JesseLee

My health has declined in the last 6 months Haven't been able to do much at all. Have started to rig the breech lines  on the carronades. This kind of work is much more difficult for me now than it was just last year. I see that things will be going much slower for me so there will be longer periods of time between updates but I'll be doing what I can when I can.
 
Not much to show but it's a start.  One of our pets keeping close by for some comfort.
 
Jesse
 

Wow! Very nice detail in something so small.
 
Jesse

My health has declined in the last 6 months Haven't been able to do much at all. Have started to rig the breech lines  on the carronades. This kind of work is much more difficult for me now than it was just last year. I see that things will be going much slower for me so there will be longer periods of time between updates but I'll be doing what I can when I can.
 
Not much to show but it's a start.  One of our pets keeping close by for some comfort.
 
Jesse
 

Some of the finest planking I've ever seen!
 
Jesse

Some of the finest planking I've ever seen!
 
Jesse

I finished planking the hull.  Woohoo!  Feels kind of weird to not be adding a plank or two after work every day.    I also added the stern post, and did a more thorough sanding of the planking on both sides of the lower hull, paying close attention to getting rid of any high and low spots.  I still need to do more work where the planking meets the keel and the stem.  Also, the black paint on the wale has taken quite a beating.  I'll fix that later.  I was hesitant to include the bow shot, since the planks on either side don't line up at the stem too well.  Figured it was still an interesting angle for a photo though.
 
Erik
 

Hey Jesse
 
Onwards and upwards, my friend!  Take care and knock that ill-health out of the park!  
 
Stay positive.  You WILL get better and you will beat it.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

My health has declined in the last 6 months Haven't been able to do much at all. Have started to rig the breech lines  on the carronades. This kind of work is much more difficult for me now than it was just last year. I see that things will be going much slower for me so there will be longer periods of time between updates but I'll be doing what I can when I can.
 
Not much to show but it's a start.  One of our pets keeping close by for some comfort.
 
Jesse
 

Recovery is going much slower than expected.  Been lurking around reading others logs. Did get my workbench cleaned up and reorganized for getting back to the build. Hopefully my health and real life will let me get back to it soon. Looking over things, getting re-familiar with where I will be starting back at.
 
Jesse

My health has declined in the last 6 months Haven't been able to do much at all. Have started to rig the breech lines  on the carronades. This kind of work is much more difficult for me now than it was just last year. I see that things will be going much slower for me so there will be longer periods of time between updates but I'll be doing what I can when I can.
 
Not much to show but it's a start.  One of our pets keeping close by for some comfort.
 
Jesse
 

Recovery is going much slower than expected.  Been lurking around reading others logs. Did get my workbench cleaned up and reorganized for getting back to the build. Hopefully my health and real life will let me get back to it soon. Looking over things, getting re-familiar with where I will be starting back at.
 
Jesse

Wow..Christian, Doug, Pat, Harvey, Carl, Tom, Wayne, VACorsair, Eamonn, and the likes, thanks guys for interest and the overly kind words.  Narrative below will explain more, but think I've irrevocably stepped off the 'being happy with kit parts' ledge...this can only mean even slower progress...but perhaps more fun
 
I know I'm bouncing around a bit so apologies for that, but continuing foundational aspects which seem easier with the ship careened over on a towel.
 
Challenging Cheeks:
 
The kit supplied cheeks are hair rail are not that great.  The cheeks themselves come nowhere near to fitting the hull, and I'm pretty sure the hull form is correct.  The only option was to scratch my own cheeks.  Aside from the fit, they are also seem rather undersized.

The next consideration was the hair rail and lower cheek, and decided to go whole hog and redo these as well.  Given that there needs to be two of everything, I cheated and sparingly glued with PVA glue some 3mm sheet together and then cut to shape.  The pieces were then separated using rubbing alcohol, and voila, 2 matching parts with the work of 1!  These parts are still very slighty oversized to allow them to be fine tuned once other parts are made - necessary given I don't have any true plans to work from and that these pieces form quite a complex shape. 
 
Photos below show hair rail prior to separation.  The difference in dimensions is quite evident to that appearing in AOTS which I used as a guide for the scratch piece.

As a side note, the quality of the walnut parts are just not good, the main/false rail would need a lot a work to get presentable so suspect these will also be remade at some point.

The cheeks themselves took a long time (days) to get right due to the angled concave curve and lack of plans.  Pretty happy with the results, though the parts still need some fine tuning as the rails are a little thick still I think.  I'm hoping to use a scraper to give a profile to the edges, and a quick test shows that this should work OK even for a quick test.  This also commits me to what will probably be my first simple carvings on the scrolls, but that's for another day.
 

Side by side comparison of scratch vs kit supplied pieces..

keep going Jesse, its nice work to watch. Sorry to hear about the health.
 
All the best
 
Alan

love those shots of your deck!   lots of character shows there     sorry to hear your not recovering as you would have hoped.   take care and do what you can.......there is no speed limit here.   may your good days outweigh the bad......we are all thinking and pray'in for your improvement.  

Jesse Lee,
 
I have found that there will be one or more bulkhead extensions that break more than once. After the first break, I soak the extension with extra thin CA glue on both the free and fixed piece while holding them together. This produces a "weld" that is indestructable. The only down side, it takes extra elbow grease to fair this piece as it get extremely hard.
 
Regards

My health has declined in the last 6 months Haven't been able to do much at all. Have started to rig the breech lines  on the carronades. This kind of work is much more difficult for me now than it was just last year. I see that things will be going much slower for me so there will be longer periods of time between updates but I'll be doing what I can when I can.
 
Not much to show but it's a start.  One of our pets keeping close by for some comfort.
 
Jesse
 

My health has declined in the last 6 months Haven't been able to do much at all. Have started to rig the breech lines  on the carronades. This kind of work is much more difficult for me now than it was just last year. I see that things will be going much slower for me so there will be longer periods of time between updates but I'll be doing what I can when I can.
 
Not much to show but it's a start.  One of our pets keeping close by for some comfort.
 
Jesse
 

My health has declined in the last 6 months Haven't been able to do much at all. Have started to rig the breech lines  on the carronades. This kind of work is much more difficult for me now than it was just last year. I see that things will be going much slower for me so there will be longer periods of time between updates but I'll be doing what I can when I can.
 
Not much to show but it's a start.  One of our pets keeping close by for some comfort.
 
Jesse
 

Hi Jesse, I am really sorry to hear about your declining health! But in spite of this your carronades look really good! And as I am currently also in the process of rigging the guns on my Syren model I can tell you that your progress seems to be quite a bit faster than mine . 
All the best!
 
Thomas

Hang in there with your build, Jesse. You have a lot of friends with you in their thoughts and prayers.

You made it! an update even a small one is worth the waiting Jesse. Good to see her with the carronades secured.
 
Very sorry you didn't get any better, but the contrary. As ever, you and your family are in my thoughts. Try to keep your spirits up
 
Looking forward to a future update.
 
Cheers

We're all prayin' for ya, Jesse.

I love the ship work...  But I hate the news about your health.   Damn I wish there was a cure for this as I know of two others (not shipbuilder) with it. 

Hi Jesse
Nice to see you back again posting.
 
Like Dave said hang in there my friend.
 
Denis.

Hang in there Jesse. Good to see your boat again.  Sorry to hear you are not able to do it the way you want.
 
Dave