Rock_From_Korea
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Hello All, We had a long weekend here in Korea and I was able to finish basic planking work of the weatherdeck level in GH2. I have more or less implemented new methods that I wanted to try out on GH2 and thus, after this posting, I will go back to GH1 and carry on from where I left off. Below are some pictures at the end of this round of works on GH2 and a comparison picture of GH1 & GH2 at the last section.
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Hi All, I have decided to post some additional updates on GH2 after Robert’s suggestion and encouragement. Also, as both GH1 and GH2 will be given away as presents to my dear friends after completion, it would make sense to have as much build log record as possible. The below are pictures of the progress I achieved during the weekend using my iPhone 6 - yes, yes… I am not upto date on the newest technology development… but it still works fine! Regards, Rock Beakhead work in progress - I have increased the upward slope of the beakhead by 3-4 degrees compared to the original Aeropiccola plans. I am not sure if this slight upward adjustment would be enough, but if not I may readjust for GH3. This time on GH2, I managed to put in tree nails on the beakhead deck planks. Also experienting on the planking method of the beakhead area.
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Hi Robert, Thanks very much for your advice and kind words. Unfortunately, I did not take many pictures of GH2 during its construction, just couple of photos after reaching certain stages of the construction. As I am building GH1 and GH2 pretty much in tandem, it would be somewhat confusing (even for myself) to manage pictures of both and post them seperately. Nevertheless, I shall definitely take your advice into consideration and may take a bit more picture of GH2 - maybe using seperate cameras (GH2 with my iPhone just as posted in the above posting, and GH1 using my digital camera as it has been the case so far). Best regards, Rock
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Hello shipmate! I have been tinkering with GH2 for the last 2 weeks - wanted to try out some different methods and approaches on it. I am posting just couple of pictures of end results as I am trying to refrain from posting too much of GH2 pictures on this post - want to focus in GH1 building log.
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The ladders for the forecastle are made and fixed in place. I think the basic deck work for the forecastle area are more or less done now.
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Hello everyone~ It is quite warm now in Korea - full-fledged spring now! I have done the finishing works on the forecastle area. During the process I realized that I may need some additional features (pulley features) in the halyard knighthead (the two smaller ones right and left of the main knighthead). I decided to experiment with a method that would mimick the pulley features in these. I think the end results are not bad. I may refine this 'mimicking' and apply later in other areas.
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Many thanks for your kind compliment, Ondras! Such compliment from a master modeler like yourself means a lot to me~
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Thank you very much for your encouragement, Pavel!
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Hi Patrick~ Thanks very much for your kind comments!
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Foremast done and moving to bowsprit, main mast. Took couple of pictures with foremast, bowsprit and main mast put in place.
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I decided to follow Aeropiccola plan on the halyard knighhead and the associated fixture. This design included 3 belaying pins on the left and right side of the knighthead. I decided to go along with this design as well. Also, I began working on the mast securing item (not sure what it is called) that secures the masts to the decks - beginning with the foremast.
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Hi All~ Work at the shipyard continues with halyard knighthead and the forecastle area. Also, work on the various mast positioning was done. First the pictures on final touches on the halyard knighthead and rails.
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Next, I started on building the halyard knighthead and rack. For this I needed a bigger hardwood (8mm x 8mm) and decommissioned hardwood chopsticks would not do. Fortunately, I found out that a broken wooden hanger is made of light coloured hardwood (don't know the wood type). I have cut one side of the wooden hanger by the required dimensions.
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For the building of belaying pins, I have utilized a thin bamboo stick used for my daughter's favorite snack (she uses fork instead and thus the surplus sticks at my home). Anyway, this bamboo stick is quite strong and sturdy despite the thinness and thus proved quite easy to make belaying pins with a simple modeler's knife and a small file. The end results are overall satisfactory, although I realized that there is lack of uniformity - something I do not think I can fix anytime soon (or ever, since these are all hand made!). Rocky inspecting ...and seems satisfied~
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Hi All, Continued working on the forecastle area - belaying pins, pin rack and halyard knighthead. First the pin rack rail is done - laminated hardwood sheets cut according to the contours of the rail and then laminated.
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Thanks very much, Alan! Still a long way to go~
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Thanks very much for the encouragement, Gus!
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Forecastle belaying pin rack work - once again decommissioned hard wood chopsticks came in handy.
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I decided to put in an alternative structure (I forgot the name of this) in place (on top of the forecastle front rail) to ease the rigging work later on. I was not sure how these would look in the end, but they came out OK I think.
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Hi All~ Almost spring here in Korea~ I had to make some emergency repairs to Santa Maria that I built about 20 years ago (my first wooden ship model) - a present to my mother. Consequently, I did not have much time to spend on my current project. Nevertheless, there has been some progress on the forecastle - the front rails and its structures, forecastle belaying pin rack. Originally, I intended to use no belaying pins on my GH and only apply 16th century belaying structures. However, after much consideration, I decided that belaying all the required rigging without any belaying pins would be too painful. I will, however, limit the usage of belaying pins as much as possible. Below are some pictures on these works. I still have not been successful in sourcing hard wood strips. And once again, decommissioned hard wood chopsticks became quite useful.
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Yeah~ I think you are right. I used olive oil to see how the wood would look like once vanished. But I suppose I can do without olive oil in most instances. Thanks Mark!
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Finishing the forecastle deck area. The main railing on top of forcastle had to be bent a bit in order to adjust to the hulls's curvature.
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Continued from the 1st upload. Railings around the forcastle intalled and forcastle inner hull work done. Forcastle grating work begins- I decided not to put a ladder there.
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By the way, when a certain section is all done and no more glueing required, I usually apply varnish to finish that section. I suppose varnish would mitigate some of the negative impacts of olive oil?
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