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I have read a number of books about historical ships like the Santa Maria, Half Moon, Golden Hind, Mayflower etc. I've never read anything about cooking aboard ships of the 1600s and onward. As an example; the Mayflower had many settlers aboard. Did these settlers cook their meals aboard ship or did they eat "hardtack" and cold meals? If they cooked meals aboard ship, what was used to cook them and where were they located aboard ship?

Thanks Chuck. Just ordered mine from the link you posted. It's a great way to learn to carve and will help me carve the flower on the stern of my Mayflower build.

Chuck. Just read your Carving build log. Is the carving group still active. If so how is one able to get the carving banks you mentioned? I went to the NRG store but couldn't locate them. 

Stepped away from building to assemble the Professional Building Slip from Hobby Zone of England. The slip is a tad bit longer than I need at the moment but looks as if its going to work fine.

This is the keel assembly installed in the slip.

Frames and Bulkheads. Going slow on this part.

Now it's back to cutting the frames/bulkheads from the wood sheet. There are a total of 15 and I'm about to start cutting from frame 9. Takes about 1-1/2 hour of very careful cutting per frame as I'm cutting them from the wood sheet using Exacto three different knives. I'm going to have to get a mini saw for my next ship. Any recommendations for a mini table band or jig saw are welcome.

Magnificent job Glenn. I look forward to following your Robert E Lee build. 👍

James. Thanks for the clarification. Its working fine for me. Interesting thing, all the modelers in Georgia are like all the members of my MGTD replica club. All about 1-1/2 to 2 hours away. Oh! For the record I miss living in Felixstowe. Lived there for 3 years in the late 70's.

Osmosis. Are the two organizers MDF or wood? They appear to be wood.

I just finished building my HobbyZone Building Slip yesterday. I found the plans lacking as for instructions. I too like the idea of shortening the slip as its way to large and heavy. Shortening it will work for my Mayflower and Golden Hind builds.

4 hours ago, James H said:

Just zoom out and scroll the map.

Tried to Zoom out but it seems to not work. Is there another location of the map besides the one in this post?

How do you get the map to the US, Canada or Austrailia, etc.?

Started my new build, the Mayflower by Billing Boats. I will try to follow a better format with this build log. Below are the first photos of my build.

In the bottom, photo, are items #2 and #3 bulkheads or a frames? They appear to be frames while #1 is a bulkhead. Am I missing something???

You're an inspiration!

Excellent work. Keep it up. What are the dimensions of this model?

I have planked many hulls and have always started from the main deck and downward four rows. Then the garboard up for four rows and then the middle.

On my model of the Mayflower, the plans show planking from the main deck upwards. The excellent build completed by Sherry (of MSW) was planked the same way.

I plan on following that method for my build. I'm just wondering why it was done in that manner? My theory is it is to protect from snapping off the tops of the frames.

druxey. Thanks. That's good information to know.

I have  Jeweler's Vice which is a "V" slotted piece of wood mounted with a clamp. I have a Jeweler's/Coping saw. What is the best number of teeth per inch for the saw blades to cut the pieces from the wood sheets in my kit? Thanks.

Got through all your build photos. Most excellent work. In the Admiral/Captain quarters, where did you get the material for the rugs and the picture in the frame? 

Glad you're dusting off your San Filipe!

News! I had the main deck of the Santa Maria planked and my son asked if he could finish it for me and add it to his little collection (he has the Nina and Pinta wood models.)

So I boxed her up and shipped it to him over the weekend.

So now I'll have to start the next build in the hopper which is the Mayflower. And I expect to ask a lot of questions because this looks to be a plank on frame kit. I've never seen bulkheads like these.

Looks like a straight forward build but we know its not. But Artenesia Latina (AL) is a good kit. Have fun with it.

And I thought my Santa Maria build was big. Wow! Yamato dwarfs that. You're doing a great job. 

Very little. Have house projects that took over the model building. Should be on it in about two weeks.

Okay. So as I now understand it better...check the plans for the location of the Wale and after installing the Wale then start the measuring, tick marks etc for the planking. That seems to make more sense. This is a new method of planking for me. With all other ships, I just planked from the deck down to the keel and didn't worry about trimming the planks etc. Thanks for bringing my rudder back to amid ship!

Chuck. Billing Boats HAD a Santa Maria (Kit number 488) but it has been since discontinued. I lucked out and found this one AND Billing Boats Golden Hind on eBay. Also found the Mayflower there as well. I'm used to Billing's kits is all.

Wefalck. I am fabricating new stem and stern post pieces to keep from having to hack away at both posts. Original piece was 1/16 inch thick veneer and I'm making mine out of 3/16 inch Obeeche (sp) planking thats about 10mm wide. That should hold the planks really well. Do you suggest I make a couple for the keel as well?

I didn't cut a rabbet on the stem post because the kit uses a very thin piece on the stem and stern posts. But it's way to thin. I think I'll file a triangle groove along of the edge of the thin piece on the stem post and then fabricate a thicker piece for the stem post at the forward edge of the rabbet. 1/4 inch thick should do it.