Knocklouder

Congratulations !! Very nicely done.   

Bob  M.

Your sails look awesome,    

Bob M.

Bob  M.

Thank you for your like my friends.  Today I managed to make up the forestays all 17, which is about 18 feet of served # 1.3 rope. I guess I did put it into warp drive, the handle came right off my server machine  lol.

I did get to the last of the serving before it broke. So I glued it all back together and put it away for awhile. 

I find standing is the best for working on the Astrolabe. 

All the forestays are served and run, now I have to tie them up and seizing the ends. Then it is off to do the 17 back stays which are tied off to deadeyes. By that time I should be ready to do the crowsfeet lines, parts are on order for them pick up on Thursday  lol.

  After serving 18 feet of line I am happy there is a hockey game tonight 😀 😄. 

Stays tune for updates lol. Thank you all for showing me that  " This is the Way" 

to build models. I will be for ever grateful  Thanks 😊 

 Bob  M.

Very nicely done, and all those little details are amazing.  Nice work, Congratulations on a very fine build.   

Bob  M.

An attempt was made at the making of the  euphroes blocks for the crowsfeet lines....  And a call to my favorite 3-D printer was made lol. I get them in a week 🤪.  Now that all the masts are painted and installed, I have no room left in the shipyard lol.  

I  may try putting it into this display case it will be to only thing in the case thats for sure. I had it in there before but not sure it will  fit back in

after the yards are installed.  We will see.

Now for all the stays and work on the ships boat , and the stern needs some work, but making great progress  . Thanks for looking in.        

Bob  M.

Bob M. 

Good morning Digitalis, I mostly use woodglue for planking, with a bottle of CA for stubborn pieces. I will start a plank, or end one  with CA, but mostly wood glue.

 This is one of those questions that it your preference on which one you like. I have had great luck with wood glue and clamps .Good luck.   

Bob M.

Bob M.

Making great progress on the cannons, I have them all stowed away, waiting for the voyage to the Artic. I played with the Tampions, I put them in but no pull chains to tiny. But they are a conversion piece. Lol

Belive me the picture makes the Tampions apear larger than they really are

So now that they are stowed  I will be turning my attention to the  crowsfeet lines. But not tonight, yes you guessed it  curling lol. I could use the break from rigging cannons anyway  lol

  Talk soon , thanks for peeking at the old barge.     

Bob  M.

The King of the Mississippi  is a fun model to build, I agree about starting a log , so many help me to make mine.

Good luck on yours  !!

Bob  M.

Good looking sails, a suggestion, look up a product call GAC 400. It is a fabric stiffener that works really good for making wind in the sails.  Not sure if you can get it there but I really like it. Good luck my friend. 

Bob M.    

More passengers have been  boarded, and one pretty famous fellow up front.

Mark Twain, made by my good friend @Gabek. I may touch up his face a bit but he looks like he is  in awe of the ferris wheel. Which is still in the box.

Time to break out my air brush and try to immulate  @Cathead grainery it's amazing you should look it up , great stuff.

After we get the office, dock all painted, I will install some white fences and a creek just to the right of the dock. You can make out the depression, but I cut it out and have a few ducks nesting or floating around. Or maybe a pelican slide how knows lol.

That's it for now can't wait for my shipmate to come over Wednesday and for a few hours, hopefully we will start the wheel. Take care , thanks for looking in. 

Bob M.   

Like Peanut butter and Jelly, and that's all I got to stay about that. 

Amazing work Keith, are we getting ready for the river yet?

Bob  M.    

Awesome work, can't wait to start working on mine. Great job.   

Bob  M.

The cannons all have thier Tampoin on, and are all thouch up  ready  to be stowed tomorrow. 

I had 50 of these cannons extensions  pieces, I inserted in the barrel and cut them off. A touch of international orange for the plugs  and we are ready to go.

After the cannons are stowed it's on to the crowsfeet lines,  then upper deadeyes 

A very special thanks to @archjofo for all his help, I know I won't come close to his work , it is unbelievable  I am learning so much from him thanks my friend. 

   Bob M.

Very nice work,   I got to try that some day. They actually look like grain elevators. When I was young I work for the railroad and live in that very same yellow and green building, amazing what paint can do. We'll done.

Bob  M.

Congratulations,  very nicely done,      

Bob   M.

Yes that's it. I forgot to trace the bow and stern peices. And you know me when it comes to figuring out things lol. 

Bob.

Fantastic work my friend  you have a lot more details than I have on my ship. Maybe that's why it seem that I am going warp speed. .  Every line looks fantastic  great work, like I said before it will be hard to giver back. Carson definately  will be pleased, it gobsmacked beautiful. 

Bob M.  

Great progress sir? I love ratlines, did 294 of them just today. Your ship is looking awesome.    

Bob  M.

Best day ever for ratlines, 294 clove hitches in five hours. One came untied so a  dab of the glue fixed it.

I started using a white pencil to mark the ratlines.  After making the spacer,  and holding it on with one hand drawing the white line with the other, then it's just a matter of tieing them on.

Up next is the Futtock staves and deadeyes, crowsfeet lines, and the Mizzen stays. 

  But not today, yep going to a hockey game.  Well upstairs  on the big screen 😆 🤣. 

 Thanks for looking in.  

Deadeye Bob.                

Very nice work Bryan,    

Bob  M.

This happen to me last year, I changed my browser and no problems since.

Bob  M   

Today the ratlines continues, all went well  with the main  rats, only one came lose but it was eazlie fixed.

The Mizzen rats went on with no problems  😊. 

So with the lower ratlines  finished on the port side , a little cleaning up of the ship yard is needed. Today I only got to tie 189 clove hitches, 190 if you count the do-over lol.  Absolutely in heaven here, On to the starboard side tomorrow.   

Thanks for looking in on the old horse barge.  🐎           

Bob M.