Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale

[donrobinson]

Good Morning All, Thanks to all who have visited, for the likes and the gracious comments. Much appreciated.

 Not a heck of a lot going on but having fun doing it, just a few pictures showing what';s going on:

 

The windless with it's poles(is there a proper name for these?)

 

The next few pictures are showing the process I used to make some demizanas

 

 

This one is showing the tools I used

 

This is showing what I have been mainly busy at this week, making shooter glasses. Normally I wouldn't show this but being we are drinking rum out of these so I thought it was a little nautical. It is a 60th birthday party with a Jamaican theme, hence the colors and Appeltons rum.

 

 

Here is the final demizanas, the small one still needs some refinement. They are about 30 and 10 mm tall.

 

 

And to end with, I have the port side deck rail installed and the top timbers re-installed. Now onto the starboard side

 

 

Thanks again for stopping in and have a Good One

[Seventynet]

Looking very sweet Don. Clean and crisp. Thanks for showing us how you made the demizanas. Maybe you're hiding the rum in that?  

 

Ian

[mikiek]

What an interesting way to rail the bow & stern, vertical sticks. Your windlass poles - looks like they might be stained? If yes, what was the wood and stain color?

 

Good to see some progress again!

[donrobinson]

Thanks Ian, the crew was very happy to see them all come on board(6 large and 6 small), so I'm guessing it is something more than olive oil inside them  

[donrobinson]

Hi Mike, Thanks for stooping in. The poles are walnut with just wop applied

[donrobinson]

Thanks Zoltan, I will keep you in mind when it comes time to open these

[mrshanks]

Modeling with spirit(s).  Well done!!

[donrobinson]

Thanks Mike. How is your new shop coming?

[Pierretessier]

Coming along nicely Don, love the mill work.

[KenW]

What kind of lathe are you using?  It looks like it is more than just your dremmel, yet it can deal with small pieces of wood.

Excellent work on the model.

 

[donrobinson]

hey Ken,  Thanks for stopping in. I use the Sherline lathe, and in this case just rasps, files and sandpaper to do the shaping 

[donrobinson]

Well it's been a month and I don't have much to show for it. Thanks to all for stopping in, for your likes and great comments. I bought an android box for my TV and have been wasting too much time watching that, great device but be careful!!. Here are some pictures of what little I have accomplished:
These are the completed demizanas and their rack

 

 

This is a before and after shot of the pedestals for the new stand I built. These are some sort of pistons that my favourite son-in-law(my only one) gave to me. I just turned them on the lathe to clean them up and size them, nothing to technical here.

 

Milling the slot for the keel, this is a piece of rosewood

 

This is all the pieces, the base is cherry. I drilled out the brass pedestals and epoxied some 1/8" brass pins in

 

And here it is assembled with four coats of poly. The brass pedestals were given two coats of spray lacquer 

 

These two pictures are showing the railing installed and the demizanas/rack installed

 

Here is a shot of one of the supporting posts down in the hold, complete with dust. lol

 

And this is how she looks this morning

 

Next up are some breast plates(I think that's what they are called) at the bow and stern then a top rail at the stern. Sorry no bow shots, there is some re-contruction going on that I am really not too proud of

Thanks for stopping in and enjoy your day

[Seventynet]

That looks really sweet Don!

ian

[Pierretessier]

'She is looking sweet indeed. 

[donrobinson]

Ian and Pierre, Thanks for your comments very much appreciated

[donrobinson]

Thanks Lawrence, great of you to stop by

[mrshanks]

Masterful Don!  Can't wait to see your breasts!!

 

PS:  my shop is finished!!

[donrobinson]

Hhahahahahaha Mike, You got me laughing on that one. I may need to have a cocktail(drink) to calm down. Good news about the shop, now to get it set up and back to some hobbies!

[donrobinson]

Good Morning All, Thanks to everyone for stopping in, for your likes and comments. This a new one for me, two updates in a week, but without my vehicle(another story) shipyard time has increased. I have completed the back rails which I will show in my next post as they aren't attached yet and will complete the breast hooks today as Mike is on edge waiting to see them. For now I have nailed the companion way and made some cleats from rosewood.

 

Here I am showing how I mask it to try and get a relatively straight line.

 

Here are a couple of shots showing holes drilled and nails in place. I used .4 mm nylon fishing line. First side I cut these off using flush cutters then sanded smooth, this side I used a sharp blade to cut off then sanded. The blade worked much better and very little sanding was required, just enough to remove excess glue. Should be noted the companion way had several coats of poly on it to prevent any stains from the ca glue.

 

 Here are the results, I think the .4 mm fishing line is the right scale and looks good. With a little more practice I may do a deck someday. I also found some light brown .3 mm fishing line that I may do a test section on my Pegasus with. 

 

Here I'm just showing the steps of making cleats. As you can see they are fairly large about 10 mm so they were fairly easy to make, that's one of the beauties of working at this scale.  The first one is after rough shaping on the Byrnes disc sander and the middle one is after some fine tuning with riffler file the cleat on the right is the kit supplied one. I would not normally spend twenty minutes making a cleat but I only need two so I thought what the heck. As you can see I have two extra ones that I am willing to offer to members here before I list them on ebay 

 

Here I'm rough shaping it on the disc sander.The thing off to the right in the picture is a crepe block used to clean the sanding disc, this helps prolong the life of your disc or belt if you have a thickness sander. You can get these at Lee Valley they are cheap and last forever.

 Thanks once more for stopping in and have a good one.

 

[Rossi46]

Great build, and beautiful stand.

[donrobinson]

Thanks Ross, much appreciated

[Eddie]

Hey howya goin Don, love the way you did the stand and the ship is coming along beautifully.

[donrobinson]

Hello Eddie, Thanks so much for stopping in and for the compliment 

[Blue Ensign]

Fine Companionway you have made there Don.

B.E.

[Blighty]

Oh dear! I have a long way to go, awesome precision, an excellent example on how to do it right.

 

Len

 

[donrobinson]

Thanks B.E. and Blighty, I appreciate you guys stopping in

[donrobinson]

Good morning all, Thanks to all those who have stopped by, left likes and/or comments.

 Just a small update. Some progress such as nailing the main rail(with .4 nylon fishing line) was a bit of a waste of time. I was so happy with the results on the companion way I thought I would do more of it not realising it would be lost in the dark grain of the walnut. Although it may look like what a house fly may have left behind the nails can be seen(if you really look close) on some of the close ups. Breast hooks, knightheads and the aft rail were also completed, I replaced the kit supplied walnut with rosewood for these. Another detail that is hard to notice is the rope used to tie the hatch lids together. I finally put my Syren serving machine together and decided to serve some line for the first time and give it a try. The line served is just normal sewing thread and I used the same thread for the serving, the final rope measures approximately .5 mm and again you have to look real close. 

 

An eye was seized in one end of rope then the other end pulled through and tied off with a couple of half hitches 

 

Take Care and Thanks for stopping in.

[Elijah]

Your boat is looking very nice! The rope work looks very realistic. 

[Pierretessier]

12 minutes ago, Elijah said:

Your boat is looking very nice! The rope work looks very realistic. 

Yes looking real good. Question Don, is that the rope that comes with the kit?

[Seventynet]

You're going to be sorry to finish this labour of love Don. Thanks for posting these pictures of your beautiful work.

 

Ian