Batelina by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:10

[donrobinson]

Hello all and welcome to my build log of the Batelina by MarisStella. I have just completed this kit that I started about 2 1/2 weeks ago and I will now show you the complete build. I decided to hold back on a log thinking it would save some time as I went along, and to give a complete log in a couple of days.

 I took on this build after seeing it being built in MarisStella's log here on MSW, and as all my other builds are months if not years from completion I wanted a "completion" in a short time so the Batelina fit that bill.

 If you are looking for a real bang for your buck this little kit has it all, the materials are excellent and the skills needed to complete her are far from the beginners level. She is a great little kit to practice your planking skills on and short of rigging and cannons has pretty much all the challenges of a full size ship just at a different level.

 The past couple of weeks have been a lot of fun building her and I have defiantly not only learned new skills but have also honed other ones. 

 I think anyone needing a break from the more complex builds in your life and looking for something on the lighter side this kit is your ticket. And, no, I am not a sales rep for MarisStella  

 The kit comes with walnut planks to complete the boat and although they were perfectly fine to use I decided to do a little changing and used cherry wood on some parts, and I also added some little extras( I think just to further stall from going to my other builds)

 

 

 

The contents picture is missing a couple of bundles of planks which I missed putting in picture

 

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  I am not sure why all these pictures turned out blue as they were taken outside. Test fitting the frames and transferring rabbet line to port side.

 

 

My daughter and granddaughter were not near as excited about boat building as me....???? go figure  

 

 

 

Edited September 11, 2016 by donrobinson

[donrobinson]

 

Squaring frames and fairing, only one frame needed minor adjustments, and adding support strips

 

 

 

Support strips added now planking frames and bulkheads

 

 

 The first of the changes of wood, here I am using cherry for the bottom. It is a flat bottomed boat. looks good and a real treat from the normal planking. I actually finished this and still wanted to do more, how often do you feel like that? Normally it is burn out and you are looking for a drink...........ok no burn out but I still had a drink .

 

 That's it for now I need to go outside to plant and cut grass. No the grass doesn't grow that fast, planting grass in garden area then it's cutting the existing 6 acres of grass. It's not that bad, I have a zero turn lawnmower that helps it go faster. The only problem is you need both hands to operate the lawnmower so no smoking or drinking, so for the next 4 hours I'll be health conscious.  

 More to come soon 

[Seventynet]

That looks very cool Don. I really like the cherry for a change. Did you mill it yourself? And what the heck is that black stuff on the paint stick?

 

Regards, Ian

[donrobinson]

Thanks Ian, yes the wood I milled myself and the black stuff(lol) is sandpaper #30 real coarse but takes those edges down very fast

[John Allen]

Don,  

 

Looks great looking good forward to more.

 

By the way  astro turf comes in green, no water, no weeding, no mowing and the cherry on the cake it stays green all year.

[donrobinson]

Thanks John, astro turf would be nice somedays but for the most part I enjoy cutting the grass. This time of year when I have to put the bagger on the lawnmower to pick up all the leaves is kind of a pain though.

[mrshanks]

Hi Don.  We are moving into our new house and all my modeling tools are packed away.  I will just have to follow your build to keep my sanity!!

[DocBlake]

Nice, Don.  I love the cherry. also.  This looks like a nice little kit in a great, large scale. 

[cobra1951]

Nice looking kit, with an interesting and nice shape to it

Edited September 9, 2016 by Cobr@

[riverboat]

Nice little build there Don.... looks like a winner!!

 

Frank

[donrobinson]

Hey Mike, moving and tools packed away.....I would normally say to come up here for awhile but you mentioned something about keeping your sanity so I'm not so sure it would work out   . Thanks for dropping by

[donrobinson]

Hi Dave, I'm really starting to like this cherry I thought of using Swiss pear but being a cheap Canadian cherry won out. Yes, this scale is awesome. I'm trying to do a few little extras, Thanks.

[donrobinson]

Hello Bob, Thanks for dropping in. She really has a nice shape, simple but still has her complexities. Wow, that was a big word for me!!!

[donrobinson]

Haha John, you have me smiling with the grass comment. Trust me, you come waaaaay up here I'll let you cut the grass and you'll love it too. And yes she is a interesting and fun little build.

[donrobinson]

Hi Frank, I always get such great pleasure when you stop by. Thanks so much

[donrobinson]

 

 

 Ok, second instalment and not quite in order but anyways. These show the forming of the top gallant rails on these ones I soaked the planks first then clamped them in the form and blew dry them with a hair dryer waited until cool then laminated them together together and put back in form. If you notice in last picture there is a lot of tweaking to do to make them fit and now with two planks laminated together this was all but impossible. So..............I gently placed them in the garbage. The next round, sorry no pictures but almost same process, I edge bent one plank then installed it on the boat, bent next one THEN laminated them together while on the boat, worked real good. Lesson learned.

 So Mike if you are reading this is where my sanity level is  

 

 

 

 

[donrobinson]

Clicked wrong button at the wrong time, don't want to miss this oratory. Just showing the start of planking, the making of the seat and the first little bash an anchor. And John, that is just a small portion of the grass that you can cut

[donrobinson]

 

Here I am showing the grating, the seat supports and the making of the oars. The only changes here was to add the cherry strips to the oars the seat and I also made the seat supports. The ones you will never see but what the heck

[donrobinson]

 

Alright here is the last little bit for tonight, the making of the knightsheads, planking the bow and how I measure the planks. Then finally how she looks before the "final touches" which I will show tomorrow. 

 

 Have A good Night

[Seventynet]

Beautiful boat, fantastic job Don. It's hard to keep up with you!

 

Ian

[WackoWolf]

Excellent, enjoy the color of the wood, detail is wonderful. Keep the post and pictures coming. 

[DocBlake]

Great job, Don.  I really like the lines of this boat!

[donrobinson]

First up is Thanks Ian, Joe and Dave for your comments and Thanks to all for your likes

 

Well she is done and I can say I am impressed with the outcome.

 Towards the end of the build I was getting a lot of childhood memories of fishing at the river and the many trips I had made. It is with these memories I made the fishing poles as these are exactly what I used.

The first trip to the river every year you rode your bike with pockets full of line and hooks to the river. Upon arrival the next thing was to find a river willow branch to use as a pole, tie your line to it, wrap it around the branch add a hook and bobber and you were ready to fish. It was in reality the most primitive level of fly fishing you could imagine. Trying to cast the line, hook and bobber into the water without snagging trees, friends or anything else within a thirty foot radius was beyond challenging. Heck we had hook pierced ears and lips before it was cool.

 It was always my dream to have a little boat to get my hook to that “special” spot in the river, where it was impossible to get to from the shore. And with the Batelina being 4 meters long she would have been a virtual yacht in my eyes. Along with this thought was to have something to hold your poles while laying back and dreaming of something even bigger and better. Bigger and better really meant to have a real lure and not just a single hook with a worm on it, so I made a couple of those for my poles also.

 What you are looking at is what my childhood dream would have been. I mean really can you not imagine yourself in this little baby, laid back, fishing and no devices. Like I am talking about before eight tracks, vinyl was the king (and still is) and man only looked at the moon. Only thing I wanted to walk on was the muddy river bank and search for the lost Spanish gold (didn’t know back then there was no Spanish conquistadors in Canada  ), hey we were Indiana Jones before he was even born.

  Building the Batelina has brought back these memories for me and I hope that reading my log brings back some memories for you also.

Thank You All for stopping in,

Take Care 

 

 Drilling out and cutting off the rod holders, a job virtually impossible without a $1200 lathe  

 

 

The fishing poles and the start of the fish box, never really needed anything like this for fish, but you never knew when you might run into some treasure of sorts

 

 

As she sits now with poles, lures,holders, fish box, filleting knife and spare spool of line. The anchor is unsecured at the moment as I am waiting for some line coming from Syren.

 I want to get some outside pictures and will post them, but will have to wait until rain stops.

 

Later

[cobra1951]

Looks great Don, those little details really ad to the build

[WackoWolf]

Now that is a thing of beauty. Thanks for sharing

[donrobinson]

Bob, Thanks Bob, the details are the fun part especially at this scale

 

Joe, Thanks a lot. I have a few more outside pics to share then I'll call her complete

[donrobinson]

Completed, and as promised here are some outside pictures:

 

 

 

Here is my fleet

 

 

My newly seeded grass

 

 

This is what my dog plants in the grass for me

 

 

and what I picked up today, notice the one in the middle.....I didn't see it in time

 

 

 

 Well that is it for this log. Thanks to all who stopped by and I hope you all enjoyed

 

Time for more ship building

 

[Seventynet]

Thanks for sharing Don. The fleet is growing fast.

 

By the way I like the spread. I can see why it takes so much of your time.

 

Best, Ian

[riverboat]

Wow!!... that was fast..... Nice work Don , looks great!!

 

Frank

[Cabbie]

I really do feel sorry for you, Don, it must be terrible to have

all this free time, and have to do modelling with it.

i hope you are not suffering too much.

 

Great looking model, it looks like a very enjoyable model to do.

 

Back to the fun past time of mowing now. Cheers Chris