mobbsie

Hi Guys,
 
As promised a quick update on progress so-far.
 
Quarter galleries are finished apart from a little bit of rubbing down, I didnt quite get the angles right so I've had to use a bit of filler but once she's rubbed down and painted up she will be good. Frames are still to go on after painting.
 
Roundhouse bulkhead completed and painted but I dont want to fit it just yet.
 
Started on the second planking, at least I have 1 plank at the stem on each side, not much but it's a start, I decided to go with the scale planks in the end. I know that there should be at least 3 planks between butt joints but I'm working on 2,  I'm working on a plank length of 119mm and to get a 3 butt planking pattern I will have to cut 30mm planks at the stem and stern, that doesnt seem long enough to me, it's not too late to change so perhaps you could let me know what you think.
 
Some Pics
 
First gallery in place

 
Part two fitted

 
I'm glad I've still got some filler

 
One complete roundhouse and the first 2 planks dry fitted

 
Both quarter galleries

 
Port gallery

 
Floors were painted in a force 8 gale

 
So there we are again, right up to date.
 
mobbsie
 
 
 
 

Dont take any rubbish from them upper class toffs Augie, us lower ranks will stick together.
 
Andy will have to clean his own tanks, Marks still looking for a brig, Popeye's busy with umpteen builds and Sjors, well he is learning how to water ski !!!!!!!    
 
mobbsie

Hi Mark,
 
Explosives are not something I can buy over the counter, if you have some spare that would be helpfull, not for the Aggie you understand but Keith may be able to help "A & A" spike you know who's guns
 
mobbsie

Dont take any rubbish from them upper class toffs Augie, us lower ranks will stick together.
 
Andy will have to clean his own tanks, Marks still looking for a brig, Popeye's busy with umpteen builds and Sjors, well he is learning how to water ski !!!!!!!    
 
mobbsie

Now your talking.
In an ACS (American Chemical Society) survey of chemists, 60% admitted that blowing stuff up was one of the reasons they were lead to chemistry as a profession. 
 
I'd have been in that group....
I was a bit of a fire bug also......   I only set 2 fields on fire and 1 was an accident, honest you can trust me....

Here's mine:  There's no problem so big that it can't be solved with high explosives.     

If at first it doesn't fit, get a bigger hammer.

"I only just found out that your Spaniard was at Trafalger, does'nt bode well does it, I reckon you had cottonballs then as well. :D"
 
 
I'm trying to visualize what a pile of toothpicks floating on a raft of cottonballs actually looks like.

Good progress Wayne, Nice to see it all coming together.
 
I bet you finish your ratlines before Sjors.
 
mobbsie

Hi Sherry, 
Now I'm sitting here with a smile on my face
 

I don't know but Keith can supply the towels    very interesting benidiction.........don't know half the places ya mentioned,  but interesting none the less.    had a bit of fun this afternoon......the admiral and I went to the grocery store.  I love places like that......great place to do my patented Popeye laugh.....then I started in with my Rodney Dangerfield.....I don't get no respect
 
oh my daughter........yea.....yea ......she's no prize........she's been picked up so many time,  she grew handles!
 
I got off a plane in New York.......long flight,  let me tell ya.........I got in a cab and told him to take me to somewhere wild and exotic.....he took me to my house!
 
oh.....my father......strict.......very strict...........he taught me how to swim.  yea.....used to row me out to the middle of the lake and would throw me overboard.     .........I had to swim back to shore..........it was easy once I got outta the bag!
 
I got a million of 'em.........yea!   Sjors!  {snap fingers}  more popcorn pleeze!  {what am I say'in!!!!!!!}    yes Sjors......aside from the skis,  both of them are finished    Once I get the skis in place,  I'll do some gallery pictures.   I've done a little bit with the America....I hope to have an update soon.  again......don't worry folks........cuz I'm a w-i-l-d and c-r-a-z-y guy!!!!!  {errrrr....when the admiral isn't looking}   if she starts to get wind of it.......I just give 'er those eyes.......and remind her about the 25 years............and she once again reminds me......that time wasn't THAT good to me

A few more pics
 
Stern counter being planked.

 

 
Stern Fascia's dry fitted

 

 

 

 

 
So there we are, right up to date, fitting the quarter galleries is going to be fun but before I do them I have to glaze and paint the area inside them which will be white bulkheads with a black & white checker board deck, no furniture.
 
mobbsie
 
 

Hi Sjors,
 
Looking forward to seeing some completed yards my friend
 
mobbsie

no...........idiots can't figure things out!   I told you.......knowing you,  you probably threw it on the table and it jumped into place!  looking forward to the next picture show!

Hi Guys,
 
Thank you all very much for the kind words and looking in.
 
There was a good reason why the stern fascia would'nt fit right, I was sticking it in the wrong place, what an idiot !!!!!!!!!!!!!, after a lot of deliberation I found out where it should go, a simple error like that seems to take an age to sort out but a big problem does'nt take long at all.  
 
Starboard side Gallery in fitted and the port side will be done tomorrow, it's taken me the best part of today to do just the one, fiddly little b----rs they are.
 
I still have to put the window frames in but they are glazed.
 
I will have some pics soon.
 
mobbsie

Hi Popeye,
 
Thanks for letting us join you on two great builds, it has been a trip and a half with superb results.
 
Very well done my friend. Be proud.
 
mobbsie

yepper!  your not wasting any time!   fantastic progress  and I really like the looks of your cannons.   you'll get that facia on there....I've no doubts about that!   superb stuff,  my friend.......keep on chugg'in!

I like that stern fascia strapping job. I'm finding more and more that learning and figuring out how to strap a piece down during dry fitting is a life saver. Its amazing the methods we have to use to make things work/fit. I've been shaping the bulwarks on my little Swift build and the learning curve on something like that makes me appreciate the job in fitting one of the big ships.
 
Thanks for more photos. Love eye candy!
 
I can just imagine the gun crews on Capt' Mobbsies Aggy.    "...Inspection again boys and the Capt says if those gun barrrel ends arent shining there will be no GROG, now put your backs into it, Capt wants those frogs shaking when they see Aggys polished guns firing!"

A few more pics
 
Stern counter being planked.

 

 
Stern Fascia's dry fitted

 

 

 

 

 
So there we are, right up to date, fitting the quarter galleries is going to be fun but before I do them I have to glaze and paint the area inside them which will be white bulkheads with a black & white checker board deck, no furniture.
 
mobbsie
 
 

Hi Guys,
 
Thanks for the good wishes gents, gratefully recieved.
 
There is some real talent out there, not only is there some superb ship builders but also students of language. This site impresses me more and more.
 
I got back home on Sunday and started back on the Aggie on Monday, completed all the guns and carriages, the gun tackle for the 18lb'ers, Focastle planking glued on and rubbed down to bulkhead height and scrap blocks glued inside the main gundeck gunports to support the gunport linings when fitted.
 
I'm currently working on the Quarter Galleries and having some fun, just trying to get the Stern fascia to stay in place when dry fitted, at the mo it's like a
bl--dy catapult and pings off as soon as I get anywhere near it.
 
Next job after the Galleries will be the forward bulkhead fascia and the roundhouses, the doors will be removed and new scratch doors fitted.
 
I have a few pics, hope you like.
 
mobbsie
 
Full set of dummy guns = 26 x 24 lb'ers in my colour scheme

 
In the box are two full sets of 26 x 18 lb'ers and 12 x 9 lb'ers again all in my colour scheme.

 
24 Gun tackle blocks and hooks for the gun carriages

 
24 Gun tackle blocks and hooks for the bulwarks

 
Focastle planking done

 
More to follow

Hi Sjors,
 
Looking forward to seeing some completed yards my friend
 
mobbsie

Hi Sjors,
 
Looking forward to seeing some completed yards my friend
 
mobbsie

Hi Sjors,
 
Looking forward to seeing some completed yards my friend
 
mobbsie

Hi Guys,
 
Thanks for the good wishes gents, gratefully recieved.
 
There is some real talent out there, not only is there some superb ship builders but also students of language. This site impresses me more and more.
 
I got back home on Sunday and started back on the Aggie on Monday, completed all the guns and carriages, the gun tackle for the 18lb'ers, Focastle planking glued on and rubbed down to bulkhead height and scrap blocks glued inside the main gundeck gunports to support the gunport linings when fitted.
 
I'm currently working on the Quarter Galleries and having some fun, just trying to get the Stern fascia to stay in place when dry fitted, at the mo it's like a
bl--dy catapult and pings off as soon as I get anywhere near it.
 
Next job after the Galleries will be the forward bulkhead fascia and the roundhouses, the doors will be removed and new scratch doors fitted.
 
I have a few pics, hope you like.
 
mobbsie
 
Full set of dummy guns = 26 x 24 lb'ers in my colour scheme

 
In the box are two full sets of 26 x 18 lb'ers and 12 x 9 lb'ers again all in my colour scheme.

 
24 Gun tackle blocks and hooks for the gun carriages

 
24 Gun tackle blocks and hooks for the bulwarks

 
Focastle planking done

 
More to follow

Hi Sjors,
 
Looking forward to seeing some completed yards my friend
 
mobbsie