Kevin

good afternoon everyone
 
God - i wish i could paint, lol - i try so hard to make all my work presentable- and then spoil it with a paint brush
 
Anyway - the panels between the stern windows are complete,
The holes in the top left and right are for my stern davits for one of the ships boats, these are 3mm square wood stock, any bigger and it will interfere with the edge scrolling.this size is smaller than the cat heads - so i am not sure if it will look to small and be out of scale
 

good afternoon everyone
 
God - i wish i could paint, lol - i try so hard to make all my work presentable- and then spoil it with a paint brush
 
Anyway - the panels between the stern windows are complete,
The holes in the top left and right are for my stern davits for one of the ships boats, these are 3mm square wood stock, any bigger and it will interfere with the edge scrolling.this size is smaller than the cat heads - so i am not sure if it will look to small and be out of scale
 

Chris - the last couple of posts between you and Wilz are the reasons why this ship will be a sucess- 
that's because you are prepared to listen and and adjust, for that alone i am very thankful

Chris - the last couple of posts between you and Wilz are the reasons why this ship will be a sucess- 
that's because you are prepared to listen and and adjust, for that alone i am very thankful

Chris - the last couple of posts between you and Wilz are the reasons why this ship will be a sucess- 
that's because you are prepared to listen and and adjust, for that alone i am very thankful

Chris - the last couple of posts between you and Wilz are the reasons why this ship will be a sucess- 
that's because you are prepared to listen and and adjust, for that alone i am very thankful

Chris - the last couple of posts between you and Wilz are the reasons why this ship will be a sucess- 
that's because you are prepared to listen and and adjust, for that alone i am very thankful

Chris - the last couple of posts between you and Wilz are the reasons why this ship will be a sucess- 
that's because you are prepared to listen and and adjust, for that alone i am very thankful

Paul,
 
I have to admit I'm not really into this period, although I find these big ships impressive. Certainly the German battleships of the Second World War were beautiful to look at, and I seem to remember reading that the crews of the RN ships which sank the Bismarck, for instance, as being first saddened by the number of German seamen that perished – and second,  by the fact that they had to destroy such a beautiful ship.
 
I'm glad you have to begin again (!) – so that I can follow your build from the beginning.

good evening everyone
 
no build time at all this weekend, boooooooooooooo, so before member dietcoke23 tells me off for pointless posts i have a question, or two
 
when did HMS victory stop having extreme after davits, i would like to display my ships boats there, and would the measurements for these be about the same as for the cat heads
 
my reasoning for this is - as i intend to set every sail, i doubt the skid rails would be seen
 
 
These are not my photo's

Thats fabulous news for a grand old lady's future.
 
Norman

dont give up, 
a decent pair of pliers with some tape on the ends so as to not mark the brass rod, a a bit of practice, it will work - honest

todays update 
 
Window sill on the stern and 1/4 galleries
 
after trying to bend the brass profile under the catheads, i decided to try another approach on the stern and try styrene
using 0.5mm x 2mm i have paced one strip horizontal and the 2nd at 90 deg to it, i think for a 1st attempt i might just get away with it
still very much work i progress - after all its me - and will need to redo a couple of times before i relise the fist attempt was best
 
this what i am trying to achieve

 

todays update 
 
Window sill on the stern and 1/4 galleries
 
after trying to bend the brass profile under the catheads, i decided to try another approach on the stern and try styrene
using 0.5mm x 2mm i have paced one strip horizontal and the 2nd at 90 deg to it, i think for a 1st attempt i might just get away with it
still very much work i progress - after all its me - and will need to redo a couple of times before i relise the fist attempt was best
 
this what i am trying to achieve

 

OK, I shall not report your 'day off' to the authorities.  Why?  Because of that exquisite job on the stern.  It might please you......but it absolutely delights me.
 
Congrats also on the 23 Kg.  I have an extra 10 Kg.  I can ship over if you need them  

hello everyone
 
I have been quiet on MSW this week, RL and work getting in the way, took day off work just to get on with the build, 
 
the stern is taking quite a lot of time to get right, no visit from Murphy to mess it up either, he paid me a visit at the week-end on the last chain plate channel
 
did not realise the problem until 1/2 way through fitting the chain plates themselves  found out it was far to low, approx 5mm
 
the Spanish inquisition i carried out revealed i had been measuring from the wale on the plans, but transferred the distance from the painted black band on the build,  

Hello all y'all shipwrights,
 
There are festivities at the Flying Dutchman's shipyard!!  The entire hull of the O 19 is now closed in with the base planking!  I put on a CD with the Mariniers Kapel and poured myself a good Belgian beer, Trapist  
I also smeared wood putty over the hull and sanded it down.  I like that word, smear, reminds of the Dutch word "smeren."      Is better then spreading, that's so proper.
I'm still nit-picking at at several locations but overall she looks quite good and even to me.  The biggest problem I found is that there is too much spacing between several bulkheads and the thin planking has a tendency to sag a little in between.  The foam was not much help and in retrospect I should have made more bulkheads.  However, the sag is VERY minor, estimated at a cat's whisker.  It didn't take much filler to bring the hull to proper contour.
 
I'm now almost ready to glue the thin Dacron cloth to the hull with epoxy resin and then correct any imperfections with either bondo or acrylic paste.  I don't like bondo that much, it has a rather short short shelf life once mixed with the hardener.. The acrylic paste takes a lot longer to cure and is nice and pliable.  I used that stuff in painting pictures with acrylic paints.  The artists among yuns understand what I'm talking about.
 
I couldn't help myself in drawing the outline of the deck on top of the hull.  I'm also looking for a drawing or photos of the little sloop that was stowed blow deck aft of the con.  I only have two photos of that thing but it's difficult to use for a model of it.  
 
Next step is drawing up the deck structure frames.  This time I'm going to make enough frames but i'm using 1 mm plywood for the covering that should be rigid enough, I hope.
 
Okay, here are a few pics of the current status.
 

3/4 starboard side view of closed hull with some of the sanded down wood filler.  As mentioned above, the final finishing will be done after the Dacron cloth is put on and before gluing the fake steel plates made from paper.
 

A view from the stern.
 

A view 3/4 from the bow.
 

The prelim lines of the deck and conning tower location.
 
Cheers, 

hello everyone
 
I have been quiet on MSW this week, RL and work getting in the way, took day off work just to get on with the build, 
 
the stern is taking quite a lot of time to get right, no visit from Murphy to mess it up either, he paid me a visit at the week-end on the last chain plate channel
 
did not realise the problem until 1/2 way through fitting the chain plates themselves  found out it was far to low, approx 5mm
 
the Spanish inquisition i carried out revealed i had been measuring from the wale on the plans, but transferred the distance from the painted black band on the build,  

hello everyone
 
I have been quiet on MSW this week, RL and work getting in the way, took day off work just to get on with the build, 
 
the stern is taking quite a lot of time to get right, no visit from Murphy to mess it up either, he paid me a visit at the week-end on the last chain plate channel
 
did not realise the problem until 1/2 way through fitting the chain plates themselves  found out it was far to low, approx 5mm
 
the Spanish inquisition i carried out revealed i had been measuring from the wale on the plans, but transferred the distance from the painted black band on the build,  

hello everyone
 
I have been quiet on MSW this week, RL and work getting in the way, took day off work just to get on with the build, 
 
the stern is taking quite a lot of time to get right, no visit from Murphy to mess it up either, he paid me a visit at the week-end on the last chain plate channel
 
did not realise the problem until 1/2 way through fitting the chain plates themselves  found out it was far to low, approx 5mm
 
the Spanish inquisition i carried out revealed i had been measuring from the wale on the plans, but transferred the distance from the painted black band on the build,  

hello everyone
 
I have been quiet on MSW this week, RL and work getting in the way, took day off work just to get on with the build, 
 
the stern is taking quite a lot of time to get right, no visit from Murphy to mess it up either, he paid me a visit at the week-end on the last chain plate channel
 
did not realise the problem until 1/2 way through fitting the chain plates themselves  found out it was far to low, approx 5mm
 
the Spanish inquisition i carried out revealed i had been measuring from the wale on the plans, but transferred the distance from the painted black band on the build,  

Looking good, Kevin.  How many finger nails did you pull before confessing your sins?????

Kevin,
 
Your stern is looking very good, real crisp and clean.  Glad you got your flag locker inserts so quickly from Jotika.  I finally got my missing Tanganyika deck strips the other day.  I asked Jotika for them at the end of January.  3 1/2 months!
 
Keep up the great work.  Nice job on the deck too!
 
Patrick

May 15
 
 
 
1673
British fleet under Cptn. Richard Munden re-capture the Island of St. Helena.
1759
John Jervis (later Earl St. Vincent) promoted Commander into HMS Scorpion (14).
1771
Midshipman Horatio Nelson transfers to the Triumph (74).
1797
Spithead Mutiny ends 
1804
HMS Cruizer (18), John Hancock, HMS Rattler (16), Francis Mason, HMSPenelope (36), Cptn. W. R. Broughton, HMS Antelope (50), Commodore Sir Sidney Smith, and HMS Aimable (32), Cptn William Bolton, engaged Flushing flotilla of 59 vessels (2 praams, 19 schooners and 38 schuyts) off Blankenberg.
1806
HMS Juno (32), Capt. H. Richardson, supported a Neopolitan sortie from Gaeta.
1809
Boats of HMS Tartar (32), Cptn. Jos. Baker, drove ashore and captured a Danish privateer (4) near Felixberg on the coast of Courland.
HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. Henry Duncan, bombarded Rotti.
1813
HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, bombarded Karlebago and destroyed the fort and other defences.
1828
HMS Parthian (10), George Hotham, wrecked near Marabout Island, Egypt.

nice to see you both back, even the post counter has had a break