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Hi Alan, It' so great to have you back and your Syren log too!  

Very nice Bob and I'n sure there will be a mirror image of the starboard side!

No pressure  

Hi Raymond and welcome to the Triton Club. Good choice on building in the 1:24 scale.

You will find it a whole new  enjoyable experience. Best of luck!  

Very nice work Bob. Visible or not it sure looks good and we will always know it’s there.

Looking really good Ben.

Hi Augie,

I share your pain!   The planking looks very good. It looks like you got the planks to lay nicely

against the bulkheads and the run is very nice as well. Well done.

Thank you all for stopping by for a look and all the likes!

Grant, "Creative Accounting" here usually comes with free room and board for 5 to 10 years.  

Not to worry the lathe will be here eventually.

I have received a notification from the author of the plans that there was a slight error. The

cannon were drawn at the wrong size. The new sheet of plans was received and you can see

the difference below. Good news is that I haven't made the barrels so nothing lost there and

I will get some more practice making the carriages today.  

Also I have made the ladder but it is just set in place for now. I want to be able to remove it

for when I rig the cannon.

Hi Bob,

If you hadn’t put the penny there you couldn’t tell they weren’t full size. Very nice!

Hi Jan, I'll have to get a guard who will break fingers if anyone tries to open the covers!

Grant I have to payeth the tax man first then we can order the lathe so sayeth the Admiral.

Thank you Dirk. That mean a lot to me.  

The cleats on the rail that are really squarish looking were made just as the plans have them drawn.

They are listed as a kevel cleat. I'm unsure if I will leave them looking new and unused or I will pop

them off and give them some sanding.

Thanks Christian. Playing with different woods  was one of the most fun parts.

Ok the hatch covers have been completed, sanded and one coat of wipe on poly applied.

She's now ready for the open sea! That would be if there was cannon aboard.

Yay! it's onward we go my friend!  

Hi Mark. Sorry to hear about the need to restart the Licorne. Reading your points of learning I see

that I've suffered each and everyone of them but unlike you l haven't learned from them.

Good luck with Licorne 2.0.

Joe, Colin and Antony,  Thanks for the kind words!

Mark

I would imagine that firing that gun would add a new meaning to "shiver me timbers" and

hope like hell that the fuse on the shell isn't a short one

That would be the start of a "really bad day".  

Here is the framing for the canopy. In the first picture you can see how it

sets into the slots cut into the bulkhead.

Thanks Augie, I can't imagine the shock wave that thing put out when fired!

Here are the two side covers made and in place with even some saw

dust slipping in the picture. Everything still needs a finished sanding and

then the coat of wipe on polly.

Hi Augie, Very well described and executed!

She's looking good.  

Thanks Ben and Druxey.

Well the swivel guns are drying and the chain plates are all completed so I've started

building the optional mortar housing. This is the assembly that would cover the mortar

to protect it. I have to make the assembly removable as I want to be able to display it

with the mortar raised or stowed.

Here are the transverse bulkheads and the mortar carriage set in place for perspective.

Here you see the strong back connected to the transverse bulkhead as well as the fore

and aft bulkheads. A notch has been cut into these pieces for the canopy and side

covers to set into.

Thanks Chuck. I wouldn't have thought of them either except I had your size

sheet out when I was ordering those real swivel guns!  

Thanks Gary, Here you are.

OK as I said I have a beta version of the swivel guns. What I'm wondering is if the mounting

bracket looks in proper proportion to everything else?

Thanks  

Hi Bob, Yeah you are right about the cannon and mortar. I did cheat on the swivel guns though.

Chuck’s 12 pounders were an almost exact match so I ordered them up and they will do just fine.

Plus they are way nicer then anything I will ever make!  

I will be posting pics of the brackets that hold the swivel guns in a bit to see what people think about the look.

Thanks all.

Thank you for the kind words Paddy.

Also thanks to everyone for stopping in and all the likes.

The deadeyes and chain plates have been completed on the port side. I left

the pin head unpainted in this picture so you could see how it simulates

the bolt head. I just have to touch them up a bit, adjust the deadeyes position

and then it’s on to the starboard side.

Hi Bugra. This a very nice cross section you have going on here. I'll really enjoy following along!

Hi Grant. That is one impressive model. I love the extra details and all the fine workmanship you put into it. Congratulations!

Thanks Tim. I had some nice beech dowels so it made it easier. Some of the the dowels out there wouldn't be any good and I would have had to make them from my regular wood stock.

I started from the bottom up to a designated point where you see the plates merge. Then a second belt up to the water line area and a third belt to finish it off. At least that's what I remember. When I get home tonight I'll look and see if I have more information.