Sjors

Lovely work, Sjors.   The deck furniture is coming along beautifully.

Your work just keeps getting better and better Sjors. Really nice.
 
Bob

You are getting to be a real pro at this hobby!!! 

Sjors. Your ship is coming along really nice. That deck planking looks very real. Are you planning to add sails? If so, furled, fully displayed, or just partially displayed? What size of blocks did you use for cannon rigging?
I have the impression the rigging is going to be a real treat.
Congratulations on the job you've done so far.
 
Ulises

The "HMS Agamemnon" is looking fantastic Sjors,
 
you`re getting closer to the masting and rigging week by week.....
 
Nils

Your planking's looking great Sjors. Very nice! 
 
Cheers

Beautiful work.  She's really filling out.

awesome planking Sjors    really making some headway with the deck layout.......really nice!

So as suggested I used a filler that was laying around to fill the cracks and gaps in the first planking, little did I know that it was going to be a nightmare to sand down, I used a flexible filler.......eeek
 


 
So after that little nightmare i managed to get it into a condition for the second planking.
 







 
Finished on side, just a little to go on the other side but waiting for some more Ca to arrive, in the meantime i'm in the process of filling and rubbing down of the completed side.
 

 
 

My condolences to your father's uncle. It seems that there are a number of strong family connections that some builders on this Forum have with their models, (such as Piet and others). It also comes as no surprise that others such as yourself are also similarly connected by tragedy and history. It just shows how how precious life is, as well as how small a world this really is!

I was ahead of myself when I did this........I had to disassemble it to get the first picture.  not to worry,  I didn't go all the way with it......if you look close,  you'll see I cheated.       I thought you may get a charge out of this......it all started when I cemented the boom brackets in place.
 

 
after .....I put the boom back in place
 

 
I was glad to see that I didn't goof on the yokes......they fit in there snug enough,  so I won't have to worry about them falling out before I get the chance to rig them.
 

 

 

 
I also did a bit of work to the aft section.....drilling the holes for the eye shackles.  two center supports were also cemented in.
 

 
these will be for the support cables to the first section assembly.  flipping it over,  two more were added for cables that will attach to the bulwarks {or the deck}.
 

 
the plans don't show it,  since the aft section is cocked in such a silly way......and they don't even show you how to assemble it.  I saw this in the pictures,  and so I found a use for that second ladder I made.
 

 
before these parts went down to be painted,  I added this bar to the gangway.  in the plans,  there is use for this part.......I'll see if I can dress it up somehow
 

 
I brought two of the parts up from the cellar already.......guess I better go get the other two,  before the cellar monster gets hold of them
 
 

it's been a couple of weeks since my last update........been down with a cold.   it's not the cold so much,  but the meds to fight it make me so drowsy.   another thing that brought me to a crawl,  is when I did some dry fits,  I found a few things that are off with the build.....I'm trying to figure out how to work around them without having to alter what I've done so far.   the one solace I can take from this,  is that in looking at the Andrea Gail,  what I'm actually seeing is the Lady Grace.  my thought is,  that while these two ships bore a resemblance,  the Andrea Gail may have been configured differently.  looking at the Hanna Borden,  you can see the difference
 

 
the Andrea Gail was built at the same yard......the A.G. in 1978......the H.B. in 1983....eastern ship builders in Panama City,  Fla.  the problems I've run into are small really......it's a real fudge figuring out how to do it,  and keep with the configuration.   I've already solved one of them.
 
I did get those eye shackles in place.  I used two long pins and stuck the shackle in place,  through the channels on both sides.   first a small drill,  and then a drill the same diameter as the shackles.
 

 
I have a few others to do......I'll be using the same method.   the first problem I saw pertains to the tall ladder the will go up the side of the first and second section.  I wrapped the railings all the way around the face of the gangway......I originally thought it looked better that way.  now that I have the front uprights and supports assembled,  to put the ladder where it's supposed to go,  will be blocked by the railing.
 

 
what makes this worse,  is that I made it too wide,  and the ladder will also interfere with the boom bracket.  I will most likely put the ladder on the back part of the assembly...you'll see more about this in a moment.  another problem is the stanchion I made.......don't know why I didn't see this one sooner.
    with the stanchion in place,  the tilt of the aft section is going to interfere with it.  the reason why.....is that it's way out of scale!   the instructions had measurements of the parts,  and that's what I went by to make it.  too bad too.........I dressed it up a bit more with some supports at the base.
 

 
so.....it will be back to the drawing board with this piece of the puzzle,  and scale it down so it's at least the same height as the podium / rack {should have been a dead give - a - way  }   to be able to put the boom brackets where they needed to go,  I had to trim the bulwark fenders back even with the fore deck railings.  then they will fit in the proper place.   the alteration was touched up after the changes were made.
 

 

 
still need to finish the pilot house roof........got a bunch of stuff to make that go on top too.  I've done a bit more this morning.......should have it up later.   thanks for looking in 

Continue to glue (till my nice will come)

 
details on making the corect 90  degree angle
 


 

A small pause in other activities and succed to glue the first parts

Thanks for the likes and visits. Dave good to see you here, look forward to when you get back to your Conny.
 
Today - didn't get much done. Got the Mizzen Topmast Backstay done, then moved to the Fish Tackle up Forward. I was waiting until I got the Fore Topmast installed prior to rigging this. I used the last 5/16" Double Blocks from Chuck, painted them white and used blackened brass wire to strop them. Then rigged them to the Fish Hook with a small piece of chain. I hooked it to a small rope loop which is looped around the chock on the cathead. This is all rigged on the starboard side only. The rope is a dark brown rope I got from Chuck. All is tightened up and then tied off on the board above the Windlass.

On this beautiful, sunny day a little update !
 
Poop deck is planked and some furniture like the skylight is on it.
A few things to do left and we can go further with the outside.......
 
Sjors

On this beautiful, sunny day a little update !
 
Poop deck is planked and some furniture like the skylight is on it.
A few things to do left and we can go further with the outside.......
 
Sjors

On this beautiful, sunny day a little update !
 
Poop deck is planked and some furniture like the skylight is on it.
A few things to do left and we can go further with the outside.......
 
Sjors

On this beautiful, sunny day a little update !
 
Poop deck is planked and some furniture like the skylight is on it.
A few things to do left and we can go further with the outside.......
 
Sjors

I can enlarge the photo and it still looks great !   
Nice job on that planking thing Mark !!!!!!
 
Sjors

On this beautiful, sunny day a little update !
 
Poop deck is planked and some furniture like the skylight is on it.
A few things to do left and we can go further with the outside.......
 
Sjors

On this beautiful, sunny day a little update !
 
Poop deck is planked and some furniture like the skylight is on it.
A few things to do left and we can go further with the outside.......
 
Sjors

On this beautiful, sunny day a little update !
 
Poop deck is planked and some furniture like the skylight is on it.
A few things to do left and we can go further with the outside.......
 
Sjors

On this beautiful, sunny day a little update !
 
Poop deck is planked and some furniture like the skylight is on it.
A few things to do left and we can go further with the outside.......
 
Sjors

I can enlarge the photo and it still looks great !   
Nice job on that planking thing Mark !!!!!!
 
Sjors