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Wow, looks even better than i would have imagined in your case.

Fantastic job from start to finish; I'm very impressed.

Just a quick update as not much work carried out this weekend.

I decided to build the beakhead roundhouse assembly offship, the first task was to construct the roundhouses.

Roundhouses built, ready for final shaping

Before starting the shaping I decided to use my super phatic glue to seal all the gaps.

Will start the shaping tomorrow once the glue is fully dry.

I have also completed the cannon assemblies, looking at the real cannons the side breach rings were much larger than the normal eyelets, I decided to replicate this.

This picture show the rear and side breach rope rings fitted to a cannon

I like the menace of this picture

An end of an era, I can't imagine the joy and pride you must feel at the moment on a job well done. Your next task should be a visit to Scarborough to help me with my build.

Hello David

Great result at weekend and last night for Newcastle, very pleased for you.

In truth I did decide to move out as space was fast becoming an issue after we had rearranged two of the bedrooms.

There was no pressure from the Admiral to move out, but she  is now very happy with the new arrangement.

How's the display case coming along?

Hello Lawrence

The additional room  is a godsend, wish I'd moved in months ago as it has made working on the build so much easier.

And of course the added benefits of better lighting and better storage facilities for the tools / build materials.

The garage it not too bad temperature wise at the moment so no need for any additional heating.

I have sourced a suitable heater which I will buy when the temperature drops a bit more.

Thanks Jerry, your comments mean a lot to me.

I have attached the kevels, pinstrips, staghorns and shot garlands to the quarterdeck. Here are a few pictures.

Following this I decided to start the assembly of the remaining 8 cannon assemblies

Parts removed and ready for assemby

Having refined the task, I have found it best to insert the 1mm copper strip first, not glued in at this stage.

I then used some super phatic glue as I inserted the front cross beam and then clamped for a couple of minutes whilst the glue grabbed. During the phase I did also check the width ready for the fitting of the rear cross beam

I repeated the process for the rear cross beam

After about an hours work all 8 basic assemblies were completed.

A masterpiece Jerry, and you've painted the name on it as well. One more to go then.

I building Caldercraft Victory ( 10  months into the build and started fitting out  the Quarterdeck, highly recommend it, but not for the faint hearted

Hello Kevin

Really enjoying your build, great set of pictures.

Just a quick update

I have installed the waist ladder baluster and associated wood strip, but will delay fitting the waist ladders for the time being as I want to decide on the best eyelets for the hand rails. Also I have completed the rigging opening, main companionway and admiral companionway.

Finally I have prepared the kevels, shot garlands, staghorns and belay pin strips.

I noted there was an error in the build instructions regarding the shot garlands which should be painted yellow and not black as advised. I have also inserted a yellow infill into one of the quarterdeck kevels and yellow strips to the staghorn assembly.

Here are some pictures, the last one is the progress as it stands. No more work to day as I'm off to the Man United V Chelsea game.

Welcome back Jerry

It seems you have the measure of the small boats, well done.

Nice work, looks like your are making very good progress

Looks really good, something for me to think about in the future.

Looks like you have continued to make good progress and the build looks really good.

Thanks to everyone who has visited my log, for all your likes and very kind comments.

Tonight I assembled the 4 waist ladders. Before I started I decided it would be benificial to make a simple jig to aid the assembly.

It was a very simple jig and I found it did speed up the process.

Here is a picture of the jig, there is an section to hold the 2 x ladder sides in place and a second section to cut the ladder steps to the correct length.

Ladder sides installed in the jig

The ladder steps were all cut to the same size, using the jig

Assembly of the ladder work in progress

Completed the frist waist ladder assembly

Dry fit of the first ladder.

Completed all four ladders, ready to be painted black, noting two ladders will be fitted on opposite side

Work continues on the quarterdeck fittings in the new workshop. The added room is making the  work much easier.

Nice broadship picture of the assembly

Picture of the workbench, added some wooden battens to the wall so I can pin the drawing sheets as I progress on with the build

View of the bow end fittings

NIce view down to the upper gun deck.

Well done, enjoy you trip

There will be heat when need, just need to acquire a suitable potable heater, which is currently with my mother.

Space was becoming an issue in the old shipyard, as was the general mess I was making so the shipyard has now been fully restored to it's old function, that of being a bedroom.

On saturday I constructed a work bench area in my garage, and still have room to get the car in if needed. Tonight I have moved down all the items from the bedroom to the new shipyard.

It will go live tomorrow night.

My main new work bench, with plenty of room for the boat and an extra area to work for making parts as necessary.

As can been seen I also created a storage area for the kit box under the desk.

The old desk from the shipyard has also been moved down which will be used for the tool storage.

Access to the new work shop is via the utility room, sorry about the old shoes in the picture.

I have been building the quarterdeck sub assemblies from the forecastle gratings to the quarterdeck barricades.

Once I have completed building and painting the sub assemblies I will install.

I just need to attach the 3mm x 1mm strips to the gratings for the coaming so I can then drop the gratings in the openings which will be held in place by the coamings. I made a bit of a error initally using 4 x 2 mm strips for the coaming (thought it was 3mm x 2mm for some reason unbeknown to me) which made me think there was something wrong with the quaterdeck. Thankfully it was simple to recover the gratings. Thanks to Jerry and David for their help and advice.

Pictures of the sub assemblies work in progress

Close up of the ships bell tower. Not sure if I need to paint some of the top bit black (in the four corners).

I cleaned the excess glue off as I went along and the used brasso for the final cleaning process before applying a clear varnish

I have had two very good sessions working on the boat yesterday and today so I'm happy to report that the hull planking is now complete. Also all gun ports, except last 3 aft upper gun ports are lined, which will the next job.

As can be seen I have fitted the snatch bocks to the front of the forecastle gun port strip

Cappings will be fitted to the gun port strips once the last three gun ports have been lined.

It's nice to get a professional opinion of the work in progress, 6 of the best, maybe a bit sad that I was watching Strictly Come Dancing whilst woring on the ship! To compensate I will be travelling to Manchester on Sunday to watch the ManU v Everton football match!

David and Gerry

Many thanks for the visit and kind comments.

Your help, advice and support continues to inspire me as I progress with this build.