San Ildefonso by Sjors - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:70

[Kevin]

hope you are feeling much better today my friend

[edmay]

Hello Sjors,thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery,maybe a little warm rum,lemon and honey will give you a boost.Edwin

[Sjors]

Thanks guys,

 

But I'm healthy again       

I'm already working for 2 weeks 

I think you read a post from 8 weeks ago……..

 

[Kevin]

dont quite know how that happened, your log jumped forward about 10 pages, and i know i was up to date with your progress yesterday, anyway keep well

[augie]

For a minute I thought I had entered the Twilight Zone and was back in August  

[Sjors]

I can not follow it anymore ...

My log goes from August to October ??????

This is really the twilight zone         

Can we also go forward and the Mirage is finished ????????        

 

[augie]

Don't be in such a rush to finish, my friend.  That's when builder's remorse sets in ..... it's like losing an old friend.  Then, suddenly, the wheels in your head start turning, the catalogues come out and smoke comes out of your computer as you peruse the internet.  VOILA ..... still another new model is delivered to your door     

[Sjors]

No Augie, that's not possible…..

 

The moderator in the house is not agree with you !

I have to finish the other two before I can order the Essex     

And with the Mirage loosing an old friend????

I think she is happy when I don't touch her anymore….

 

[popeye the sailor]

WHO..........the Mirage, or............ :blush:

 

[augie]

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE:

 

Do not touch the previous post with a 10 foot pole.

[realworkingsailor]

**Walks in.... has a good look at the goings on.....**

 

 

 

 

......sigh.......

 

 

 

 

 

**turns around and leaves**

[Sjors]

Don't go away Andy !!!!!!

 

It's always fun when you are around !

 

 

[realworkingsailor]

I'm just wandering over to your Mirage build hoping for an update......

[Sjors]

Finally after a while an update at the San Ildefonso.

 

I have place the deadeyes and the chains.

The rope that you are seeing hanging from the top of the mast is my guide to see how the chains have to go.

You also see the same thing at Mobbsie's Aggy.

We where talking about it a few days ago and why give him a hint and don't do it myself ?

Not all the chains are following that, because there where some cannons in the way 

When I was placing the deadeyes, I found out that I have not enough deadeyes of 5 mm……strange….

When I take a close look at the drawing I found out that at the stern , there are no deadeyes of 5 mm but 4 mm…..

So remove all those and replace them with the 4 mm.

Problem solve !

 

[Shazmira]

Great progress Sjors, I really love the colors on this ship, they really pop!

[Sjors]

Thank you Robbyn     

You are quick !

Just awake ???????

 

[trippwj]

She is really coming to life now, my friend!  Very handsome.

 

BTW - like the new avatar, Robbyn!

[Ferit]

Hi Sjors,

Really very nice, I liked especially lateral windows of the stern (I don't know its exact name)

And these buckets behind SI and on the wall, are from HMS Victory or a ship something like?!... 

Very decorative and functional...

Edited October 6, 2013 by ashiponthehorizon

[Micklen32]

Looking really nice Sjors

I am so envious of those thin straight paint lines  :mellow: 

I wish I had your steady hands   

Oh what it must be like to be still so young             

[lb0190]

Sjors,

 

Your ship looks very impressive!

[Sjors]

@ Wayne, Thank you very much 

 

@ Ferit,

 

You always found a way to make me laugh….

Those buckets are not from the Victory or any other vessel.

They are coming form…..i don't know it anymore…o yes, Ikea !

 

@ Mick,

 

You are still a young man 

And I need Tamayita tape otherwise it not goes that straight !

 

@ larry , thank you also.

 

She is impressive !

She is bigger then the Le Mirage !

And the Aggy is bigger….

So in a few years, three of those big ones in the house .

I have to move to a palace or something like that.

 

Edited October 6, 2013 by Sjors

[lamarvalley]

Very nice Sjors, very nice indeed! 

 

Leave that Aggie alone .... you have enough to do with this one and your mirage.

 

Also, you or Anja are obviously talented wood arrangers... not everyone can claim that title but 10 thousand US is sadly out of my range 

[patrickmil]

Hey Sjors, I'm glad to see an update on this ship. She is looking beautiful. I'm guessing that you are taking a well deserved break from rigging your Mirage?

[augie]

She looks spectacular Sjors.  Both of your ladies are coming together nicely.

 

Don't sweat the angle on the chains just because they pass in front of a gun port.  That problem usually disappears after the initial salvo    

[realworkingsailor]

What's this? Sjors actually posting photos of progress? Has the world gone mad?

 

 

Andy

[Sjors]

@ Randy,

 

Thank you   

I leave the Aggy where she is……in the box !

It's nice to do something else then alone rigging.

Because the price is out of your range, for you it's free           

 

@ Patrick,

 

Thank you also.

Yes, I want to do something else then rigging.

So a little bit further on the other beauty.

I think I gonna start with the masts.

Le Mirage is not walking away  ( I hope )

 

@ Augie,

 

Nobody tells you that cotton cannonballs don't course any damages ????

So I have to go around it.

 

@ Andy,

 

You are over reacting     

I have placed a few updates on the Mirage….

Oke, there al the same, ratlines !

But what will my build log will be without all the side steps?

It's the same as a ship without a realworkingsailor     

 

[gjdale]

Great to see some progress Sjors. She really is looking good. And a ready-made excuse for not doing the rest of the rigging on Mirage (yet)!

[popeye the sailor]

what is this..........did a fault line shift?   nice to see you finally brought her down from the shelf      I see you have some work to do with the chainplates........I had no Idea that many dead eyes were in the way of the guns.   I'm sure you will figure it out 

[SkerryAmp]

Love the big pic - colors!!   Love the colors.   Am tempted to seek out a ship (for the future now, not the immediate future) with some color to her.  Looks really good!!!

 

Very nice work on this one as well Sjors - but then again, it is you: what else would I expect!!!  wait.. where are the rat lines! (ducks and runs)

 

-Adam

[realworkingsailor]

@ Andy,

 

You are over reacting     

 

 

Over reacting?     You wanna see over reacting?!

 

**twitch**