Katsumoto
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**Nailed it!?** Hello friends, just a tiny update from the shipyard... Let's continue where I left off... So, the first layer is done on one side. I've copied it to the other side as well. Both sides first layer finished....Now the second layer! Then I used a small handdrill 0,5mm to drill some small holes... I painted the head of some nails black.... After drying I placed the nails on the ship. Just a small tap with a hammer was all it needed. So, nails finished. Going forward with the planks that holds the dead eyes. I don't know the English term, but in Dutch we call these "Rusten" I wanted to let them curve with the ships wales. So I used some nails to fixate them in the right place. Between my fingers I gently curved the board so the pins would get into the drilled holes. Just a few taps with the hammer did the trick! that's it for today....see you guys around! Ciao! Peter- 236 replies
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Also welcome Mark! I’m also a Dutchman.. groeten, Peter
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Nice work. The beach veneer is also a nice add-on. She will be a lovely ship!
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Hi Snoepert, You are going fast....lightspeed!! I see a lot of joint's not nicely closed and finished, maybe it's the speed? How's the overall quality of the kit? Looks to me like AL standard quality which is usually fine! Keep up the progress sir and good luck with the rigging! regards, Peter
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Just read the entire log. Nice work so far but to bad Anja couldn't continue. She was off to a very good start! How's the overall quality of the kit? I don't have any experience with Occre only Artesania Latina (AL) Occre and Artesania Latina share the same history so I think it should be fine? good luck with the masts, yards and all the rigging you are about to do next.....She is a very big ship to rigg! regards, Peter
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I have build the Endeavour instead of the Rainbow. It is quite similair. A very good kit of Amati but the quality of the sails is terrible. nice job so far! regards, Peter
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Fantastic work Alex, just great! I wish you all the best with finishing the both ships! Peter
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Thanks guys! It helps that the kit itself is a pretty straight forward build. So it almost get together by itself. Just a bit of some creativity and glue is all she needs. The difficulty lies in the part of getting the work clean and crisp. It is a fun build so far, with some small challenges I have myself to blame for most of the time...
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**Chapter 12 - Railings** Hello Sir's! Last week I was busy doing some work on the SM regarding the railings. This was a tough job because I wanted to make them differently than the kitmaker suggested them to do. I wanted to make them out of a solid strip of walnut instead of constructing them from small parts and then glued together. For the upper railings I did the following. I took some boiling hot water and placed the strip of walnut into the water. I plied the wood in the water until in curved in the right form. I took the strip out of the bowl and placed it wet on top of the bulwark and shaped the strip in the needed form and clamped it in place so the soaked wood can dry... In between I focussed on some smaller tasks. I took some of the rosewood parts and covered them with some walnut veneer until the railings dried. So, after the upper railings were dried, I glued them on the ship. Time to move on to the bottem railings. I used the same technique of the boiling water to curve the wood into the right shape, placed the wet on the ship and let it dry. This time the railings consists out of two smaller strips of walnut. This is done so it can follow the curve of the hull. When glued together, you can hardly see the difference between the upper and lower railings. So, some pictures to show the end result and the flow of the railings into each other... Time to place some reinforcements on the hull. The kitmaker wants me to construct them again from two seperate strips of walnut placed on top of each other. I only placed the bottem ones yet and is shown on the next pictures... Until the next update. Thanks for all the nice replies, personal messages and likes! You guys Rock! Regards, Peter
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I loved the part your son said that the snapping part was your patience...😂 but, it can really be a thing when Murphy shows up and seems to stick around...😫 Just hang in there and don not give up my friend! You will succeed I’m sure of it!
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You give me too much credits Sir, thank you!
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Thank you Sir! Keep repeating 😄
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When it's all about the rudder... Hi friends, Today I finished a simple task....constructing the rudder! However, Columbus set sail for the Indies and ended up in current America. So the rudder is part of keeping the right course and is pretty significant for this ship. Before I'll show you the steps of constructing the rudder, first some other work I've done this weekend... Step by step she turns into a nice ship... Back towards the rudder then. It comes with the kit pre-made from walnut and all I had to do is some sanding to get rid of the laser burns. I didn't liked the thickness of the wood, it felt to bulky to me and I was wondering what was wrong. So after a while I decided to taper the end part of the rudder. Much better result so to say. Less bulky! So in the next picture, I'll show some parts. The rudder, the helm(stick) (red arrow) and a metal band which is made from a strip of brass. (green arrow) I decided to use some walnut veneer to cover the reddish wood because I didn't like the color. Also the hole is to large for the rudder to fit so I changed that as wel and made it smaller. Next step is constructing the hinges. The premade hinges are way to big for this type of ship. So I changed it and made them a bit less bulky. The pins are made of some 1,5mm brass roundbar. So, normaly I use Brass Black of Birchwood Casey to blacken my brass. This is packed into a container and stored for the move to another house. So a new bottle costs about 25 USD over here in The Netherlands. I had some black paint on the shelve so I used that in stead. Continuing the assembly of the rudder... And placed the rudder on the ship... So far so good, until the next episode / update. I wish you a very nice day and thank you for reading and replying on my log. I highly appreciate it! regards, Pter
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Thanks Christos. I’ll set sail for the new world and probably end up in Greece. 😎 maybe you’re in to be first lieutenant and we will start a new Oddessy!
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Hi Paul, thanks and it sure does after Some rubbing with tung or Danish Oil. 👍🏻
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Hi Patrick, it was a Belgium IPA! Only the best... 😉 thanks!
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Thanks Wallace. I’m sure your hull of the Victory will be a beauty as well. You can apply this method to almost any hull, but sometimes an other method is needed depending on the ships timeperiod and origin and how accurate of the timeperiod you want to represent.
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Thanks! it works much better pre-cutting the strips. Easier to handle and the result is a nice pattern of colors on your hull.
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***Chapter 10 - Hullplanking finished*** Hi Guys, Today I have finished the planking proces of the hull. Both sides are the same. Sit back and hopefully enjoy! And the finished hull... Ciao! Pter
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Hi guys, Today nothing special to show, only my progression of the planking proces. So, on the picture below you can see the different line the second layer takes in comparison of the first layer. Probably I will finish the hull somewhere next week or so...almost there.... So long, Pter
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Thank you Christos! I’ll do my best 🙂
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Thank you Wallace. I am pretty pleased with the result as well
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Lovely work Paul! The walnut keel is a good option too. Captain Kennit would be proud. 😉 I’ll keep following. cheers,
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Hi Mustafa, just read your great log of your SM. She looks lovely and unique! You show great skill and good luck with the rigging part. cheers, Pter
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