Le Martegaou by Bryan Woods - Billing Boats - 1:80

[Bryan Woods]

Well I’m snowed in for several days it looks like. So I spent a little more time today on these tail wings. They just set on the rail. I thought about putting some pins in to help hold them, but they are made of plywood and I know they will come apart if I try to drill them. So I just used brown CA.

 

 

The rudder has to be painted and hinges installed. The rest of these little parts balance somehow on those wings. There has to be room for the tiller to fit through so they’ll have to wait for the rudder. 
 

 

Tomorrow I start the mast and yard.

Oh, here’s my jig I used to bend those tail wings:-)

 

[Bryan Woods]

It’s finally warming up to the 30’s:-)  So I got the rudder on and the rest of the parts that go on the stern. The kit was designed to just glue wooden tabs together at the rudder. I made hinges and glued them on the rudder. Then I drilled them and put nails in them.

 

 

 

i carved another crew member. I wish I knew all the jobs one might have on a boat like this so I could put them at a task.

Like steering the rudder:-)

or maybe look out:-)

 

 

Or they could be just like the average, and just stand around:-)

 

Back to the build. Next will be the mast and one long yard made from two dowels tied together with rope. 
 

I find that when the build changes from one thing to the other, I’m slow to make that change. Plus I’m working with a contractor to get me moved out of my wife’s she shed and into my own shipyard:-)