Knocklouder

Congratulations, she looks great, nicely done. !! Bob M.

Great work, the copper dome should cover most of the base, and the stairs, wow. When I put mine together those stairs were the nices wood I have ever finished. Kinda sad you only get to see the top step. Thanks for posting yours. Bob M

I have two fiddle blocks and 3 singles left on the foremast, then the blocking is done.. A couple of jigs were made for the deadeyes , an upper and a lower, the lower is spaced at 15 mm and the upper is spaced at 12 mm one of the first things I did was put the Bowsprit mast away for save keeping, rembering how many times I broke the Bowsprit mast on my Dutchess of Kingston . I am attempting to add chains to my capstan, I read somewhere, (words I seldom say lol), about these pins that hold the poles on when turning, I used an eye hook for the center and a pin nail for the outer. Three links of chain was added to connect the two. Not sure if I will go with this idea, might just fill the holes and paint it if I don't like it.. That will be decided latter in the build. I served 20 feet of line to 1mm - 1.1 mm for the lower shrouds on the foremast and main mast, this wont be enough to finish, but it is a good start.. The Mizzen mast is rigged at .75 mm, Also a few stays are .75mm as well so I will serve up some 75mm latter today Last night I started cranking the sevring machine and said this will take for me forever , so I hooked up my cordless drill and in 90 minutes i had 20 feet of 1.o mm line ready for shrouds. After it was served I soaked it in Mog pog , then hung to dry. so with that, I am going to set up the serving machine and make some more Lines, .75mm and some 1.3 mm, after I figure out how much of each I will need. I never serv anything smaller than .75 mm , in my opinion serving .50 mm line is to much time spent on something you cant really tell you did. I can tell you adding the drill to the sever was a good idea, lol I only hope it does not fly apart using the drill lol. A lot of time severing lines and tieing shrouds are on the horizon, a most enjoyable task. It gets even better @Moonbug has told me that there is 874 clove hitches to tie, I hope that is for one side lol. I love ratlines. Well that's my story so far, we have lots of outside interferences so progress will slow for a couple of weeks, winter is coming so I be able to go full time soon . 😀 Thanks for looking in on my Pegasus build,off to do some speed serving lol. Knocklouder 😁

Congratulations, nicely done, Bob M.

Good luck on your journey with this build, she looks like a beauty. Bob M.

Thank you so much, With all the masts painted it was time to put some blocks on. Just on the Bowsprit mast there is single blocks, double blocks, heart blocks , fiddle blocks and deadeyes. I hope I got them all. Five more blocks for the foremast, then I must go do some serving . Lots of serving lol. Looking forward to adding the shrouds. This is a great ship to put together, I am just so excited about building it, for what ever the reason. Talk soon my friend's. Bob M

Great work my freind, I know the feeling of making a beautiful little part of a ship to just cover it up, and you got to look sideways up close to see it. Does this mean your finished this, and may be working on that ship I noticed in the background several times lol. Fantastic work, . Bob M.

Bob M.

Welcome to MSW, the place to be. Bob M

Kurt says we should stow the ships boat until much later in the build , I got all the masts back from the paint shop, time to drill some holes, add some blocks and send her back to the paint shop for thouch ups. So on to the drill the holes for the Bowsprit mast. Close to 30 blocks just for the Bowsprit and the foremast, wow. Then I will do the wooldlings shrouds and dare I say the R word. Lol 😆 Thanks for popping in for a look. The greatest hobby of all time. Bob M.

Very sorry to hear. My condolences, thoughts and prayer. Bob M.

This is the place to be, ask questions and you'll get the results you want, enormous amount of help here. Good luck on your journey. Bob M.

Great craftsmanship my friend, You been on my mind last couple of days, last year I ask your advice on the Pegasus, just going to do that today, thanks for the clarification and posting great logs thanks. Bob M.

Another mistake , but a good one lol. I am mistaken about the number of spare masts and ships boat there were. Only one boat and two spare masts. A lot of sanding and shapping but soon they were ready for the paint shop so I can add the black. After they are painted it's time to add the blocks and woolding, lots of work ahead. Kurt says , yes one boat is enough , we can add a fire boom and spare upper mast if we want later. Coming together nicely, I will be serving lines and tieing ratlines in no time. . Swivel guns, four in the tin, 12 left on the ship lol. 😆 🤣. Off to the paint shop, 🎨.. Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️

Incredibly nice work. Bob M.

Bob M.

Congratulations, well done. Another keeper Bob M.

All the chain plates assembly are on, just have to touch up the black a bit , but I am Likeing it very much. That went so well, I am going to go double check. Lol. Kurt and I are going over the mast plans. Going to build the mast up off ship, I find it easier this way. Lots of holes and blocks to add , things are moving along. 🤔 We have to make up some spare masts for the ships boat, it is hard enough making one mast , this ship has four spare masts.. . we will be making another ships boat of a different size, just need to pick the right one out of four choices. I will be tieing ratlines soon lol 😆. Maybe not so soon, I just realized that I have no lines served for this ship, 😅 endless cranking lol. . Oh by the way , I have started a swivel gun collection, three in the tin, unlucky 13 still left on. 😳 yep should have left them off, but I wanted to play with my guns lol. Kurt has told me that there is a lot of work to do and we need to hire help , luckily my good friend @Gabek made me this crew, he is on holiday so I can't remember where he got these , I will let you know but I like them, those and the eight figures for the Duchess of Kingston and a boat load of Penguins , I have to buy him an extra large coffee next time we see each other. Here I go 4 different directions but all moving forward lol. Knocklouder kurt ⚒️

Can you all see the difference in the yellow, from the portside to the starboard side 😁. Lol. One of the rules in painting, mix enough to do the job lol hard to rember which yellow I used. 😉 so going with the starboard side, I had to do a little thouch up and by the time I was done ,it was all done. Painting will be eazlie done this time, no chain plates in the way. Things are proceeding smoothly, this is because of the logs and help from others who have build her before My attempt 😀 I know it a long way off, the sails, I have a supplement pdf file that I bought from Sea Watch books that I am going to study, I have eight ships that I have finished just using the kit supplied sail materials. For my two Bluenoses we are using thiner materials than what was suggested. Since the Pegasus will be in a case right beside my big old retirement chair, I am really thinking of doing the sails in silk span. What a dreamer lol. Hard to belive all the joy this hobby brings. Talk soon my friend's Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️

Very nice looking ship, Bob M.

Congratulations . I would not be "Surprise " if old Bob got one more in him. Very nicely done Sir. Bob M.

I am old school I guess, for myself I like two brush coats of Amber shellac then two coats satin clear coat. We all have our personal favorite. . Knocklouder 😁

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AaHhh, listen,.... the grandkids have gone home, last night. We sleeped in today lol. This morning after coffee , much coffee I ran down to the ship yard, eger to get back to the Pegasus.. Up frist I am putting the chainplate assembly together. A trip to @Moonbug log for his Pegasus for information and inspiration the frist thing crank the tunes. In which I was told to turn it down just a bit lol I crabed my thrid hand and got things set up, and "looky " here the missing piece of the chain plate front that I broke doing the Duchess of Kingston, it got stuck to the side and I never notice it, and I use this lots lol. Kurt says we have lots to do. 30-5mm and 26 -3 mm, deadeyes to make up. Then clean all the holes up and put them away. This will take awhile I am sure, 168 pieces to add after that, then figure were they go, what angle that sort of thing, I have lots of great logs to look at here on MSW, priceless information I know my Pegasus will be Knocklouder attempt at building the Pegasus, and she will have mistakes, but we are having the time of my life. Ok, so I turned down the tunes, change to Gordon Lightfoot She like him better then than the Moody Blues. Many hours of fidleing with tiny things is apon us. Add to that , every deadeye has a partner, so I going to clean all those up as well. It sure is nice to have leg room back after putting the Astrolabe in the corner for a bit. The oldest grandson said he will make a display case for the Astrolabe this year in school, for his woodworking project. So I will jump back to the barge and finish the rigging , just a couple of weeks work there and I should have it tied up lol 😆 Thanks for peeking in , oh oh still too loud lol 😆 Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️

For myself planking is the hardest to learn, I have study Chuck's video on planking for planking a lot, four years now you would think I would get the hang of it by now lol I use a steel 6 inch ruler the taper my planks, never tapper more than half the width of the plank,I don't try to cut the plank right though on the first pass of the scalpel , several pass then apply presser. I beval the top edge a bit so it fit nice, I use a plank bender, a bit of heat and water. Once all the sanding and filling is done I coat the hull with thin down PVA about 30 to 40 %, let that dry overnight and away you go. this may not be the right way but it works for me, Knocklouder