HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023

[ASAT]

Looking great Kevin! Your best effort to date I think? Rigging is awesome, this is going to look so impressive fully rigged, definitely needs a spot of high honor in the house! 

[Kevin]

17 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

Is that a temporary line running from the the Fore T’gallant to the Main  mast head.

I can’t place it.

 

B.E.

yes it is, as i have no back stays in place

[Kevin]

8 minutes ago, ASAT said:

Looking great Kevin! Your best effort to date I think? Rigging is awesome, this is going to look so impressive fully rigged, definitely needs a spot of high honor in the house! 

it will go in the garage with all the other builds, no one will ever see it when complete

[Old Collingwood]

Excellent work  Kevin   -  really nice  and  tidy.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

good evening everyone 

 

thank you for comments and likes

 

day 209- Port side fore mast lower ratlines

 

im finally happy with something 

 

[Blue Ensign]

Nicely done Kevin, no hint of the shrouds going out of shape.👍

 

B.E.

[DonSangria]

On 9/22/2023 at 7:52 PM, Kevin said:

it will go in the garage with all the other builds, no one will ever see it when complete

I hope we will! And it will make us happy from what I see so far 😃 Great work, enjoying to watch the rigging process!

[Kevin]

 

good evening everyone

thank you for all comments and likes

 

day 213 -8 forestay snaking - possible subject to a redo

 

having completed both sides of the lower forestay shrouds and rats i moved forward to put the forestay and preventer snaking in,

having now done them twice now they still dont look right, i have adequate tightness on the stays and the snaking thread is not pulling them in, but at a distance they look like they are being pulled together

 

 

Edited September 28, 2023 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

Excellent  work Kevin.

 

OC.

[ASAT]

Your rigging is looking great Kevin! I really dislike the rigging but my wife loves the look of a fully rigged ship so guess what? 🤣 Keep going!

[Kevin]

1 hour ago, ASAT said:

Your rigging is looking great Kevin! I really dislike the rigging but my wife loves the look of a fully rigged ship so guess what? 🤣 Keep going!

my fav bit, i hate building the ships boats up, and painting, guess what, im painting the ships boats at present, well one of the then 18ft cutter

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes

day 215-8    18ft cutter

 

taking a break from rigging i have a fear of ships boats to overcome, i have never successfully built one, so i started with the smallest of the Indys boat set the 18ft cutter

 

 

Edited September 30, 2023 by Kevin

[James H]

That's not too shabby at all. And of course, you can just paint the hulls as you're doing.

[allanyed]

Nice looking boat!

Maybe something you would like for your files ,boat scantlings PDF is attached below. These are circa 1800 and there were small variations over time so the dimensions are not cast in stone.

From W.E. May 

Allan

Boat Scantlings 1-28-14.pdf

 

 

Edited October 1, 2023 by allanyed

[Kevin]

1 hour ago, allanyed said:

Nice looking boat!

Maybe something you would like for your files, ,boat scantlings PDF is attached below. These are circa 1800 and there were small variations over time so the dimensions are not cast in stone.

From W.E. May 

Allan

Boat Scantlings 1-28-14.pdf 271.94 kB · 4 downloads

 

 

thank you 

as for the boat, i hope to do better on the next one, 

[allanyed]

Your work looks great to me.   I think most/all of us at MSW hope to improve with experience so you are part of a huge team of like minded enthusiasts.  

Allan

[ECK]

I think  the ship's boats are in some ways harder than a lot of the other parts of the project due to their small size

[Theodosius]

3 hours ago, ECK said:

I think  the ship's boats are in some ways harder than a lot of the other parts of the project due to their small size

This!!!!! And I had only one to do! So: great work! 🙂 

[Kevin]

no boating today, we have a new English Show Cocker Spaniel puppy his name is Apollo (kennel name Albertean Apollo) and was 8 weeks old today, i wont fill my log up with Doggie Photos but wish i could the Older Boi you may know as Dobbie aged 8, i think they will be very good friends, but he is avoiding the little boi like the plague when awake

 

 

Edited October 2, 2023 by Kevin

[bruce d]

It looks like Apollo has landed on his feet.  He's a cutie!

[Ronald-V]

That's sweet!

[Kevin]

good morning everyone

 

boat builds has come to a bit of a stop, here is the reason why

Apollo aged 8 weeks 3 days

00220.MTS

or from a hosting site

https://i.imgur.com/RcrqXjw.mp4

Edited October 5, 2023 by Kevin

[Blue Ensign]

They grow up so quickly, need to spend this time enjoying their puppyhood and getting them socialised  to meet the world.

 

B.E.

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

 

sorry not been on the forum much recently,  LOL two dogs is quite a handful, anyway here is a  few photo's

 

Taken 8th October

taken today 10weeks 3 days

 

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2023 by Kevin

[Blue Ensign]

He's a fine looking boy Kevin, soon be ready to go out into the wide world.

Hope Boi is being tolerant of him.

 

B.E.

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

i have been reminded its a build log and not a cocker Spaniel Facebook page, so on with the build

 

build log day 235-14 main lower shrouds

 

i put in some deck fittings and hand rails and started the main shrouds yesterday, hoping to get the deadeyes all laced up tidy in the next couple days

 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

build log 240-14 main mast shrouds and ratlines

 

very little progress being made, but today the starboard main lower rats were completed,

 however the puppy is coming on well in his 3rd week with us, and will be 12 weeks old this Sunday

 

 

[OllieS]

1 hour ago, Kevin said:

 

 

1/48 or 1/64?

An impossible choice

 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

sorry for not doing my pointless daily updates, quite a lot going on in my life at present, one of them being the new pup

anyway Indy day 252-16 completed redo of main lower ratline

 

yep i completely ignored @chris watton instructions, to use natural hemp provided thread, and stain black, yet again i did it my way, ordered black in various sizes, which arrived and i used the wrong ones,  

however they look ok ish, i might replace one or two of the saggy ones, but in the right lighting you cannot see them

 

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

indy build 266-17

 

been a while since my last update, puppies do get in the way of boat building, but i would not have it any other way, however the daily routine with two dogs is starting to work now, and i am managing to find more time to get on with the Indy

this has been a great build from the start, but i had found  hard to make decent progress when i am so damm tired

 

i think all the deck fittings with the exception of cannons and the railings are now fitted on the 1/4 deck and poop, meaning i can now progress the shrouds on the mizzen