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Thanks Michael, Kieth,

I was looking for a plank on frame or at least a plank on bulkhead kit. I only have a dining table to work on so I don't have the facility for a scratch build. Perhaps one day I'll  have a garden with a man cave in it.

 

There really does seem to be a dearth of 'working boat' kits

 

Wishing you all fair winds and a following sea.

Don

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  • 3 months later...

Took the mast down this morning in preparation  for the move to the new shop.

 

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The move is beginning to wear on me.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Good luck with the move Michael - hopefully no new repairs needed the other end :)

 

cheers

 

Pat

If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!
Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch)

Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350)

Built:          Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)

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It isn't surprising it is wearing you down, especially if you have been hoarding for a long time. The driving to and fro when moving most/all items yourself, and getting the other house ready, know it, done it thrice, forth time coming up next year probably ... not looking forward to it either. The only advantage ... regular cleaning out.  No children to help you with the move? Anyway, I wish you and Judy lots of strength, and a cool head

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
Search and you might find a log ...

 

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I hoping the move is going well......I don't envy you with all that equipment.  strength to you my friend as you continue  :Whew:

 

just keep thinking of the new workshop........plan it well ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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  • 3 months later...

Thank you all for continuing to follow this slow build. As soon as the restoration of Albertic is done I will be getting back to the cutter, meanwhile she is now safely sitting in waiting in a quiet part of the workshop

 

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Merry Christmas everyone.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Merry Christmas Michael and your Misses  :)   so good to see your superbly built project again!  look'in forward in seeing the continuation ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Michael

It's always a pleasure to find one of you builds and leaf through it.  I love seeing you successfully removed and reinstalled the mast.  I am also envious to see machining parts. I have so much to learn.

 

Happy new year

 

Jon

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  • 7 months later...

She is back in the centre of the shop, ready to be worked on. I whipped up a new portable stand from a surplus IKEA wardrobe.

 

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I did some tidying up and put the main-sheet back together. Now who can spot the poorly belayed rope.

 

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It really feels good to get  the cutter back on the  shipyard floor. Now off to have some supper with Judy.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Michael - 

 

A pleasure to see your excellent work once again.  

 

Dan

Current build -SS Mayaguez (c.1975) scale 1/16" = 1' (1:192) by Dan Pariser

 

Prior scratch builds - Royal yacht Henrietta, USS Monitor, USS Maine, HMS Pelican, SS America, SS Rex, SS Uruguay, Viking knarr, Gokstad ship, Thames River Skiff , USS OneidaSwan 42 racing yacht  Queen Anne's Revenge (1710) SS Andrea Doria (1952), SS Michelangelo (1962) , Queen Anne's Revenge (2nd model) USS/SS Leviathan (1914),  James B Colgate (1892),  POW bone model (circa 1800) restoration

 

Prior kit builds - AL Dallas, Mamoli Bounty. Bluejacket America, North River Diligence, Airfix Sovereign of the Seas

 

"Take big bites.  Moderation is for monks."  Robert A. Heinlein

 

 

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Looking forward to these updates :)

 

cheers

 

Pat

If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!
Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch)

Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350)

Built:          Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)

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Ah, I've been missing the cutter. Very happy to see her back in the shipyard.

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Hi Michael, I hope this signifies your plans to restart this model.

 

I'm not so keen on the port side belaying because with water & load it might lock up. I don't mind the starboard one because, despite the mess, it will release easily.

 

Mark

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Wonderful stuff.   Happy to see this model creeping towards the finish line.  Question???  How do you plan on getting that model out of the room once completed?

 

Chuck

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Thank you all for your kind remarks about this model. She has been sitting there waiting for me to get serious about finishing her. The first area that I want to get sorted is the access to the interior and the companionway. I have been struggling with this area for some time on and off and now it will get done.

 

Chuck the fid gets pulled from the topmast and then she will just clear the doorway at 73 inches, no worries.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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I really need to get one of my scratch builds going again,  so I will visit the scratch build forum more often ;)    good to see you've brought the Cutter back to the table Michael........such a wonderful project {and eye catching vessel}.  looking forward in seeing more progress on her :) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Thanks to all who have made fine comments about me getting off my seat and beginning work again on this project. I went sailing yesterday and today so no work done in the shop. But with the temperatures hovering around the 30 Celsius, I prefer 20 ish and the shop being air conditioned, I can see that time in the shop is time well spent modelling and keeping cool.

 

I rather like the companionway on Polly Agatha

I also like the seats in the cockpit.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Yes Mark they certainly are I am thinking that a small form tool and making them out of some annealed brass.

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Had a nice visit with Jeff (Chasseur) last evening when he stopped by to see the Albertic.

More reworking of the companionway. I am reworking the area that opens up to the hull. The opportunity to rework the position of the skylight which was a bit too close to the mast will be able to be sorted as well. I am going to widen the companionway to scale 36" (4.5"actual) so that it aligns with the skylight similar to the one on the Polly Agatha. So just to save mahogany I made a prototype out of some cardstock.

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I will make a new deck piece by laminating the deck fir planks over the 1/8th aircraft ply sheet once it is properly curved and the cut outs for the companionway and skylights are done.

I actually spent a good part of the day working on upgrading the drawing that I first made when this project began way back in 2012. so a lot of measuring and fixing the drawing which was rudimentary at best.

 

Michael

 

 

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Looks very good Michael; great idea to prototype in card.

 

cheers

 

Pat

If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!
Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch)

Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350)

Built:          Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)

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Thanks Pat.

I needed some 1 1/2" mahogany so cut some a tad over thickness then thickness planed it down with a simple jig and a block plane.

by using some 3/16  x 1/8th evergreen strip and placing them in the corners of the jig i can plane either or thickness by flipping them up or flat.

 

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I then cut the strips to width with the table saw.

 

Next was to lay out the wood over the template to mark the angles and decide on the joints, tenons seemed reasonable.

 

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They were formed with the usual assortment of saws and chisels.

 

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And a test to get a feel for what the new companionway will look like.

 

Michael

 

 

 

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Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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