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  1. Bryan Woods
    Hey J, your pram is looking good. I use a number of different ways to heat the wood depending on what size or how much bend. One thing I picked up for $2 at the thrift store is a ladies hair straightener. It has a temperature dial on it. I just moisten the wood, not soak it then pull it through a few times. most of the time I leave it hanging where it is and move the wood down to it.
  2. Bryan Woods
    Thank you both, Ian and Glen for your tips:) after starting them I did order a set of hemostat. I should get them the first of next week. I’m not for sure but I doubt they are smooth:-(
  3. Bryan Woods
    I’ve been studying this rigging since the start of the build. Not seeing any clarity until I actually started working on it. The start was slow due to the fact I was having trouble seizing the lines on the blocks. I spent a day thinking of how to build a jig. Easy and time efficient are definitely not adverbs that describes the use of it. Maybe possible would work. Each stay has 3 ends. One end is tied to an eye bolt on the deck. I tied a clove hitch in this before installing it, which I still haven’t glued the eye bolt. This line passes through the block hanging on the mast and has a double block with another line continuing from it. I used the second hole in the block to tie this line on. That may not be proper but was easier for me. That end looped through the block on the rail and back to its own block. From there it tied to an adjacent pin on the rail. Setting back looking at it now, it’s not that confusing. But looking at those black lines on the plan made me wonder:-) I got 3 more to do plus lots more on the sails before the change to the running rigging. It wasn’t any clearer all hid behind all the standing rigging on the plan.
  4. Bryan Woods
    Great job Bob, if you are like me, it’s a little sad when the build winds down. But luckily the next one starts it all over again:-)
  5. Bryan Woods
    Nice work Palmerit, I pick up the smallest wooded beads from Hobby Lobby. The ones I got are about 3 mm. Still a little large I think.
  6. Bryan Woods
    Update on the sails. For starters the fold at the bottom of the main sail still bothers me a bit. I didn’t remember, but when made the sails for the shallop I rolled the paint on with a small foam roller:-/ The thick amount of paint I used along with the brush strokes, I thinks makes it look like. Acrylic? Vinyl? Or maybe microfiber:-) Before I remembered about the roller I tried to think of a way to give it less shine and a different texture. I used a darker paint on this test. I blotted the wet paint with a piece of fabric. I think it looks better. Not fore sure about the darker color. I’ve got about 50 of those ties that hang from the sails. I’m planning on continuing with this set until I mess them up. Then if that happens maybe the next ones, I do better.
  7. Bryan Woods
    Great Elmir, the wood for the planks is soft and were easy to bend. I wish I had tapered the middle planks in bow symmetrically. I didn’t do the math and played it a plank at a time. Since I was painting the it really didn’t matter except I need to learn to do the math:-) I also think the tapered should have been longer, say 6 - 7 cm.
  8. Bryan Woods
    The mast didn’t take too long. It only has one hole for the main sail rigging and two plastic cleats. The yard was two dowels glued together and then tied together with two blocks for pulling in the sail. I started the sail this morning. I traced the main sail on the teabag paper. Then I squeezed a good amount of acrylic paint on it. I was trying to see if I could leave some cloth like texture behind:-) After covering the sheet, it was hung to dry. I’ve made sails for two other ships with this material. Although I think I’ve done each one a little different. They were also smaller sails. I noticed while it was drying I could still see the folds in the paper:-( I’m hoping they won’t be that bad after it’s all done. After it dried a bit I cut the sail out, and some 2 & 4 mm strips for reinforcements and trim. I sandwiched a .1mm thread between the sail and a .2mm strip. After glueing all the strips on the unpainted side, it will dry until tomorrow and I’ll do the same to the painted side.
  9. Bryan Woods
    I’m no t a seamstress either:-) The last few sails I made I used teabag paper that’s used in paper crafts. It maybe silk span? It’s pretty easy to work with and not very costly. I think it is closer t scale than cloth, but I only tried it because I can’t sew good enough for people to look at:-)
  10. Bryan Woods
    Hello Elmir, your river boat is off to a good start. I’m building the same kit. Maybe we can help each other out on the sails and rigging. I’m almost there and let me tell you! It’s not real clear:-)
  11. Bryan Woods
    It’s finally warming up to the 30’s:-) So I got the rudder on and the rest of the parts that go on the stern. The kit was designed to just glue wooden tabs together at the rudder. I made hinges and glued them on the rudder. Then I drilled them and put nails in them. i carved another crew member. I wish I knew all the jobs one might have on a boat like this so I could put them at a task. Like steering the rudder:-) or maybe look out:-) Or they could be just like the average, and just stand around:-) Back to the build. Next will be the mast and one long yard made from two dowels tied together with rope. I find that when the build changes from one thing to the other, I’m slow to make that change. Plus I’m working with a contractor to get me moved out of my wife’s she shed and into my own shipyard:-)
  12. Bryan Woods
    I’ve been watching her lives also. It’s encouraging seeing someone of her skills misplace things, and everything else I experience at my much lower skill level.
  13. Bryan Woods
    Great job Scott, I love the colors you chose.
  14. Bryan Woods
    The time is finally here for a permanent Shipyard! I’ve hired a contractor to erect a pole structure by my design. It’s 12’x16’ with a 6/12 pitch salt box style. I didn’t realize at the time, there would be a 6”x6” post in the middle of the right side door. I started thinking if I needed that big of space to get something in. It would probably be heavier than I wanted to lift anyway. So that went away:-) My part of the build is clearing the site, which I’ve worked a couple of days getting it ready. This is a shot from the back side, after it is built. The next things I am responsible for doing, kinda make me feel like I’m going back to work:-) I’ve got to get a 100’ of service cable out of the garage, into the root filled ground and up in side the ship yard. The worst is yet to come. Since it’s being built in the deep woods, no one is willing to pour the concrete pad with out bringing a cement truck up here on our paved drive. So my wife and I are going to mix and pour the concrete with 80lb bags. That’s making my back hurt just looking at it:-)
  15. Bryan Woods
    Glen, I really appreciate you marking those areas. I haven’t learned the language yet. That will sure help me learn when I can see it, when I see it written. One can’t rely on model boat manufacturers:-)
  16. Bryan Woods
    It’s looking good Scott! The pram was my second boat to build, and I can relate to every obstacle you’ve hit:-)
  17. Bryan Woods
    Wow! Christmas two months in a roll! Give good instructions, that can be my present:-)
  18. Bryan Woods
    Well I’m snowed in for several days it looks like. So I spent a little more time today on these tail wings. They just set on the rail. I thought about putting some pins in to help hold them, but they are made of plywood and I know they will come apart if I try to drill them. So I just used brown CA. The rudder has to be painted and hinges installed. The rest of these little parts balance somehow on those wings. There has to be room for the tiller to fit through so they’ll have to wait for the rudder. Tomorrow I start the mast and yard. Oh, here’s my jig I used to bend those tail wings:-)
  19. Bryan Woods
    The last few days I’ve worked on the beakhead. This required a very light touch. I started by cutting all the pieces from the plan, including the angles on each end. Next was to glue the bowsprit on. The stem has pre drilled holes to tie it on also. As I was glueing the bowsprit, I stuck the ends of the threads underneath to have an easy start to tie them up. Next I glued the starboard side horizontal piece on. I just eyeballed it, to line up with the other wood pieces. After it set I pushed the cross boards up against it. Checking the port side for fit. I had to remove and tune pretty much each piece. Trying to have a light touch and keep everything square as possible, to take a measurement was quite a challenge. when I was satisfied with them all, I pulled them out just enough to drop a dap of glue on them and push them home, Then just glue on the port side and add some support knees. Next up is the stern.
  20. Bryan Woods
    Great job Robert, I too think the details make a big difference. It gives more reason to keep looking:-) I’ll be waiting to see what all you can come up with!
  21. Bryan Woods
    Great Job Glen! The ships and the whirlpool are amazing by their selves. Thanks for setting them under the glass so us with poor eyesight can see them even better:-)
  22. Bryan Woods
    I got the rails glued on this morning. I’ve been working on the little box on the poop deck, if that is what it is:-) It seemed pretty plain, just being 4 little pieces of plywood to be stained. BTW I’m haven’t been impressed with the x-veneer plywood. The heavy grain is going the wrong way on the rails. Back to the little box. It seemed fitting with the theme of the boat being about pets. I made the little box on the poop deck a dog house:-)
  23. Bryan Woods
    Thanks Jim! I brushed it on, I haven’t reach the level of air brush yet:-) I primed it with gesso, sanded and reapplied. Painted several coats of white over the entire hull. After I taped it off I brushed clear acrylic over the edges of the tape. At least I think it’s clear acrylic,I brought it at the dollar store and it didn’t say what it was. I was wanting white:-) The paint I got at Hobby Lobby, that thick art paste. I found I tend to make less mess with it. But I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the best skilled at painting. Although I’m one of the best at messes:-)
  24. Bryan Woods
    I’ve got a few things glued to the deck. It would be better if I knew what was underneath all these pieces. I might could think of some details to add.
  25. Bryan Woods
    Happy New Year all! In first few hours of the year, I removed the tape. After several weeks of wondering how my painting skills measure up. Not to my surprise, my first impression was that I have plenty of room for improvement:-) One thing is I have the opposite of a clean room environment. That may improve but will never get where the word “clean” is true to the sense. I’m ready to start back on the build. Here’s a few shots of where I stand now.

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