Hi Kev! Great to see you working on a new project! Hope you don’t mind if I peer over your shoulder from time to time! 😄

Andy

8 hours ago, AndyP said:

Hi Kev! Great to see you working on a new project! Hope you don’t mind if I peer over your shoulder from time to time! 😄

Andy

Plenty of room for everyone

Had a surprise with a Surprise on Friday, but not going to start for a bit, so will watch a long. Good to see the supervisors are on the job.

31 minutes ago, David said:

Had a surprise with a Surprise on Friday, but not going to start for a bit, so will watch a long. Good to see the supervisors are on the job.

its good to be building again, not the putting a kit together because I have to, im building because i want to

Day 2 centre line and bulkheads,

if the box fell off the shelf these parts would buld them selfs. perfect fit

at this stage very little words need to be said,

centre line

bow and stern made up and roughly shaped to the laser lines

locking keys

yes i forgot bulkhead one,

frame one in

Good start

You've certainly been busy 😁

Day 3 Lower deck and deck beams

lime printed decks and hatch combings varnished with a satin matt varnish

yes i broke it sanding the laser char off, heavy handed

lim

Hello @Kevin

A good level of progress, well done.

Did you remember to deepen the two topsail sheet bitt slots on gun port deck beam 12, as mentioned in the build manual (page 18, step 66)? Looking at your photo's it would appear not but I am not sure if you had glued the beams in place.

Also have you decided what to do with fitting the main mast. Please see my post on this topic and Chris's reply.

19 hours ago, Glenn-UK said:

Hello @Kevin

A good level of progress, well done.

Did you remember to deepen the two topsail sheet bitt slots on gun port deck beam 12, as mentioned in the build manual (page 18, step 66)? Looking at your photo's it would appear not but I am not sure if you had glued the beams in place.

Also have you decided what to do with fitting the main mast. Please see my post on this topic and Chris's reply.

good evening glen thank you for your prompt, and i saw your post

for the mast i just filed the edges, i hadnt seen that was going to be an issue,

and i picked the riging bits opening in frame 12 as the next instruction, glad to have you around

day four middle deck beam fittings and bow framework

another couple hours on the build this morning before it got to warm in the mancave

as dsscribed from various people the mast is 12mm but the centre line is provisioned for 10 mm, i just filed two sides of the dowel down

Lucky you, mine is still with the postman, arrives friday

1 hour ago, Morten in Norway said:

Lucky you, mine is still with the postman, arrives friday

and you will have overtaken me by sunday😃

45 minutes ago, Kevin said:

and you will have overtaken me by sunday😃

day five gunport frames and stern frame fitted

i marked the gunport sides on the reverse with the numbers in case they fell to the floor the x represent the top positon

very little glue has been used on the build so far, and it feels very stable well done @Chris Watton

Great start, so much framework!

31 minutes ago, glbarlow said:

Great start, so much framework!

its lovely to build up

Great, nice joining you

day 6 final parts to stage and pva wash

the final parts were added and then a diluted pva wash into all the joints, tonight she feels strong

a few gunport sides came adrift i will put them on tomorrow

i never did anymore today, ive disturbed a wasps nest in the garden, i was stung yesterday which is now a worrying lump on my side under the arm pit, i may seek medical help tomorrow, and then i was stung again today at least twice one on the ear and another on my collar bone, but tonight i feel i may have more on my back

Hope the bites were not to serious, wasps are nasty little predators but do some good deeds for the environment. This built is rocketing along is an amazing feat of wooden engineering in your very capable hands.