Wintergreen

Steven: the ornamental work and stern were simply symbols of affluence and power. Practically, they were of no use whatsoever, other than providing windage!
 
Some further progress on the ornamental brackets. They are glued to a scrap base and the first sides carved. They will then be detached, turned over, and the other sides completed. As you can see, they are rather small and fiddly things to produce.

Small update: I built the cleats in horns, the lower mizzen mast and the first of the quarter-deck railing to the right of the hatch
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you all guys for stopping by and the kind remarks and likes.
 
 
Well I am done with Frame 1. So now that I have gone thru the procedure of building the frames. It's time to get into it and get thru this portion of the build. Then I can start getting things put together on the build board...
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

"Happy wife - Happy Life" ? True that, my friend!
Glad to see you back here Mario. 
Whatever the build, virtual friends are always a treat to meet.

Thank you all, yet again.
 
Today's work was on the Hospital badge that is mounted high on the boat's stern over the upper transom.  The pictures are self-explanatory. At this scale the paintwork is more impressionistic than accurate! I'll be refining the shell on the fore side of the badge more.

Thank you everybody for stopping by and all the likes...
 
 
 
Ok now that I have printed up chapter 4 and have read it over 3 different times. It's time to get started on these frames. So what frame to start with?

Frame number 1....

"Happy wife - Happy Life" ? True that, my friend!
Glad to see you back here Mario. 
Whatever the build, virtual friends are always a treat to meet.

"Happy wife - Happy Life" ? True that, my friend!
Glad to see you back here Mario. 
Whatever the build, virtual friends are always a treat to meet.

"Happy wife - Happy Life" ? True that, my friend!
Glad to see you back here Mario. 
Whatever the build, virtual friends are always a treat to meet.

the oven will be completed only with next upper deck

"Happy wife - Happy Life" ? True that, my friend!
Glad to see you back here Mario. 
Whatever the build, virtual friends are always a treat to meet.

Middle part of the second deck
 
Making gratings is just like working metal, it is almost faster to do than the set-up. The idea is to have a guide located at the same distance of 1 space  (the  thicknes of the wood). To get the correct thickness, 2 blades  are stacked and 1 pair of wise grip  is needed to unscrew the nut  by blocking the shaft.  A small curve is sanded in the gratings.
 
Most of the works recently done is still unglued. The drawings for the middle of the second deck are very inconsistent and incomplete so a lot of modifications are done  trying to think how the builders would have done it. Playing this ropleplay is very formative.

"Happy wife - Happy Life" ? True that, my friend!
Glad to see you back here Mario. 
Whatever the build, virtual friends are always a treat to meet.

This week I finished up the plumbing, reach rods and the other bits that tie the engine to the main shaft.  I decided to go with an oil finish for the wood and was able to oil the cylinder timbers, pittman and flywheel.  It gets a little tight with all the machinery and I wanted to make sure I got everything before moving on.  I'm leaving the throw-out bearings and bearing caps off until the upper works are a little farther along -- I may need to remove the paddlewheels temporarily.
 
Bronze cam frame bearings and caps added.

 

 
Cam rods in to determine the length of the reach rods.

 
Reach rod handles. 

 

 
Engine just about complete.  The steam exhaust stack will be blackened. Next week, on to the boilers.

 

 
Feedwater pump and pre-heater.

 
Starboard side.

 
 
Port side.

 

 

Nice! something quite different from the usual square block of wood with holes, or the star-like candleholders.
Btw, the 'altartable' in the background, is that the table from your initial sketch we shouldn't mind?
 
Jan

Jan, well the larger table was the source of inspiration for the smaller one that I made for the boat.
They also asked me to build a communion table in the same style. The large table was initially purposed for this but was made static with the water fountain at rear left corner. 
So, I will make them a table, that fits under the larger one, for them to use in the services.

Thank you Carl and Patrick!
 
Next build? 
I will go small, clinker and 19th century Swedish west coast...
 
In Swedish they are called "kåg" which stems from Dutch  "kaag" and translates to English "cog". Google will give you wiki results and images.

Thank you mates!
 
Next build will be quite different...

Jan, well the larger table was the source of inspiration for the smaller one that I made for the boat.
They also asked me to build a communion table in the same style. The large table was initially purposed for this but was made static with the water fountain at rear left corner. 
So, I will make them a table, that fits under the larger one, for them to use in the services.

I just saw this Hakan.......what a cool idea and concept      very well thought out and constructed...the idea for the steam box will be an inspiration to anyone who has the need for one     very well done!  
 
belated congratz on becoming a grand father........I have four in total      it's really nice when they come over....all they want to see is grandpa's boats and what he's up to now!!!      

So, time to conclude this thread...boat and table in place finally!
 
It took some takes to get a close match on the color. First I had matched it as good as possible with these small samples you can get from the painters. That was far off when it came to reality. So four or five tries later I was very pleased with the result. AS you can see from the candle it has been in use a couple of weeks (they were so so eager to get it that they didnt care about the table not being ready   )
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Thank you for following this small build, and thanks for all the "likes" as well.
 
Til next time - Ta!

Jan, well the larger table was the source of inspiration for the smaller one that I made for the boat.
They also asked me to build a communion table in the same style. The large table was initially purposed for this but was made static with the water fountain at rear left corner. 
So, I will make them a table, that fits under the larger one, for them to use in the services.

Thank you for your interest.
 
I dont mind chair squeeking, the row up front is almost always available (at least in church ...lol )
 
Today I practised sanding to true angles. Big pieces make for forgiving progress...
 
Pinned and glued. The bamboo pin blends nicely into the oak.
 

 
Next up will be the keel, I think.
What I forgot to say is that it will be a waterline model. And for constructions, well, I will return to that topic further down the line.
 

Hi fellow builders!
 
So, first scratch build as well as first build in a fairly long time...what can be of this you say. Actually it is a build that I've been commissioned to do. That doesnt happen too often. For this particular commission I will not charge any payment, it is for pure fun.
 
Quick background story (to keep with MSW rules of non-this and non-that content):
Our pastor came up to me and asked about ideas for a candle holder to place in our church. A candle holder, usually found in Lutheran and Catholic churches, can have the form of a globe, a tree or just a box filled with sand to put small Christmas tree sized candles in.
 
"A boat" was my immediate thought. I tested the idea and it was received well so I went home and took out my sketchbook. But what form should the boat be of? Anything open of course. Reverted to Google that told me about a excavation some 30 years ago at the shore of the Sea of Galilee.
http://www.jesusboat.com/Story-of-the-Jesus-Boat
How appropriate! A boat from the time around the start of our calendar. Not unlikely a type that Jesus, himself, rode in.
Search "Galilee" in our forums and you will see both scratch builds as well as kit.
 
Anyway, out from my pencil came the below sketch. Never mind the tables, they are a separate story. The sketch was presented to the board and accepted. Return question was: "When can it be ready?"
Guess I have to start making sawdust.
 

 
But first I made a card skeleton to grasp the needed size. As it turned out the finished boat needed to be some 20% bigger than the card model.
 

 

 
Obviously the finished boat will be of wood, not card. But card is quick and easy to do a mock up in.
 
Scale, might someone ask for. No such thing. My boat will some 75 cm long from stem to stern. I have blown up the mid section to care for more candles. There is some plan of the real thing on the site above which shows a flat bottom, rather upright sides and curved stem and stern and then the distinct feature of the cutwater. Like found on Roman ships of the time.
 
Wood then? It will be oak. Rather uncommon on these pages because of it coarse grain. The real thing was build in Mediterranean species of which I have none...also the size of my model will cater for rather sturdy dimensions. Oak is known to bend well and it looks great when aged. Another feature of the oak I will use is that it is salvaged from an old motor boat from the 1940s...the trees that was used started to grow some 200-250 years ago...
 
Here are some pieces that I picked out, arent they nice?
 

 
Well, after some hand planing and a couple of runs through my thickness planer the blanks for the stern looks like this:
 

 
That is how far I've come now. 
As always, daywork will interfere with time in the workshop, but I will make the most of it.
 
 

Jan, well the larger table was the source of inspiration for the smaller one that I made for the boat.
They also asked me to build a communion table in the same style. The large table was initially purposed for this but was made static with the water fountain at rear left corner. 
So, I will make them a table, that fits under the larger one, for them to use in the services.