Sjors

I put my ear back to my head and can hear to much 
 
I'm waiting for my new false keel for the Santíssima Trinidad.
In the mean while I'll be preparing things for painting.
For the SotS of course.
So.....see picture.
 
Sjors
 

 

I put my ear back to my head and can hear to much 
 
I'm waiting for my new false keel for the Santíssima Trinidad.
In the mean while I'll be preparing things for painting.
For the SotS of course.
So.....see picture.
 
Sjors
 

 

I put my ear back to my head and can hear to much 
 
I'm waiting for my new false keel for the Santíssima Trinidad.
In the mean while I'll be preparing things for painting.
For the SotS of course.
So.....see picture.
 
Sjors
 

 

I put my ear back to my head and can hear to much 
 
I'm waiting for my new false keel for the Santíssima Trinidad.
In the mean while I'll be preparing things for painting.
For the SotS of course.
So.....see picture.
 
Sjors
 

 

I put my ear back to my head and can hear to much 
 
I'm waiting for my new false keel for the Santíssima Trinidad.
In the mean while I'll be preparing things for painting.
For the SotS of course.
So.....see picture.
 
Sjors
 

 

I put my ear back to my head and can hear to much 
 
I'm waiting for my new false keel for the Santíssima Trinidad.
In the mean while I'll be preparing things for painting.
For the SotS of course.
So.....see picture.
 
Sjors
 

 

I put my ear back to my head and can hear to much 
 
I'm waiting for my new false keel for the Santíssima Trinidad.
In the mean while I'll be preparing things for painting.
For the SotS of course.
So.....see picture.
 
Sjors
 

 

Picture 😝

Hello.      I think that it's time for another picture, I hope that you like this one.
 
You may have heard of the Mersey Ferry, made famous by the 1960s song from Jerry and the Pacemakers,  "Ferry Across The Mersey."    This is the ferry boat Tulip sailing across the Mersey from Liverpool  to the Wirral peninsular, just over a mile away.
In the background is the New Brighton lighthouse and the old Fort Perch Rock, both built in the early 1800s.
 
 
Ken

Pre-shaping two planks at a time. I have also started tapering the planks as I run out of open hull space for full planks..

Another pre-bent plank slips into place.

New tattoo idea hahaha

Story continues.....
 
Everything is dry drift to see how it goes.
At the pictures you can see that there is a warped keel/frame/bulkhead.
I put clamps on it to see if I can get it straight.
When I glue the frames/bulkheads ,maybe I can keep it straight.
I know that the glue I'm using are very strong when it is dry.
What do you think.
 
 
Sjors
 

 

I have moved the clamps and place the re-enforcements to put the false keel together.
That is drying and I hope that I have a straight false keel.
If not, I have to see what I'm doing.
In the mean while I'll be starting to make the barge's.
Then I have to do something !
 
Sjors
 
 

I have done something 
The front false keel is still under the clamps.
Also frame nr 8
So I place the back of the false keel.
There is a beginning !
 
( and in the back you see the Nuestra Sēnora del Pilar from Anja )
 
Sjors
 

Well here she is with top yard crows feet rigged. I'm not fully happy with it as I wish the ropes were a little tighter but I have no way of providing any more downward tension until I rig the braces as they have blocks that attach to the stay along side the crows feet before running to the deck and their belaying points. I may play with it some more tomorrow and see what I can do as I may be able to stretch and pull some here and there to take out a little more slack. I just have to be careful to not apply too much tension as it can move the masts and loosen other lines. Rigging is definitely a balancing act between many different forces. It is kind of fun seeing how it all works but frustrating when you just want to get something done after several hours.

Small update of the top yard with the lifts in place. Tonight I start working on the halyard and crows foot rigging.

Hello Everyone.    The saga continues, but now I'm beginning to realize what I'm letting myself in for.
 
Next on the list was the cast facia under the quarter deck. I could play around with this as when it's in place it wouldn't be seen.  The castings were real meaty items with plenty of depth and a fair amount of detail, better in my opinion than the thin but crisp photo etch, there is more character in them. That is except for the window framing, I couldn't initially see a way of making these windows look good but I set out to see what I could do.  First I cleaned the casting up, primed then painted the frames white. I then dripped a black wash into the glazed area, this found its level in the castings leaving the white frames untouched which meant that I didn't have the almost impossible task of painting the frames neatly. I then painted the remaining facia. When the black wash dried it did so in a blotchy way and on the model looked like a normal window reflection, better I think than a solid colour.
 
BUT!!!!   
 
I couldn't stop thinking that with a bit of effort I could do better. I'd seen the results that others have achieved by opening the glazed areas up. I knew that if I didn't try I would find myself in a couple of years kicking myself knowing in my heart that I should have done it but by then it would be too late, every time I looked at the model I would feel regret.
 
I selected another casting and started. I drilled a pilot hole, fitted a large handle to my needle file so that I could hold it and began filling. It wasn't a very difficult task but it took a long time, the four pane panel shown took me one and a half hours and it was so mind numbing it felt much longer, but it could be done.
 
I've decided to set aside half an hour each day of my building time to the task, I shan't look forward to it but bit by bit they will get done. I feel like someone has given me a can of red paint and a brush and told me to paint the Golden Gate Bridge and I don't like painting.
 
This was defiantly not in my brief. I can see Pete smiling, he warned me that this would happen as I progressed but I doubted him. 
 
 
In the picture when the pile on the left is bigger than the pile in the right I'll be happier.
 
 
Ken
 
 

That's a pin head holding pressure against the wale as it dried . Gone now 

Hi Bob,
 
I want to give comment but I don't know what....
Looks great 👍 
 
Sjors

Hi Bob,
 
I want to give comment but I don't know what....
Looks great 👍 
 
Sjors

Great job Anton.
 
What is the green "dot" on the left side?
 
Sjors
 
 
 

Here we are again with another paint update....
I'm still not at the end of the decorations....
There are coming a lot more.
But here are the next few.....
 
Sjors
 

Great job Anton.
 
What is the green "dot" on the left side?
 
Sjors
 
 
 

The first picture is of a pre-bent, pre-twisted, pre-beveled plank. The next photo shows this plank freshly glued in place. Notice...it doesn't need clamps!