Knocklouder

15 hours ago, BANYAN said:

Looks great Glen, but you have me intrigued.  How in the world will you get those larger pieces (such as the wall) into the bottle?

 

cheers

 

Pat

Post # 3 of this log show the hook and original Texas  cattle are visible,  lol.

 Great work my friend.  Are you fixin to use black and white longhorns, no reson just wondering  lol. 

Very nicely done,  Congratulations            

I just saw one of these and said with all the left over material that I have I could scratch build one  of these lol. But that ain't happening lol  . Nice work  it looks like a fun kit. 

Right on Bryan, a little saw dust and super glue it will look marvelous. Your strong back looks like it faired better than mine lol.

  So tell me how many tapered planks did you break, I had one left, and a jar full of quarters lol. It is clear sailing from here on in. Looking forward to more pictures.        

Bob M.

Thank you @allanyed for this, that's what I need. And thanks @aliluke, yes those cannons do  have to go, I am going to replace them for sure. Not sure about the swivel guns,  we will see. Working on getting a  stove as well.

 Today I finished the planking on both 

sides of the ship. 

The next step was the stern counter pattern, followed by  whalers and paint. Now I got to let the paint dry , then on to the second layer of planks.

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I have more work to do on the stern so that the planks fit the keel, another  rabbet maybe, I will fix it lol.

 Thanks so much for looking in, having a great time, I know rigging is coming up,  but I like ratlines lol.      

And a plank bender, and did somebody say clamps, lol    

Today was a great day 😌,  slow start but I am retired  lol. I won't tell you which side of noon I arose lol but went to work right away. Lol.

 I think my hatch coaming  need a little  work , I think the bevel  at each end could be sanded a bit more, we will see.

 So I planked the first plakes on the star board side. And would you not know it is  my best first planking so far and it will be covered by copper. Lol. But it a good smooth  base for second planks.

The keel and the planks are pretty  darn close to being  flush with each other. I didn't  do a rabbet at the start, but I did chisel out about six inches at the stern  so they sit flush, looks good to me.

I have six planks on the port side, they look scary  but after sanding they will be OK.  

Hopefully I can finish the frist planking tomorrow,  and start the second layer of planks as well.

 Having so much fun with this kit. I was afraid  to start it, I didn't want to ruin it. As I get into this build it just coming together nicely. There are a lot of things I have to decide , on how to make her look, but I got some time, the coppering is going to slow me down till I get the hang of it , we'll see. 

  If not for MSW I would be lost, it is so great that I can look at other  logs and try to do my best. I still need to be careful I tend to go full steam and not like what I see and , do it over again,  lol , but it's my hobby, lol. Onward to the planking 

Bob M. 

Looks like a great start, I remember planking my first hull nervous was an under statement lol. I soon learnt the water and heat from a plank  bender made the world of difference. Everyone has there own way of planking,  but there is lots of info in the databased on planking

 Good luck on your journey,     

Bob M.

Recently I renewed my membership to the NRG and MSW. I join MSW two years ago and the NRG last year, so when it came time for renewal a couple of weeks ago I up my donation to the next level.  For me  I felt,  it is a small price for all that I have received.  Glad to help out in a small way.

  Thank you everyone      

This is the place to be, many people  here will be more than willing to help you along the way to reaching your goal.  Glad to have you aboard.    Bob M..

Awesome work Kevin,         

Well today I have managed to get the hatch coaming completed. They don't  look to bad, IMHO, lol.  

I even put a little bevel to them, they look like they could shed water lol. On to the planking, first and seconded,  then the coppering , lots to do . Thanks everyone for the likes and comments. 

Bob M.

Awesome  looking ship, very nice. 

   Congratulations        . 

Today I made my first capstan, good thing it is under the upper deck  lol. I painted the Main pump cistern black, but I might change that. I have to start thinking of how I want the ship to look, what color goes where,  and where to leave  natural.  So on to planking  got lots of that to do. 

   The gun strips went on well enough.  Lots of clamps but was really easy to do for some reason.  It all just fit where it was supposed to,  a little  sanding but not that much.  I proceeded  to put the first plank on as well  it looks good, a bit of sanding filling,  it will be good to go. 

So I fitted the  upper decks and played with my only cannon, realizing that there is a lot of rigging and little  eye bolts to do on these cannons. I am going planking  lol. For some reason I want to get to the coppering, I guess it is because I have never done copper before.  

I believe that I will start making the grates, going to do them, or try to do them like  @Blue Ensign, they look amazing.  Well that is  it for today, I am really glad the gun patterns went on well.     

      Talk later  Bob M.

Congratulations, awesome details, one to be proud of,  that's for sure.    

Looks good Bryan,  one more challenging plank too go, lol. I remember  plank ##11 and 12, they required  every clamp I had, bar clamps, spring clamps, c clamps, and clamps that I don't know the name of. But the good news is that planks #13,14 and 15 are easier, a bit lol. 

   She going to be awesome,     

Change of course. I finished the cannon carriages and I am awaiting the new scale correct cannons. So I made a jig up and glued the carriages  together, this is my jig, it worked for me lol.

Here is how I paint the wheels all at once, lined them up  on a wire rod and sprayed a couple of coats of flat black. I was going to airbrush the carriages  but decidd it was going to be faster just to hand paint them.

Today I was going to do the gun strips, but changed course and decided to follow the instructions , lol. So it's on to page two lol.    My first capstan and main pump cistern and two bits. That's the fun stuff,  things I never tried before .

   Ok that's it for today, happy modeling 

Bob M.                 

Ahoy AdrIan, this is the place to be. You will find many people here who will go out of their way to help you. Good luck on your journey .

 Best of luck    

135241 lol in my sleep, the deck planking  went well, I am 98% happy with it, I used a dry erase marker, the kind they use on white boards.  I usually use a sharpie marker but thought I give this a go. At first I like it, if you got some on the front of the plank it was guickly  sanded of, so away I went. I used a shelac sealer and it started to bleed a bit. Dang. I sanded it all of and stared drilling  the nail holes. After that a good sanding followed by a guick coat of flat clear coat. 

So this is what it looks like, once it's  all done you won't see much floor. And were the floor show, it looks good, most of the bleed happen under the aft deck so you won't see it.

 So I am going to make up the cannon carriages  then tomorrow  I am going to put the gun strips on, hopefully  lol.

  Thank you everyone for the likes and comments,  I am having so much fun putting my ships together,  they may not be the best built models but they look good to me, and it's all about having  FUN. Lol

Bob M.

Are you fixen  to declare this a Penguin free zone, good luck , lol.    

The other day I went to the wood shed and cut up some wood for in between the bulk heads. I used my table saw to cut up some right width pieces,  then used my scroll saw to get them closer to want I wanted. Even so there was an awful  amount of sanding, but I think I did all right. I ran a plank over it and it seems good to go.

Then I  plaked the stair wells on the lower deck and blacked out were the grate goes. On to the gun deck. It went on really easy, time to start  decking.

 I only have  done a two but patterns on all my other ships. This calls for a 5 butt patten. I was lost, had to give a shout out to @Landlubber Mike to ask for help. He directed me to a thread and the light switch  went on.  Thank you so much Mike.

Peice of cake, 1,3,5,2,4

That all all I got to rember lol. I drew it out on the deck ,adjusting for errors  and making sure I started right I started

Then I made up a cannon carriage, painted it  and put the kit supplied  cannon on. Way to big. So I am getting  new one's. As far as the carriage  goes  I think they will be OK, if I can put them together  with out breaking them, they are very tiny. 

So This is how far I got on the deck, I gave it a quick coat of shellac, it will look better when it's all done 

   I think I will do as much decking as I can, then put the gunstrips on, and move on to the frist planking before I do any more to the deck. We will see. That it for now.            

Bob M.

Congratulations,  well done. You really put a lot of amazing details on this ship, a pleasure to look at. Thanks for posting it.    

Some nice work my friend.  Bad back an all ,mine is bad as well lol. But we keep on modeling lol . Looking forward to more progress.