Craigie65

Hi Mobbsie,
What an absolutely stunning build!
I would love to build something that big but I'll need to sell the kids first
Until then I'll keep dreaming

Hi Mobbsie,
What an absolutely stunning build!
I would love to build something that big but I'll need to sell the kids first
Until then I'll keep dreaming

Hi Guys,
 
Thanks for looking in and the good words and encouragement given, it does really help.
 
A quick progress on the coppering, IT'S FINISHED, the port side took me about 25hrs to do with a few fopars along the way.  
 
The last couple of days have been almost a nightmare for me, I've had the droppsies which, when you think about it doesn't seem so bad, a bit frustrating perhaps, but I'm talking blades here, I have picked up a few cuts along the way, nothing serious, some I didn't know I had, a bit scary though when you see a craft knife falling and heading for the bulbous belly, this happened a few times, picked up a few puncture wounds with that.     
 
Tweezers with very sharp points sticking in the palms of my hands, my thoughts at that time were similar to " blast that really shouldn't be happening ".
 
The final straw was the Aggy falling from it's foam matt onto the floor, not too much damage though, just a little crushing of the stern post and a few popped plates, the stern post just needed to be trimmed and the plates stuck back on.  
 
I had to pull a few plates of the bow as they were not following the correct line, the old glue then had to be scrapped of and the plates replaced.
 
The rest was pretty well straight forward with no major problems.
 
I have learned one lesson though, when I next plate a ship I will be overlapping slightly, Caldercraft plates have rounded corners and as you can imagine these leave an unsightly gap.
 
OK I have a few pics.
 
The offending area that needed stripping and replating

 
Stern view.

 
Portside view

 
Now the fun begins, cutting in the waterline

 
More cutting in

 
The finish

 

 

 

 
So there we have it, all done.
 
Next step is to place the rest of the trim on and complete painting her.
 
mobbsie

Hi Mobbsie,
What an absolutely stunning build!
I would love to build something that big but I'll need to sell the kids first
Until then I'll keep dreaming

Hey mobbsie: one tip on cutting out gunports and minimizing the wood from splitting and cracking.. cover the area that is being cut with Painters masking tape. It wont clog any drill bits if you drill through it. And after you have removed the waste wood in the port hole place tape adjacent to the porthole when you are sanding the edges smooth.. helps the wood from splintering again.
 
Worked for me on my Aggy.
 
Mike Draper
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada