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  1. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Chief, I am very sorry to hear of your Mum’s passing. Your Mum and Dad must have been wonderful people.
  2. Paul Le Wol
    Hi svein erik, I am so sorry to hear of your Mom’s passing. Glad to see you restarting your Cheerful build. Your pup must be all grown up by now
  3. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Everyone, I hope everyone is doing fine and thanks to all for the very appreciated Likes. Well another week, another rope coil revision. There can only be so many ways you can make one of these things and I think that I have attempted all of them. Finally settled on this way. Just glued a small loop onto the coil. Made the usual coil but tied the top together with cotton thread. Pinned the coil into another jig and attached a small loop with CA. Just glued it at the orange pin. Flipped it over and pinned it into another jig. Washed it with diluted clear acrylic and let it dry in place. When it was dry (20 minutes) it was mounted with a machine screw weighing it down to give it a bit better shape. Applied more acrylic and removed the screw after everything had dried. At last count there were ten more to do. The next update will definitely not be about making rope coils.😃
  4. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Dave, everything is looking great. I would wait a while before mounting the anchors and the rudder.
  5. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Glenn, it’s always been that way. Someone could show me twenty times how to tie a knot and when it was my turn to try it I would inevitably say “OK, show me that one more time”
  6. Paul Le Wol
    Hello Everyone and thank you for all of your Likes . Just a bit of an update. Firstly, thanks to Glenn Barlow for getting me dialed in to using the clear acrylic instead of diluted pva. Looks and works way better. Picked up some of this at Dundas Valley Hobbies. Never seen so much paint in one place. Started out by replacing the coils on the bow sprit step. Changed from cotton to polyester rope. The cotton didn’t like the pva or the acrylic. No matter what I tried I couldn’t make it decent looking coil to hang over the cleats and pins. So I gave up on the jig. Made coils the same as on the bow sprit step but made a small loop of rope that is hitched on itself to attach the coil to it’s hanging place. Wrapped the rope around a 3/8” diameter pencil and applied CA to an 1/8” overlap. The joint ends up being behind the coil. Doesn’t really look like it’s supposed to but I know when I’m whipped 🙂
  7. Paul Le Wol
    Thanks very much James. I was just over looking at your Speedy build. It looks so good. I hope you have the opportunity to finish it one day
  8. Paul Le Wol
    Thanks Glenn. I am going to give the clear acrylic a try. Your rope coils look great and I don’t want to drop the ball at this stage.
  9. Paul Le Wol
    Hey Everyone, decided to make a coil with the cotton rope without using diluted PVA. Used CA on the knot at the bottom and to stick the small loop at the top to the back of the big loop. To me it looks better and is easier to shape. The coil on the left is cotton.
  10. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Cisco and Bob, thank you very much for your comments. Cisco, I copied a jig that Glenn used in his Cheerful build. Still trying different configurations. The coil hanging on the mast is from Crafty Sailor. It is 100% polyester. When coated with diluted pva it it kind of behaves but doesn’t really stick together which actually makes it look more realistic. The coil on the bow sprit step is 100% cotton from Ropes of Scale. When coated with diluted pva it really sticks together well but it needs a lot of work to get it sit right. This is the way I seem to be getting along with….. Started in the middle of a piece of 12” rope at the bottom of the center 1/8” tube. Crossed over between the center and top tube. Crossed again on top of the top tube Wrapped around all of the tubes in opposite directions and put half a square knot at the bottom of the 1/4” tube Painted with diluted pva. When dry I put a bit of CA on the knot and cut off the excess. Wrapped the small loop in the center around the top of the big loop. Gave it a test fit to show the difference between the different ropes The cotton rope still needs a bit of tweaking.
  11. Paul Le Wol
    Thank you so much everyone for the Likes. Ian, SUBaron, and Glenn, your comments are appreciated very much. Today I made a couple of rope coils and started taking pictures of them as I went just to see what they actually looked like. Not going to post everyone but it’s amazing how much tweaking they need when you zoom in. Talk to you soon
  12. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Everyone, thank you very much for the comments and Likes. Just thought I would post a few photos of the rigging. Didn’t want to post too much on this part of the build because other members have documented theirs so well. Only have a few lines to secure and then on to making coils of rope. See you all next time.
  13. Paul Le Wol
    Very nice planking Cisco. Will have to remember your technique of beveling the edges of the planks to pre-fit them and then make the edges square.
  14. Paul Le Wol
    Hey SUBaron, everything is looking great. Every once in a while I get an uploaded picture that needs rotating. I found that if I delete it, go back to the original (on an iPad) and crop it a bit, then re-upload it, usually it ends up in the correct orientation
  15. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Dave, thanks so much for your comment and thanks to everyone for their likes. I have to tell you that the only reason I got through the rigging in one piece is because I keep a tab open to Glenn Barlow’s build log. Thanks Glenn
  16. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Alan, thank you very much for your comment. Building Cheerful has been a lot of fun and I learned a lot following Chuck’s monograph and videos. I highly recommend this model to anyone wanting to build a good looking, well documented little ship. I have a warm spot in my heart for Billings Boats and last year after seeing Ekis’ beautiful build I picked up a Nordlands Baaden 416. The planking looks like a challenge but I think I’m up for it. Whenever I look at a kit from any manufacturer I always think of what it would look like if it was done with different types of wood. That’s why I think that Syren’s offerings are so appealing. Buy the parts that you need and get a lumber package from your favorite supplier. I don’t have the work space or tools to cut bulkheads and things so this system works for me. Maybe other manufacturers will eventually offer this method as an option. This week was spent rigging the yards. I took the easy way out and drilled holes where the stirrups are mounted. It made it easier for me to make them hang down the same distance. When I look a the photos I realize that more care should have been taken determining where the wraps started and ended but when you stand here looking at it, it’s not that noticeable. The tiller was mounted and then I made my first rope coil. The entryway stanchions are glued in place and now just have to try not to break anything (again). See you next week
  17. Paul Le Wol
    Thank you everyone for all of your much appreciated Likes. Glenn and Ian, thank you for your great comments. You know when I started the rigging I thought that I was in the home stretch but not so. It seems to be getting more challenging every day. You really need to be a bit of a gymnast to get to the finish line. ( If gymnasts have finish lines )
  18. Paul Le Wol
    Hello Everyone, I hope you are all well. Many many thanks to everyone for their comments and Likes. Been rigging Cheerful for a couple of weeks now. Just a few photos of the progress. Ran into a couple of glitches along the way. I forgot to install the cleats for the lower back stay tackles so like so many others I had to make a long-reach drill bit holder and an “oops I forgot the cleat” installer. The cleats I had were to big to install horizontally so they went in vertically. I also decided to remake the entryway stanchions. They seemed to be a bit over sized. Used the same 1/16 inch tubing. Flattened the end and drilled a hole in it. Rounded it off and blackened it. Then gave them a test fit. Then carried on with more rigging. I ran out to the Falconet hooks that I have been using so while waiting for my order from Crafty Sailor I will start rigging the yards. Talk to you soon
  19. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Rid, thanks very much for your comment. The only thing I did with the carronades was clean them with an alcohol wipe (the ones that come in the little envelopes) and then place them directly into the blackener. The blackener that I used for them was made by AK. They came out surprisingly nice . After a bit of buffing they ended up having more of a gun metal look The AK blackener was very expensive. That’s why I ended up using the Novacan for the rest of the build
  20. Paul Le Wol
    Aircraft Spruce has a good selection of aircraft ply. I usually go to the one next to the Brantford airport. They have many locations in the States.
  21. Paul Le Wol
    Allan, thank you for your comments, you are very kind. I was fortunate to have chosen such a well documented subject both by the manufacturer and the community. My rope order from Crafty Sailor came so rigging has resumed. Very nice rope. I think the finish is looming on the horizon.
  22. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Cisco, your AVS is looking great. If you are using the Cheerful monograph as a reference you would now be at Chapter Four where Chuck describes using tick strips and planking fans. I found this method very valuable in obtaining a good result. It really takes the guesswork out of the picture.
  23. Paul Le Wol
    Hello Grey, the shaking that you are talking about is a well documented phenomenon. As soon as you apply glue to a part, the closer you get to where you are going to stick it, the more your hand will start to shake. You will notice that if you dry fit a part, no shaking. At least that’s been my experience 😀. Enjoying your build very much
  24. Paul Le Wol
    Thanks Glenn, I appreciate your comment very much. I have probably seen all of this before somewhere so I can’t really take any credit.🙂
  25. Paul Le Wol
    Hello to Everyone, thank you for all of your comments and likes. The timberheads have been made and installed. Filed a profile in a strip of brass and clamped it to each side of a strip of 1/8 x 7/32 inch cedar and then filed away. Pinned and glued them to the cap rail with CA The entry way stanchions were made from 1/16 inch brass tube with 1/32 inch brass rod glued inside of it with CA. Beads were glued to the top end. The coating on the beads was burned off with the butane torch and all of the parts were blackened. Not going to install them until a bit more rigging is finished. The rigging is still on hold so that's about it until next time....Paul

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