harlequin

hello from the UK....

as the great Rolling Stones would say......Paint it Black...(main yard)….notice the plans near the anchor.....that is my workshop mouse who has eaten them. He often comes out to watch me work....quite a friendly chap he is.

Airborne initiative.....comes in handy all the time.

19 hours ago, Wallace said:

That is a handy looking lathe sir. 



I extended the minicraft lathe attachment with two longer stainless steel bars. The original one does not extend to that length......it does the job reasonably well I just have to support the longer yards with my fingers as I sand or turn. 

Main yard minus the ropework.....will be painted black

a length of string wrapped around the entire frame and poop deck and a few pins which were pushed 3/4 in and later removed after the glue had set.

If I can help with anything I will be more than happy....although I started this in 2013 so probably forgotten what I did....

peveka…..I added the metal gunports……….they were NOT in the kit.....there was a reason i used them because of how the build was going.

Main yard being turned on my minicraft lathe.....

a complete mess of a worktop you mean?.....I am not the tidiest of workers but I get by.....must have a tidy up today...

not posted many pics of Bellona's progress lately so here are a few...…….I think she looks like a ship...…….masts have not yet been fixed.

Mizzen mast

work on the masts is now in full swing....plenty of work needed yet but setting a good pace.

On ‎2‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 10:32 PM, peveka said:

I have been following and admiring your project for quite a while now and she really is a beauty! I can't wait to start working on my own Bellona, if only she would arrive ...

 

Cheers

 

Pieter 

has it arrived yet?

bowsprit underway.

Bellona is beginning to look like a ship.

Progress on the fore and mizzen mast tops.

fabulous work......and the poor mans lathe has always worked fine for me too.

Well Bellona,.....your hull is complete. It has been a long journey old friend and just a coat of varnish to bring out your natural beauty. We nearly didn't make it this far and still a way to go yet before all your charms are revealed.

You have tested my resolve on many occasions and you do not know how close I came to turning you into pulp, but we have made it this far....the journey continues.

After nearly six years, apart from a few bits to be added whilst rigging, the hull is complete. I have added the lanterns and lots of eyebolts and now for the masts and yards.

magnificent.

hi bill24.....happy new year by the way.

Rugby.....my ultimate passion....my daughter got into the England U18s team a few years ago but doesn't play anymore....I just adore this most supreme of sports. It cost me a lot of teeth when I played and several expensive visits to my dentist but I would relive those days in a heartbeat.

On ‎1‎/‎31‎/‎2019 at 11:18 AM, bill24 said:

excellent work Harlequin, I have just re started with my build on the Bellona, will post pictures later, still struggling with the quarter galleys at the moment.

You have set a very high bar for the build standard.

 

 

Cheers Bill24.....yes post some pics and if I can help I will.....the quarter galleys I think I pretty much followed the corel instructions, it is such a long time ago now. I like you have seen many months between when I worked on Bellona and when I didn't to the point that I very nearly scrapped her altogether. I had reached a point with her that I couldn't get passed. I don't know what happened but I think I had a few days off work when I just got my head down and decided this was her last hurrah, if I didn't like what was happening that was it. Thankfully I kept going to the point where I think she looks ok....the hull is virtually completed and I am in a happy place with her.

not done a great deal on Bellona today....and tomorrow is the start of the six nations rugby so probably not much more will be done. The carronades need final fitting but the deck cannons are now in place.