San Francisco II by mtbediz - FINISHED

[mtbediz]

I decided to start building San Francisco II Spanish galleon kit which i bought almost 1 year ago. I am sharing what i did on her in last three weeks. Thank you in advance for visiting my log.

[Trufo]

Nice boat With your permission I take a seat to follow your progress.

Bonito barco. Con tu permiso tomo asiento para seguir tus progresos.

[mtbediz]

My plank bender

[AntonyUK]

Hi.

Nice build. 

If it helps with the plank bending .... try a shot of whiskey in the glass before use.

Will follow along with your build. And watch the progress as she grows.

 

Regards Antony.

[mtbediz]

Thank you Trufo and Anthony. 

12 hours ago, AntonyUK said:

Hi.

Nice build. 

If it helps with the plank bending .... try a shot of whiskey in the glass before use.

Will follow along with your build. And watch the progress as she grows.

 

Regards Antony.

Yes Anthony  my another friend has given that advice too and i am planning to apply this in my next bending process

[mtbediz]

i have started hull planking. I am bending the planks with the help of hot water and a suitable glass.

[mtbediz]

I am tapering planks in the bow and stern.

[Papa]

Beautiful model.  Also a great example of why one can never have too many clamps!

[mtbediz]

On 15.12.2017 at 5:50 PM, ragove said:

Beautiful model.  Also a great example of why one can never have too many clamps!

Thank you for visiting my log Ragova. The clapms help me a lot in planking because i only use white glue which needs time to dry.

[mtbediz]

Planking goes on. The planking takes time because i am using only white glue and i have to taper both tips of each plank and have to soak them to bend. The magohany is a brittle wood and we need to be carefuly while bending it.

Edited December 25, 2017 by mtbediz

[mtbediz]

I am trying to do the planking correctly

[md1400cs]

mtbediz,

 

Very nice planking work. Good start. I have a question about those spring clamps. Very interesting - I have not seen this useful design before. Is this something you added with wire? If not what are there called? I may want to get a few.

 

Regards,

 

[md1400cs]

Oh,  I think I know how you did this.  --- You used the arm from another clip inserting it inside the black part??? Very clever "out of the box" thinking.

[mtbediz]

On 28.12.2017 at 9:19 PM, md1400cs said:

Oh,  I think I know how you did this.  --- You used the arm from another clip inserting it inside the black part??? Very clever "out of the box" thinking.

Thanks Michael. Yes exactly. I use the arm from another clips

[mtbediz]

I haven't done anything on my build for long time. I got retired and returned back to my homecity. I prepared my balcony as a shipyard  to continue my builds. I am sharing what i did on my San Francisco II in last month without comment and i will continue to share developments. I just want to state that altough kit plan does not contain second layer of planking on the hull i did second layer (0,5 mm of mahogany) beause i didn't like first layer. 

Edited December 28, 2018 by mtbediz

[mtbediz]

What i did in last month.

[mtbediz]

What i have done lately on my build.

Edited February 5, 2019 by mtbediz

[mtbediz]

i need some help about rigging between cat davits and anchors because there isn't detail in instruction manuel of the kit and i cannot find anything on the internet either. If anybody have detailed pictures, can you share here please. Thank you in advance.

[Katsumoto]

Lovely view from your balcony! Your ship looks great, and single planked hull which is difficult! Well done!

enjoy your retirement my friend.

[mtbediz]

21 hours ago, Katsumoto said:

Lovely view from your balcony! Your ship looks great, and single planked hull which is difficult! Well done!

enjoy your retirement my friend.

Thank you so much my friend.

[mtbediz]

I had to change the shape of grate in the head because i couldn't make the original shape given in the kit plan. By the way i continued producing detail parts.

[Warnerade]

What do you need pictures of exactly? I am currently building this same model but it has been upgraded recently and now comes with a PDF of detailed pictures for each step, I'd be happy to post some screen shots for ya.

[mtbediz]

13 hours ago, Warnerade said:

What do you need pictures of exactly? I am currently building this same model but it has been upgraded recently and now comes with a PDF of detailed pictures for each step, I'd be happy to post some screen shots for ya.

Thank you very much for your attantion. Yes, i have found new version online intruction manual of AL San Francisco kit and pictures are detailed. There is nop problem right now.

[mtbediz]

Anchor assembly. The metal cast part does not look fine, i made it from wood. And some paintings done.

[Katsumoto]

Excellent work love the anchors! 

[cog]

quite an improvement on the anchors

[mtbediz]

Lifeboat trial. I am trying to build lifeboat from wood instead of metal cast one given in the kit. I hope i can success.

[mtbediz]

Lifeboat and anchors are complete, masts are still in progress

[Katsumoto]

Lovely work! I really like your masts! 

[mtbediz]

I remade bilge pumps from wood instead of metal cast pumps given in the kit.