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

[Wintergreen]

Well thank you @Blue Ensign!

Just what I needed to read today since I have some blue blue feelings for the upcoming surgery on Tuesday.

[Blue Ensign]

You're welcome Håkan, best wishes for Tuesday, hope things go well.

 

B.E.

[Jim Lad]

My prayers are with you, Håkan.

 

John

[Wintergreen]

A sincere Thank You, @Jim Lad

[Keith Black]

 My thoughts and prayers go out to you for your upcoming surgery. May you heal quickly and be back at your work table in short order. 

[mtaylor]

Best wishes and prayers that all goes well on Tuesday.  

[KeithAug]

Hakan - Belated best wishes re the surgery. It's now Tuesday evening and hopefully it will all be over and you will be on the mend. I hope the nurses are pretty and that you are chasing them round the ward by midday tomorrow. 

[Keith Black]

 Amen. 

[Wintergreen]

@KeithAug, on the mend probably. But no to the other subjects. Like old wine that didnt age too well 😄 they are nice though.

I'm in a lot of pain despite morphine. Will probably stay another night.

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[Keith Black]

 Glad to hear you're out of surgery but sorry to hear you're in a lot of pain. Praying the pain diminishes and that you have complete and speedy recovery. 

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[Wintergreen]

Correction. One cute nurse found 😄

[KeithAug]

32 minutes ago, Wintergreen said:

One cute nurse found

Good to see your sense of humour hasn't deserted you. The fact that they are contemplating letting you home tomorrow seems to be a good sign. Keep taking the morphine. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Jim Lad]

You'll be in even more pain if your wife finds out you're interested in the cute nurses!!!

 

Sorry about the pain, but good to hear your surgery went well.

 

John

[FlyingFish]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Hakan. Morphine can cause hallucinations, so be careful who you chase around the ward.

[Wintergreen]

Finally feeling reasonable well to sit in front of the computer again!

Without giving away any gory details - it has been a rough week. Period.

 

Though I'd catch up my log with my actual progress as it stands Sunday before last.

Deck framing is complete.

All frames are secured to the beam shelf with a 19 mm screw bolt, aka 1 mm bamboo tree nail. Actually done after the photo session below.

The entire deck will not need much fairing. The lighter carlings around the main hatch and the forward hatch needed a little shim to sit at correct height. Can not be seen in the photos below.

What is left is to trim some of the timber tops. I will probably add some filler pieces to have support for the waterway and covering board. 

There will also be filler pieces/carlings where deck planks are supposed to end. Not all ends land on a deck beam. These will come later I think.

So, this is where it stands at present.

I think I will go out and crank up the heat again in the shop now...

When I know there is a period where I will not be able to go out on a regular basis I set the heat to a minimum, which is 10 degrees to save energy. Otherwise it sits at around 15-16 degrees and with my 400V air heater it is quick work to get a descent 18-20 degrees out there. But starting from 10 is not okay since all the tools will be too cold for comfort.

 

Pax et bonum!

[wefalck]

I wonder sometimes what is more difficult, to build a model or the real ship/boat? Measuring parts should be easier on the smaller parts than on several metres long pieces of the real thing. But then accessibility and measurement tolerances are an issue in models.

 

Well, 18 to 20°C would be far below my comfort zone ... at least for working sitting down.

[FlyingFish]

Glad to hear you are on the mend and well enough to recommence light duties. Your capentry skills are wonderful; such clean tight joints, and not a bit of glue on show! Tremendous!

[Wintergreen]

1 hour ago, FlyingFish said:

not a bit of glue on show! Tremendous!

Well thank you Andy 😊

I prefferably use white glue and is quick with a damp brush to wipe away any excess.

 

@wefalck - apart from large steel ships I think the real vessel is "easier" to build than its scaled down counterpart. Given that there is adequate tooling and staff around. Tolerances are easier to manage in 1:1 than in 1:something I think. Work can be done on several places at once in 1:1 not so in scale. Of course it only is comparable as long as the scaled down version is an exact replica.

[Jim Lad]

Great to hear that you feel well enough to get back into the workshop, Håkan.

 

That deck framing really looks very nice, indeed.

 

John

[KeithAug]

10 hours ago, Wintergreen said:

But starting from 10 is not okay since all the tools will be too cold for comfort.

 

My workshop has been sat at about 6c for a month or so. The other day I went in and it seemed somewhat warmer so I looked at the thermometer - 9c! Today it's back to 6c. I can only stand it for about an hour and half so not much is getting done. Work gloves and two jumpers help. I recall a 1940s war film where an occupant of a POW camp burns his model boat to keep his hut warm, I sometimes consider it Good to see you made it back to the workshop Hakan.

 

[mtaylor]

Great to see you back, Håkan.  Surgeries are not fun but the result is what counts.    Ship is looking good.

[Wintergreen]

13 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Surgeries are not fun but the result is what counts

Amen to that Mark. Healing takes time and I know it. Patience, patience, patience...

 

14 hours ago, KeithAug said:

burns his model boat to keep his hut warm, I sometimes consider it

Please don't Keith! Its too valuable (for us)! 

Yes yes, I know, it's just a joke 😉 

 

15 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

well enough to get back into the workshop

Well, not actually, only for the 10 sec it took to change the heater. I have my mind on it though, which is a start at least. 🙂 

 

[KeithAug]

On 2/8/2023 at 11:02 AM, Wintergreen said:

Please don't Keith! Its too valuable (

Good to say the workshop temperature jumped up the 12c (from its winter 6c). I had to take my jumper off! I hope you are getting out to your workshop Hakan? Best wishes - Keith.

[Wintergreen]

Well @KeithAug not much shop time on my part. Have been in hospital for the last 5 days. Back at home now though. It was en emergency visit and they kept me. Internal bleedings that needed urgent action. It was one of those s**t happens score cards that I drew. Note to self- don't be tempted to draw another card, even if it looks promising...  

[Montaigne]

Get well soon, Håkan, and do stay away from those cards. I sincerely hope that at least you were surrounded by cute nurses dancing the hula hoop. 

[FlyingFish]

Sorry to hear of the setback - its a bleedin' nuisance eh? Take it easy, and spoil yourself.

[Wintergreen]

52 minutes ago, FlyingFish said:

its a bleedin' nuisance eh?

Spot on, Andy 😆

[KeithAug]

6 hours ago, Wintergreen said:

Back at home now though. It was en emergency visit and they kept me.

Hakan - I was wondering how you were doing. The road may be rough but despite the ups and downs the general trend will be one of improvement, it just takes longer than we expect. Hopefully the worst has past.

[mtaylor]

Sorry to hear about the week long visit but am glad to hear the problem was caught and fixed.

[KeithAug]

Hello Hakan

 

You haven't posted for a while. Im hoping that it is because you are too busy enjoying life. Best wishes.