alde

Frames look nice so far. Sometimes I think our primary hobby is sanding with a little ship modeling thrown in now and then.

28 minutes ago, Tigersteve said:

I do very little at a time. I think sometimes it helps the quality. This plank bending takes time and is frustrating on these small boats. If you do Chuck's Pinnace kit, you get to do inboard planking too. 

Steve

I have the Pinnace kit in the closet. I may wait until I scratch build a POF 74 gun Ship of the Line first for practice though.

6 minutes ago, Tigersteve said:

Sounds about right! You are doing really well. 

Steve

Thanks Steve. It seems like a lot of these things are little life lessons. I just have to remember it's a hobby and nobody depends on me getting it done at any certain time and all the parts can be remade. It's just more practice. 

1 minute ago, Derek C said:

 wooosa.. soooo how bout another guitar lol . 

Now that's funny. It was easier in some ways.

One thing this little boat has taught me is to know when to walk away for the day. I spent more than 2 hours edge bending, shaping and trimming a single plank. I was getting to the point where it would just sit in place the whole length. I was trying to tweek the bend at the bow to lay into the rabbit nicely and the front half inch snapped off. Oh well, it will be there tomorrow

That looks mighty fine.

Nice progress so far. For a flat glueing surface I went to Lowes and picked up a 12" × 12" black marble tile. It's dead flat and less fragile than glass.

7 hours ago, rafine said:

Al, I don't really remember just how long it took, but I'm sure that it was at least two or three weeks.

 

Bob

I'm sure the kits are put together per order and not on the shelf. I'm in no hurry. I'm not really ready for it anyway. My skills are not quite there yet.

I'll try not to disappoint. How long did it take Lumberyard to ship yours? I haven't heard anything since I paid 2 weeks ago. He did mention that he was waiting to finish getting his thickness sander rebuilt.

She's coming together beautifully Bob. If mine goes half as well as yours I'll be thrilled. 

Nice clean work. She looks great.

Great way of making the ladder rungs. I love to learn how people come up with ways to use their tools.

Pretty darn amazing.

Very nice. Now the fun begins. 

I love Hawaiian Koa. I used it for the binding on my acoustic guitar build. (See thread in my signature) 

19 minutes ago, Cathead said:

Two planks a day? You must be retired, you're cruising right along! One thing I realized on my build was that the aesthetic effect was improved by ensuring that the planking on both sides of the stem lined up; it looks especially nice when each line of planking matches its opposite partner. I didn't always get it right, but it helps to keep in mind as you move forward. You're doing great so far.

Yep, I'm retired but I don't seem to get as much time working on my models as I would like. I'll keep an eye on the evenness of both sides and try to keep it as even as I can. I wish I had narrowed those second from the bottom plank's a bit more up forward but I'll make up for it as I go.

31 minutes ago, Tigersteve said:

Looks good. Don't forget to line the first couple frames and the last couple. 

Steve

Thank you. Will do. The planking fan sure makes it easy.

So far so good on the second try at planking this little hull. It's not perfect but is looking much better than the first try. I am edge bending and twisting the planks as much as possible before glueing them. They need much less clamping than before and seem to follow the lines better. It's going very slow though. Only 2 planks a day lately.

39 minutes ago, JustBlowingInTheWind said:

Just looked at the Glad Tidings Pinky. $90. Can't be passed up. That's my next ship. I don't care how many it takes, I'm going to do a hull right. Single plank.

You'll get it. We have all wasted a couple of hulls, at least I know I have. 

She looks darn nice my friend.

39 minutes ago, JustBlowingInTheWind said:

Yeah, I bought this boat because I understood it was an easy build and I want to learn planking specifically for future models.

Filler is your friend in this case but you will need to learn to spile planks for future builds. The best lesson I had was to build the hull of the Glad Tidings Pinky by Model Shipways. It has pre-spiled planks and really shows you how the planks are shaped to lay on the hull correctly. They are far from straight. Once you see how they need to be shaped you can carry it on to other models. Also, tick strips are really helpful so your planks don't get too thin at the bow. You'll get it once you see how the planks are shaped.

That looks like great workmanship. I can't wait to see you do with the hull.

I think this fits in the Naval History section. One of my other hobbies is coin collecting and thought you all might find this interesting. They are a bit scarce but not rare. Does anybody else have any ship or Navy related coins or medals to share? I have a few others I can post if anybody has an interest.

Eric, looking more closely at the photo of the life size long boat it appears that the main sheet is not even attached to the traveler. It looks like it's attached to the gunwale just aft of the ball on the tiller handle. That would also be a logical attachment point.

2 hours ago, Cathead said:

If you're thinking ahead to rigging, you might enjoy this thread I started on sail design for this kit. The short version is, when I started thinking about adding sails and really looked at the rigging setup in the kit, parts of it made no practical or functional sense. It's based on a real contemporary model, so there's a strong argument that it's correct even if it doesn't seem like it, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how the rig as given could function on a real craft, so made some changes to match my opinion on a working rig.

Eric,

Your thread is a great read. Lots of good information and something to think about. The traveler above the tiller makes perfect sense. Chuck also makes a good argument. I'll have to give it some thought and maybe do some more research on the subject. I wish the above photo was more clear but it seems to show the tiller above the traveler.