fnick

Hi Mike
 
Looking good! Completely agree with you about not settling for something you're not happy about. If it's niggling now it will niggle later when you can't change it  .
 
Nick

Hi Mike
 
Looking good! Completely agree with you about not settling for something you're not happy about. If it's niggling now it will niggle later when you can't change it  .
 
Nick

Evening all
 
time for my 8 monthly update  . Where does time fly? Oh yeah work, kids, sleep, etc   . Finally got one side replanked. I'm much happier with the result. Here's an overall shot to start off with.
 

 
Here's a couple of before and after shots.
 

 

 
and finally
 

 
Just need to finish the other side and then I'm back exactly where I was in the summer last year!   
 
Nick

Hi Mike
 
Looking good! Completely agree with you about not settling for something you're not happy about. If it's niggling now it will niggle later when you can't change it  .
 
Nick

I'm back and have been a bit busy and made a little progress on the Monte.
 
 
mike 

Well,I decided to re-do those knees to better match the edge of the deck. Not to difficult - the old ones just popped right off. I think it looks a little better.
 

 
Mark

Hi Patrick
 
Ouch! I feel your pain... . However knowing your capabilities I have full confidence you'll get her back to where she was in no time! 
 
Nick

Hi Patrick
 
Ouch! I feel your pain... . However knowing your capabilities I have full confidence you'll get her back to where she was in no time! 
 
Nick

Hi Patrick
 
Ouch! I feel your pain... . However knowing your capabilities I have full confidence you'll get her back to where she was in no time! 
 
Nick

Hi Patrick
 
Ouch! I feel your pain... . However knowing your capabilities I have full confidence you'll get her back to where she was in no time! 
 
Nick

Hi Patrick
 
Ouch! I feel your pain... . However knowing your capabilities I have full confidence you'll get her back to where she was in no time! 
 
Nick

Hi Patrick
 
Ouch! I feel your pain... . However knowing your capabilities I have full confidence you'll get her back to where she was in no time! 
 
Nick

Today I can say I have finally finished this model. I'm very proud of the finish and it has been an absolute pleasure to build and work on. Would love to make another larger motor yacht next time using similar processes and machinery. There may be a couple more small details I'd like to add before I send it off. I will be transporting this model to London for my final end of year show, so it has to survive a 4 hour road trip in the back of a van. I've built a custom crate for it and will start getting some foam cut so that it slots into place. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Cheers, 

Still cant get over how small this model is. Stunning work Patrick!

Still cant get over how small this model is. Stunning work Patrick!

Still cant get over how small this model is. Stunning work Patrick!

Still cant get over how small this model is. Stunning work Patrick!

Still cant get over how small this model is. Stunning work Patrick!

Wow, time flies.  It's been a while since my last update, but I've made some slow, steady progress.
 
I'm using the hull planking pattern in TFFM.  I've also mentioned that I'm planning to use stains in lieu of paints on the upper hull planking.  The hull between the wales and the friezes will be a darker brown, the friezes blue, and the top of the upper hull/bulwarks will be red using redheart.  Cutting custom planks and ensuring that the planking runs are correct, along with ending the border planks properly so that I can cover any bleeding of the stains from one section to another with the rails is time consuming, to say the least.  It didn't help that my first run above the wales was slightly off, which I didn't see until I had finished most of the second line of planks - it was one of those moments where I considered just dealing with it and moving on, but I'm very glad I removed all the planks and started over.
 
Here are a couple of pictures where I am now.  I've finished the first section of the upper hull planking, and stained that section, which was planked using pear, with General Finishes Antique Oak.  I'm really happy with the richness of the stain.  I was able to get a "walnut" feel without the walnut issues of uneven color, splintering, etc.  I did some tests using a pre-stain conditioner, but I didn't like how it ended up muting the richness of the stain.  Sorry that the pictures are not the greatest, my lighting isn't very good, especially with it being overcast for the last few weeks.
 

 

 
 
The friezes will be stained using General Finishes Blue Stain.  On earlier posts on my log, I had tested it on maple and pear. The maple was too bright, and the pear was a tad too dark.  I tried it on boxwood and like Goldilocks and the three bears, the color was just right.  So, I'm working on that section now.  
 
It's tricky because I decided to add the fixed blocks in the waist.  There is a single block just aft of the third gunport, and a double block just forward of the fifth gunport.  These intersect the planking lines, so more custom planks will need to be cut  to fit around the blocks.  Also complicating matters is that I will be planking the inner bulwarks using redheart, so the outside of the block will be in boxwood and the inside in redheart.
 
To account for the depth of the block, I glued a strip of 1mm boxwood onto a relatively thick piece of redheart.  From there, I used my Byrnes disc sander to get the blocks down to about 7.2mm in length, 2.6mm and 3.5mm in height for the single and double blocks, respectively, and about 3.5mm in depth so that I had something to work with and sand back to.  Then I placed the blocks in my Sherline mill to drill the sheave holes.
 

 

 
 
Was my first time using a mill, and it took a little trial and error to figure out how to work it, but I was really happy with the results.  No way I could drill holes that lined up as perfectly as with the mill.  I can see using the mill a lot for future work to get this type of precision.  I need to clean them up a bit and gouge out a little area between the holes, but they came out pretty well I think.  Hooray for power tools!

Hi Mike
 
No need to apologise. Like Tom said family comes first.
 
Nick

Evening all
 
Minor update but mini major milestone as far as I'm concerned. I've finished replanking what I ripped off last August! Only took me 9 months!     A loooooooooot longer than I thought but oh so worth it.
 

 
So back to finishing the second planking. One band of 9 planks to do. That won't take long right?!?   
 
Thanks for looking
 
Nick

Hi Nick, my Pegasus is slowly coming along, thanks for asking.  I'm finishing the upper hull second planking which is a little tricky given that I'm testing and using stains and taking extra care to get the lines right.  I'll post an update soon.

Beautiful work Nick!

Evening all
 
Minor update but mini major milestone as far as I'm concerned. I've finished replanking what I ripped off last August! Only took me 9 months!     A loooooooooot longer than I thought but oh so worth it.
 

 
So back to finishing the second planking. One band of 9 planks to do. That won't take long right?!?   
 
Thanks for looking
 
Nick

Hello all.
Finally the dreaded part 112 is done!!!
 
I am happy with it although it has its flaws. As you can see there is some unevenness here and there. I'm gonna' have to live with that.
 
As you can see here, the instructions say to use several 2x2 woods to fill the space and then shape accordingly. I decided to use a piece of balsa instead.

 
Here I am making a shape with cardboard of the profile.

 

 

 

 

 
Planking starts. Due to the nature of the shape and the difficulty to properly clamp these planks, I decided to use contact cement
to do this job. Worked wonderfully. I also changed the size of the planks from .5 x 4 mm to .5 x 3mm.
 

 

 
Making sure both sides of that part will be at the same height.
 

 

 
Both parts are finished and painted. Here is starboard
 

 
When finished, I noticed some spots that were a bit bouncy, meaning they were not very well glued. And I was undecided about what color to use here. I decided to give a coat of CA to the entire area and then paint it black, to match the color of the wales. Unfortunately, the paint I used to paint the wales became unusable so I used a different paint, and it shows when looking closely.
 
General view of the ship at this moment
 

 
Thanks for watching, mates.
 
All the best.
 
PD We celebrate mother's day today. Best wishes to all moms here, either members or members' mom.
 
Ulises