Paul Le Wol

Looking great Jacques!

Most beautiful Craig! Even the project box looks great!

Phil, thank you very much for your kind comment!

Thank you John, I forgot to mention that I made the stanchions out of cherry after looking at Phil’s photos where they seemed to have a natural wood color. I think they give her a bit more character

Thank you Keith. I am going to check that out 👍

Hi Everyone, thank you for your Comments and Likes. Tis update starts with the stanchions that are attached to the main deckhouse and support the boat deck. They were made and test fitted before the main deckhouse was installed. Gary @FriedClams recommended the Tichy phosphor bronze wire in his Pelican build so I picked up a variety of sizes and used the .020" wire to pin the stanchions in place. The pins were CA'd into the pre drilled holes and then the stanchion was slid in place and the holes for the wire rope handrails were marked. The stanchion was removed and the holes drilled. The stanchion was slid back on the wire and CA was applied to the wire. The stanchion was then pushed into place. Once the first stanchions were in place I was able to measure the size of the platforms that sit outside the smoking room doors port and starboard. They cover the steering rod which gets converted to a wire cable after it enters the trough that runs inboard of the stanchions After the platforms were installed the deck planks were laid and the rest of the stanchions were fitted. The pillar structure was next. A strip of 1/32" x 3/16" wood with a 1/16"x 1/16" glued to it's length was added to the top of the lower beam to match the height of the subdeck and cover the ends of the deck planking. While this was going on a piece of 1.5mm x1.5mm x 1.5mm brass channel was glued between the last plank and the stanchions ( with CA ). This will represent the steering cable trough. The knees for the pillars started as a shaped piece of 1/32" plywood. Then 1/16" AYC was glued to one side and sanded back to the plywood. The same was done on the other side but with 1/32" AYC The iron work was attached after the pillars were painted A bit of work was done on the deck box and the skylights. The sheaves at the forward end of the trough for the steering cable look to be housed in a wooden assembly and protected by a wooden step/cover. My version is supposed to represent that Brass wire was used for the hand rails but it may get changed out for rope Still lots to do on the cabin deck

Thank you druxey, I hope you had a great month!

Hi Julian, I get this issue every once in a while. I’m using an iPad with the DuckDuckGo browser. If I press and hold “New posts since last visit “ and choose “open in new tab “ it gets resolved in the new tab. Could be old tab fatigue 🙂

Great result for such a difficult part to make manually! Good luck with version 2

Looking forward to your return to the work table 👍

Keith, congratulations on completing this wonderful build!

A fine beginning Jacques! You have great problem solving skills.

Looking forward to seeing the deckhand surveying the situation. Beautiful work Keith!

Beautifully done Glen!

Keith, the hog chains have made a huge difference in her look. Very nice!

Hi John, thank you so much!

Glen, thank you very much. Those are cases of Olfa black retractable blades. The top one is a 50 pack of 18mm blades and the bottom one is a 25 pack of 25mm blades. They are pretty heavy. Jacques, I appreciate your Comments very much! Thank you Keith, I am honored. It doesn’t get any better than Penguin Approved !

Hey Everyone. hope you are all doing good. Thank you very much for the Comments and Likes. This update will be about the completion of the aft cabins. Once most the siding was installed, the parts were dry fitted in place to check for square. The parts were then glued together and weighted down for a day. The structure was then removed and the siding was finished After a couple of coats of paint the cabins were installed I guess my mind was elsewhere because I forgot to glaze the windows first but it still went okay. The glazing was made from a divider from a spiral wound notebook. One side is glossy and the other side has a rough texture so the glossy side faces out. They were a friction fit but white PVA was still used to hold them in place. The next items that needed to be addressed were the pillars at the forward end of the superstructure. A sheet of 1/16" basswood was laid on top of the cabins to get the height of the boat deck. After getting all of the measurements the pillars were assembled and and just dry fitted in order to get more measurements. I have been using Glad Press'N'Seal to line the jigs when gluing is involved. It slicks well to everything but is easy to remove. The door hinges and knobs are glued on the inside of the cabins with E6000 glue. This is what I have been using when I don't want to use CA. And here is that notebook divider. There is a lot of stuff going on with the cabin deck. I am starting to install the stanchions that support the boat deck. Hope to see you soon.

Hi Jacques, that’s a great tip about bending the wire to make it easier to insert 👍

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Hahahaha!

Enjoy the moment Keith.

Hi John, nice update! Looking forward to November. Wishing you well.

I bought a Higaki Kaisen ship. Today that would cost you about 213 USD plus shipping which to me is good. Bear in mind, I’m used to having to pay with Canadian mini bucks.😀

I recently bought a Woody Joe kit from zootoys.jp . It was a good experience. Their postal service handed it off to Canada Post who collected sales tax at the door. Came in just over a week. Painless