themadchemist

Quite a few changes in the channel deadeye placement, as well as chainplate nailing angle. Much better arrangement then from the instructions.

I really love the colour of this ship. I really like that last full length photo from above. Nice camera angle.

Looking Good, she's really taking shape with the adding of fixtures on deck, you'll be shaping masts before you know it. Nice work!

28 years in sept here. Last apr 16 was the anniversary of our first date, 31 years. High school sweethearts.

The 40'er 5th wheel would be nice to have now. Its amazing how nice RV's have become since I was a kid.

Personally, Tam and I still use a tent. Old school for us, but then we camp, which is different completely.

Don't ask me on the rigging but it looks like you mastered the mast finally. Nice work, now she starts to grow

All I can say about those bitsy catheads is......There, their, they're

and you had to make only two to, too many even at that small number.

For, if Four were needed in the Fore-deck, you'd still be making them. AHAHAHAHahhhhaaa

I agree in the MS kits. I rellay like their Conny kit, but your right about the rigging. Just keep telling your self...1 step at a time.

How'd that old christmas cartoon go -  put one foot in front of the other, and soon you'll be running conny rigging....

...or something like that.

Nice work JPett.

I hate to say this but I give you a week and you'll be missing planking, maybe 2 weeks. When you lay that last plank you think THANK GOODNESS! but then for me the rhythm of planking was missed very soon after.

Beautiful job, It just shows what patience and help from MSW can do.  

Happy Birthday, Anja,

a day late as usual for me.

Enjoy that trip and glad you had a nice night out.

Nice work as usual.

...and the only mistake is the one we don't fix.

I always told my students "I thought I was wrong once,...but I was mistaken.....

Great video Anja.

Its funny that with all our technology that they are using oakum and pitch to caulk the decks. Very Cool!

If this is designed similar to the Swift pilot boat it has single piece bulwarks and they start below the deck line. I planked before decking for the reason mentioned by pete. but I dont think it matters what order you do it. There are lots of nailing options, I like the one using a 0.5,, mechanical pencil and sandded graphite to imprint the cirlces that simulate the nail plugs. Can't remember who's build it was in though.

Its good to see AL add colour photos to their kits, even if they are jacked up. AL is notorious for BAD instructions. MSW is your best source for info. this looks alot like the Swift virigina pilot boat and there are several logs on it, i'm not sure on this kit though, although seems I seen some being build.

Looking good, can't wait to see planking.

So with the twins done (did you finish the Phylly C's ski's?), and the AmericA close and the goth next that only leaves The USS US and the trawler (i cant wait to see this one more) but can popeye only have 3 builds going at a time. Thats kinda like how many licks does it take to get the the center of a tootsie pop. 3 is way under the true number I suspect.

So I'm lost or just mad, probably both actually. Why is the Rat in the closet. Is this your way of giving it a time out?

I've used the PVA and sand technique also, I used it on the keel/stem post scarf joint with cherry to help fill my poor cutting/shaping skills and it worked quite well even with this hard wood. I typically clean with H₂O, is there a benefit to alcohol, and do you use isopropyl or ethanol? 

So the last planks are in and no pictures, Is it still serving time in the closet for being bad?

Can't wait to see her in all her glory.

I too found it interesting how the twisted section in the stern required a thinning/narrrowing of the planks and then a flairing at the stern post. You should label your 8 steps as the Zen of planking, I found nearly every step true with my Swift planking. Especially the importance of soaking and allowing them to dry on the hull, Sometime multiple times to get the curvature/twist just right. Oh I was going to ask what you used for plank narrowing. I found the small HF block plane invaluable in doing this for roughing in the shape, then lots of sanding.

So until we have photographic evidence that the plankings comolete, I guess we'll patiently wait, just like waiting for a plank to dry.

Also here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Spanish_Armada

this show 2 the São Francisco (Florencia or Galleon of Florence). (52 guns) under the 12 ship Squadron of Portugal

and San Francisco (21 guns) under the Squadron of Andalusia

The AL kit is a representation of a galleon circa 1588, all other resemblances are probably coincidence. Basically history only gives us so much, so we make up the rest.

Southern IL was hit extremely hard by the family farm meltdown. I knew families personally the were helped financially from Willie's Farm Aid. I my book Willie is my kinda person. Your lucky to have met and worked with him.

Here something that may be of interest

http://www.modelshipbuilder.com/page.php?6

As far as I know the San Francisco was part of the Spanish Armada of 1588

This is starting to sound like Thelma and Louise, or would Salingers lemmings be a more appropriate analogy.

We'll show that cliff whose boss, game face time 

BTW, aren't lemmings rodents. what is it with Andy and rodents... first groundhound/woodchucks, then the Somerset Wabbit Webellion.....hum

make it a BIG RV with an expandable hobby room

Mom and dad have a Huge RV with 2 expandable rooms. The queen size bedroom and living room. Its bigger then Tam and my first place.

I suggest that you celebrate the completion of the Conny and the placing the keel of the Morgan by taking the Admiral out for a nice nights celebration. Her choice. If your admirals like my, she's worth taking care of and spoiling.

Tammy's very supportive of my hobby, but then she's seen my disablity suck the life out of me and also watched the life that ship building has regiven me. We see it as therapy. There's just something about having something done at the end of the day that gives life meaning, for me. Even if it one little stern post, like last night. This hobby and the community at MSW has done that for me.

I really wish you hadn't shown me that camel kit, I can't quit thinking about it. Something about that kit I just REALLY like. The detail just is amazing. If ME drops it below 150 its mine .

I'm looking forward to this one, how many ships boat does she have? is it 6? Even though I don't like the idea of whaling, Its a part of our history and the man that whaled had to be some of the bravest soul ever to live. Talk about the worlds deadliest catch. I wonder what the mortality rate of a whaler was back in the day.

Hey ortho,

I just fit my stern post so the keels nearly done and its up if you want to see how it all fits. of course this is the first dry fit. I still need to do quite a bit of hull shaping long the keel line. I'm attempting to have a 0.5mm fake rabbet at the bearding line so the second planking transition is nice an smooth and looks fit into the keel.

@rman, you should start a log. Join the Swift builders. 

I too found its best to glue the centerline, then glue frame by frame. I also used brute force but used CA. I prefer using PVA glue and love orthos method of holding the deck to the frames. If I were doing it again thats what I'd do. You'll find the Swift is a hard little bugger to clamp due to it curvature, but I love its compound curved deck.

Hey Mario, so are you putting all the mortise and tenon with pegs in the planking, LOL.

This video is great, someone (was it you) posted it somewhere

I'll love seeing your progress on that one....and this one is a classic, but also a working boat at the same time, as it was most likely a fishing boat most of its life.

I agree Bob, your progress looks all forward to me. So what happened to the midwest kit? Poor thing, probably sitting in a box all dejected

I don't like that rope binding either, but haven't decided how to change it yet though, on the Dinghy.

Of course mines still in the box.

So if you hurry and get a log up on the Dinghy, I can steal all your good ideas?

Welcome to the SF club.

I just found a SF 1 on ebay, hopefully it arrives today.

Your decking looks good.

Do you have any more details on the coloured pencil technique, it a very nice detail.

Yea, its sad that cameras weren't very common and new tech way back then. It would be great to have bunches of pictures of these older vessels.

That last few times we've been to kentucky (Tams dad lives there), they have been dredging the Ohio. I love going over the bridges and seeing the river work.

Oh I dont know if I mentioned it but I really like that herringbone decking. What and interesting and beautiful way to deck. I've always loved that interlocked pattern.