Pete D Posted March 14, 2021 Author #61 Posted March 14, 2021 The Gimps Chimp, uncarina, Dean77 and 2 others 5 Quote
Pete D Posted March 14, 2021 Author #62 Posted March 14, 2021 Fitted the larger of the ship's boats onto the main deck Dean77, The Gimps Chimp, Fernando E and 1 other 4 Quote
Pete D Posted March 14, 2021 Author #63 Posted March 14, 2021 Decided to do the anchors and chains . Looked like an easy task , but the anchors are a bit cumbersome to work with. Guess the end justifies the means in this case Dean77, Fernando E, The Gimps Chimp and 1 other 4 Quote
Pete D Posted March 14, 2021 Author #64 Posted March 14, 2021 Changed tack so to speak and started some work on the bowsprit The Gimps Chimp, Gus M, uncarina and 1 other 4 Quote
The Gimps Chimp Posted March 14, 2021 #65 Posted March 14, 2021 Hi Pete, You are making fantastic progress with this model, at this rate you should have it finished in a couple of weeks time. Mine by comparison is taking much longer as my time is very limited unfortunately. I like to think I'm building it in real-time I found the work on the small boats quite a challenge in their own way too. The quality of your workmanship is excellent and when finished you should have a mighty fine model of the Beagle, which you can be rightly proud of. I continue to watch with much interest as it's providing me with knowledge, ideas and inspiration for my own work. Keep up the excellent work! Chimp maddog33 and uncarina 2 Quote Current Build: .... Previous Builds: HMS Beagle - OcCre, HM Schooner Ballahoo - Caldercraft
uncarina Posted March 14, 2021 #66 Posted March 14, 2021 I’ve saved every picture for reference. This is great! Cheers, Tom Quote
Dean77 Posted March 14, 2021 #67 Posted March 14, 2021 Looks great Pete! I'm just at the stage of fairing the bulkheads ready to plank the small Boats, definitely fiddly with my trotters for hands! Quote
Pete D Posted March 21, 2021 Author #68 Posted March 21, 2021 I have made and positioned the outriggers , along with the chains and blocks The Gimps Chimp, Dean77, Fernando E and 1 other 4 Quote
Pete D Posted March 21, 2021 Author #69 Posted March 21, 2021 Seeing as I was busy working with the length of chain , I then made and placed the stern chains The Gimps Chimp, Dean77, Blackreed and 1 other 4 Quote
Pete D Posted March 21, 2021 Author #70 Posted March 21, 2021 I had previously started to work on the bowsprit and made a bit of a hash . Have to keep reminding myself to check, double check , and check again before going anywhere near anything with glue in hand Fernando E 1 Quote
Pete D Posted March 21, 2021 Author #71 Posted March 21, 2021 Started the bowsprit again after I had managed to salvage some of the more important parts . When attaching the blocks , it's recommended in the plans that one uses 0.15mm thread , but I found the thread to be really fragile and continued to break when I attempted to tighten any of the knots. So I decided to use a slightly thicker 0.25mm thread that I had previously used on another build . Its a slightly different colour , but did the task perfectly maddog33, Dean77, The Gimps Chimp and 2 others 5 Quote
Pete D Posted March 21, 2021 Author #72 Posted March 21, 2021 Dry fitted the completed bowsprit Krupi, The Gimps Chimp, Fernando E and 1 other 4 Quote
Pete D Posted March 21, 2021 Author #73 Posted March 21, 2021 Starting to do some preparing for the masts and stays Fernando E, Blackreed, Dean77 and 3 others 6 Quote
Pete D Posted March 24, 2021 Author #74 Posted March 24, 2021 Started to do some work on the yards of the fore mast. maddog33 and Fernando E 2 Quote
Pete D Posted March 24, 2021 Author #75 Posted March 24, 2021 When I attempted to sand the seating down , I found that one has to be really careful , as it is easy to remove the stain that I had applied eralier. So I came up with applying the painters tape to protect. This enabled a little more freedom in the sanding Fernando E 1 Quote
Pete D Posted March 24, 2021 Author #76 Posted March 24, 2021 Finished up on some of the yards Fernando E and Dean77 2 Quote
Pete D Posted March 24, 2021 Author #77 Posted March 24, 2021 Completed work on the foremast , and dry fitted all together . Decided to progress to the main mast before attaching yards to the fore mast. Fernando E, Dean77, DonSangria and 1 other 4 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #78 Posted March 28, 2021 Change in plans . Decided to work on the foremast yards . Involves a lot of sanding the yards into shape as well as the saddles . Dean77, The Gimps Chimp and Fernando E 3 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #79 Posted March 28, 2021 All the foremast yards completed with ropes and blocks . Fernando E and The Gimps Chimp 2 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #80 Posted March 28, 2021 You will notice that the saddles on the yards look a little "grubby" . I had thought that perhaps the paintbrush that I had used had maybe not been cleaned properly , but after multiple attempts at cleaning , and resorting to a new paint brush the varnish with, I realised that some of the stain tends to come off the wood during the course of varnishing. I did contemplate starting again , but decided to keep these. I will be more careful when I work on the main mast yards. Fernando E and The Gimps Chimp 2 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #81 Posted March 28, 2021 Started some work on the main mast . Pretty similar to the foremast , so tried not to make smaller errors that cropped up in the construction of the fore mast . These are some of the blocks The Gimps Chimp, uncarina and Fernando E 3 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #82 Posted March 28, 2021 Completed the main mast , dry fitted The Gimps Chimp, Fernando E and uncarina 3 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #83 Posted March 28, 2021 Started work on the mizzen mast , and constructed the booms The Gimps Chimp and Fernando E 2 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #84 Posted March 28, 2021 Complete mizzen mast , with completed booms and top yard attached . I attached these first as it seemed simpler than the attachment process of the yards to the fore and main mast Fernando E, The Gimps Chimp and uncarina 3 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #85 Posted March 28, 2021 This is how I checked that I had completed all the detailed ropes and blocks on the fore mast yards before I tried to dry fit them The Gimps Chimp, Dean77, Fernando E and 1 other 4 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #86 Posted March 28, 2021 I then dry fitted the yards to the foremast . I used pins to attach to the mast to work out the heights etc . Made the pins out of some of the pins supplied in the kit , just cut the heads off. Fernando E and The Gimps Chimp 2 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #87 Posted March 28, 2021 I followed the same process of checking the detail work on the mainmast yards . You will notice that the saddles do look a lot cleaner , as I was a lot more careful with them when varnishing uncarina, Fernando E, Dean77 and 2 others 5 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #88 Posted March 28, 2021 I also dry fitted the yards to the mainmast with the same pinning system . Once everything is in alignment it should be easier to glue everything in place. uncarina, maddog33, The Gimps Chimp and 2 others 5 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #89 Posted March 28, 2021 The moment of truth ....... dry fitted all the masts with dry fitted yards into the deck ......and went in search of a white wall to check everything was in alignment.... all the perpendiculars and horizontals Fernando E, The Gimps Chimp and Dean77 3 Quote
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #90 Posted March 28, 2021 Also checked everything was parallel to each other before glueing . Looks a pretty site now that one can see it all coming together Dean77, Fernando E, The Gimps Chimp and 2 others 4 1 Quote
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