Knocklouder

Good luck on your journey with this build  Glen. Following along.  

Knocklouder 

Congratulations on both the finish  and the start of your adventures.  The ship is excellent and the news of a new child is also exciting  ,good luck with both 

Knocklouder.        

Bob  M.

Good luck with this build, we are all  rooting for you.     

Bob  M.

Nice work, good luck on your journey. 

Bob  M.

That is so cool Keith, I think the interior would look great in white and black trim for the windows , and under the penny to the left of the door looks like there is enough room for a Rum keg on a little white stand. 😀.   Great work my freind. 

Bob M.

Congratulations, very nice indeed !!       

  Bob   M.           

Soaking planks is a great idea, but a little  heat goes a long way in shaping them. It don't have to be fancy, an iron, hair curler , or a plank bender which I use.

Did you mention clamps? By more lol 😆 

Good luck.     

Knocklouder 

Good luck on your journey with this build.          Bob  M.

Bob  M.

Thank you very much my friends. Well, I get a chance to catch up on some research for the Astrolabe.  It actually started out under a different name then it got converted into the Astrolabe for an Artic voyage.  So the reason for the research is ice. Wonderful ice.  Going to put The Astrolabe on ice while I put some ice on my Ast....lol @Glen McGuire  I emptied the swear cup last night.  I think I am up to about 25% of the cost of my next Surprise.  Today, I added much more lol.  What I'm about to say sounds bad.  RIght after church, we were heading to the car when my feet decide they wanted to get there first.  I knew I was in trouble when my feet and the roof line of the car matched up. The swear cup started to fill up, then I heard a voice.  "Money for the swear cup is triple on Sunday, and because you are still in the church parking lot and this is not your first offence.3 times x3 times works out to 81% for each. I am half way to the Surprise  😮  lol 

Anyway when you throw 285 lbs in the air 🤪 and hit the ground you realize you're 70 and you're not moving lol. The First Mate helped me up and said "that's going to hurt." Not bad I said lol. While rigor mortis is setting in 6 hrs later  lol.  Research time lol.

 I placed the figure head on the ship, I may paint it..I am not sure, research  🤔 😅 

So spring and yard work are just around the corner, but be ready it can change in the blink of an eye.

I'm pretty sure this is going to slow me down a bit.   Reaching for Ibuprofen as we speak lol  😆 😂 

Ice makes me Grin  😁 

Knocklouder. 

Truly enjoyed to watch this build come together.  Very well done Sir; Congratulations    

Knocklouder 

It is looking good , did we ever find out why the copper did not stick?

Bob M.     

No Venmo here, we have PayPal  lol. Right now the swear cup is pretty  full.lol  I reached in to tie a line, some how had CA on the side of my little finger and when I pulled back the main mast came with the hand , stays and all. My cup runth over.

 If we start looking like Emus to you , back off the Mia Tias you had enough. And you still have to finish this wonderful  fantastic build your doing. Great work my freind.  .          

Knocklouder 

23 minutes ago, Glenn-UK said:

Congratulations Bob, a fantastic model, well done.

Your help was very greatly appreciated, thanks @Glenn-UK. You showed me the way. Thanks so much my friend.        

Bob M.

Can we order now? I am down for one 😁

Even got the First Mate  permission  lol

@SaltyScot  your right sometimes I call her more than a horse  barge , and add 75 cents to the swear  cup , by the time I am finished I  will  be able to pay for my Surprise  from @Vanguard Models .... that I am buying..

  The Astrolabe  was originally a horse barge, it did indeed have 49 to 50 horses  on board. There  is a fellow that is a NRG, member who has a page that builds special Astrolabe there is info on his page, I am not sure if I can post it here so you can go look if you wants. But he called it a horse barge lol.

   My good friend @Gabek once again provided me with my Captain, some oars to go with the boats he gave me as well. 

 An added distraction for when I get tiered of rigging.  Speaking of which, I discovered that I have to tie the upper ratlines on because the rear stays will be in the way. I discovered this right after I tied the Mizzen stays on. So that's not to bad, the stays on the Mizzen are really not in the way, but the fore and main is best to tie them on now before the stays get tie.

It's coming along really nicely, a few Ratlines to keep my spirits up then finish the back stays. I have figured out how to tie the forestays so now there is a whole lot of tieing to be done . Loving every moment of ship building thanks for stopping by and looking  at the old...

Astrolabe 1812 ...lol

Thank you all who every posted on MSW

you have helped emencily. I am greatful be on words.  Thank you.

Knocklouder                   

Bob  M.

I went for lunch with my good friend @Gabek the other day, he made me these oars for my Duchess of Kingston  ships boat, and they fit perfectly.  Thanks again my friend  you made this ship come to life. 

The crew man actually looks like he is loading up the oars as the Royal gaurd stands ready. Some figures are Vanguard Models and some are Gabes , all together  it makes a good story when I tell the grandkids about her and her ship lol.   

This is now officially finished, even put her in the gallery today, but please you all have said great things about her and my build. It just wasn't finished, now it is. I Just wanted to  update the  pictures to  a finished Ship.

Thank you all again. The grin on my face is just as big as ever, it only gets bigger when there is a Surprise  😮  update. Lol.  

Bob M .

P.S.

Back in the display case

with the Bowsprit mast 

Still ON  lol.

Congratulations,  nicely done.   

Bob  M.

Nice work , Julian. How long and how high will the ship  be when finished?        Bob  M.

Bob  M.

Hello, would trying a different glue make any difference?  I was told to use Super Phatic glue for the copper on my Pegasus. It seem to work really well for me..

Bob  M.       

Most of the forestays are run, they just have to be snuged up. The upper main and foremast deadeyes are done I just have to tie them on, and then do the ratlines.  Lots of work.

I am having a bit of trouble with the four upper foremast stays. The plan and the manual don't line up.  And the new plan from Paris is different from all of them . So I going to work on the stren for awhile, fix the widows hang the boat and install the rudder. Then I go back and finish the stays. A change is a good as a rest they say. Lol 😆 🤣. 

Work continues  , soon I will be down to just the yards, I have not even begun to see what I need to do there, but it will be a piece of cake.  Lol.

 Thanks for looking in on the old horse barge  🐎 .

Take care my friends      

Bob  M.

Knocklouder. 

Good luck on this build   

Bob M.

Congratulations !! Very nicely done.   

Bob  M.