mij

Blank piece of Boxwood cut out for figurehead.
 

 
Carved Eagle`s head for figurehead.
 

 

Planking from Cerry
 

 

 
Port and Starboard Serpents carved from Boxwood
 

 

 
 mij
 
 

mij

The rudder is cut from Cherry, all other items are cut from Box.
 

 
All items fitted to the decks.

Blank piece of Boxwood cut out for figurehead.
 

 
Carved Eagle`s head for figurehead.
 

 

Planking from Cerry
 

 

 
Port and Starboard Serpents carved from Boxwood
 

 

 
 mij
 
 

Blank piece of Boxwood cut out for figurehead.
 

 
Carved Eagle`s head for figurehead.
 

 

Planking from Cerry
 

 

 
Port and Starboard Serpents carved from Boxwood
 

 

 
 mij
 
 

mij

The rudder is cut from Cherry, all other items are cut from Box.
 

 
All items fitted to the decks.

Phew, got the final knight finished. The last ones are a little better then the first ones but I decided not to redo them, but keep and remember them as my first go at carving.
 

 
 
/Matti

Hello folks,
 
here are some pictures from tie the blocks and hooks
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 

 
 

it is much happen but unfortunately not much to see.
Blocks are tied and secured to the side walls.
The carriages are currently being completed with trunnion straps and securing pins
Here some pictures in unannotated sequence,
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
Have fun
 
 

Well done Tony,
 
Keep spreading the word. Buy Proxxon from Germany and deprive the rip off UK companies of their excessive profits. I do not believe that one can defend conversion of Euro retail prices to GBP plus an additional markup to arrive at the GB retail price. I would love to know how much the UK companies pay in Euros to import these items.
 
I agree with you that the standard of service is excellent. I began buying from TBS-Aachen after a UK company could not be bothered to sort out a problem with my order.
 
Mike.

Nenad guys make it right. That's very kind of you. I do not ever executed. . . .'ll Try to be nice. Would be glad if you tell my flaws. Already'd consider sharing and alerts. I wish you good model.

Blank piece of Boxwood cut out for figurehead.
 

 
Carved Eagle`s head for figurehead.
 

 

Blank piece of Boxwood cut out for figurehead.
 

 
Carved Eagle`s head for figurehead.
 

 

I'm sitting here looking at the model, and a major milestone has been reached: All frames mounted! I also mounted the model in the shipbuilding vice (Christmas give from my father) and it is fun to see something that looked sloppy while in progress look so clean and nice for a change!
 


 
The frames came out pretty well, mostly to dimension. In the photos above you can see that I put a proper length faux deck beam at frame #11, which highlights the fact that the ship is a few mm narrow in the middle. Better than having the ol' girl (or any girl! haha) be a bit wide in the waist (hahahahaha). Moving on... When I get to putting the clamps in, I'm going to make a full set of temporary deck beam "spreaders" to hold the hull to the proper shape for gluing on the clamps and also to make fairing a lot easier. 
 
 
A few other comments
-The plans call for pre-fairing the frames a bit, which I didn't do. 
-I also have not cut the bearding line/rabbit yet. I figured it would be more intuitive once the hull is faired. I'm going to build a little rabbit cutting tool, I think. Stay tuned. 
-At the stern, the notches for the frames are angled so I put little wedges in the bottom so the frames would sit properly and have a surface to be glued onto. 
 

 
-The framing jig was too low to be used for the last two frames, it hit into the rudder box area. So I used some 90 degree angle jigs to hold the last two pairs in place for gluing. Getting them in the right spot in 3-d space was tricky and basically came down to trial and error. Then removed for gluing, and again trying to get them just right before the glue set up was... not fun. If I had to do more than the two pairs this way, it would be worth it to devise some sort of repeatable jig set up. 
 

 
In conclusion, the framing was mostly uneventful, and not nearly as repetitive or dull as I'd expected. Right pleasurable, in fact. 
 
Next steps will be soaking wood for making the clamps and pre-bending to approximate shape, then sanding them to taper towards the stern. Then while that is drying making frame-spreaders (temporary deck beams, whatever they are called). Then the clamp can be attached, which I'm really looking forward to. 
 
A couple more photos where I just set the covering boards in place and taped on the transom to get a feel for the hull outline. It really is a classy boat with smooth lines. The shallow draft and high stern make it look very fast. 
 

 
Donfarr: I don't know how you keep 3 projects all going at the same time! I know if it were me I would get all the parts mixed up, and also just make a huge mess of the "shop" immediately resulting in reprimand by the Admiral. 
 

So now it’s time for the hawse holes and hawse pipes. 
 
One of the old pictures is looking straight down the hawse holes and it is taken from the top of the sampson post.  I placed a yolk at the sampson post location and used it to guide the drill.  I enlarged the holes to accept a brass tube 9” scale diameter.  After flaring the outside, the tube was cut to length and an oval washer soldered to the inside.  The last two photos show the bow sprit temporarily in place.  I have to admit there was a problem the old picture was of the Lettie after the fore deck was raised.  But my model has the fore deck lowered.  So I drilled the hole in the wrong place and had to raise it to put it into the correct location.  All good now. 
 
Next the chain plates.
 
Bob
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planking from Cerry
 

 

 
Port and Starboard Serpents carved from Boxwood
 

 

 
 mij
 
 

mij

The rudder is cut from Cherry, all other items are cut from Box.
 

 
All items fitted to the decks.

Hi Mij.
Love the little water dragons
And the ship is progressing very nicely.
 
Regards Antony.

Planking from Cerry
 

 

 
Port and Starboard Serpents carved from Boxwood
 

 

 
 mij
 
 

mij

Planking from Cerry
 

 

 
Port and Starboard Serpents carved from Boxwood
 

 

 
 mij