edmay

Those are nice little tools ,but the handles need to be regular size in order to get proper leverage and manipulation. Lee Valley does make nice stuff.

I also have their chisels and the full set of miniature planes and they are excellent - also have the Kell chisel guide from Garrett Wade and use it a lot on my smaller chisels.

Hi Dave ,Outstanding work ,whatever your next build will be watched by many for your quality knowledge,tips and friendly comradery including the vast interest of many others , thanks and a merry Christmas to you and all the family . Edwin

Hi Dave ,Outstanding work ,whatever your next build will be watched by many for your quality knowledge,tips and friendly comradery including the vast interest of many others , thanks and a merry Christmas to you and all the family . Edwin

Flags finished....
 
Arrived yesterday - None the right size of course.  Nothing is ever that easy right?
No problem.... I scanned them all and printed onto paper.  Re-sized each to fit,. then used white paper glue to fold the two matching sides together.
After 80% dry, I played around with getting the appearance of being slightly lifted by a light breeze.

Working on the ID Plaque now, which will put the wraps on this build.
 
Good day for having a cold one to celebrate.

 
Dave
 

 

 

 

Began working on ID plaque this evening.
Flags should be arriving tomorrow.
Guess I'm almost done with the SOS.....I always have very mixed emotions at this point.  Happy to be finishing one up, mixed with being a little sad to be coming to the end of a really fun build.
Still not sure what I'll do next.

That looks very good Dave, just the right amount of detail.
 
cheers
 
Pat

LAUNCH FINISHED....
 
I guess we're running out of road very rapidly here.  The launch is now sitting in place on deck.
 
After cleaning up and adding the oar locks and stern post, the launch is ready to be staged in place.

 
The cradle is about as simple as they come.....  The oars are quite thin and very delicate around the grip end.

 
The rudder somewhat tricky getting the pentles and gudgeons to match up .... and the tiny anchor shaped from a piece of scrap pewter.

 
All staged on deck....

Launch progress.......
So much fun to be back to the modeling tasks I enjoy most.
 
Took a few shots along the way from shaping the launch hull to this mornings stage of applying outboard planking.
 
Shaping and planking and painting the interior ....

 
Adding the catwalk and side rails.... transom and seat boards....

 
Shaped hull and false keel .... painted and adding planking....

 
Planking and wale added....

Thanks Michael.... So far I am liking the way the press board material is easily shaped with a Dremel  drum bit.  Had to put on my dust mask and apron as the sanding dust from this stuff is really nasty.  

Plan to remove most of the center material with my band saw before gluing the three layers together.... then chisels and sanding strips to smooth inside and outside.  Not too concerned about seams since the hull will be painted white, and the inboard will be planked and somehow fitted with ten ribs.
 
By the time I add the floor grating and seat boards, the inboard area should be pretty busy to the eye.
 

Dave:
This is a truly remarkable model. The work is outstanding. I am in stuck in "awe" mode.
 
Russ

Pumps completed....

We all have our personal favorite little item we love to build.  I think these little water pumps are mine.
These went pretty quickly.  
Most of the time spent on shaping the handles and mounting brackets.
 

 

Hello all, after a few busy days, now I get a bit of time to rest and to write something about Cog of Ragusa to you ...
First of all I am grateful for the warm welcome and visiting our website ... Donfarr, jazzchip ... thanks a lot ,
thanks for the likes ...
... 'Cog' is a project that we were building a year or two before its realization ... the basic guiding was votive fresco
of her from the sixteenth century ... lower its black and white photo of the fresco ... the silhouettes of people
on the bow and the mast top were very helpful. We took that they were around 1.75m high and we made the Ragusian Cog
reconstruction ...
... So, after two years of work, this is what we get: the text that we wrote about this type of Cog is following
and is copied from our site:
 
Cog is the war and merchant ship in the North Sea, the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea, with a big lead
and two small reserve masts, whose main characteristic is high and tight bow tower forward with a almost horizontal
triangular deck. One feature of this ship are the side openings for boarding horses and cattle and it is designed
primarly for transporting army. It is mentioned for the first time in the 11th century, and across the Mediterranean
in the 13th century. These ships were initially inaccessible thanks to the impregnable castle. Together with Cogs
often sailed caravels and carrack.
 
... This is a model with completely furnished interiors, store and cabins,which makes it very beautiful and
interesting. The keel and the posts are made of solid walnut wood, like all the elements below the deck and
the deck. The sails are embroidered on the cloth. In the box there are 11 plates laser cut.
There are bars and all the necessary material. The model is designed for experienced modeler, but beginners, with a little
effort and following the instructions do not have problems with the construction of her ... You will really enjoy
in the realization of this model.
 
... Now, for the first hand, here are some photos of the prototype of the model-made in parallel with the project ....
I was very cheerful to say something about the way of making the assembly kit ... it's what I intend to do next ...
 
Best regards

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

She looks very nice the colours look real sharp. Any pictures of the deck?

Here are some more photographs of the Brazzera, just to 'feel' the shape of the hull once more, before I do some brief view through the Trabaccolo build...
 
 
 

 

So, in the end, when finished, the deck looks like this :
 

Here is the forecastle shuttle in the bow and the companionway in the stern ... The interior at this model turn out very well, so let the openings be wide open ...

The hatch coamings are composed of 8 laser cut walnut panels and a lath... all that is needed is to put all together and polish a little bit... so the hatch coamings looks like this in the end :

my word!  such a response..........I don't know what to say?!?!?  looks like I'm going to have to try my best to make it interesting......doesn't appear to be too terrible a kit so far.  it will be a fun build.   the instructions will be my biggest hurdle,  I think........gathering translation to english,  and plotting where to go next.   I see a bad idea with the deck platform back at the stern section,  under the pop deck.   the deep cuts for the aft bulkheads are very delicate and can break off {I already cracked one with a rubber band}.   I suppose though,  that this would not be too big a deal.   the poop deck covers it and it most likely won't be seen at all.   the next logical step will be to get the frame fared and ready for planking.   thanks for all the kind words.......your interest in this build, and look'in in hitt'in the like button.  
 
OK Ed.......don't be a stranger  
 
my thought exactly Tom.   I will try it.......if I don't chicken out and get some 1 mm wood.  I do have a good supply of 1.5 x 5.......that could be another option as well.  your more than welcome to follow along  
 
now that's a bag 'o popcorn!     I guess a wheel broke on Sjor's cart!   too bad the deathstar was broken....coulda used it a little bit ago.  how long did you say it took to get parts from Zunev?   {that's Venus spelled backwards........but don't you tell anyone!}.
 
your not that far from this medium OC........your decks are wood     welcome to the log my friend!    I think it would be best,  if you and your fridge sat next to Mark......he's a good guy and is quite knowledgeable...he can help you with the lingo.... {won't you mark}.  
 
thanks Hof....toying with some ideas for the planking.   it appears that it is double planked....even though the instructions don't mention it anywhere.  if it does,  it's in Italian     I was on the Billing Boats Danmark site yesterday......they list the Cutty Sark again at 1:75.   they used to have a 'windjammer' Cutty Sark listed,  but they now list the Mayflower.  if it were me.......I would have opted for a larger kit........at a smaller scale,  some important points about this ship could very well get lost or downsized.  I see a few aspects already.....this is where the biggest changes would be made.
 
you have a great understanding of the situation Nenad       it's up to you.......heere!    this is the rope that I tied to one of my ankles........if I go too far down the rabbit hole......you give it a yank..........OK!!!!
 
Carl........you can play the devil's advocate........help Nenad with the rope          {this will add some suspense.........WHILE I'M SUSPENDED!}
 
thanks Nils........been a while since I played with a kit {and stuck to it to some degree  

Nice kit Denis,
 
I see it is all under way already and wish much fun in setting up the framing and bulkheads....
 
Nils

Knowing you, Denis, it seems you will slide on a "dark side" with this build - very very soon ... ("I do not like this, I do not like that")
 
Mark delivered enough pop-corns, so, what are you waiting for ?

Can i Take a Bench with a Fridge at the side of me - I promiss not to get confused with my  other medium,     any way    "Whats this one  called again"  -  Wool,  Woop,  Woof   I mean  Wood,  yes that not so heard of material that a few ships where built from for a time :P
 
 
OC.

to repair the misaligned bow bulkhead........it didn't go as planned.   I used alcohol to loosen up the glue,  and rather than try to loosen up the center spine.....I just ran the mini hand saw through it.   working with my x-actor and a single edge blade,  a little head way was made.........and then......
 

 
well.......doesn't this just bite the big one!   it was obvious that I put the stamp of disapproval on this attempt.  it's a bit TOOOOO shattered for me to even try to repair it.  I'll make one instead.   this is the reason why I try to keep the parts panels intact.   I have quite a few parts panels in my storage box........all I want is the hull parts.  here are some I have in the box:
 
Billings Regina.......fairly complete....been dying to make another hull - POF
Billings Half Moon......fairly complete......what I don't have,  I drew templates
Billings AmericA ......recent production and complete
Billings Boulogne Etaples..........on it's last leg.....perhaps one more hull
Billings Mary Ann...........on it's last leg....patched together with metal rod
Midwest lobster boat..........fairly good shape 
Billings Gothenborg........I think it's complete...what I don't have I drew templates 
 
I might have one or two others in there.   I use them to make repair parts,  or create hulls,  outfitting them the way I want to.  I buy the plywood,  trace out the parts,  and cut them out with my scroll saw.   now normal plywood is a little tougher to sand and shape........the plywood that model manufacturers use is softer and less dense....easier to shape.   I decided to look at the older parts panels for areas of wood large enough to make the bulkhead.   the Mary Ann panels had a couple of areas I could use,  so I scuttled it.....I've been wanting to buy another Cux 87 anyway.  
 

 
once I had the part traced out,  I went out to the garage and cut them out.
 

 
next was to remove the broken bulkhead........it was nice to know that the part was fully inserted in the keel.
 

 
you can also see that I had cut the center spine part where it fits into the broken bulkhead.  I can either cement a patch in there later,  or simply fill it in completely.  the only reason why it's there,  was to fit that part.  it's all cleaned out now.
 

 
I found that the Mary Ann panels are about 1/8th of an inch........which leads me back to the question of why such a thick panel was used for this kit.  the Billing's America kit is a relatively small kit........I don't recall a thick plywood being used for it.   the thickness difference isn't going to matter too much,  as the deck will be planked over anyway { there is a slight gap......1/8th as opposed to 3/16ths}   the deck platforms were put back in place to align the bulkhead.  the knighthead was also cemented in place.
 

 

 
I also had a chance to unbundle the wood.   I have quite a few of the plastic sleeves that I've gotten,  from wood ordered from Billings.  
 

 
I have planked many hulls with 1.5 mm thick {various widths}......but I have never planked using 0.5mm.   I haven't measured it,  but I think it's 0.5 x 2 mm.  there is no parts list included with the instructions
 

 
still doesn't deter me though........anything is subject to change.   following through with the plans that I will keep at bay,  in the back of my mind,  will be hard........although I did manage to hold off on the A.G. for a long time.   creating additional hulls from this kit,  is very tempting.........now made even harder,  since I now have a constant reminder.
 
 
 

Nice! start Denis...... looks to be an interesting build...... it's amazing, how many builds is this now?????? will be watching....
 
Frank