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Finished sanding the hull without having to use too much filler.  After the sanding was complete the outer keel, stem and stern post were glued on.
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Inner bulwark planking:
Gluing the inner bulwark planking was pretty straight forward. 

 

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing.
 
As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on  In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.
  

Thank you, Rob
 
And a couple of studding sails... I've discovered that sewing sails is actually really really relaxing (except for when I'm stabbing myself with dress-making pins!)...  I can strongly recommend this as an enjoyable part of making the model. The plans include complex instructions for hemming the corners - due to the relatively coarse nature of the sail cloth, I have found it to be far too apt to fray for this to be possible (there's nothing left to sew that close to the edge of the fabric). Once the hems are done it all becomes much more manageable. Others with more experience of this may have excellent suggestions as to how this can be avoided. But I'm pleased with the results I'm getting, and as always, though I may not be able to reproduce them exactly they plans themselves are works of art, which I shall enjoy long after I've finished this model.
 
Care has to be taken with the studding sails (which are RH and LH), to ensure the hems are put on the back of the sail, and you don't end up with two RH or two LH! I've avoided this frustration so far...  Check twice, sew once, is the order of the day  
 
Happy building, all.
 
Rob
 

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing.
 
As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on  In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.
  

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing.
 
As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on  In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.
  

And the lower shrouds are complete. As I posted this I realised that I hadn't properly attached the rear most shroud to the aft pair to help it take the right path on the starboard side. That's fixed now.

Nice to have a pleasant dry day to take photos, too Happy building

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing.
 
As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on  In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.
  

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing.
 
As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on  In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.
  

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing.
 
As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on  In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.
  

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing.
 
As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on  In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.
  

And the lower shrouds are complete. As I posted this I realised that I hadn't properly attached the rear most shroud to the aft pair to help it take the right path on the starboard side. That's fixed now.

Nice to have a pleasant dry day to take photos, too Happy building

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing.
 
As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on  In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.
  

Work has begun on the foremast shrouds...

I set up the mainmast shrouds today...
 



More soon
 
Rob

And the lower shrouds are complete. As I posted this I realised that I hadn't properly attached the rear most shroud to the aft pair to help it take the right path on the starboard side. That's fixed now.

Nice to have a pleasant dry day to take photos, too Happy building

Thanks druxey and thanks for all the likes.
 
No workshop but at least I have a nice view while sanding.

And the lower shrouds are complete. As I posted this I realised that I hadn't properly attached the rear most shroud to the aft pair to help it take the right path on the starboard side. That's fixed now.

Nice to have a pleasant dry day to take photos, too Happy building

Thanks again everyone for the kind comments and all the likes. It's been an "interesting" week or so....
The Ship Under Construction
The ship under construction is an important element in the diorama – after all, it is the reason for the existence of the Shipyard!
 
We begin with the Keel, which is provided in the form of three laser cut pieces – one cardboard central piece, and two outer veneers that include some laser scribing. The outer pieces are first given a light wash with AK 11110 (Leather Brown) – my substitute for Floquil Roof Brown – and then stained with chalk and alcohol.
 

 
The three pieces are then glued together, and some trim pieces added at stern and stem.
 

 
The keel supports are now added, building them up as needed to keep the keel relatively level.
 

 
The frames (or “ribs” as the instruction manual calls them) are made up of a three part lamination in the same way as the keel. Again, the outer pieces are stained prior to gluing up. The central pieces have a laser engraved number on them, but as this disappears once glued up, I took the sensible precaution of numbering the carrier sheet to ensure later positive identification.
 

 
We then start adding the frames to the keel notches. I had placed four of these when I had the thought that perhaps the ship would look better if the timber looked more like freshly cut wood, rather than the same weathered look of the buildings. While I was thinking on this, I had a PM from one of the people following my build suggesting exactly that and pointing me to a thread where he had done exactly that. So, there was nothing for it but to deconstruct the frames and keel supports and re-visit the colouration, starting with giving all the pieces a light sanding.
 
Following the example given in the discussion thread, the next step was to apply a base coat of AK11004 (Ivory) – my substitute for FLoquil Aged (Antique) White.
 
After a little trial and error, I then settled on a combination of Rembrandt 231.3 (Golden Ochre) and 234.3 (Raw Sienna) chalks. Once the alcohol/chalk treatment had dried, I went over all the pieces lightly with a steel bristle brush. This removed the excess chalk and ensured that any scratch lines followed what would be the line of the grain.
 
Here is the keel ready to go.
 

 
And here are the frames also ready to go.
 

 
During the week, my additional shingles arrived in the post (at last), so I was able to go back and complete the roof on the Yard Master’s Office. This included finishing the shingle laying, capping the roof, adding rafters and rafter tails, and adding the flashing at the rear of the roof where it will adjoin the Warehouse. I didn’t take any in-progress shots of these steps as these are simply repeats of earlier work. I was then able to join the Yard Master’s Office to the Warehouse/Main Building. I also decided to switch my photo background from black to white for these shots.
 

 

 
After taking these pictures, I realised that the rafters on the end of the Yard Master’s Office are not quite in the right position, so I may have to some delicate deconstruction/reconstruction tomorrow. I also now need to add the roof hardware (chimneys etc), which will be a challenge in its own right!
 
 
 

Hi Shipman. 
 
My desire in writing this software was primarily that it hard-coded the information that sets the rotation on website pages...This rotation information causes a lot of confusion to users who see a photo the right way up on their cameras but then it displays the wrong way online. It may well be that the software you have pointed to does the same, but I had struggled to find something that did that reliably for free
 
Glad you found an app that works well for you.
 
Rob

Hi,
 
If you click the windows button, and type "add remove program" and select "Add or remove programs"

Now , you can search for the Picture Resizer application, select the three dots on the right hand side and uninstall it.

Once that is complete you can install the new version downloaded from the website.
 
Hope that helps.

Rob

And the lower shrouds are complete. As I posted this I realised that I hadn't properly attached the rear most shroud to the aft pair to help it take the right path on the starboard side. That's fixed now.

Nice to have a pleasant dry day to take photos, too Happy building

And the lower shrouds are complete. As I posted this I realised that I hadn't properly attached the rear most shroud to the aft pair to help it take the right path on the starboard side. That's fixed now.

Nice to have a pleasant dry day to take photos, too Happy building

Work has begun on the foremast shrouds...

Thank you Ian. You're very kind.
 
Yes, I made the ropes using the Syren rope rocket and DMC cordonnet crochet thread, dyed with Rit fabric dye.
 
It is wonderfully rewarding rigging with your own rope, and there's no anxiety about running out

And the lower shrouds are complete. As I posted this I realised that I hadn't properly attached the rear most shroud to the aft pair to help it take the right path on the starboard side. That's fixed now.

Nice to have a pleasant dry day to take photos, too Happy building