keelhauled

No, our ships are never good enough for us!  But that is the fun of the journey. We find out that we did it better than we thought could. But were not satisfied, we have to make it better.

The feeing ports look great. 

Marc

I hear you Rob, I'm not brave enough to steam planks in the Admiral's kitchen - especially since we just remodeled it. I think that if I tried, she would make sure that I lived up to my name "keelhauled"!

I steam in the garage.

Nenad, the ship is looking great.  I think that you should definitely include the needle in the compass!

Marc

Nenad,

I am sorry that we share mishaps!  Let me know how the mixer holds up with the mortar!

Thanks Rob. 

Sailor of many numbers, I didn't give him an ear full.  I didn't want to make him feel bad for something he didn't do with any malice.

It's amazing how many spars this ship has.  I know it's not anymore than any other clipper, but it seems like they never stop!

I'm almost done with the main mast yards and stunsul booms.

Marc

The rigging is very clean.  You should be very proud of your work!

Outstanding work!  although I've only built one ship before, I'm planning on rigging the current build the same way you are doing it.  My first ship, the Constitution, I rigged all of the standing rigging bottom up and bowsprit aft.  Then the sails and running rigging.  I had a heck of a time trying to rig the running rigging with all of the shrouds and ratlines in the way.  Belaying was a real pain. 

I think that your approach makes a lot of sense, and I'm going to use your method.

Thanks for sharing!!

Really nice work. I really like the details that you added to the boats.  Nice creative approach to building them.

Are the Winstons part of the "toys" you picked up?

The anvil and vice look great and what a deal! 

It looks like a very peaceful shop.  I also have photos up. Like you, I hate having the laptop near the saw/wood dust.

Good lord Popeye! You are a building machine!!!

Do you sleep?

Thanks for the entertainment!

Marc

So my yards were lying on my workbench all lined up with normal building scrap around them.  A friend of mine was over and asked if he could borrow one of my small pliers.  I handed him three different ones that might fit the bill.  He selected one and tossed the other two back onto the bench.  ON TOP OF MY YARDS!!!!

Luckily God was looking out for me and no damage.  Lesson Learned.  NEVER let anyone into my work area (other than the Admiral).  I should have known better.  dozens and dozens of hours that could have gone down the drain.  Makes me mad.

Nenad,

I was looking at your post from the beginning of the month about the bow.  I see what you are talking about with the knights heads stepping back from where the planks end.  I've included three photos of my model one is with the bulkheads.  The arrow pointing to a notch on the stem shows where the knights heads will attach, the rabbit is in pencil below.

The other photo shows the second planking.  The third shows it with the scroll work

Hope this helps.

Marc

Here are the fore mast yards.  They aren't complete yet - still need the footropes, blocks, painting.  They took much longer than I expected.  Everything always seems to take much longer than I expect.  I also wonder if making the bands was worth the effort since everything will be painted in black and I'll be attaching sails.

For some reason the "add to post" isn't working for the photos, so they will just show up at the bottom.

 I dryfitted the yards to the fore mast and left them overnight.  The next day they were on the bench.  The yards had separated from the trusses.  The trusses had been attached to the yards with Cyano-Acrylate.  So I drilled holes through the trusses and into the yards and attached the trusses to the yards with epoxy and brass nails. There shouldn't be any separation issues now. The poor close up photos are just illustrating the truss attachments with the nails.  sorry for the quality. 

Marc

Amazing work!  I'm just blown away.  Just following the build I have a much better idea of how the ship is actually laid out. much better than just looking at the book

Thank you for posting your work!

Marc

Awesome work Grant!  It appears to me that Longridge made a drawing of your yard build, rather than the other way around. I enjoy watching your build and learn so much.  Thanks for sharing!!

Marc

Nenad,

You can drive yourself crazy trying to determine exactly what the Cutty was at a specific time.  I've spent tons of hours - way more than building the ship looking at photos, plans, descriptions, etc.  Remember to have fun!

Your work is looking great!

Nenad,

Looks good.  What are you using for the bolts?

Really looking good!  Tackling two ships at once!?  How do you find the time?

Great work

Hi Bob,

It's looking good.  Nice to have the plans the same size as the build.  I wished that I had gone down and had them enlarged.  Are you planning on modeling the removable rail for the accommodation ladder?  For that matter, are you going to include the accommodation ladder?

Marc

Nenad,

I think that you and Bob have a good solution to the bulwarks.  I wished that I had spent more time filling and smoothing them out so that they appeared more like iron - (I made them out of wood).  I like your tests.  I think that they are time well spent!

take care,

Marc

Ship is looking great.  It takes bravery to jump back in to the build and make significant corrections.  But since you built it from scratch, there isn't anything that you can't fix or do better the second time around.  You're doing a great job.

Oh on the bulwarks and pin rails: I was worried about all of the stress on them, especially because I plan on rigging with sails.  So I ran a small rail under the pin rail against the bulwark to add support and used a syringe to glue everything together.  After the glue was dry, I pressed down  and up really hard on all of the rails to make sure that they were solid.  If they were going to break away I wanted to know then while I could easily reattach them.  If I could go back I'd put pins through the bulwark and into the pin rails just for extra strength.  Probably unnecessary, but I worry to much.

Take care,

marc

hey guys,

I'm still working on the spars.  Nothing really to photograph for you.

Nenad,

I'm glad that you are feeling better!  You had a tough time of it!

It is my understanding that when the Cutty was operational, the freeing ports were not fixed but swung open when they needed to dump water. However, they did have the stops in your photograph which prevented the ports from opening further.  Probably a safety measure to keep the sailors from being swept out overboard in rough seas.

I imagine that they fixed them in place when they made it a museum ship so that visitors didn't pinch/break their fingers - kids playing around with them. 

Your model is looking great.  Also I like your posts.  I think the social aspects are good.

Take care and get your strength back!

Marc

beautiful work!!  wonderful carvings!

Wow!  Beautiful work on the boats!

Grant, you are a block building machine!!!  Very nice detail.  When do we get the stropping tutorial?

Marc

Thanks Lou.  I've never explored resistance soldering because of the expense.  What are the advantages?