Mirabell61

@Mirabell61thanks a lot Nils!
 
Although I have studied the rigging plans of this kit for a long time, it still suprises me how detailed it is! And in 1/72 scale! 
 
So fore sail is prepared, I have attached all the ropes and blocks...... 

And start testing on the ship 
 
Foresail halyard

Foresail sheet attached to the horse

Foresail downhaul and tack 

There is really everything! 

Adding some more tackles, hooks and blocks. 

And works on the sails. I have removed the boltrope and did some ironing. 

Now its time to attach the boltrope back using my own rope. After 2 and half hour with a needel........ I have the smallest one ready 💣

Cleaning up the mess. Main back stays are in place and now starting with shrouds. 

All ropes for main sail are in place (what a mess) 

Now I could secure the mast in position and slowly start to solving that "hairy" puzzle. I must say it is a Joy to go through all the tackles! 
 

@ccoyle thank you!
 
Sail is finished so I could attach it to gaff and mast and test-fit it on the deck 

Gaff is also ready. Last item to prepare before assembly is topsail yard. 

CHAPTER I. The Boat
 
1. Keel and stems
 
Starting with the keel, the prow and the stem. To saw them in the right shape I glue a copy of the plan on the different pieces of wood.

For the right cuts, I clamp my work piece with the cutting line along two steel L-profiles in the vise and saw with a hand scrub along the profiles.

Where I have to saw curves, I use the jig saw...

.. and the band- (outer curves) and drum (inner curves) sander to finish.

 

 

In the back side of the stern post there has to be made a round groove to give room for the rudder. I made it before sawing the sternpost. I have no precision tools to do it, therefore I make a much longer piece then needed; that gives me the opportunity to choose the best piece to make the sternpost from.

 

 

At the bottom of the sternpost is a pin which fits in a hole in the keel. Sawing the pin.

 

Making the hole in the keel.

 

 

Keel and stems glued together

 
Thank you for the likes
Thank you to follow
Tank you for the constructive comments.
 
Till next week!

Thank you Christian, I rather think it is Chris  who has reproduced those wonderful lines in the design of his kit.🙂
 
Post 41
Completing the Swivels
None of the kit parts were used in the production of the Swivel guns.
I have the remaining six bow guns to complete and then blacken the set of twelve.

3672(2)
The crutches in their raw state.

3676
Bringing crutch and gun together.

3678
Cleaned and ready to blacken.

3683
A few dips later and the guns are ready to seal.

3685(2)
For the ball on the end of the handle I use my old standby of pva. This is very useful for creating such features where other methods are impracticable.
I also use it for such things as handles on gun quoins, and bolt heads on metal straps at small scales.

3704(2)

3691(2)

3688(2)

3694(2)

3698(2)
The ordnance is now completed and will be put aside until final fitting.
 
Moving back to the hull where another puzzlement arises.
 
B.E.
28/11/2019
 

Thats nothing!
Angry wives....
I have a very old German friend who is a solicitor and likes to read all the business aspects and news from several news papers on a daily basis.
His wife makes him wash his hands afterwards to remove any print marks that may be transferred to the white paintwork!!!! Aghhhhh!!!!
 

Thanks for your interest in my "favorite tools" and for your greeting Steve....
 
Nils

Nils,
Thank you for sharing your workshop.  I wish you and your family a happy holiday season.
Steve

This is a Matchless motorcycle.

Thank you all followers of this thread for your interest.
It is more than I ever imagined.
The hull shell is now complete and out in the hot Australian sun for its first coat of interior varnish to dry.
My Vic Smeed Yachting book arrived this morning and it is an absolute Gold Mine!
If you get into making a sailing yacht then this book has all you need to know.
What tickles me is that the past owner who is no longer with us had several engineering letters after his name but he still bought the Vic Smeed book as there were obviously things he needed to know.
Vic was a technical genius.
Onwards! 
Here is how his Starlet design has emerged.
It is an easy build.
It must be as I have done it!
It is imperfect but so am I.
Pete
 
 

Nice build Pete,
also the truck looks great   
 
Nils

Many thanks to Steve, Johann, Denis and Piet,
also thanks to all the "likes" for looking in
 
It must have been two weeks or more since I posted last, and your kind comments encourage me to carry on, the steam was a bit out of the kettle, and I do`nt realy know why....
Instead I spent some hours with my Trainz 2009 train simulator, a program I have on my PC. There is a favourate download add-on I have saved there, it is a historic logging line, down in breathtaking Murchison county, New Zealand.
This is covering standard gauge- and narrow gauge tracks in mountains,  over many scary wooden threstles over rough canyons with animated waterfalls, and along flowing rivers to get to the logging camps, with interactive log-loading and dumping functions.
Best of all are (amoungst many other vehicles in the train park),  the old geared puffing locomotives, like Shay, Climax, Heisler, etc.
 
Steve,
a very nice comment of yours, much appreciated. Yes, much is with hand tools, and because I neigther own a lathe nor a milling machine, I always have to evaluate how the job can be done altrnatively.
With pleasure I`ll provide a little overview of my favorate tools in use....... (ref. to the enclosed pics)
 
Johann,
thank you very much for nice comment, much appreciated, am pleased you like the details...
 
Denis,
thanks for your nice comments, am pleased you like the details. I`m stuck a bit with the deck in the moment, but will groove myself in and carry on....
 
Piet,
thats a very nice comment, and I`m pleased you like the workboat...
 
Nils
 
Pictures:
I have a small room in our cellar which I use for rough-work cutting, sawing, grinding, glass casing assembly, and wood storage.
The assembly work, designing, soldering, and finer fitting sub assemblies is done in my other, more office-like  hobby room, where I also display the finalized models in glass casings
 

this is very old kitchen furniture that could be saved from dumping many years ago, here are my favourate tools
 

this table saw is my latest achievement, a birthday present of my son in Oct. this year
 

this multy use sander is very much in use, and I ca´nt miss it anymore...
 

for sharpening chissels and drills
 

the small IXO Bosch Drill is very much in use, i`ts usualy for taking up hexogonal headed bits, and here also a bit for spanning small drills  0,5 - 6 mm for all purposes...
further a a sander belt ( cost much less than a Proxon or so), but is a pofessional tool
further two grinder / sanding tools for appropriate range of bits
And of course the good old  hand jig-saw
 

odd plankes and dowels, bits of wood, ply bits and remaining plate rests, etc. are saved for future purposes....
 

 
 

also all sorts of brass profiles and tubes are saved
 

 
 

drawings, design evaluations etc. are saved in card tubes
 
 

Hi Pete,
thats the impression, after the vacum cleaner was at work, you should have seen it before and an angry wife, just after a sanding and table saw session. All shoeprints all over the carpets !
 
Meantime I have received some blocks and cotton cloth for sewing the sails, brown and red, or will do two of the five sails in red. I still have some Morope  for the bolt ropes
 
Nils
 

Many thanks to Steve, Johann, Denis and Piet,
also thanks to all the "likes" for looking in
 
It must have been two weeks or more since I posted last, and your kind comments encourage me to carry on, the steam was a bit out of the kettle, and I do`nt realy know why....
Instead I spent some hours with my Trainz 2009 train simulator, a program I have on my PC. There is a favourate download add-on I have saved there, it is a historic logging line, down in breathtaking Murchison county, New Zealand.
This is covering standard gauge- and narrow gauge tracks in mountains,  over many scary wooden threstles over rough canyons with animated waterfalls, and along flowing rivers to get to the logging camps, with interactive log-loading and dumping functions.
Best of all are (amoungst many other vehicles in the train park),  the old geared puffing locomotives, like Shay, Climax, Heisler, etc.
 
Steve,
a very nice comment of yours, much appreciated. Yes, much is with hand tools, and because I neigther own a lathe nor a milling machine, I always have to evaluate how the job can be done altrnatively.
With pleasure I`ll provide a little overview of my favorate tools in use....... (ref. to the enclosed pics)
 
Johann,
thank you very much for nice comment, much appreciated, am pleased you like the details...
 
Denis,
thanks for your nice comments, am pleased you like the details. I`m stuck a bit with the deck in the moment, but will groove myself in and carry on....
 
Piet,
thats a very nice comment, and I`m pleased you like the workboat...
 
Nils
 
Pictures:
I have a small room in our cellar which I use for rough-work cutting, sawing, grinding, glass casing assembly, and wood storage.
The assembly work, designing, soldering, and finer fitting sub assemblies is done in my other, more office-like  hobby room, where I also display the finalized models in glass casings
 

this is very old kitchen furniture that could be saved from dumping many years ago, here are my favourate tools
 

this table saw is my latest achievement, a birthday present of my son in Oct. this year
 

this multy use sander is very much in use, and I ca´nt miss it anymore...
 

for sharpening chissels and drills
 

the small IXO Bosch Drill is very much in use, i`ts usualy for taking up hexogonal headed bits, and here also a bit for spanning small drills  0,5 - 6 mm for all purposes...
further a a sander belt ( cost much less than a Proxon or so), but is a pofessional tool
further two grinder / sanding tools for appropriate range of bits
And of course the good old  hand jig-saw
 

odd plankes and dowels, bits of wood, ply bits and remaining plate rests, etc. are saved for future purposes....
 

 
 

also all sorts of brass profiles and tubes are saved
 

 
 

drawings, design evaluations etc. are saved in card tubes
 
 

So true Geert   😏......
 
Nils

So true Geert   😏......
 
Nils

Many thanks to Steve, Johann, Denis and Piet,
also thanks to all the "likes" for looking in
 
It must have been two weeks or more since I posted last, and your kind comments encourage me to carry on, the steam was a bit out of the kettle, and I do`nt realy know why....
Instead I spent some hours with my Trainz 2009 train simulator, a program I have on my PC. There is a favourate download add-on I have saved there, it is a historic logging line, down in breathtaking Murchison county, New Zealand.
This is covering standard gauge- and narrow gauge tracks in mountains,  over many scary wooden threstles over rough canyons with animated waterfalls, and along flowing rivers to get to the logging camps, with interactive log-loading and dumping functions.
Best of all are (amoungst many other vehicles in the train park),  the old geared puffing locomotives, like Shay, Climax, Heisler, etc.
 
Steve,
a very nice comment of yours, much appreciated. Yes, much is with hand tools, and because I neigther own a lathe nor a milling machine, I always have to evaluate how the job can be done altrnatively.
With pleasure I`ll provide a little overview of my favorate tools in use....... (ref. to the enclosed pics)
 
Johann,
thank you very much for nice comment, much appreciated, am pleased you like the details...
 
Denis,
thanks for your nice comments, am pleased you like the details. I`m stuck a bit with the deck in the moment, but will groove myself in and carry on....
 
Piet,
thats a very nice comment, and I`m pleased you like the workboat...
 
Nils
 
Pictures:
I have a small room in our cellar which I use for rough-work cutting, sawing, grinding, glass casing assembly, and wood storage.
The assembly work, designing, soldering, and finer fitting sub assemblies is done in my other, more office-like  hobby room, where I also display the finalized models in glass casings
 

this is very old kitchen furniture that could be saved from dumping many years ago, here are my favourate tools
 

this table saw is my latest achievement, a birthday present of my son in Oct. this year
 

this multy use sander is very much in use, and I ca´nt miss it anymore...
 

for sharpening chissels and drills
 

the small IXO Bosch Drill is very much in use, i`ts usualy for taking up hexogonal headed bits, and here also a bit for spanning small drills  0,5 - 6 mm for all purposes...
further a a sander belt ( cost much less than a Proxon or so), but is a pofessional tool
further two grinder / sanding tools for appropriate range of bits
And of course the good old  hand jig-saw
 

odd plankes and dowels, bits of wood, ply bits and remaining plate rests, etc. are saved for future purposes....
 

 
 

also all sorts of brass profiles and tubes are saved
 

 
 

drawings, design evaluations etc. are saved in card tubes
 
 

Hi Pete,
thats the impression, after the vacum cleaner was at work, you should have seen it before and an angry wife, just after a sanding and table saw session. All shoeprints all over the carpets !
 
Meantime I have received some blocks and cotton cloth for sewing the sails, brown and red, or will do two of the five sails in red. I still have some Morope  for the bolt ropes
 
Nils
 

So true Geert   😏......
 
Nils

So true Geert   😏......
 
Nils

Hi Pete,
thats the impression, after the vacum cleaner was at work, you should have seen it before and an angry wife, just after a sanding and table saw session. All shoeprints all over the carpets !
 
Meantime I have received some blocks and cotton cloth for sewing the sails, brown and red, or will do two of the five sails in red. I still have some Morope  for the bolt ropes
 
Nils
 

Many thanks to Steve, Johann, Denis and Piet,
also thanks to all the "likes" for looking in
 
It must have been two weeks or more since I posted last, and your kind comments encourage me to carry on, the steam was a bit out of the kettle, and I do`nt realy know why....
Instead I spent some hours with my Trainz 2009 train simulator, a program I have on my PC. There is a favourate download add-on I have saved there, it is a historic logging line, down in breathtaking Murchison county, New Zealand.
This is covering standard gauge- and narrow gauge tracks in mountains,  over many scary wooden threstles over rough canyons with animated waterfalls, and along flowing rivers to get to the logging camps, with interactive log-loading and dumping functions.
Best of all are (amoungst many other vehicles in the train park),  the old geared puffing locomotives, like Shay, Climax, Heisler, etc.
 
Steve,
a very nice comment of yours, much appreciated. Yes, much is with hand tools, and because I neigther own a lathe nor a milling machine, I always have to evaluate how the job can be done altrnatively.
With pleasure I`ll provide a little overview of my favorate tools in use....... (ref. to the enclosed pics)
 
Johann,
thank you very much for nice comment, much appreciated, am pleased you like the details...
 
Denis,
thanks for your nice comments, am pleased you like the details. I`m stuck a bit with the deck in the moment, but will groove myself in and carry on....
 
Piet,
thats a very nice comment, and I`m pleased you like the workboat...
 
Nils
 
Pictures:
I have a small room in our cellar which I use for rough-work cutting, sawing, grinding, glass casing assembly, and wood storage.
The assembly work, designing, soldering, and finer fitting sub assemblies is done in my other, more office-like  hobby room, where I also display the finalized models in glass casings
 

this is very old kitchen furniture that could be saved from dumping many years ago, here are my favourate tools
 

this table saw is my latest achievement, a birthday present of my son in Oct. this year
 

this multy use sander is very much in use, and I ca´nt miss it anymore...
 

for sharpening chissels and drills
 

the small IXO Bosch Drill is very much in use, i`ts usualy for taking up hexogonal headed bits, and here also a bit for spanning small drills  0,5 - 6 mm for all purposes...
further a a sander belt ( cost much less than a Proxon or so), but is a pofessional tool
further two grinder / sanding tools for appropriate range of bits
And of course the good old  hand jig-saw
 

odd plankes and dowels, bits of wood, ply bits and remaining plate rests, etc. are saved for future purposes....
 

 
 

also all sorts of brass profiles and tubes are saved
 

 
 

drawings, design evaluations etc. are saved in card tubes