Desertanimal

Congratulations on completing the build. Your work is astounding, the tightness on those joints is something to envy. Love the presentation.

At this point I’m painting the toe rail red, doing this before the black on the hull(coverage). I’m practicing on the straight line of the joint of the toe rail and the hull. I’m using a high quality brush, folk art paint, and my steadiness is ok. Coming along ok, I think I’ll be able to freehand the black up to the rails when I get there. Thanks for all the help!! Chris

Tim, when painting by hand I end up putting on several coats. Should I expect any issues with the clear sticking to the tape and pulling up the paint? You think the entire process should be completed relatively quickly, say a few hours? Overall that sounds like an excellent idea. Paint seeping under the edge is such an issue sometimes you think you could have done a better job freehand.

Well, I didn’t think of painting before! So glueing in top of paint isn’t an issue with adhesion? I use titebond II. Chris

So the top part of the hull will be black but I want the rub rail grey. In what order would you paint it? The rub rail is 1/16x1/32, pretty tiny. Painting by hand. Acrylics and brush. I’ve got tamiya tape. Paint the black above and below the rail, probably getting some on the rail. Let it dry, mask up to the rail then paint the rail? If different from that, I’d love suggestions. Thanks! Chris

Hey Gregg, thanks for the reply! I may not have been clear this is for the hull. Let me know your thoughts!

Just found your log. Very nice work. Precise and clean. I’ll be watching along! Chris

So I’m planking my model shipways lobster smack and it’s going pretty well. My question is how to finish the surface. Looking at some build logs the finished hull is completely smooth. They covered it with filler (wood filler, bondo etc) and then sanded smooth then paint. Since my planking is looking pretty good can I just fill some joints that need some attention then paint? Leaving the planking texture visible? I mean it’s my boat and I can do what I want, I get that. But what do these boats really look like? Never lived anywhere near boats and photos on the web aren’t particularly helpful. Why put so much labor of love into these joints to look good then slather them in bondo? Thanks for your comments! Chris eta-Now that’s not to say I’m so deluded as to think my planking is ready for just stain and poly, this is only my third boat. Don’t want to guys to see the pictures later and say “ what was he thinking?” 🤣🤣🤣

The detail you can achieve is truly astounding. Amazing work! After your discussion about high end cutter/choppers I bit the bullet and ordered the ultimation slicer. Looking forward to receiving it.

Might not be super scale but I’m gaining skills for the next project! I thought the side thwarts looked a little small with only 3 planks. Now they’re a little wide but I’m happy with the result.

It’s the 1:24 scale model shipways version. I’ll have to check that build log! Those planks do look thinner than mine. Thanks for pointing that out. I swear I had looked everywhere for an example. Don’t think I’ll be redoing it at this point.

I’m going with it. I think the scale looks ok 🤷

I’m working on my Muscongous Bay lobster smack. I’m planking both the deck and the floor of the cockpit. How wide should the boards be for each? I was starting on the cockpit and my lumber comes out to about 4.7” (120mm) wide. That seems a little wide to me. Thanks for any suggestions! Chris

I’m looking for my next build. I’m liking the look of this boat. I’ll be following along! Enjoy!

Are you sure you’re using the correct size collet? If you remove the nut the collets are double sided. You might be using one that’sa tiny bit too large. The Tamiya pin vise is expensive but feels so much better in the hand. Chris

Amazing work! Thanks for sharing with us!!

If you get a chance, look at my build log. I think I’ve got some close up photos of the beveling of the planks. The main bevel is pretty straightforward, the rolling bevel on the other side is a little tricky until you see what’s going on. Keep at it!

First like! Haha Love it! Such a wonderful build. Truly amazing work.

Good luck with the build. Move slowly and triple check your steps. The biggest help to me was reading build logs and having them handy for photo reference.

Looking forward to this coming together! Hopefully I’ll learn a thing or two.

Hey Rob. I saw that on a build log and essentially forgot! Thanks, I’ll add those! Chris

Truly impressive work! So inspiring to look at! Thanks for sharing it.

I was thinking the same thing. But there are plenty on Amazon.

There has been progress on the pram. I have/had a concern with the sail. It seems too small for the boom and the gaff. You can see in the top pics how the corners line up with the associated hole or cleat. After much consternation and looking at the pictures in the instructions I decided to move parts and shorten the gaff and boom. Here are the results. The angle of the sheet is a little wonky. Not sure what was with all that. It looks to me that adjusting the sizes of the boom and gaff were the wrong move and making a larger sail would have been better but I didn't have sail material so that pushed my choice. I used some thin copper sheet for the chaffing pad on the mast. I rolled it around a paint brush handle to shape it and added a tiny bit of epoxy to attach it. Here is how I had to wrangle the rope to get them glued up. When you tie a half hitch it will loosen if there is no tension on it. Is that a function of nylon rope and is it less pronounced on cotton? I also had trouble cutting it close to the knot without it fraying. I used a soldering iron to burn off the little ends but that left blackened ends. (Angry face here). Trying a rope hank... I'll be making another one with the sheet. I've still got a little work to do. Some more weathering was going to try a little rust on the metal parts. Thanks for all that are following along. I'd love to hear some constructive criticism if you see something I can improve on. Chris

Where did you get that little four wheeled thing? I like that.