Jim Lad

Looks good, Phil. Now you need to tackle to bilge keels!
 
John

This log has lain dormant for some considerable time, so I thought I'd better tell people what's happening.
 
The poor old 'Meteor' hasn't been forgotten or abandoned but sits patiently on my desk at home while all my efforts are directed to trying to get the 'Duchess' completed.
 
Progress will resume once the 'Duchess' has been handed over to the museum staff.
 
John
 
 

Truly beautiful "blacksmithing", Valeriy!
 
John

This log has lain dormant for some considerable time, so I thought I'd better tell people what's happening.
 
The poor old 'Meteor' hasn't been forgotten or abandoned but sits patiently on my desk at home while all my efforts are directed to trying to get the 'Duchess' completed.
 
Progress will resume once the 'Duchess' has been handed over to the museum staff.
 
John
 
 

Things have been moving ahead a little faster than I expected as most of the corrections on deck have now been made, so I've been able to concentrate more on the standing rigging.  I'm now back to the main mast and currently working on the royal rigging, so almost finished there. You can also see additional coils hanging over the side indicating that the lower halliard fittings are in and ready for the yards.
 
The fore spreaders are also now fitted. I always fit the spreaders after the rigging is done, as the very slightest alteration in angle of any of the upper backstays throws the spreader alignment off, so better to fit the spreader to the actual rigging than the other way around.
 
You will also see a clothes peg hanging on the main topmast stay near the deck. This is as a result of a self-inflicted disaster when I tried to trim a loose end down near the foremast base and slipped, slicing neatly through one leg of the stay! 🥵🥵🥵 I think it will be OK but will see tomorrow when I try to complete the repair.
 
John
 

Greg, I've been silently admiring your work for some time and thought I should apologise for not posting to comment on your beautiful models. I'll try and do better in future.
 
John

This log has lain dormant for some considerable time, so I thought I'd better tell people what's happening.
 
The poor old 'Meteor' hasn't been forgotten or abandoned but sits patiently on my desk at home while all my efforts are directed to trying to get the 'Duchess' completed.
 
Progress will resume once the 'Duchess' has been handed over to the museum staff.
 
John
 
 

This log has lain dormant for some considerable time, so I thought I'd better tell people what's happening.
 
The poor old 'Meteor' hasn't been forgotten or abandoned but sits patiently on my desk at home while all my efforts are directed to trying to get the 'Duchess' completed.
 
Progress will resume once the 'Duchess' has been handed over to the museum staff.
 
John
 
 

"Meteor' continues to creep slowly ahead. I haven't had much actual building time as the museum has been pretty busy and I've been spending a lot of time talking ti visitors.  I've also been spending time in discussions regarding the new project I mentioned. There have been a few hiccoughs along the way but the 'powers that be' at the museum are now keen to see the project go ahead.  There is a (hopefully) final meeting planned for January 19th to finalise matters for all stakeholders. The meeting could have been much sooner, but during the holiday period its difficult to get everybody together at the same time.
 
Here's a photo of the 'Meteor' showing the current state with capping rails rough fitted.
 
John
 

 
 

I find all those little details (mostly almost invisible0 to be very satisfying to complete.
 
John

I find all those little details (mostly almost invisible0 to be very satisfying to complete.
 
John

I find all those little details (mostly almost invisible0 to be very satisfying to complete.
 
John

Nice recovery, Phil!
 
John

Looks good, Phil. Now you need to tackle to bilge keels!
 
John

Looks beautiful, Patrick, but I think I prefer somewhere a little warmer for my fishing!
 
John

While I slowly add the bolt rope to the sail for my Canoa de Rancho build (which should be finished shortly!), I've gotten back into the Lancha Chilota. When I left off, I was trying to figure out the deck camber, as it was apparent from photos that the camber given in the plans was excessive, but I couldn't find anything about what the actual camber should be. Fortunately, I was poking around José A. Garnham's website and found that it includes a number of his sketches from research giving various dimensions from several lanchas and other vessels in the early 1990s. (Oddly, the sketches don't seem to be linked to from any of his posts, but are findable if you view a photo and use the buttons below it to scroll, one photo at a time, through all photos). Among them was one drawing of the Maria Oriana, an admittedly unusual lancha--it was only decked on the foreward half, as the owner ran out of resources at the end to completely deck it--that specified a camber of 20 cm, or just under 8 inches. (I wonder if this vessel's camber was recorded, unlike that of other vessels sketched, because the odd deck arrangement made it much easier to measure without having to go below deck).
 
Source: http://lanchaschilotas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_2945-2L.jpg
 
This was a big relief. Based on some other vessel types, I had been considering going as low as 3-4 inches of camber, but knew this would throw off the lines of the top of the hull, given that the plans specify about 12 inches of camber. 8 inches of maximum camber seemed much more doable. So, I marked out the new deck height on the bulkheads, based on the proportions (2/3 of existing camber). I then used my mini-plane and sanded. As I got close, I began checking with a batten for fairness. Ultimately, I only reached the fully reduced camber on a few frames, but the others are within 1/32-inch (or 1 inch at scale) in order to keep the deck properly faired. I can live with a maximum deck camber of about 9 inches instead of 8, as it's much closer to accurate than 12 was. The lines of the deck now look much flatter, and the model should look much closer to the photos I've seen.
 
Before:

 
After:

 

 
I also added some thread along the sheer line on both sides to check alignment, finding a few edges that needed to be raised or lowered. Of course, it's only upon taking the photo below that I realized the thread had popped off the first bulkhead, which was easy enough to fix.

 
I've also been using a batten along the top of the bulkheads to fair the deck besides just at the center line and sheer lines. Once the top is fair, I'll be adding a 1/32‐inch false deck--this will be my first planked deck so I'd like a firm backing--and then will be adding a sternpost and then planking the hull.

Amazing!
 

A nice start, B.E.
 
John

Taks for all the 'likes' folks, and for that encouragement, Pat.
 
Just a small update. The repair to the main topmast stay is now complete and it's very hard to see where there was a problem; so that's a relief!
 
John

Hello Mike, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
 
John

Hello Mike, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
 
John

Delightful work, Ilhan. Nice to see her progressing.
 
John

Taks for all the 'likes' folks, and for that encouragement, Pat.
 
Just a small update. The repair to the main topmast stay is now complete and it's very hard to see where there was a problem; so that's a relief!
 
John

Taks for all the 'likes' folks, and for that encouragement, Pat.
 
Just a small update. The repair to the main topmast stay is now complete and it's very hard to see where there was a problem; so that's a relief!
 
John

Things have been moving ahead a little faster than I expected as most of the corrections on deck have now been made, so I've been able to concentrate more on the standing rigging.  I'm now back to the main mast and currently working on the royal rigging, so almost finished there. You can also see additional coils hanging over the side indicating that the lower halliard fittings are in and ready for the yards.
 
The fore spreaders are also now fitted. I always fit the spreaders after the rigging is done, as the very slightest alteration in angle of any of the upper backstays throws the spreader alignment off, so better to fit the spreader to the actual rigging than the other way around.
 
You will also see a clothes peg hanging on the main topmast stay near the deck. This is as a result of a self-inflicted disaster when I tried to trim a loose end down near the foremast base and slipped, slicing neatly through one leg of the stay! 🥵🥵🥵 I think it will be OK but will see tomorrow when I try to complete the repair.
 
John