Micklen32

Shouldn't all the shrouds be in place before you start the ratlines??

Or am I totally out of it with that ????????????????????????

Cheers Popeye 

I thought fitting the painted strakes on the painted hull would be easier

I am not sure whether I am a messy worker but there will be a lot of touching up 

Maybe even a spray of the red 

Aaaah, thanks for that Kip

I must admit I was a bit surprised and wasn't over fond of them

They will not be fitted then

That saves a job

Thanks again Kip

Started fitting the strakes today

It looks as if it will be a long job  :mellow:

I hate using CA on paint but I couldn't see an option 

Maybe I should have got some more contact adhesive

Not sure

Anyway that's the top strake on one side

It took ages to gently bring it round and get it where I wanted it

There is another strake below the two side boards

That will be very slightly thinner and white

Above the black strake at bow and stern will be white and between the two strakes, black

On the actual barge, below the strakes, there are portholes

The model does not have them

I suppose really I should have them

They are very basic portholes

Do you think a simple hole in the hull with maybe a painted ring around it ???

Or should I go further ????????

Remember I do not have fancy kit to make good looking parts 

Well I have found an image showing the deck of the Will at one point in her life

As you can see the planked part is coloured blue and the rest of the deck a similar colour to the lower hull

I think then that I will paint the planking the same as the upper hull and the rest the same as the lower hull

What do you think ???????

Managed to get some spraying done   

It's so difficult to get the consistancy right

Didn't do too bad this time though

I think the colours look quite nice

What do you think of the deck that colour????

Club day tomorrow so should be able to look at the stakes or whatever on the outside on Thursday   

I am not sure the Will instructions have a lot of info on actually fitting the sails

I would have to say the from the photos of the barge with the sails furled I don't think they can be sewn

I will have to see if I can get some hi-rez photos to get a better idea

That is unless anyone knows how the sails should be fixed

Well I was going to do the spraying today but we went for a Christmas dinner round the local pub

Result, I am stuffed beyond stuffing

Nice work Tom

Did you have a pattern for the sails ???

For the Will there is a cutting/sewing pattern for each sail as there is for the Endeavour

What neither of them show are the ropes that hold the sail furled that I don't know the name of

Did you have to work those out or were they on there ????

As they all say Adriaan it looks a great job

I hope you have a good time away and I wish you a Happy Christmas ❄

Getting a few pointers here Sjors

Keep them coming

I thought I had better shake myself out of my laziness and do something   

The physio has me doing exercises and the like that do drain me a bit  :mellow: 

But I did manage to do the filling I wanted

Obviously it is not easy to see but here is what it looks like after being smoothed off with the wax filler

Very little sanding should be required

You bring it to as perfect as you can by smoothing with your finger and scraping with a sharp knife

Tomorrow I hope to give it a few coats of paint   

Sounds good Adriaan

Can't wait to have a look

Have to admit I have been very lazy the past few days

I am working on the Will now until finish so I can get practice at sail making and fitting

I am hoping I will get some inspiration from the forum

Ok great

Thanks all

So that's the colour sorted 

The filling wax arrived today

Here it is

This is light pine

They do loads of colours

What you do is take a sharp knife and take a few shavings

What you do then is take the shavings between your fingers and roll them into one lump softening it slightly

You don't want a lot at once unless you have a huge hole

I was using bits the size of a sunflower seed or smaller

You then rub it into the hole, split, whatever

Rub it in firmly trying to get it as good as possible

Then depending on the area you can gently scrape it with a blade to get it nearly perfect and use a very light paper on it

I tend to use Nyweb but 400 to 1000 grit wet and dry worked fine depending on how much you want to get off

What is really great is you can get it exactly where you want it 

Also it doesn't seem to pull out very easily like wet filler can

I was very pleased with it

The amount you use it should last forever 

I should be able to get the hull properly painted soon and fit the strakes and stuff that go on the hull

We all make mistakes and I would imagine using the wrong size/part is a common one

At least you caught it as you did it as it were

Just take your time with the dismantling

It looks fantastic Grant

The quality of the whole build just stands out

I think I have said it all Adriaan

A superb build made even better considering the problems

A bittersweet moment perhaps

Now she can take her rightful place and you can move on

Well done Adriaan

Well done

I mixed a little bit of the Hull Red to see what it looked like

I didn't bother masking it

It is a little darker than I expected 

The Admiral though it looked great

I am, at the moment, on the fence   

What do you all think ?????????????????????

Loads of responses please

The more the better   

She looks lovely Adriaan

I have said it before but I will repeat myself

You have to be very proud

Congratulations

Glad to see you are still keeping it going David

Are you sure a PS4 was a good idea

I am bad enough with my iPad

It's coming along very nicely though

Good work

That looks a nice ship mobbsie

Quite a vivid blue on the deck

I think I will paint my deck 

Maybe the hull colour

Maybe slightly different

The hull paint arrived and I am very pleased with the colour

However it really really shows up that I need some very delicate filling if I want it to look good

I have run out of decent filler so there will be a bit of a wait again

I may just spray the very bottom of the hull to see what the red paint I have got looks like

May have a go at that tomorrow

They do look nice Theo

I wish mine looked half as good

Great work

This will be a stunning model for sure

Nice job on the barrels Tom

They should look great when in position

Just as an aside, OcCre contacted me the other day to let me know that their version was now available

I may do it in the future but with the Endeavour and the Will on the go now and Stevenson's Rocket waiting in the wings it may not be for a while

I am really looking forward to seeing yours come together

Really wonderful job Adriaan

From doing my version I know they are not an easy build

Yours looks very fine indeed

Well done

How much longer do you think???