Sjors

Hi Sjors, thanks for stopping by. Progress is slow but so long as it's moving in the fwd direction I'm happy! I'll post a few more pictures soon, to show what I'm working on now.
 
Edit: it never fails. As soon as I made a new post I see typos that need fixed...

bending parts, using the steamer


 
and some tests

Some more

Had just some free time, and continue plankig




 

Thank you all for the patience that you have.
The summer is here in all his heat and it is to hot to stay inside.....
That and also vacation makes me out of the house for a while.
But I slowly pick up the the build again.
Painting the gun port lids and glue on the hinges.
When I paint all of them I shall make a picture. ( I hope that I know how the Aggy looks )
 
Sjors

Thank you all for the patience that you have.
The summer is here in all his heat and it is to hot to stay inside.....
That and also vacation makes me out of the house for a while.
But I slowly pick up the the build again.
Painting the gun port lids and glue on the hinges.
When I paint all of them I shall make a picture. ( I hope that I know how the Aggy looks )
 
Sjors

Thank you all for the patience that you have.
The summer is here in all his heat and it is to hot to stay inside.....
That and also vacation makes me out of the house for a while.
But I slowly pick up the the build again.
Painting the gun port lids and glue on the hinges.
When I paint all of them I shall make a picture. ( I hope that I know how the Aggy looks )
 
Sjors

Very nice Larry......
Always nice when I see pictures         
 
Sjors

Thank you all for the patience that you have.
The summer is here in all his heat and it is to hot to stay inside.....
That and also vacation makes me out of the house for a while.
But I slowly pick up the the build again.
Painting the gun port lids and glue on the hinges.
When I paint all of them I shall make a picture. ( I hope that I know how the Aggy looks )
 
Sjors

Thank you all for the patience that you have.
The summer is here in all his heat and it is to hot to stay inside.....
That and also vacation makes me out of the house for a while.
But I slowly pick up the the build again.
Painting the gun port lids and glue on the hinges.
When I paint all of them I shall make a picture. ( I hope that I know how the Aggy looks )
 
Sjors

Thank you all for the patience that you have.
The summer is here in all his heat and it is to hot to stay inside.....
That and also vacation makes me out of the house for a while.
But I slowly pick up the the build again.
Painting the gun port lids and glue on the hinges.
When I paint all of them I shall make a picture. ( I hope that I know how the Aggy looks )
 
Sjors

Thank you all for the patience that you have.
The summer is here in all his heat and it is to hot to stay inside.....
That and also vacation makes me out of the house for a while.
But I slowly pick up the the build again.
Painting the gun port lids and glue on the hinges.
When I paint all of them I shall make a picture. ( I hope that I know how the Aggy looks )
 
Sjors

Thank you all for the patience that you have.
The summer is here in all his heat and it is to hot to stay inside.....
That and also vacation makes me out of the house for a while.
But I slowly pick up the the build again.
Painting the gun port lids and glue on the hinges.
When I paint all of them I shall make a picture. ( I hope that I know how the Aggy looks )
 
Sjors

Very nice Larry......
Always nice when I see pictures         
 
Sjors

A side update... I'm doing the drawings for the ship's boats and I'll be putting one together while waiting for glue to dry on the main hull.    So as not to "interrupt the flow of things", I'll either make them a separate log like Danny did for his, or just hold off until the planking is done.  Here's a bit of where I am on these. 
 
The longboat drawings are done but still need some tweaking.  Seems that I didn't always account for kerf which I finally managed to get down to 0.015" (0.381mm).  And man, these things are tiny.  Might just be the end of me....
 
Here's two pics of the parts being cut, which is something I couldn't do on a scrollsaw to save my soul.   I tried and failed several times.

 
 
And here's the resulting parts.... the keel is 5" or 125mm long.  The keel and assorted structural members are 1/16" (1.5mm) thick cherry.  The frames (which look like bulkheads are 1/32" (0.79mm)) cherry and the other parts (knees, seats, thwarts on the upper left and upper right) are 1/32" from scrap holly but I'll have to redo them in boxwood as soon I as get some milled down.  I'm planning on using Chuck's method but gluing the bulkheads upside down into a basswood jig for handling and planking.
 
There (hopefully) will be two more boats.  A barge and cutter and all will be nested into the longboat.
 

Has taken about 6 weeks to enjoy our vacation and then address some domestic and minor health issues.  But I've finally gotten the shipyard up and running once again.
 
Decided to finish up the guns on the QD.  There are only four 4 pounders due to the layout of the open decking.  Once again, the brass cannon were supplied by Chuck's Syren company and they're a perfect fit for the kit-supplied carraiges.  No need to detail the construction process again.
 

 

 
I need to finish up one railing on the QD before I move to the bow planking.  Will be operating on a reduced 'summer schedule' for a time......but it feels great to be back 'home'.
 
Here's hoping the summer has been going well for all those here up North. It's been fun following everyone's progress.
 
 
 
 

Cheers Jim and the likes, and thanks Mort - unfortunately I'm way beyond that decision but something to think about for the future...
 
Rigging seems to be a little bit of a neglected area on this site, so wanted to post few pics of progress, for things specific to this kit where may be of help to others and also to hopefully capture where I've deviated from the plans.  Petersson has been INVALUABLE!
 
As a side note, I also nearly had a heart attack when I brought Snake outside for a few photos - I normally work in artificial light in my basement, and the natural light made all sorts of sorts of previously unseen 'fuzzies' VERY apparent.  I vow never to use kit supplied line again, but am committed to making it work here for consistency.  Will probably try brushing on some dilute PVA to try to tame them at some point.
 
I've found the following 3 scenarios to be common:
Plans are not clear - in these cases I've tried to follow Petersson Plans are clear enough and are somewhat consistent with Petersson - in these cases I've followed the plans but tweaked in some cases where it seems to make more sense Plans are clear enough, but differ from Petersson - in these cases I've followed the plans, unless Petersson seems more logical/elegant.  
Foreyard and Fore Topmast
 
Fore yard prior to installation.  Jeers and slings also pre-rigged


 
Foremast installed.  I used thicker line on the jeers (.75mm) as this seemed more in keeping with pictures I've found and attached round the yard following Petersson.   As expected, I found lashing the slings rather challenging.


I found the trusses could be made following plans and Petersson, but was the devil trying to get in place with all pendants and catharpins.  Truss in place (sorry picture is little blurry), I did not even attempt to put in the knave line!

 
Fore-topmast in place.  Found the parrals very fiddly to do, but they can be done according to Petersson.  I gave the parral beads a couple of goes in the drum sander to take off the shine and it gave a very pleasing result.

The fore-topsail yard tie and lifts were taken around the fore-topmast with an eye splice as per Petersson.


Belaying items for the foremast is rather challenging on Snake as the for'd bits are very close to the platform and leaves very little room for maneuver.  I also didn't make this any easier by belaying the hawsers around the bits either.

 
And finally, where things stand currently...I added flemish horses to the fore-topsail which are not identified in the Snake plans, but seem pretty ubiquitous and covered in Lever.

Hello Sjors! 
 
Take time, it's not business, it's fun. Well done!
 
kindly Hartmut

Great work Sjors, that is a beautiful model. 
 
Cheers,
 
Rowan D.

Hi Sjors,
 
that's a great looking Aggie you've got there. I haven't been on here for ages but finally have some time again.
 
best,
 
- Per

Here is a quick shot of the jack- screw on two carronade.

It's too hot to do much work in the garage so a quick minor update sounds like a good thing to do. I finished one channel with chain-plates, on the fwd starboard side. I'll use three steel pins and CA plus PVA glue to mount it in place. The photo shows it with the three pins holding it in place dry. The center pin hole is slightly too high on the hull which shows up in the photo. I'll make the center hole a bit bigger to correct the bow and secure the pins in place with med CA along with PVA for the wood to wood contact.  I was going to start on the aft channel, but after giving it some additional thought I decided I need to finish some deck work so I do not knock off the boat davits and sheer bars that get mounted with the aft channel.
 
I've been procrastinating on making the remaining carronade jack-screws (17) and rope coils. The jack-screws are simply a pain to make and I need to order more rope for the rope coils, but I need to finish these tasks before I paint myself into a corner. Below is a photo of a no. 90 brass hex head with a 0.017 drill bit. I drill the bolt head through in two locations 90 deg apart. Once the four holes are in place, I turn the bolt head to make it round, then add wire to simulate handles. The wire ends are dipped in CA glue to look like knobs on the end of the wire. I'll blacken the assy and then mount it on the carronade. 
 

I use my drill press to drill the holes and chase the holes with my hand drill. Four down fourteen to go.
 

Here you can see the center of the channel is slightly high. 
 

Someone needs to stow that anchor before a big wave rolls it into someone and kills them. 

Hey Sam,
 
What I know about stowing cannon you could put in my eye and I'd never feel it. However, to confuse you further, here are some diagrams from Charles G. Davis' "The Built-up Ship Model." The 4 pounders are from a Revolutionary War era craft. The other diagram I'm not sure of the date. Hope this helps.
 
Steve

Very nice Mobbsie !!!
Your skills improved by the day   
Some need two years for a scratch build and you are doing it in one weekend.......  
 
Sjors

Doris,
 
You stay away for a while and when you come back ,I think that almost everyone is in shock........
At least I am !!!!!!!!!
Another beautiful creation coming from your hands !
You told us that you have more then 30 models in one room ??????
Are you living in a palace ???????
And a question from me.....do you have a favourite model ????
( Should be a difficult thing to choose one )
Thanks for the movie......next time I want to see YOU doing the presentation       
 
Sjors