Rock_From_Korea

Hi All, It's been a while since my last update. I managed to find a wood working shop near Seoul and had the cypress cut cleanly into different sizes and shapes. Unfortunately, this shop was also unable to cut wider (more than 15 cm) panels and I had to be satisfied with 8 cm wide panels which were cut into 6mm thick panels as well as 2mm strips, 1cm x 1cm (for mast) and etc. In the wood work shop I found 3.5mm small wood panels (waiting to be burnt for fuel) that could potentially be used as bulkheads when laminated. I could not resist the temptation of testing these new materials for my 2nd Golden Hind (earmarked as present for one of my dear friends) and immediately started the building of basic frames for GH2. I am quite satisfied with the results and decided to use these materials for my subsequent Golden Hinds. I also decided to work on GH2 in tandem with my Golden Hind prototype as there are quite a few different methods, styles and applications that I would like to try. Mozart and Beethoven helping out on keeping the laminated panels straight.

The filling of the lower part of the hull is almost complete. The cypress wood fillings at the bottom of the hull make the ship quite heavy and balanced.

For the filling of the front section of the bow, I am using a much softer wood (which was salvaged from the sides and rear of my daughter's decommissioned cabinet drawers), and this softwood will also be used to fill the upper part of the hull.

The space between the bulkheads at the bottom of the hull will be filled with left-over cypress woods as ballast and planking aid.

Hi everyone~ Basic hull frame work continues. I was thinking about replacing the keel, bow and stern section with hardwood, but realized that I lacked suitable material. So, I decided to just work with cypress wood for these sections. Once I get hold of a mini table saw, I plan to use hard woods processed from the mini table saw for my next projects. For the time being, I will need to make do with a false keel.

Thanks very much, Robert!

Thank you, Patrick! I think I will really need to get a mini table saw that has low noise levels to be operated in an apartment! Also, I will definitely try to locate a woodworking shop for the panel sawing next time. Rock

Initial frame and bulkhead works more or less finished after extensive sawing and sanding!! Anyway, the nice smell of cypress wood during these works definitely provided enough consolation.

Pictures of the first few frames and bulkheads.

A view of cypress boards with their rough surface before sanding.

Hi All~ Happy New Year! I recently started working on my first scratch build project, Golden Hind. I will be using Aeropiccola plans as basis, but I will refer to several other blueprints and build logs as well. If the end product is satisfactory, I plan to make about 4 more scratch built Golden Hinds to give out to my close friends as gifts. This one is a prototype build that I will give to my daughter as present when finished - correction on 22 March 2023 : major deviation from original plan...this prototype will also be given out as present to one of my dear friend/mentor. I am planning to finish GH2 as well and give him the choice between GH1 and GH2. Although the delivery may be quite delayed as he is residing in NY and Hawaii. He may be getting a place in Seoul in the future, at which point I will be able to deliver him either GH1 or GH2. The basic wood I will be using for most of bulkheads and 1st planking will be processed from cypress wood logs that were lying around at home. And since I have no table saw (not easy to use in an apartment in Korea anyway), I sawed manually most of the wood panels and strip woods. For strips, I devised a small home made drill saw(?) and used them to make most of the strip materials . I couldn't find a woodworking shop nearby that can cut thick logs into thin panels. So I'll just apply this brute method this time, but I'll have to find a woodworking shop for my next projects and make these panels and wood strips in an easier manner. I probably need to search outside Seoul for this task. Below are the pictures of manual sawing and the wood panel obtained at the end. Cypress logs were cut into 7 mm thick pieces. It's a lot of exercise!

Thank you so much for your compliment!

Thanks very much, Steve! BTW, you are one of the masters of MSW that I benchmarked~ Rock

Thanks very much!

Thanks very much for your compliments and encouragement, Tim! I had a lot of help from many masters in MSW.

Thanks! My next project will be a scratch built Golden Hind. It will be actually my first scratch building project~ Rock

Thanks very much!!

Attempting to do photographs with dark background. The last 3 photos are taken by my daughter with her iPhone - I think they are better than my pictures!

Some daylight photos.

Hi All, Finally finished my work on HMS Endeavor and ready to go to my sister's house this weekend! The work took a bit more than 1 year - much shorter than I expected (COVID-19 definitely having an impact here). Thank you all for your encouragement and guidance!! The final work : the name tag.

Hi Dave, Thanks very much for your kind words! I think it took me just little bit more than 1 year (say 1.2 years) - quite fast due to the COVID-19 situation. Corel kit does not come with any sails, nor does Corel provide any plans for sheets. The sails are made from fabric I purchased seperately - pretty much the thinnest fabric that can be worked on by a sewing machine. I bench-marked the Artesania Latina sail plans for the work on sheets. My next project is scratch built Golden Hind which I will be able to post from the beginning this time. Anyway, all the best with you current build!! I will be following your current build.

Anchor buoys.

Working on anchor.

Deck guns installed

Hi All, Nearing the finish line now! I think the final photos will be uploaded next week. below are some photos taken during the final works. Rudder chain installed.