Knocklouder

Good luck on your journey, remember to have as much fun as you can. Bob M.

Ratlines makes the ship take shape, me's thinks. But that's me, I just tied up 105 clove hitches, clean thing up and eyeing the main mast lower shrouds 😁 Glad to be back and at this point of the build, ratlines 😁. The Frist Mate, love of my life, wants to me to finish the Pegasus before starting anything new or that I have on the go. She said of all the ship's, this is one of her favorite she would like me to finish because I talk Pegasus all the time and she would like to change the subject. LOL. Days of ratline Heaven so may be lightheaded posting for a few weeks . Can't thank everyone on MSW who have shown me how, the rest is up to me. Rigging continues just grinning and learning how, l pictured the finished Pegasus in a dream so I know what it looks like. So excited about it because I think it takes 6 more months for me to finish it lol 😆 😅 Have as much fun as you can , rigging is the most fun you can have and trying to do it right is the most fun you can have. Planking is great fun to lol, coppering not so much. Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️

Fantastic . Knew you could do it. Bob M.

Nice work, makes me want to finish mine, but I am IN ratline Heaven . Bob M.

Hello Tom, since you are doing a cross section, they don't have a lot of thread, I would buy good rigging thread . It makes the world of difference . Some very good sponsors for rope right here on MSW. Or you can serve the lines with fuzz free lines. Knocklouder 😁

Bob M.

I had to use a fan in front of a portable heater for 3 days to dry up a plastic model that I made. Air movement is the key, but like the above statement , wait a few days if you try anything while it is sticky , you'll make more of a mess. Rember that two thin coats are better than one thick one. Knocklouder 😁

Thanks @Javelin, I would be working on my ratlines today but, on the advice of @Glen McGuire I was hiding in my ship yard so I could avoid the First Mate list of things that need to be done Thats the first place she looked buddy ,lol, I am sure Glen heard her telling me to go and get the rotter tilling done and cut the grass as well. You can do the windows tomorrow. So more time off ship building but heavy rain forecasted for Monday, Knocklouder 😁

Awesome work my friend, . Bob M.

Congratulations on a very fine model, Excellent ‼️ Bob M.

Great looking ship, glad your back my friend. Bob M.

Gobsmacked my friend, great work on the fire ball, you nailed it, a Roar of approval from the Penguins on the Astrolabe, this is the fun part . I am moving a lot closer to the edge of my seat. With you all they way, Good luck. Knocklouder

Thank you all for your support ,next procedure in January, lol, I can't be that sick lol. Or they are that slow, just saying. I made all the Futtock shrouds and deadeyes once I put the first four on the foremast, I attached them an could smell ratlines. Still shaky but for me they are passable Kurt like the process, slightly different from what he is used to but loves it lol. Moving right along, ratlines are theoputic, the roar of the build swells in my head. So does figuring out all the measurements for the shrouds, ratlines, futtlock lots to do yet, but now that I am feeling better, First Mate has a list of outside work she would like done, should snow soon, its all around us but not here yet. Thanks so much you all for helping a shaky old man have fun. Best hobby ever. Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️ Everything is marked out ready to go on the lower foremast Ratlines. Just need time to get back to the shipyard.

In for the journey, good luck with the build. Bob M

Okay Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. I just looked at the picture again. Lol must be the medication. The part about the great work is correct. Lol Knocklouder 😁

Great work my freind, but I fail to understand how you get the power wire out of the bottle, you plugged the hole with caulking poured some water in, just curious 😳 Knocklouder 😁

Nicely done, Congratulations Bob m.

Looks like your doing great, unfortunately my translator doesn't work so I don't know if you need help, but by the looks of it your doing fine. Bob M.

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

My grandson is not going to be happy. I told him that he can finish the Penguins, but today I have a niece over to cheer me up. It's working. Nothing like time with little people. . Thankfully, I missed one, the grand son can paint that one. Plus I will get him to paint the Captain and crew. Which I should get back to but the Pegasus is heavy on my mind. It's such a beautiful ship , my peg. Back to it I go , just a fun day in the shipyard. Knocklouder 😁 Kurt ⚒️

Well on the mend , this round of sickness nearly did me in. Very weak and very tired all the time. Very serious lung infection but the cough is almost non existence, thanks my higher power. Most of the shrouds went ok, the middle channel on the port side is the worst, I will have to readjust things later. I see what happens when I put the upper shrouds all the ratlines the shear poles. After thats done they will need adjusting Lots of work to do now, I am so far behind on my work, it will be tuff to get any building done. Now I got to fight off this massive depression that has settled in My other illness , I I can usually keep that in check but the weeks of coughing and been away from my hobby have taken there toll. I usually just give my head a shake, look at a few of my finished ship and start to grin. I have my neice today and we are painting penguins that will help. After that I am going to do all the lower ratlines, ratlines always make me smile. Thanks for popping inand the well wishes. Lots to do, but loving it. Knocklouder ⚒️

Bob M.

Bob M.

Well I am not over the sicknes just yet. The cold and sore throat developed into strepped throat and walking pneumonia. A trip to the hospital was needed. My lungs are not in the greatest of shape in the first place , but I will manage to get over this sickness soon. The doctor told me it a good thing I quit smoking in 1995,but we got some small stuff to take care of, and I should be good to go. I did manage to cut up some lanyards and some seizing thread . The crew is trying to figure what we should do next. Rigging is out for awhile, coughing and shaking are taking there toll. I may get the yards done soon. I had to get @Gabek to make me some cleats for the Pegasus, another thing that was not supplied in the kit. Toying around with the capstan, I may put poles on it ,we will see. With all that's going on, I have so much work that needs to be done before winter comes, so much work to catch up on that I decide to put it in the display case until I feel better and the outside work gets done She going to be a beautiful ship next to the Duchess of Kingston. Take care my friends, hope to be building soon but I think I am in for the long hull of recovery, lots of testing going on so far all negative, which is a good thing they say. Well, got to go rest up, trying to get some outside painting done today, grass needs cutting and the gardens need cultivating, and some machinery repares are needed as well. It all part of life's problems that keep me from building models lol. 😆 🤣 Take care my friends. Knocklouder ⚒️

Yes , Very amazing work Glen, just awesome Bob .M