Hello All,

Thanks for the good comments.

Issue 90 continued:
- Red, blue and gold details added to the trophy of arms

Issue 91 continued:
- bowsprit spars and boomkins dressed with rigging blocks
- blocks added to knightheads
- catheads and brackets sanded to sit on hull nicely
- catheads partially assembled and painted yellow, brackets painted black
- started to make the ekeing rails, with I had a little problem. When, as usual, I soaked into hot water and then started to bend them with electric plank bender, one of the three layers of the laminated wood peeled off... ... I guess the glue between the layers "melted" due to the hot water/bender... I sweared a little bit that what a silly idea to make a part from laminated wood which require bending... then I realised that it's actually quite handy because if I bend it to the required curve and while curved I glue back the layers together with superglue, then it will actually keep in in this bent form, it doesn't require to be held until the wood dries out... ... anyhow, rails bent and trimmed to correct length
- catheads and rails masked for adding the blue details
- first coat of blue applied

Nice work. Making great progress with your build.

Chris

Hello Everyone,

Thank for the good comment, much appreciated.

Issue 90 completed:
- trophy of arms glued in position
- decorative mouldings bent, painted and fitted

Issue 91 completed:
- ekeing rails, catheads and brakets fitted
- I decided that I won't add the stern davits to the model

Mast rigging from Issue 92 skipped, I'll do all rigging after the hull is completely finished.

Issue 93 started:
- I start with an extra detail, which I saw in couple of build diaries. I'll add fire buckets to the poop deck forward rail.
As few of you, I had a look online (Cornwall Modelboats mainly) what is available on the market. Although there are some in the correct size, but I didn't like the shape of them (e.g. DaDokta's build, for me they look too tall compared to their diameter, also the wall thickness seems too thick).
So I asked my friend to print them on a 3D printer. Started with 5mm but I found them too large, so the final size is 4.2mm height and 4.0mm diameter (top).
- Then I done some trials on the gold painting. On the first one the details painted directly onto the plastic (left), the second was sanded smooth to remove the 3D print layer marks, then sprayed with black to make it even smoother for the painting (right)... the second one looks much better, due to the smooth surface it’s easier to make the detailed gold painting. I think it's ready for mass production.
- 24 buckets prepated for spraying, probably only 16-18 will be required but I added some for spare.
- jig made for the hammock cranes for the painting
- they sprayed primer and black

Display cabinet side project:
- nylon rod arrived, I'll turn the rolling drums from it with a lathe to wind the ropes
- mild steel rods arrived, they are for the shafts

Beautifully done, you must have a real steady hand to be able to paint the bucket detail, looks fab....

Regards

Alan

All looking good and nice work

Hi Laszlo,
Excellent work
Kind regards,
Garth

All looking good and nice work

Looking good.



This is gonna be a stunner when its finished, so keep up the good work.

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Ahoy Shipmates,

After a little holiday break back to the ship building business.

Issue 93 continued:
- further hammock nets made on the quarterdeck

Custom buckets:
I trialled some handle buckets (from left to right):
- 0.5mm black wire glued to the lip of the bucket
- 0.5mm black wire glued inside the bucket
- 0.25 mm black wire glued inside the bucket
I still undecided that which one I will chose.
I'm open for your opinions, although I know that at the end it's my personal preference.

Display cabinet project:
- breaded nylon rope arrived. I'll do some load test. It's claimed that the break load is 500 kgs, so I think I'll be on the safe side, the load will be approx 12-14 kgs on each rope one cabinet completed.