Wintergreen

What everyone else said about the build, Keith!

About our spouses thoughts of our mental state. I just heard that, when you retire and don't have the day-to-day job that keeps you occupied, you need something that gives you purpose to wake up, roll the legs over the side of the bed and get up. Just for fun, paint the idea to the Admiral of you just sitting in your couch all day, watching TV-shop and silly as h*** game shows asking when the coffee's ready or when is lunch. "Would that be better?" you ask. "Now at least, I'm not in your way all the time hunny" 😉 

@KeithAug, the planks are 2.1 mm, plenty of wood before the fallback to lampshade needs to be engaged.

And about the cabinet, I can glad you then that the current state of the cabinet is 1x Irish and 4x Scottish plus a couple of VSOP brandies for the wintery days. No Islay malts as long as the eye can see. However, despite your own experiences I like a decade old Bowmore.

But head-ache you say, could it be the weather?

In Sweden we (not me, not fond of it) have theses "Kräftfest" (cray fish parties) in August. On the menu is the Aqua vit, crayfish and white bread (like the french baguette). The funny thing is that people seriously blame the headache on the crayfish, not remebembering how many "snaps" they downed 😄 

Thank you @Mirabell61.

I think it will be even prettier when sanded 😉

To answer you other question @KeithAug, yes, the temperature has risen above freezing. It is that glorious 2-5 Celcius, with mostly overcast sky. Perfect weather for cranking up the heat and do some modelling. I called in sick today as well. Not very common standard by me. But I have one of those high demand IT-jobs and thought it better if I just called it quits instead of messing something up. To draw bamboo for treenails doesn't take that much thinking 😉 

11 hours ago, KeithAug said:

I recommend Macallan Double Cask 15 year old.

That would of course be nice. But at £140 it is slightly over budget... I'll search the liqouer cabinet for something appropriate instead. There is a selection of blended and single malts actually 😉 

Btw, has NHS validated that recomendation? Just curious 😄 

Thanks John!

Yes, it feels good. The wisky-plank goes in tomorrow. 

I caught a bit of a cold, so it is not only the sandpaper that's partially clogged up at the moment. 😕 Otherwise it would have been done today.

Finally, the end is near!

For the planking, that is. I am not a doomesday vigilante...

The wisky plank will soon go in. Yay! 🙂 

Port side is sanded, which the sharp eyed viewer can see. I thought that by painting the hull prior to sanding it would be easy to see the progress.

That turned out to be true. However, I did not dilute the acrylic paint very much and used it quite generously. Bad choice.

It led to clogging up the sandpaper. Of course; I probably could have thought that out before hand. But I didn't. So, when sanding the starboard side, I will not paint until the very end. With diluted paint. 

12 hours ago, AON said:

I'm sorry you had to explain it.

That's okay. As long as you don't classify me as a complete idiot I'm fine.

Let's blame it on my English skills. Nuances are hard to express in writing even in you primary language.

Oh, and please don't cross-reference the idiot-thing with my Admiral. She thinks I am a total dork sometimes...

Back to building 😉 

Alan, I am sorry!

I do not question the fixed blocks or anything. Just tried to be funny about the temporary strings you held the masts with. Apologies if it came out wrong. Not my intention at all.

I like your build, primarly for the scale you are building in, 1:64. I don't have place for big ships in 1:48 and hence follow your build to see how it can be done in that smaller scale.

Kind regards

Håkan

Alan, I'm not entirely sure about those lower shrouds. They look a bit over-sized and the angle doesn't look really right.

Sorry, couldn't help myself. 😄 

You're doing good!

Nice touch with the coin 🙂 

Keep it up!

On 1/23/2024 at 4:32 PM, AON said:

These are all my honourary awards for not having given up.

I am with you on that one. Cheers!

Oh, the close ups are always a menace. But you are doing well! That minor chipping will not be visible from a regular inspecting distance later on.

Keep it up!

Looking good!

The bolt rope is glued on, yes?

Thanks Andy 🙂 

No aqua vit for me thanks. I prefer the strong distilled yelloish beverage from the highlands or the green island any day of the week.

Althoug I've tasted aqua vit a couple of times, it is no joy in drinking that stuff. I mean, just take a look at Will Ferrell explaining Swedish Xmas and singing "Helan går" (quick song to down the drink): https://youtu.be/wjcGAKU23Q

That said, it's the wisky plank for me. But it will have to wait until startboard side is done.

Cheers!

Thanks John!

That's about correct re the clothing. And at -10 we dig out our long-johns and ponder wether we should take the overcoat or just stay with the hoody 😄

The thing with Sweden is, it is a looong country. So people up in the north usually think the rest of us ar sissies when we complain about the snow being 2" deep.

It is of course complicated. One thing is that people down south are not used to drive in snow, so when it actually snows they are all over the roads and beyond. Where I live we get snow every winter more or less, and I enjoy driving in snow with the occasional corner drifting. Now I'm driving a new Toyota RAV4 and it is bullet proof when it comes to slippery roads. It makes other cars and drivers look like road snails ( there is probably a better english term than that). Don't be fooled though, I do drive carefully and seldom above my ability. Haha.

Well, I probably have to eat my hat for being so bold to state that the ice age soon would be over. I don't know if our weather news makes out of Sweden, anyway, the current state is that there is about 20cm/8" of snow in my garden. Temperatures has been in the -5 to -15 ballpark for the last weeks. There was quite a hola balo in the southern part of my country a couple of weeks ago when about 100 cars and lorries got stuck on a highway. They had to send in the forces with band wagons and stuff to evaquate people, leaving the vehicles for later. Just sayin.

Despite that, there has been progress on the planking saga!

Port side fully planked bar the bulwarks.

And some closeups before sanding and making it all pretty.

I've continued with treenailing port side and will soon be over and done with that too. Then there are three strakes on startboard before the sanding can begin.

That is for another day.

Pax et bonum!

3 hours ago, dvm27 said:

I just create a slot with the appropriately sized end mill then turn the sheave on the lathe, part and insert.

That sounds so easy when you say it like that Greg. But we know better, it is not. 😉 

Alan, for a first try, would be satisfied. Maybe you can dress it up if you have a small dia burr or similar?

Keep it up!

I hope all the biting haven't left too deep marks in your soul Vaddoc. Some things we learn the hard way...

It looks like you've conquered the troubles anyway 🙂

Keep it up!

14 hours ago, KLarsen said:

I'm progressing slowly but steadily

From what I have heard and learned the hard way, slow and steady is far better than fast and sloppy 😉

Looking good!

Nice work, Ron!

To paint, or not to paint, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to paint
The tins and brushes of outrageous colour,
Or to take arms against a sea of painters
And by opposing end them. To dye - with rag and oil,

Of course, it boils down to personal preferences and why we decide to build and how we want to display, or present our builds.

Painting the model adds to the correct historical display of it. But a lot of the non-painted builds are displayed with hull sections open, or even without a lot of planking. Then it is more of a "this is how they were constructed". I guess another reason to not plank a hull is to leave all the interior visible because quit a lot of hours went in to the build.

We are our own master shipwrights of our ships and hence can decide freely to wether we paint or not. 

I find the plethora and mixture of different styles and performances refreshing and enrichening.

As always - keep it up!

Off by 50%?! 

That IS a bit steep, even for my liking.

Guess it is always good practise to cross-reference cross trees 😉 and other parts also of course.

Keep it up!

Siggi, I find this, your build log, very entertaining.

Not only because I like boat building, but the way you present the progress. You are obviously a very talented painter, along with very (very) good at carving. The result is strikingly good.

A lot of the scratch built 17th and 18th century ships here doesn't get painted and I find your HMS Tiger a welcome addition to the set.

Keep it up!

17 hours ago, rlb said:

I need to redo the crosstrees!

Ouch. Another one of those "practise makes perfect" situations Ron?

On 1/8/2024 at 5:36 PM, rlb said:

When I was satisfied that the rough shape was close, the block was given an isopropyl alcohol soak to separate the pieces

That's just so clever in all it's simplicity. I really need to buy me a bottle of iso to have when I run in to similar issues/challenges.

Keep it up!