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that's the spirit ...

Hmm, Carl ... it seems to be ... as I ... if I ... delicate too much ... I have to do some experiment ... we`ll see
 
Hey Cap! Main problem ... it is hard to understand if you do not live in Serbia ... spend money for adequate tools is ... very strong attack to home budget ... considering I have student who study in oather town, paying him flat and schollarship, sending him money for living ... I just have to do everything with tools I have now. To be honest, here i nestrbia, a very few people can finance student in other town without credits od borrowing money, so I am happy I can do it from my regular income, but ... nothing stays for other purposes. In Serbia, average net earning is about 300$ per month, I make over 3000$, and still can not by me fine machine tools. Yes, I follow Ed`s log, and mainly stay withouth breath 
Thank you for your kind words, Mark. And I am sure, too 
 
Hello, piet, thank you for your supporting words
 
So ...
 
My crazy brain do not sleep, and here is first attepmt, just to get feeling about dimensions and material
I am not satisfied, so show goes on
 


See you one of this days

Sorry for the delay! I promised some photos, so here are a few quick ones, I'll return tomorow with better ones! I'm still adding pulleys... 

Hi Jan
Our daughter lives in Amsterdam so we still have a reason to go to Holland at least once a year and "play tourist".
And of course buy jenever, drop, stroopwafels, zoute haring ...
Cheers
Pieter
 

electricity for cars use the same crimping method for sockets and plugs, but it will be slightly if not a lot to big. Used it on the reconstruction of a mini's loom, maybe it would do the job as well. Made some joins for multiple cables out of brass tubing that way

that's the spirit ...

Steve, nobody told you modelbuilding wasn't a walk in the park!? Or are you, like others on this forum, a glutton for self inflicted punishment/mutilation. Oh, about the learning. You will make the same mistake another time, maybe not all, but some. I know I did ... but then I tend to forget things too ...

Or you are not so easily satisfied ... Like Steve, with his railing now

At least we know how he spends his money ...

Beautiful work, both on the brass, as well as on the mast hoops. I like the mold with the little cut to shape the hoop. Very nice jig

Live in Empe, near Voorst ... Zutphen. I see you swapped living quarters ... lovely region where you are

Nice build, Pieter. It has a certain panache. Whilst waiting for glue to set or paint to dry,  you can do a Dutch clog dance to kill some time
 
#2 if in doubt, use another clamp ... or two

she does look the part ... very beautiful work on the sails, Mark

that's the spirit ...

Nice, Kurt, if you can make functional scale turnbuckles!

Look at jewelry beading wire.  It is available in stranded SS.  I rigged a 1/12 scale sloop with 0.014-inch 21 strand wire.  It says "knot tying SS"  It is nylon coated but it is impossible to tell w/o magnification.  And I used crimps for the connections.  I found this stuff to be able to be tightened and then crimped but I used working turnbuckles to make final adjustments.
Kurt
 

With the planking done, CaptainSteve were most anxious to free his Barge from its’ build-board, and to be a-flipping it right ways upwards …

Despite his long-established track-record, Our Hero were able to remove-eth the frame centres without incident …. Well, ALMOST without incident.

“A-first,” he began to narrate, “I doth be attempting to repair this piece.” But, as things were to turn-eth out, this part were, like his own self, under a lot of pressure. Thusly, it didst became-eth necessary to re-make this frame piece …

When didst come-eth time to replace this frame, CaptainSteve tried many a-ways to a-fix and hold it securely into position. “Elastic bands be, again, a-bringing too much pressure to bear upon it,” he were to complain.
Eventually, after a couple of do-overs, the solution didst present-eth its ownself in the form of a cable-tie …

T’was about this point in time that Our Hero were to, yet again, go-eth off on a tangent. “Those wi’ a keen eye,” he stated, most nonchalantly, “may ha’ noticed something inneresting in one of the above pictures.”
 
Indeed-eth, in the 5th photo down, above, the observant amongst the Horde can spot-eth the beginnings of another ship in the background. “It be-eth behind the flying transom,” he didst point-eth out, most helpfully.”
Verily, Our Hero has begun another model !! It seems that CaptainSteve has secretly purchased and commenced his next build … HM Bomb Vessel Granado, by Caldercraft.
 
“Ah, yes,” he explained, almost as an afterthought. “That were to be me next build … but I be a-moving me time schedule up a few notches. I be a-getting around to writin’ a build-log fer that one, in due course.”
 
But, for now, at least, Our Hero were to forge-eth onwards with his Queen Anne Barge …
 
“A-first,” he continued, barely missing a beat, “I were to take-eth up me Dremel to fair down the frame innards.” Thusly, with the wind at his back,” he began to wind-eth down this entry, “I didst next progress-eth onwards with the cap rails.”

For the most part, CaptainSteve didst use-eth the laser-cuttings supplied by Chuck …


“But, I be a-finding that the rear-most pieces didst not fit-eth well to me flying transom section. Thusly, I didst make-eth me own.”


Somewhat fragile a-forehand, his barge now didst finally begin-eth to take-eth on a degree o' rigidity.
 
To round out this entry, Our Hero next removed the floor-board pieces from the laserings and didst clean-eth them up a little …

“I be a-marking the edges,” he commented, “with a black felt-tip pen, to simulate the caulkings.”
 
As things turned out, CaptainSteve eventually sanded off the majority of the ‘caulking’, as they did bleed out, making somewhat of a mess. Next, he didst make-eth the depth gauge, as directed by Chuck’s plans … which meant a little extra frame fairing a-fore he could continue …

With a little soaking and heat-bending to fit the central board to the frame curvature, Our Hero didst install-eth the main floorboards, a’fore adding the platforms, fore and aft …

And, so, his Queen Anne Barge, now much sturdier and more stabilized, as she stands currently …

“I be a-planning,” CaptainSteve concluded, most contritely, “to be much more diligent wi’ me postings in the future.”
At least, that be the plan ...
 
 

Patrick I read OKTO and thought  "oh no not another space cruiser". So I had to look it up. I was pleased to see it looked somewhat like a boat.

HI Vaddoc
 
no problem, my assumptions about the rig this boat carries were wrong, I wasn't expecting her to be able to set a flying jib. I assumed the topsail carried both spars with it, in which case you don't have the top section of the mast above where the backstays meet the mast. 
 
You will be happily busy with that rig. Apologies if my comments were confusing.

Thank you all for your likes and comments.
 
Carl, this simple jig worked amazingly well. No failures and all hoops came out identical, very quick process too.
Druxey, never though of it. However terrible though, walnut finishes superbly. I think once sanded and with a coat of Tung oil on, the hoops will look good and they will be very sturdy as well.
 
Mark, I am a seasoned landsman so I am really struggling with the rigging. My source of info are actually logs like yours, a few sketches from various versions of Debens, a you tube video of a vessel built at Whisstock yard, a couple of books and of course the all-knowing internet. I have no rigging plan or deck plan. I actually had to measure the various lengths of spars on the screen and scale up!
 
It seems though that Whistock yard liked the backstays to end up lower on the mast. Have a look at these photos:
 
Deben 5 sketch
 

Snapshot of top mast from the you tube boat

Now you can understand my decision to go for dramatic rather than accurate. 😁 Although I think in the end I wont be far off.
 
It does look however that the Deben carries quite a lot of sail for its size. But then again, all gaff boats seem to have powerful sails eitherway
 
Vaddoc

Nice build, Pieter. It has a certain panache. Whilst waiting for glue to set or paint to dry,  you can do a Dutch clog dance to kill some time
 
#2 if in doubt, use another clamp ... or two

Some progress, I'm almost ready to do the final rigging of the sails.
 
The jib is done, but without any sheet blocks or track cars to lead the sheets yet; the mainsail was test fitted, see below, & since then I've set out & drilled the luff. The luff is not laced, that's a bit old-fashioned for the 1960s, they would have likely been some simple car & track arrangement. Laced luffs are ok but can jam if it's very windy, nothing like being unable to get sails down.
 
I've also decided against doing a loose foot on the mainsail, mainly for model making reasons. I prefer a loose foot, but it will be a greater risk for the model to have the sail loading to just the tip of the boom & the tiny block there. I think it's historically correct to do either for the time.
 
The rig temporarily in place, the 'A' indicates the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club.

The tack of the jib completed. One minor detail is that the replicated modern swage terminals - aluminium tube with the wire glued in place with CA - just aren't strong enough so I did a single squeeze on each tube with pointed (round tipped) pliers. The effect is quite good, & in fact the actual terminals do have a flat spot for putting a spanner.

 
Jib hank:

 
These will be the mainsail luff cars. The flat bar pieces will sit in a brass C section that's on the stern side of the mast. To be soldered, then probably glued into the track.

Thank you all!  Updates coming in a few hours. I did a lot of the rigging, she does look magnificent, even though I was not very optimistic at the start of this built. Also had a small accident a few days ago. Thankfully I keep the ship wrapped in a soft cloth when I rigg it, so there was little effect.

Nice progress there Steven even with the tribulations along the way - and what better excuse to add the Lion's head - cool it is
 
cheers
 
Pat

Hi Mark
Thank you I will go to Bunnings and try to get some.
 
Jo.