mtaylor

Nice work on the stern Kevin. And a good catch on the chainplates. I guess the Inquisition didn't investigate any involvment by the wabbits for fear of retaliation?

Nice fix on the channels and chainplates. As for the holes.... cannonball holes?

Good fix, John.

Thanks for the encouraging words, everyone. The liquid anesthesia helped as did the realization that I was just being dumb. The damage is minimal and could have been worse. It really is my stupidity for not listening to the voice in my head saying: "Don't be an idiot.. ". I was taking a series of small cuts on each pass, just got caught by not thinking "what if?". I'm looking locally for a small hand plane but looks like an online order will be needed. <sigh> Meantime, I'll reconfigure the mill tonite and fiddle using clamps to secure everything. I still want to learn this tool and what it can do.

The deck is finally sanded but no finish has been applied. I'll hold until all the deck furniture and the aft area of the great cabin is completed. So on to some deck furniture.... I'll preface this with: DON'T TRY THIS!!!!!!!!!! I chose to do the pumps next. Octagonal in shape with a peculiar hourglass chunk of metal at the top of the pump rod. Rope is lashed around this, the runs up to a long bar lashed to the mast. The other end of the bar has a rope coming back down with 10 smaller ropes attached to it. Thus, as many as 10 men could be pulling down the rope and operating one pump. I presume in an emergency 20 men on the gun deck and 20 on the quarterdeck could get all 4 pumps working at the same time. Four pieces of pear were cut from stock... 1/4 inch (7 mm) by 1/4 inch (7mm) by 2" (51mm) each. I marked them appropriately. I then took a piece of fir and put an appropriate groove in it, mounted it squarely and securely in the vise on my mill. The pic shows the mounting along with one of the pear pieces. Here's where life gets interesting with one of those "what could I possibly be thinking" moments. I hand fed the pear through the mill on three sides and was feeling pretty good about the way things were going. Flipped for the 4th side and then.... the bit hit something.. small knot? Not sure and probably never will know. The wood was ripped from the jig and my fingers and sent flying into the ether. I've got two fingers on my right hand missing about 10 sq. mm of skin on each and a nasty cut on one finger of the hand. There's blood on the mill and bench. The pear piece is somewhere not to be found and my fingers are covered in bandages (plasters) and I'm asorbing liquid anesthetic from a brown bottle. So.... lesson learned. Don't hand feed. I'm reworking the scheme to clamp the wood for milling or I'm headed to the tool store tomorrow to find a halfway decent (hopefully a really decent) miniature plane.

Dave, Haul the sails slightly off center to port and tell folks who notice the lean that "she's carry plenty of sail and wind is a bit sharp".... Look great on the pedestals. For protection, wrap the entire base in Saran Wrap (or the plastic wrap of choice. Works a treat.

Hmm... my monitor turned blue at that outburst... I will, from henceforth, when on your build or John's or anyone else's where it's deemed appropriate, use the "proper" English spelling of words as opposed to the 'Merikan way. I'll also be calling plexiglass... perspex. By the way.. would you prefer Imperial or Metric or perhaps some obscure measuring units.. just and 100th's of a furlong? The things we do to keep everyone happy... sheeeshhhh.....

Sjors, You were missed. It's good to hear you are back home safe and sound. Also it's good to hear that London's buses are still in London. So when do we see some pictures of your Le Mirage??? Just kidding the ship pictures. I know you are busy.

Nice technique for doing the doors and bulkheads. And nice work on doing them.

Seems a shame that these ships are in storage and unprotected. Thanks for the pictures John.

Sweet looking shot locker, Maury. The hardware is perfect.

Beautiful planking, Bob. Just beautiful.

JP, That might explain the missing masts on the Vic....

Minty mast? Sounds like something one would stick in a drink with an umbrella in it. You could hang onto it as it would make a nice swizzle stick for hot chocolate. As for all the sesquipedalians popping up in untoward places such as this one and running amok, I must take due pause and go find the popcorn machine and the adult beverage dispenser before the verbage re-commences. On the other hand, I won't ask for more pictures and less barffelgab like certain others who are overdue in their appearance on these august pages. <ducks><run><dives for the bunker>

Good to see you back at the worktable, Kats. The stanchions and scratch rail look super.

Is this your first model? Just curious. Yes, it can be intimidating, but take your time, use the buildlog to get help and advice and have some fun along the way. When you're done, you have something to be proud of and to honor the late builder. BTW, filler is ok. Just don't use putty. The filler putties never harden.

Michiel, Great work on the planking and scuppers. I like the hairbrush tips idea for bolts.

Paul, Excellent work and detailing. I'll be waiting for the next installment.

Sherry, Good looking planking.

Great looking framing work. Very impressive.

Ferit, On the pin rail question, I'm assuming it's the ones on the outboard side atop the bulwarks that's being questioned? What does the rigging plan show being tied off there? If there is rigging belayed there, then they may have used a ladder.... maybe? If nothing is tied off, than it's decoration. The other problem, is that is a kit and sometimes the kit makers take a lot of liberties with scale and placement of items. Come to think of it, I have a few like that on my Wasa... they are high off the deck.

Very well done and explained, Rusty.

Should we remind you what Ben Franklin said about visitors and fish? There's your excuse to hideout in the workshop. Use at your own peril.

Bigpav, Take a look at the articles here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-framing-and-planking-articles.php For materials, what kit it is? Do the instructions say what kind of wood and dimensions of same? The nails should be used only during construction, if then. Some use them as decoration, however. Glue... there's two major types we use... CA and PVA. CA is the superglue stuff and PVA is wood glue. Acetone dissolves CA and isopropyl alcohol dissolves PVA. There's also epoxies but to my knowledge nothing dissolves the bond.

Juergen, The wales look super. I'm glad that the staining worked out.