HMS Agamemnon by mobbsie - FINISHED - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1/64

[trippwj]

Goodnight, Mobbsie!  Safe travels!

[DCIronfist]

Ship is looking great nice to know math answers are out there for less number savvy of us out there :)

[popeye the sailor]

have a nice trip!

[PMG]

Have a nice W-E, Mobbsie and come back very angry to continue your Aggie.

Pierre

[Anja]

Hello Mobbsie,

 

I think you were promoted, didn't you? Congratulations!

 

Looking forward to your second planking. Good luck with the scaling of the planks.

 

Take care,

 

Anja

[augie]

My congratulations also on your promotion.  We must all together hold fast as a certain Nederlander is fast approaching the rank of Captain!!!!! 

[Sjors]

Hi my friend,

 

Also congratulations from me at your promotion.

Did you notice that i'm learning Augie Dutch????

 

Sjors

[mobbsie]

Hi Guys,

 

Thanks for the good wishes gents, gratefully recieved.

 

There is some real talent out there, not only is there some superb ship builders but also students of language. This site impresses me more and more.

 

I got back home on Sunday and started back on the Aggie on Monday, completed all the guns and carriages, the gun tackle for the 18lb'ers, Focastle planking glued on and rubbed down to bulkhead height and scrap blocks glued inside the main gundeck gunports to support the gunport linings when fitted.

 

I'm currently working on the Quarter Galleries and having some fun, just trying to get the Stern fascia to stay in place when dry fitted, at the mo it's like a

bl--dy catapult and pings off as soon as I get anywhere near it.

 

Next job after the Galleries will be the forward bulkhead fascia and the roundhouses, the doors will be removed and new scratch doors fitted.

 

I have a few pics, hope you like.

 

mobbsie

 

Full set of dummy guns = 26 x 24 lb'ers in my colour scheme

 

In the box are two full sets of 26 x 18 lb'ers and 12 x 9 lb'ers again all in my colour scheme.

 

24 Gun tackle blocks and hooks for the gun carriages

 

24 Gun tackle blocks and hooks for the bulwarks

 

Focastle planking done

 

More to follow

[mobbsie]

A few more pics

 

Stern counter being planked.

 

 

Stern Fascia's dry fitted

 

 

 

 

 

So there we are, right up to date, fitting the quarter galleries is going to be fun but before I do them I have to glaze and paint the area inside them which will be white bulkheads with a black & white checker board deck, no furniture.

 

mobbsie

 

 

[realworkingsailor]

Very nice, she's coming along well. Can't wait to see the start of your second planking...

 

Andy

[augie]

You are certainly in top gear, Mobbsie. Nicely done!!!!

[mobbsie]

Andy, Augie, thanks for the good words guys. Really appreciated.

 

Second planking is not that far away Andy.

 

mobbsie

[riverboat]

Wow !  ..... Tony it's looking great... the stern shaped up beautifuly..... Man, I don't know whats  more tedious..... doing ratlines or rigging guns...... you sure have a lot of both ! 

Frank

[Script]

Mobbsie,

 

Very well done! And since a picture is worth at least a thousand words, your posting volume now probably exceeds Sjors!

 

Cheers,

 

Jim

 

[Guest]

nice job going there.

 

Still busy with, with the preparation for the first planking 

 

keep up the nice work

[themadchemist]

I like that stern fascia strapping job. I'm finding more and more that learning and figuring out how to strap a piece down during dry fitting is a life saver. Its amazing the methods we have to use to make things work/fit. I've been shaping the bulwarks on my little Swift build and the learning curve on something like that makes me appreciate the job in fitting one of the big ships.

 

Thanks for more photos. Love eye candy!

 

I can just imagine the gun crews on Capt' Mobbsies Aggy.    "...Inspection again boys and the Capt says if those gun barrrel ends arent shining there will be no GROG, now put your backs into it, Capt wants those frogs shaking when they see Aggys polished guns firing!"

[PMG]

Tremendous progress, Mobbsie!

Pierre

[gjdale]

Wow Mobbsie, you seem to be back up to your usual building speed. She's looking tremendous mate! You mentioned having trouble getting the stern facia to stay in place - have you soaked it to help it take the bend?

[Jim Lad]

A few days off certainly doesn't seem to have slowed you down at all, Mobbsie!

 

John

[popeye the sailor]

yepper!  your not wasting any time!   fantastic progress  and I really like the looks of your cannons.   you'll get that facia on there....I've no doubts about that!   superb stuff,  my friend.......keep on chugg'in!

[mobbsie]

Hi Guys,

 

Thank you all very much for the kind words and looking in.

 

There was a good reason why the stern fascia would'nt fit right, I was sticking it in the wrong place, what an idiot !!!!!!!!!!!!!, after a lot of deliberation I found out where it should go, a simple error like that seems to take an age to sort out but a big problem does'nt take long at all.  

 

Starboard side Gallery in fitted and the port side will be done tomorrow, it's taken me the best part of today to do just the one, fiddly little b----rs they are.

 

I still have to put the window frames in but they are glazed.

 

I will have some pics soon.

 

mobbsie

[popeye the sailor]

no...........idiots can't figure things out!   I told you.......knowing you,  you probably threw it on the table and it jumped into place!  looking forward to the next picture show!

[Trussben]

Wow mobbsie, back to flank speed I see, can't wait to see the second planking finished tomorrow. :-)

 

Ben

[mtaylor]

Mobbsie, you are flying along at warp speed and doing a super job.  I too await your next update.

[augie]

What Mark said.

[Sjors]

Mobbsie,

 

I'm glad that you listen to me         

But you have found the high gear!

You want to finished her before Anja and myself are visiting you????

 

[augie]

Mobbsie-  next time you run into a situation like that fascia where it appears not to fit, remember my motto:

 

"Brute force and ignorance will triumph over logic and reason everytime"    

[popeye the sailor]

confusious say:   he who work like bull in china shop.......have many broken dishes

[mobbsie]

Your not wrong there Popeye, but as long as I've got me filler I'm happy.

 

mobbsie

[mobbsie]

Hi Augie,

 

Plenty of that my friend, brute force and ignorance is my middle name. !!!!!!!

 

mobbsie