Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage

[Keith Black]

 Beautiful stuff, Hakan. 

[Wintergreen]

Thanks Keith! Much more rewarding than the outer boards with all their nothces for the stanchions.

[Jim Lad]

More delightful joinery for us, Håkan!

 

John

[FriedClams]

Very nice work, Håkan!

 

Gary

[Wintergreen]

21 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

More delightful joinery for us, Håkan!

Working on it John, working on it.

 

Thanks Gary, I do my best (usually) 😄 

[Wintergreen]

So, fighting my deamons, both real and imaginary, takes time.

 

But a quick update on the joinery I can give you (hopefully it still qualifies as "delightful", I guess John will be the judge of that).

Note though, that the aft three pieces are not glued in at this photo.

Then I got me a puzzle.

However there are some drawbacks in comparison to a regular "off the shelf" puzzle.

1. It doesn't state on the box how many pieces it is. In fact, I didn't even get a box for it.

2. The instructions are "sparse", and that is stretching it a bit. It only says, "Start outwards and work you way towards the middle". Not very meny clues in that statement.

3. There is not even a clear picture of what the end result should look like! No box art or anything. As Whitney sang "how should I know???"

Whish me luck guys!

On a slightly more serious note, the deck is not laid workboat style, i.e. straight laid. Instead it is laid yacht style, meaning a slight curve for a more gracious appearance.

 

[Jim Lad]

I think it still qualifies, Håkan! 😀

 

John

[Wintergreen]

30 minutes ago, Jim Lad said:

I think it still qualifies

Thank you John ❤️ 

[KeithAug]

Excellent woodwork Hakan. Your workshop views convince me that I need a bigger space - and perhaps some heating!🙂

[bricklayer]

"how should I know if he really loves me"

 

Hakan,

certainly you love her. Not Whitney (it`s too late to do so) but Atlantica.

You give her love and affection. She`s grateful for it. At least most of the time .

 

Michael

 

[Wintergreen]

Thank you guys!

 

Yes Keith, heating is a real plus (pun intended) during the dark, damp and cold season. And the space is convenient as well. I could of course do with a smaller space, but then all the big machinery would have to go and be replaced by more appropriate sized ditos. But, it's the Parkinsons law in effect, all available space/time/money is used up to its respective limit. (Check it out, it is a real thing).

 

Than you Michael! I try to take it slow and progress thoughtfully. It makes for fewer re-do's... right now I am contemplating how to lay the deck so that it looks gracefully with a slight inwards bend at both ends.