Brigantine Phoenix, by Master Korabel [COMPLETED BUILD]

Norway said:

I like the way you demonstrate this build, very informative, the pictures explain most, thanks for showing, Knut-

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No problem, thanks. Unfortunately i don't know all correct nautical terms so sometimes is kind of hard explaining without spending some hours on the internet searching for a specific term

Glad that at least pictures are usefully..

janos said:

Nice work!
Janos

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Thanks

moreplovac said:

Yes, i am also watching it but unfortunately mu russian is very limited, so just pictures. Later in the serial there are some english subtitles available..
So i am using combination of that video tutorial and instructions that are with kit...

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Please let me know if you need any russian translation, i will try to help!

Jimsky said:

Please let me know if you need any russian translation, i will try to help!

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Will do,

Appreciated.

All ribs are installed...







Excess height was trimmed





A layer of danish oil was applied, even dough i might have wait till all internal boat structures were mounted..





One of the ribs broke during jig removal phase so i had to fix it. You will see it at the top of the picture and after some trimming this is final result. Appears to be fixed fine..





Continue with work...













The keel has to be trimmed a bit to accommodate the last piece...





Not sure how to call this middle square box, but there are two of them, both need to be trimmed under the angle. So i try one before glue it and second after it was glued.

Well no preferences, both will work just fine.







With all these virus issues, i am working from home which brings back to me two hrs daily spent on driving... so extra hours for hobby...

Happy modeling.

Very good work. Keep on.

Regards

JL

Work continues with ship boat.

All pieces are easy removed from the frames, a bit of a sanding and removing of laser burn is required.







The front of a boat is done from three pieces, the same as other thwarts, mast, forward, center...











Happy modeling.

Continue with boat building... after a layer of danish oil covering all inside areas..



Using a file i sanded all edges on gunwales





Rawlocks were removed, cleaned and glued to gunwale... during which process a gunwale snapped..



Work on rudder has started... by soldering pin ...



Soldering helping hands..



Soldered...



Dry testing..



Happy modeling.

Hallo @moreplovac ,
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Uwek said:

Hallo @moreplovac ,
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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Thank you...

Happy Birthday!!!

Regards

JL

Dicas said:

Happy Birthday!!!

Regards

JL

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Thanks

Gunwales fixed, rawlocks glued and all painted in flat black, ready for assembly.





In attempt to blackening the pin and rudder gudgeon, i left them in the blackening solvent, and forgot . Today they were all disintegrated... so new parts have to be made.
i use a piece of copper wire, flattened it down and made a new parts..



Fitting testing on rudder



Blackening, this time in controlled fashion



Glued to the boat...



Another piece glued (sorry not sure what is the name of it)...



The gunwales are mounted...



And another view..



Happy modeling..

Happy Birthday @moreplovac!! Health and Happiness for many more years to come!!!

Jimsky said:

Happy Birthday @moreplovac!! Health and Happiness for many more years to come!!!

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Thank you, much appreciated.

Congratulations on the day, and very nice work on this boat,

Norway said:

Congratulations on the day, and very nice work on this boat,

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Thank you.

The boat has been completed. Overall it is very nice product, easy to put together, the quality of parts are very good, the wood is also of a good quality. But, the parts are very fragile and prone to breakage.

The keel and stern, rudder and some other parts are made of different wood type than rest of the boat. Did not pay to much attention at the beginning to paint those parts in matching color. This way the keel and stern are in different color. I dont like it and i might ended up making another one. Will see but the mental note will be: paint the wood in the color that will cover the laser burns because it is very difficult to remove those burns without breaking the part... Or paint the boat in some other color schema that might not be accurate representation of the period.



Rudder completed... For rudder i started a bit different approach. First i mounted all pintles and gudgeon together, up and down and then i slide the rudder in. A bit of a glue was applied to gudgeons as well..



The eye bolt was added to stern and bow, as a detail; dont see it on the installation instruction..






The coat of satin varnish was applied to the whole boat, inside and out.



And here it is...









Then i started to work on rows... few extra parts were glued up and down on the row that will be rounded later...

Again very tiny parts... must be careful





Happy modeling..

Looking into rudder, it does look a bit weird; the gap appears to be too big between rudder and a boat.. Need to redo it a bit..

Unfortunately i was not able to locate any info about the rudder on kit plan..

The rudder pins should be situated in the open spaces in the rudder, this will bring the rudder close to the stern.
I build the same two years ago.