Adrieke

thanks Carl for your confidence
 
making the curve will be easy , I am more concerned with the fact that the strake will need to be fixed to the hull at a corner and not one off the sides. so not much contact. my resolve is to flatten to corner in the middle of the curve to give a bigger area of contact. I am just not sure how it will look
 
A quick update from tonight.
 
2 parts of the lower strake are now attached. tomorrow ill attach the ones on the other side. then I will be able to get a rough idea on the shape of the curve.
 
I temporarily attached the albatross to make sure the strake fits snug against it
 
 
 

thanks Piet and Mobbsie
 
I know I still have lots to clean up but I am really enjoying the build again
 
I started on the lower green strake now. I am not looking forward to fitting the curved bow part of it tough
 

thanks Carl for your confidence
 
making the curve will be easy , I am more concerned with the fact that the strake will need to be fixed to the hull at a corner and not one off the sides. so not much contact. my resolve is to flatten to corner in the middle of the curve to give a bigger area of contact. I am just not sure how it will look
 
A quick update from tonight.
 
2 parts of the lower strake are now attached. tomorrow ill attach the ones on the other side. then I will be able to get a rough idea on the shape of the curve.
 
I temporarily attached the albatross to make sure the strake fits snug against it
 
 
 

thanks Carl for your confidence
 
making the curve will be easy , I am more concerned with the fact that the strake will need to be fixed to the hull at a corner and not one off the sides. so not much contact. my resolve is to flatten to corner in the middle of the curve to give a bigger area of contact. I am just not sure how it will look
 
A quick update from tonight.
 
2 parts of the lower strake are now attached. tomorrow ill attach the ones on the other side. then I will be able to get a rough idea on the shape of the curve.
 
I temporarily attached the albatross to make sure the strake fits snug against it
 
 
 

thanks Carl for your confidence
 
making the curve will be easy , I am more concerned with the fact that the strake will need to be fixed to the hull at a corner and not one off the sides. so not much contact. my resolve is to flatten to corner in the middle of the curve to give a bigger area of contact. I am just not sure how it will look
 
A quick update from tonight.
 
2 parts of the lower strake are now attached. tomorrow ill attach the ones on the other side. then I will be able to get a rough idea on the shape of the curve.
 
I temporarily attached the albatross to make sure the strake fits snug against it
 
 
 

hey Piet, knowing your awesome skills , you ll make this into a masterpiece

thanks Piet and Mobbsie
 
I know I still have lots to clean up but I am really enjoying the build again
 
I started on the lower green strake now. I am not looking forward to fitting the curved bow part of it tough
 

thanks Piet and Mobbsie
 
I know I still have lots to clean up but I am really enjoying the build again
 
I started on the lower green strake now. I am not looking forward to fitting the curved bow part of it tough
 

thanks Piet and Mobbsie
 
I know I still have lots to clean up but I am really enjoying the build again
 
I started on the lower green strake now. I am not looking forward to fitting the curved bow part of it tough
 

Thanks Adriaan !
 
No more pictures because she is standing high on the shelf .
And I let her there......
An accident is coming quickly and I want her in one piece......
 
Sjors

Hi Guys,
 
Well I have finally taken some pics of the case and will post them now.
 
Thank you one and all very much for your much appreciated support, comments, suggestion, remarks and help, not forgetting all those who hit the "like" button.
 
As you will see I had to pull the sideboard away from the wall by 5 inches, thinking that would be enough the said case was positioned by two burley friends of mine and guess what, it stuck out by a further 2 inches.
 
 
 
 
 
So there we are, these last few pics really do wrap this story up, hope you enjoyed the journey, hopefully I'll see you on the dark side, Popcorn is kindly supplied Sjors but you will need to bring your own torch.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

well it has been a very tiring week , with last Monday turning into a 20 hour work day (till 3:30 am).due to a virus attack
 
but I did get a fair bit done today
 
I have begun attaching the strakes. the cheap masking tape came in handy again to keep them in place
 
in the second picture you see that I still have to finish the hulls painting, but I am going to leave that until I have finished the strakes and some other stuff. then I will mount her on the pedestals and use some styrofoam to protect the hull.
 
I have also worked on the edges of the top fore and aft deck. there are a few inconsistencies in the pictures on how to do them but I think I got it sorted out. also some of the preformed edges are too long and have the wrong angles
 
 

congrats on a job well done my friend. I hope you ll be taking lots more pictures to put in the finished gallery

Hi Christian,
 
I have looked again at the drawings and have come to the same conclusion as before, there is a definite rise in the keel rabbet.
 
I have taken a few pictures which hopefully will show you this rise.
 
This is the whole Page                                                     
 
 
The section with the rise is shown in the black box

 
No1 is the keel and shows the end profile of the rabbet

 
I hope Christian that you can now see that I have followed the drawings correctly. I can see where your coming from and it does look as though there is a difference, but as I'm building from the drawings I have to go with that.
 
Hope that helps mate.
 
I forgot to mention earlier that with Grants help and generosity I will be posting an update of my first complete double frame.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Final update !!!!!
 
She's finished......
A long journey but a wonderful one.
Thank you all for the comments and likes, helpful tips, pointing out the mistakes to me and more of that funny stuf   
It was a pleasure for me to build her  and to share it with you all !
The time has come to dust off the Agamemnon and go on with her.
 
Thank you all again 
 
Sjors
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Here is our own private fleet.
San Ildefonso, Corsair and the Albatros

Little update today.
 
I have placed the transom.....
It was a little tricky because between the planking and the transom bottom there has 3 planks to go with a little curve.
They where to long so I thought I made a mistake.
So right away I send Mobbsie a whats app to see what's going on.
And I make no mistake.
They are longer then necessary so you can trim it the right size  
I have to send it a little more and give it a touch up with the paint.
Painting in the evening is never a good idea !!!!!!
That's it for today
Have a lovely sunday.
 
Sjors 

Hello all, didn't do much on v. 1.0 dinghy.  Have another project going with it and seem to spend more time with that one.  
 
I make a build dock for the v.2.0 dinghy though to aid in keeping everything square.  I also made the slots in the keel to fit the frames and they all fit snug.  I still need to check all of them for plank alignment so that all are on the same plain.
 
I think that instead of carving rabbet in the bow post for a hold-down for the planks I'll glue a piece of tapered strip of wood there.  That way the planks have something to hold on to.  Well, I may change my mind on this - - - - - - 
 
This was actually garden day for me but everything was to wet so I spend the time in the shipyard.  If the weather is dry tomorrow then I'll have to to the garden work.  Some major pruning of two hedges and I'm using an electric chain saw, therefore things have to be dry.  I don't like fry myself 
 
Here are a few pics of my crude build dock.
 

 

 
Cheers, 

Hello all you marvelous ship builders.  I am new to the kit build section of MSW but not new to building models.  My name is Petrus W. van Warmerdam and live in Palm Coast Florida.  I retired in 20o9 from Federal service with the Federal Aviation Administration as an Airworthiness safety Inspector.  My wife and I moved from the Pittsburgh, PA area to get out of the cold.
 
Having finished one scratch build of my own design and then started a self design of a Dutch VOC ship, also scratch build and currently in the finishing stage of a scratch build Dutch submarine, I thought trying my hand at a wooden boat kit.  This is not the first wooden ship kit I have tackled and a few plastic models but those are all a long time ago.
 
I chose a  mid 19th century fishing boat, the Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack.  It's an apprentice level 2 kit and I think that it won't be too difficult for me to tackle.  I'm also going to be daring and bash it some.  
 
There are few things I like to be able to show like the cabin, the actual working area and make the rudder movable.  There'll be some other changes I think in making but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
I just hope that I can do as well as PiperJoe!   Did all y'all see his little sloop?
 
When we lived in Bangor, Maine from 1979 to 1987, we had a friend who was a lobster fisherman but he worked with powerboats though.
 
I like the looks of this little boat, much like the Friendship sloop I designed and scratch build but smaller.  This boat will be donated to the "Injured Warrior" program.  A bunch of folks from MSW will attend in April, 2015.  If you are not familiar with this event then check with SawdustDave.  It'll be in North Carolina right off I-95 and anyone willing and capable to attend, please contact Dave.  We can also bring our builds to show (off  )  He has a beautiful model going himself.
 
This is my first page of the build log and will tweak it in the next few days.  I'll need some help from Administrator Mark T with name, avatar and the signature.  Hey, I'm an aircraft guy not a computer wiz like many of you.
 
Here are a few pics of the kit box.  I bought it from Model Expo, it was on sale for a very handsome price and being a frugal Dutchman (my kids used to call me cheap    ) I could not refuse it and it's for a good purpose.  I'll add my impressions and comments with each picture, in case someone else would like build this very nice looking boat.
 

This is the box with the kit inside.  Love the picture.
 

First impression when I opened the box was that everything was packed very neatly with the two-sided drawing rolled up, instead of folded.   
 

The wood used is primarily bass wood.  Im not a fan of bass wood and would exchange it in a heartbeat for a better quality wood, if I had more time.  However, I'll work with te bass wood so I can learn how to manage it and give my impressions in case someone else wants to buy this nice kit.  Overall though I am rather impressed with the quality of the packing and lazer and die cuts.  They use balsa for for the hull planking, ugh.  But I have some stuff that will harden it up.  I'll have some comments I'm sure when we get to actually working with all this stuff.
I'll most likely use some of my own wood for different applications.
 

As mentioned, I really appreciate them rolling up the drawing. I don't have to worry about the folds tearing.  The sail and rigging plans are on the reversed side.  The build instruction booklet is also very nicely laid out and in simple steps even I can understand it.  As a scratch builder I have the tendency to do things my way but I try to follow their process.  This will be difficult to do because I am bashing it.  
 

The hardware is also very nice and plenty of it.  
 
Cheers,
 
Piet, the Flying Dutchman.

Hello all.  Sjors'll be thrilled, here is another update on version 2.0 of the dinghy/jol.
 
I remade the keel yesterday and cut-out nine of the frames..  The keel looks much better now and is very strong.  I did use the poplar again but this time I glued a piece of 0.65 mm to it.
 
As mentioned before I glued a piece of 0.65 mm ply to the 1.2 mm boxwood plank I made for the frames.  I cut them out on the Proxxon scroll saw and shaped the outside on my Sears sanding machine but finished sanding by hand following the template lines, with a small home-made sanding block with 320 grit paper.
 
I cut the inside out with my antique jeweler's coping saw with metal a cutting blade, 80 teeth per inch.  I kept the frames a little deeper and plan to file them down with a rotary file in my Proxxon snake adaptor after the planks are glued on as I did with version 1.0.  I also shaved then down width wise to an width of about 1.5 mm.  I need some meat for the planks to glue to.
 
Next will be making the frame slots in the keel and a keelson like reinforcing strip.  I also need to make  a better build board, then I can proceed glueing the frames to the keel.
 
After that I'll have to shape the planks.  I thought in using that 0.65 mm plywood but think I'll stick with the poplar, it's easier to bend and shape then the stiff plywood.  I just need to work slow and careful with these thin poplar planks.  Yeah, I'll soak them in water for a day and then clamp them on the frames wet and let it dry in place.  That's what takes to much time.  I guess I could soak them in alcohol but it dries too quick for me, I like to have more time in laying them up and clamping them.  
I'll sand them down some more after each plank is glued on.  I did the same on version 1.0 and worked fine for me.
 
I found some very small clothes pin like clamps that seems ideal for this project.  I just hope there are strong enough.
 
Okay, here are a few pics of what has been accomplished so far.
 

 

 

 
Cheers,

Okay Sjors, here is the update 
 
I decided to make the keel from poplar wood and shaved a piece to 2 mm thick.  This way I have a little more meat for the frames to cement to and also for the rabbet and bearding line at the stern.  I think to add them in but am not sure if I can or even need to.  I'll definitely do the ones at the bow and stern. The planking will but close to the keel where it may not matter.  Too fiddely.
I also decided to make it in several pieces to allow me to make the grain run lengthwise in the pieces to prevent them from breaking at the cross grain parts.  That was a big concern with version 1.0.   Besides, that's the way the drawing shows it as well.  
 
I didn't make the scarf for the bow bost the traditional way but just a simple scarf on the flat side.  
After these pieces were cut out and semi shaped I glued them all together.
 
I'll see tomorrow how they came out and if okay I'll start with the frames.  The plan is to make the frames from boxwood that I shaved down to 1 mm thick.  I won't build them up with futtocks but cut them out in one piece, them to prevent them from breaking across the grain I am glueing a piece of 0.65 mm plywood to them.  This way they'll be plenty strong and won't break on me when I'm handling them like v 1.0 did.
 
Well, that's as far as I got today and will proceed with the frames tomorrow.  
 
I have also cut e few planks for the side planking.  Here too, I'll try something different to get a better lapstrake, but I'll show and tell when we get to that point.  
 
Okay, here are two pics of today's work.
 

This shows the four parts that'll make the keel with bow and stern posts.  I made the main portion of the keel slightly higher to give me some meat for the build dock.  The stern post knee is also slightly larger then needed, it was too small to handle and I'll file it down after it's securely cemented on.  You can also see the scarf I made for the bow post part.
 

This is the assembled keel all glued up.  Next I have to make the slots for the frames.  I found that the best way doing this is with the #11 Exacto blade.  The frames will be slightly larger then scale but I need some meat for the glue or cement to grab hold to the planks.  I did the same with version 1.0 and yuns thought it looked okay.
 
Okay, so far so good, I think.
 
Cheers,

well it has been a very tiring week , with last Monday turning into a 20 hour work day (till 3:30 am).due to a virus attack
 
but I did get a fair bit done today
 
I have begun attaching the strakes. the cheap masking tape came in handy again to keep them in place
 
in the second picture you see that I still have to finish the hulls painting, but I am going to leave that until I have finished the strakes and some other stuff. then I will mount her on the pedestals and use some styrofoam to protect the hull.
 
I have also worked on the edges of the top fore and aft deck. there are a few inconsistencies in the pictures on how to do them but I think I got it sorted out. also some of the preformed edges are too long and have the wrong angles
 
 

well it has been a very tiring week , with last Monday turning into a 20 hour work day (till 3:30 am).due to a virus attack
 
but I did get a fair bit done today
 
I have begun attaching the strakes. the cheap masking tape came in handy again to keep them in place
 
in the second picture you see that I still have to finish the hulls painting, but I am going to leave that until I have finished the strakes and some other stuff. then I will mount her on the pedestals and use some styrofoam to protect the hull.
 
I have also worked on the edges of the top fore and aft deck. there are a few inconsistencies in the pictures on how to do them but I think I got it sorted out. also some of the preformed edges are too long and have the wrong angles
 
 

well it has been a very tiring week , with last Monday turning into a 20 hour work day (till 3:30 am).due to a virus attack
 
but I did get a fair bit done today
 
I have begun attaching the strakes. the cheap masking tape came in handy again to keep them in place
 
in the second picture you see that I still have to finish the hulls painting, but I am going to leave that until I have finished the strakes and some other stuff. then I will mount her on the pedestals and use some styrofoam to protect the hull.
 
I have also worked on the edges of the top fore and aft deck. there are a few inconsistencies in the pictures on how to do them but I think I got it sorted out. also some of the preformed edges are too long and have the wrong angles
 
 

well it has been a very tiring week , with last Monday turning into a 20 hour work day (till 3:30 am).due to a virus attack
 
but I did get a fair bit done today
 
I have begun attaching the strakes. the cheap masking tape came in handy again to keep them in place
 
in the second picture you see that I still have to finish the hulls painting, but I am going to leave that until I have finished the strakes and some other stuff. then I will mount her on the pedestals and use some styrofoam to protect the hull.
 
I have also worked on the edges of the top fore and aft deck. there are a few inconsistencies in the pictures on how to do them but I think I got it sorted out. also some of the preformed edges are too long and have the wrong angles
 
 

well it has been a very tiring week , with last Monday turning into a 20 hour work day (till 3:30 am).due to a virus attack
 
but I did get a fair bit done today
 
I have begun attaching the strakes. the cheap masking tape came in handy again to keep them in place
 
in the second picture you see that I still have to finish the hulls painting, but I am going to leave that until I have finished the strakes and some other stuff. then I will mount her on the pedestals and use some styrofoam to protect the hull.
 
I have also worked on the edges of the top fore and aft deck. there are a few inconsistencies in the pictures on how to do them but I think I got it sorted out. also some of the preformed edges are too long and have the wrong angles