Micklen32

Not doing a lot today

Being lazy   

Did a bit of work on the lower mainmast

Stuck some stuff on it

I think it actually has less bits on it than the foremast   

I was thinking of doing the wooldings but that went up in smoke when I decided to prepare the guitar body for painting by screwing a length of wood on it to be able to handle it and hang it

I also made sure my airbrush was clean

So it is depending if the guitar paint arrives or not what happens tomorrow   

Good job Slog and great repair

Looks really good

Great work as usual   

Had a fantastic night at the theatre last night with The Admiral

Solid Gold Sixties 50th Anniversary

Celebrating 1963

I was 13 at the time but the music was something else

Some of you may not remember some of these groups but we saw.  The Fortunes, The Searchers, Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes (Chesneys father) from the Tremeloes, P J Proby and headlining Gerry and the Pacemakers

Absolutely fantastic

I was so up I managed a bit of work today and finished the Foremast yards 

Completely done now and ready to fit

I have also made a start on the main mast making the top and shaping the lower mast

I get the paint for the guitar Monday I hope and then I will be concentrating on that for a bit

Once I actually start painting it shouldn't take long as the paint and laquer system is made to work together and coats can be laid down 15 minutes apart

The guitar is about ready for painting

Took a lot of work but I think I am there

It is difficult to tell without laying a coat of paint on there

OMG I would kill for tools like that

And the workroom to use them in

Does that do beautiful work or what ❓❓❓

Superb Theo. Superb

Mine is looking just like that Sjors

Well

Apart from the main and mizzen masts

Great work Theo

It all looks so realistic

Excellent

Got to have a rest day today

Woke up to pins and needles plus cramp in both hands

have a look here Mick : http://www.occre.com/index.php?option=com_productos&task=showProduct&idproducto=121〈=en

 

it seems the English index doesn't list everything

 

click on the Spanish flag  and you ll see her listed

 

if you are in the detail page you can click on the English flag to get the English text

AAAAaaaahhhh. Thanks Adriaan

That is wierd Sjors as it is not shown on the OcCre site

There is another ship they have on their list, the Nuestra, that doesn't appear on the Occre site

I don't understand that

Just as Adriaan says, they will join the ship when you finish it

Looks good Adriaan   

You are definitely right about the windows

White would not have looked right I think

Thank you Tom

The first ones I made were more like the one at the top

They did not look as good though

I finished the first foremast yard

It took me a full day as I could not do too much before resting the fingers

I had to make most of the blocks as well

I would have to say that so far this has been the most difficult part of the build

It still needs the fancy bit making to go round the mast and hold it in place   

At least the next one is a lot more simple   

Well it looks like it should open   

Great work as usual Tom and thanks for the violin block info   

Yes Theo

Beautiful work as usual   

Just to show one of these violin blocks I am making here is a photo

Whether I am making it right I don't know

I glue the 4mm to a loop then put a spot of glue on the top of the 5mm and glue it to the 4mm

then wind around

I did try crossing the cotton under the 4mm but I didn't like the way it looked

It then looked very much like two blocks 'tied' together

Were the violin blocks one piece IRL?????

Fore mast looks good Mick !

2 still to go ?

I'm now working on all the blocks what goes on the mast.

So I'll keep you up….

We can start both the rigging of shrouds and ratlines

 

Hi Sjors

Yes, two more masts to go, eight yards and I think it's called a gaff

I make a batch of blocks every now and then trying to remember to run a drill through all the holes

I bet when I come to threading the cotton through some will be blocked

Thank you Alistair

It is certainly a striking colour and I hope the translucent candy apple on the front will compliment it

They do a translucent candy apple green for the airbrush so I am hoping that will make my life a lot easier

Busy again today as well

Finished the foremast

Very happy with how it went together

It wasn't easy though and I will sit down and study the plans to see if there is an easier way

I am now working on the first yard for the foremast

Seems almost as complicated as the mast with all the stirrups, foot ropes, booms and I don't know what else 

The work after the hull is built and finished is, I think, the most difficult and I hope rewarding part of the build 

I am getting Sjors in as soon as I open the bag containing the ropes     

Hi all

Just to let you know I have been busy busy

I have spent most of the day making these  :mellow:

They seem to take forever

Half the time is spent sanding CA glue off the fingers 

I have nearly finished the foremast then I have the three yards to make and they are nearly as complicated as the masts 

Been hard at work on the guitar

The photo won't look much different from the other one to the uninitiated 

Can see that the constant laquer/sanding had brought out some darker areas

Also if you compare this to the other photo you will see that this one is much much smoother

When the front is perfect I have the sides and back to prepare but they won't take long as the Basswood is much easier to work on 

Whoops

Forgot to show you the neck after copious applications of lemon oil, THE treatment for guitar fingerboards

Lovely work as usual Slog

Totally different from mine again

My Bumkins sit ON the gallant rail and have also straightened out a bit after getting them just the right shape   

Also my cats eyes only have one roller at the top and then  that thing at the side

Someone did tell me what it's called but I have slept since then   

Hi Mick,

 

Your choice of colours for your guitar should look real nice.

 

Greg and Tom answered your questions but might add that probably easier to fake the mast sheaves with a couple of holes and a groove.  I did 0.3mm holes and groove in the 2mm ensign staff and today did 1mm holes in the cat-heads.

 

Once you drill the holes use a steel rule and a new No.11 blade with a sharp point to score a line between the outside edge of the holes, joining the two.  Doesn't have to be deep then use the point of the blade to pick out the material between the scribe marks.  For the 1mm holes I also used the point of the drill at a shallow angle to 'scrap' up and down the groove by hand to clean the edges.  Didn't with the 0.3mm for fear of breaking it.

 

Cheers

Slog

Thanks a lot Slog

I am hoping it will look good

I am getting quite close to painting but the problem is I have to save up for it as I busted myself buying the kit       

Coming on very nicely Edward

Planking is certainly up to it

A bit of work will get it perfect for the top planks

I like that idea of using a piece of basswood   

I absolutely refuse to see it Theo 

Trouble you have seen it 

Hi Mick,

 

I have the same on my masts , those sheeves…..

I try to make them on a spare part of dowel that I have left, and it not works….

I try the milling machine and that also don't work.

So, no sheeves on my mast then….

I think when I go further, I damage the mast and that is not a thing that i want to.

 

I see Sjors

What were you trying to do

Two holes through the mast then a groove between????

Looking really good Sjors

There's an awful lot to do now isn't there???

We seem to be doing things very differently

You seem to be just putting the mast sections together whereas I am putting all the extras as it where on prior to construction

All ways work I guess

Thanks a lot Tom and Greg

I'll get those violin blocks put together and see if I can reproduce that slot/sheeve

These masta and yards look like they will be the most complicated parts of the build