Kevin

good evening everyone,

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day 21 1st planking port side complete

i needed to fair the parts 29 on the stern post, so i then continued with a rough grit sanding pad and gave the hull a once over, i was real happy with how it turned out, no where ready for the top coat though

i am about an hours work from completing the stbd side, will try and finish that tomorrow, but the boi is in for an operation at the vets, so i might be to stressy for that

good evening everyone

day 20 1st planking

the bow is 1st planked, - absolutely nothing special, but will serve as a good foundation for the 2nd layer, i look forward to many hours of sanding before that happens

the stern will be completed in the next day or so

good evening everyone

Day 18 1st planking

as soon as i left the make up of the hull, i have had to start thinking about things, and this has resulted in some redo's, lol no matter how much fairing you do, there is always more

anyway the hull is is about 50% done and although bit messy in places, i have a sound basis  to work on

and yes i am still missing one part number 29 stern post filler, and the one fitted need working on

9 minutes ago, Morten said:

Exelent work on a exelent kit. 

thank you. we look forward to seeing your build soon

7 hours ago, Malcolm Greig said:

Kevin

 

Excellent build log, thanks for posting, very interested and I'll will be great to tag along and follow your progress.

 

regards

 

Malcolm 

everyone is welcome to follow my trials and tribulations of wooden ship building

well im glad you sorted the deck issue out

41 minutes ago, HardeeHarHar said:

Are you using nails only when you need them?  Also, did you leave all the char on and remove it once the keel and its parts were complete?  I have the Sphinx on my table and am watching your build with great interest 😃

i use nails all the time and then remove them after the glue has set, the only char removed so far has been for fairing of the hull

18 minutes ago, Glenn-UK said:

Hello Kevin

I have just noticed, when looking at your build log, that you do not seem to have added the two stern filler parts 29 to either side of the keel under bulkhead 18, as per build steps 82 and 83.

 

Glenn-UK

they are in now, about an hour ago, thank you for keeping me in check

stunning build, love it, may i ask what colour red are you using,

26 minutes ago, James H said:

Those planks look great as they go under the tuck. 

Thank you James

57 minutes ago, Glenn-UK said:

The planking is looking great. 

ty glenn, it did take me a good few hours to get them right, and only then after cutting back the first two under the template and re faing the stern

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day 16 1st planking

port and stbd side templates fitted

stern tuck, caused me some aggro fot a couple of hours, so the fixed planks were cut back and the stern was re faired allowing the 3rd plank to twist and turn

lovely to catch up on your log, stunning work

Good evening everyone

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Day 14 port side Gun port templates fitted

well i never expected to be at this stage after 2 weeks, but here i am, and loving it, and i have not had any issues to criticize the build, or instructions, 

after the hull fairing i test fitted the gun port templets, no other sanding was required

the bottom of fwd template forms where the first run of planking under it goes, so a pencil line is drawn, the rest of the plank aligns along the top of the port sill , at this point the template can be removed

first plank

2nd plank

the after template fits on the top of the 1st plank and lined up with the top right corner of the last gunport, instructions need to be read to be aware of where the glue is applied, as a section of the framework has to be removed at a later date

a templete fits between and the area over the ports is covered, using limewood

rough opening of the gun ports when the glue has dried

Looking Great BE

1 hour ago, Glenn-UK said:

I need a new palm sander also.

I have noticed that you have not removed the upper and lower gunport strips from the quarterdeck doorway. Is there any reason for this?

 

The fairing looks good, so the planking should not be a problem for you.

ooops on the door way, im sure a couple others things are still needing attention, and when i got back in i found that i had forgotten to put the bracing beams inn thats how strong this build is

good evening every one

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day 13 hull faired

the weather here has been pants recently, with snow and rain, so i have been doing some smaller projects on the build, but i will post photos later on in the build as I would  like to keep this log in some sort of order, (never achieved that before)

the deck has been sanded and varnished with a water based varnish @50/50

to day a few days delay the hull went outside to be sanded, brilliant, oh thats getting hot fizzle bang me mouse blew up

anyway an trip to Wickes (other palm sanding tool outlets are available0

this is what i have now

great update James

2 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said:

Kevin, Any plans to continue on Enterprize? Your progress to this point is great, the development of the lower decks is very nice. 

ty but my skill levels are not to the standard to achieve the results i would like

stunning work

very nice indeed

8 hours ago, Nearshore said:

Very nice work! Look forward to seeing the progress. 

i tend to post quite often

10 hours ago, Morten said:

I really Love this build log. My Indefatigable is in My hobby rom. Have to finnish the rigging of HMS Speedy first

looking forward to yours along with others, will be nice to see more indy's than Victory's in build

9 hours ago, James H said:

The deck looks real nice. I do like that material. Nice clean job too.

thank you James, much appreciated

5 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

 

Always good to finish the deck planking, nice job Kevin.👍

Did you find the strip planking followed the  printed layout, or did it start to run off the further you got across the deck?

Did you find the printed pattern a help or hindrance?

 

Cheers,

 

B.E.

 

 

 

 

 

 

the pattern was a great help, for the placement of the butts, i never tapered the planks, so it did run off, im happy with the result however

good evening everyone

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day 10 lower deck planking complete

let the sanding begin