Paul Le Wol

Hi Everyone, hope you are all well. Thank you for the Comments and Likes. I've been working on the cabins on the cabin deck. The frames that will be the finished opening for the windows were made from 1/16"x 1/8" and 1/32"x 3/16" AYC with the latter ending up being proud of the 1/16" plywood by about 1/16" The doors were then laid out with the stiles being 1/32"x 1/16" . The bottom rail is 1/32"x 5/64" and the rest of the rails are 1/32"x 1/16". The siding could now be applied and I started laying out the Aft cabins to get a rest from the siding. The forward and aft walls were made so that they could be dry fitted to keep things square Then came more siding. It is all 1/32"x 5/64". Once the walls were sanded the 1/32"x 1/32" boxwood window sashes were installed. Two pieces of 1/16" plastic were cut and placed into the the opening to keep the sashes about 1/32" back from the face of the siding while thinned white PVA was applied with a micro brush. When dry, the plastic was removed and the inside was glued. A couple of partitions were made to keep the side walls straight The two end walls were glued to the side walls while in place. When they were dry the partitions were glued to the side walls The structure was removed and the forward wall was sided Some paint and then the forward cabins were dry fitted back in place. Going to wait before gluing just in case they have to be removed again The aft cabins are underway. Hope to see you soon.

Roel, the overview photos are fantastic. Thank you for showing us your jigs for making the stairs and handrails

Keith, that is a great looking pump. You really nailed the color!

Glen, I’m all buckled up!

Keith, she looks great! So much to look at in such a small space.

Gary, good to hear from you!. Thank you very much.

Hi Tony, thank you for your Comment. You are very kind!

Good Luck with this project!

Hi Nando, welcome to Model Ship World. Perhaps the build logs of the Occre version of the Santisima Trinidad could be of some help to you.

Jacques, those frames are looking mighty fine!

Hi Phil, thank you very much!

Hi John, thank you. Its good to hear from you!

Hi Keith, thanks very much!

Hey Everyone, I hope all is good. Thanks to Everyone for the Comments and Likes. This update looks like more of the same only at the stern. I finished planking the forecastle deck. I managed to squeeze in 2 nibbed planks. The drawing shows 3 but because I'm using 5/64" wide strips instead of 1/16" wide strips everything gets thrown off a bit. The rough cut subdeck for the cabin deck was pinned to the hull and sanded back to within 1/16" of the bulwark planks using the small sanding block. The subdeck was then cut to accept the cabins and then glued in place. For the waterways a piece of 1/32" plywood was laid on top of the subdeck and the outboard edge of the subdeck was traced on to it. The outboard edge of the waterway was cut almost to the line and pinned on top of the subdeck. Then the inboard edge of the waterway was scribed on to the plywood using a compass stuck in a small block of wood that slid on the face of the bulwark planks. The inboard edge was cut and sanded back to the line and the waterway was pinned to the subdeck. Once everything looked okay the waterway was glued to the subdeck and the outboard edge was sanded back to the subdeck using the same sanding block The 1/32" x !/8" strip of wood that runs under the waterway was glued in place The coaming is made of two layers of 1/16" x 1/8" strips of AYC that were pre bent on the same mold as the rest of the stern planking. A line was scribed on the waterway to mark the inboard edge of the first plank and pins were inserted along this line. This plank was attached to the waterway with CA The outer plank was glued to the inner plank using white PVA After a bit of sanding the bulwark planks were painted Thanks for stopping by. The cabins are up next.

I have both of these tools and enjoy using them very much. On first use of the slicer it took me about 20 seconds to draw blood. Not the tools fault but my carelessness. I now keep a pair of tweezers handy to retrieve the cut pieces

Nice start to your build and build log!

Keith, that is a fine bit of micro-fitting!

Jacques, a very interesting read and some very interesting design changes!

Taubman’s Plan Service has them at taubmansonline.com. They are in the Rochester NY area

Craig, absolutely beautiful!

Hi druxey, thank you very much for your Comment!

Hi Phil, I did start hooding the planks too early. The next plank was going to be the one that is nibbed into the margin plank. I should change the first two hooded planks to regular planks. Thank you for pointing this out 👍

Yves, thank you so much for your support!

Hi Steve, thank you for posting the photo of your beautiful Willapa. I hope to see more. I had noticed the metal attached to the corners in Phil’s photos but for some reason I thought that they were added when she became a museum ship. I appreciate the information about the hardwood corners. There may be a few things that I let slide but overall I will try to be accurate. ( something I am not known for 😀) . Thank you so much for your Comment, I appreciate it very much!

Hi Keith, thank you for your kind words.