’s annealed steel), from a Habitat For Humanity ReStore thrift store.  I think I paid $2-$3 for two different sizes in spools.

The Fore Top Royal Sail is done.  

Working on the rest of the Foremast sails.

Excellent work!