Sjors

I have to laugh..........I love the way that hemp thread spills from one picture to the other.........that wasn't planned,  I assure you!  :D     no sooner get to the table..........and then another distraction.........I can't even get a thought in edgewise!
 
in the middle of painting the preservers...........oh.....we gotta go to the store.  never tell them that the store is temperature controlled,  and things will keep..........she learned her mother's  'death stare' quite well........
 

 
during another stint at the table,  I managed to make the 'hanger' pegs for the preservers.  one will be on each side of the pilot house.........
 

 
......and the third one will be on the main deck...
 

 
I had taken a length of Billing's thread and wiped it down with some tan paint.........that will keep the 'fuzzies' at bay.   the beads were threaded on and cemented in place.   there's still more to do with this........it may appear long,  but it will be cut into sections later on.    I had to paint up more beads for this to finish the pattern.   I may need to redo it though......they look a bit too large, now that they are all together in a row.  I will see better,   when I can dry fit it.
 

 
the preservers are still a work in progress too.
 

 
more to come soon.........work has now become my present interruption.

this past week was a bit of a let down.........I thought I would have made more progress than this.  I'm beginning to thing these last bits......are going to be like pulling teeth .....OUCH!
 
well......I did get the beads for the net floats.....
 

 
the other aspect I want to add was laid out as well.  I decided on three of them
 

 
the beads were selected....these by the way,  are wooden beads.   I didn't want metal ones, or any with a metallic finish.  the paint wouldn't stick well ........I think.  augment pattern and color...should be good.
 

 
those tidbits on the table........they're nothing......they meant nothing to me!         {just more sick ideas}.   there's a thing about the life preservers....I learned this early,  from a gentleman here,  whom I have come to look up to as a mentor.  I have met others,  who {in the past} have given me some very neat ideas.   I keep them in my mental book,  ready to use when the need arises.   those plastic ropes.......they gotta go!
 

 
 

A quick update. I have spent what build time i've had this week drilling for ring bolts to mount the gun carriages, remounting my pinrails - somehow i mounted them way too high. Its been staring me in the face for months and I never noticed it! I also had to re-blacken a bunch of ring bolts, they had accumulated some white powder on them so I scrubbed them down and re-blackend them. I was never really happy with the color anyway, they were more brown than black. 
 
A couple of weeks ago I started in on the capstan. I didn't like the drum head that came with the kit, there is a hole drilled all the way through it to mount it to a dowel. The dowel seemed kind of small so I made a five sided shaft out of walnut and glued the whelps to that. Naturally after that I just couldn't leave things alone so I had to add in the chocks since they didn't come with the kit. 
 
Then it was time to do something about the drum head (trundle head?) I started out copying the kit supplied part but didn't like the result I was getting so I went with just a flat face on top with a slight angle return. I've turned this part several times now and think I am getting close to something I like. The first couple were made from four plane mitered together and then turned on my little 15" lathe. I screwed those up royally trying to turn them with carving chisels; They work great for turning small parts from 5 and 10lb from but not so much on wood; they are too thin/light and chatter or skate across the wood as it turns. My smallest skew chisel for lathe work and needle files turned out to be the way. 
 
The last set I glued out of ten pieces of boxwood mitered at 15 degrees each. That came out pretty good except where the points meet isn't quit what I want. I may need to find a thicker blade for my Proxon table saw, The blade I have vibrates too much at the start and end of a cut and by the time I have cleaned up the cuts the points are all chewed up. If I can't get a better part then the one on the lower right in the picture below will end up being what I go with. I won't love it but it may be the best I can do at this point.
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

That looks great Piet!
 
I'm proud of you   
 

Hi Piet,
 
I found those 2 pictures of a Dutch lion head.
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

I have cut out four gun ports and place cannons in it.
Just to see how it looks !
Beware.....every thing needs his paint and the framing for the gun ports has also to be done.
But first I want to cut out all the gun ports.
That takes a while....
 

 
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

Thank you     
 
Before I forget how it work s I have a little update......
The cannons on the port side are done.
The wales are also done.
They give me metal wales and it was not easy to work with because there is no space tp put clamps on but oke, they are there.
Still not cleaned the deck so no pictures of that yet.......
 
Sjors
 
 
 

A small update......
Cannons are done on the upper gun deck.
Stairs are also done and the railings .
I really need a cleaning person     
Nope, not Anja  I have to do it by myself.
Maybe a good idea to do it before I take pictures ?
Maybe something for the next time ?????
Or I have to use a camera with has no High definition ...........
Oh well.....
 
Sjors
 
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

Hello to you all fellow builders,

As you know , Mobbsie has ordered the HMS Agamemnon for me and finally she is in dry dock in Schiedam.
I will not start on her .
I have first finish the Le Mirage.
But when you have a new kit in the house , you want to show it.
That's the reason why I open a build log…...
First of course a little history lesson and later on the pictures of all the stuff that is in the box.
When I start on her I know I need a lot of help and advise from all of you.
I have a few great examples of other Aggy's and I know that Mobbsie will be there for me if needed.
So let the lesson begins and hopefully it will not take to long when I can start building her.




Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon 1781 1:64

HMS Agamemnon 1781 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1:64 Scale.




The Agamemnon was one of seven ships built to the same design, drawn by the same naval architect that designed the famous Victory, Sir Thomas Slade. Agamemnon was the third to be built in the class, the first two being Ardent in 1762 and Raisonnable, laid down in 1763. Third was Agamemnon, followed by Belliqueux in 1778, Stately in 1779, Indefatigable in 1781 and finally the Nassau in 1783.




A Third Rate ship of the line like Agamemnon was an expensive warship to build. The construction of the ship’s hull with yards and masts fitted cost the Admiralty £20,579 (in today’s terms, approximately £12 million), a figure that did not include ordnance, sails, hemp, copper plating and other hardware.




For three of the most crucial decades in British naval history, Agamemnon always seemed to be at the centre of the action, having no less than eleven battle honours.




Agamemnon’s maiden voyage was on 9th July 1781 under the command of Captain Caldwell. Her first engagement was at the battle of Ushant on 12th December 1781 where the British fleet under Rear Admiral Kempenfelt defeated the French fleet and captured a significant number of ships, including the convoy the French were escorting. Agamemnon’s next major engagement was at the Battle of The Saints on 12th April 1782 where Rodney and Lord Hood’s fleet defeated Comte de Grasse’s French fleet.




On 7th January 1793, Nelson learned from Lord Hood that he had been chosen to command his first ship of the line, the Agamemnon. Although initially disappointed that he had not been given command of a 74, Nelson soon grew fond of Agamemnon. Nelson wrote to his wife, Fanny. She was, he said, "Without exception one of the finest ships in the fleet, with the character of sailing most remarkably well". He also wrote after twelve days in a storm in the Mediterranean in "Gales and lumping seas but in Agamemnon we mind them not; she is the finest ship I ever sailed in, and were she a 74, nothing should induce me to leave her while the war lasts". Even a French Commander Admiral Alemand expressed the view that Agamemnon was one of the fastest ships in the British Navy. That, coupled with Nelson’s inspirational command made her a very potent fighting unit.




Nelson commanded Agamemnon, or "eggs and bacon" as her crew affectionately called her, until 10th June 1796. In that time Nelson had proved to be a great Commander, tactically and physically.




It was during his command of Agamemnon that Nelson lost the sight of his right eye. When at the Siege of Calvi in 1794 during the morning of 10th July, Nelson was hit in the face and chest by splinters, stones and sand that were thrown up by an enemy shell that hit a battlement during a shore action. On 13th June 1796, Nelson’s broad pennant was transferred to the 74 gun Captain at anchor in San-Fiorenza bay. He watched the worn out Agamemnon sail to England for a much-needed refit. She was refitted from the bottom up at Chatham. When re-commissioned in 1797 she was ordered to join Admiral Duncan’s squadron off Yarmouth, which was keeping watch on the coast of Holland. She was immediately caught up in the naval mutinies of that year. Agamemnon was however considered untrustworthy by Richard Parker the leader of the Nore mutineers and had the guns of the mutinous ships trained on her to ensure she did not ‘blackleg’. Subsequently in the proceedings that followed all thirteen of Agamemnon’s crew who were tried were pardoned.




Agamemnon’s next major fleet engagement was the battle of Copenhagen on the 21st April 1801. Unfortunately she was grounded on a shoal for most of the action, but Nelson won the battle and a truce with Denmark was negotiated. On the 21st October 1805 Agamemnon took part in the battle of Trafalgar. When Nelsons favorite ship hove in sight a week before, with Nelsons old friend Sir Edward Berry in command of the Agamemnon, Nelson was delighted "Here comes that damned fool Berry! Now we shall have a battle." At Trafalgar the 27 British ships of the line defeated the Franco Spanish fleet of 33 line of battle ships in a victory that ensured British supremacy of the sea for the next 100 years. Later in Agamemnon’s career, she served in the West Indies, taking part in the battle of Santo Domingo, and then in South American waters. Agamemnon was wrecked in Maldonado Bay off the coast of Uruguay on the 16th June 1809. Divers have recently discovered the remains of HMS Agamemnon on the bottom of Maldonado Bay, after a six-year search by marine archaeologists. Strewn around the site are hundreds of copper plate, as well as a 24 pounder cannon, parts of the pumping devices as well as a significant amount of shot, bolts and copper nails. Also discovered was a silver pocket seal, complete with fob chain. On its face of translucent stone it bore a star shaped emblem with the name ‘Nelson’ in mirror image incised in a curve above.




Agamemnon was laid down at Bucklers Hard in May 1777 and launched on the 10th April 1781. Her dimensions were as follows;




Gun deck - 160 feet 2 inches


Keel- 131 feet 10 1/4 inches


Beam - 44 feet 5 inches


Tonnage - 1384 tons


Guns;


Twenty-six, twenty-four pounder - Gun deck.


Twenty-six, eighteen pounder - Upper deck.


Twelve, nine pounder - Quarterdeck.


Complement - 491 officers and ratings.




The Caldercraft Agamemnon kit features: Double plank on bulkhead construction, Keel and bulkheads are CNC cut in Birch ply as are all the major constructional parts. Extensive use of CNC cut Walnut has been employed for the majority of visible structures and fittings.


The wood strip pack contains Lime wood for the first planking, Walnut for the second planking and Tanganyka for the decks. Ramin dowel is supplied for the masts and yards.


Walnut and etched brass stern gallery windows, with the remaining tafrail decoration in finely cast white metal. Scale brass cannon barrels with walnut carriages.


Rigging thread is supplied in natural and black to rig the model as depicted in the photographs. Beechwood deck gratings and Walnut Blocks and deadeyes. Shroud cleats, trucks, stunsail yard brackets as well as CNC cut Walnut tops, crosstrees, trestle trees, mast caps and a wealth of unique detail parts. Copper plates are provided to sheath the hull bottom.


Fully detailed full size plans and a comprehensive construction manual.



Specifications:


Scale: 1:64


Length: 1300mm


Width: 490mm


Height 945mm


Planking: Double

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

A very little update.....
 
I make the fenders and outside steps.
Not painted them because I want to do the other side first.
Then it will be painted and you will see the result then.
 
Sjors
 
 

I don't know where you get it from but it is amazing !!!!!!!!
You know where we live so I expect a box in a couple of months           
Just kidding my friend.
Fantastic job !!!!!!!!!
 
Sjors