Pete D Posted March 14, 2021 Author #61 Posted March 14, 2021 Fernando E, Dean77, The Gimps Chimp and 2 others 5
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, uncarina and 1 other 4
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 The Gimps Chimp, Fernando E, uncarina and 1 other 4
Pete D Posted March 14, 2021 Author #64 Posted March 14, 2021 Changed tack so to speak and started some work on the bowsprit uncarina, Gus M, Fernando E and 1 other 4
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 uncarina and maddog33 2 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
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!
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, Blackreed, Dean77 and 1 other 4
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 Fernando E, The Gimps Chimp, Dean77 and 1 other 4
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
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 Blackreed, Dean77, The Gimps Chimp and 2 others 5
Pete D Posted March 21, 2021 Author #72 Posted March 21, 2021 Dry fitted the completed bowsprit The Gimps Chimp, Blackreed, Krupi and 1 other 4
Pete D Posted March 21, 2021 Author #73 Posted March 21, 2021 Starting to do some preparing for the masts and stays Gus M, Dean77, Fernando E and 3 others 6
Pete D Posted March 24, 2021 Author #74 Posted March 24, 2021 Started to do some work on the yards of the fore mast. Fernando E and maddog33 2
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
Pete D Posted March 24, 2021 Author #76 Posted March 24, 2021 Finished up on some of the yards Fernando E and Dean77 2
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. DonSangria, Fernando E, Dean77 and 1 other 4
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 . The Gimps Chimp, Dean77 and Fernando E 3
Pete D Posted March 28, 2021 Author #79 Posted March 28, 2021 All the foremast yards completed with ropes and blocks . The Gimps Chimp and Fernando E 2
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
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
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
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
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 The Gimps Chimp, uncarina and Fernando E 3
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 Dean77, Gus M, Fernando E and 1 other 4
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
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 Dean77, maddog33, uncarina and 2 others 5
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, Dean77, maddog33 and 2 others 5
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 The Gimps Chimp, Fernando E and Dean77 3
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 Fernando E, uncarina, Dean77 and 2 others 4 1
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