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Albatros by Occre - Fourth build but first Ship

A quick update. The second planking has been completed stained and varnished. Lember boards and other trim pieces have been installed. Still need to install the rudder, but I hate gudgeons and pintles, so I'm procrastinating. I'm happy with how it's going so far, but there are several things I did wrong and hopefully will correct on my next ship. First off, there is a very slight twist to the frame which I didn't notice until I had the bulwarks attached and had already started planking. Next, I did a good job of fairing the bulkheads but did not adequately fair the added blocks at the bow and the stern. This resulted in a fatter than normal stern and a more rounded bow making the final planking less than perfect. Then I learned a lesson of not cutting stick lumber to what I thought was the correct length but cut it slightly longer and then sand it to proper length. Still have some sanding to do on the gun portals. I have just started on the deck furniture which leads to my next question.

I've just started work on the cat davits. The directions specify holes to be 0.5 mm but these seem to be much too small. Are these accurate?

Here are some current pictures of my ship:
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Long overdue for an update. Was on vacation last week. Here are some photos of how far I had gotten before vacation. I added the Cat davits, boat davits, railing, along with some of the pin racks and the channels. I positioned the channels according to the top view of the plans. However I think I may have to move the forward channels farther forward to not have my gunners shoot the chain plate. The illustration in the instructions shows it farther forward than the plans.

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Here you can see the rudder is installed after much procrastination. I cheated here by leaving the pin the entire height of the rudder instead of three separate pins.
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Will try posting later today or tomorrow with some pictures of the deck furniture I've been working on.

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Beautiful and very well done. Look froward to seeing the rest of the build.
 
Thank you Rebus, that means a lot. Also thank you PDL. I think yours looks great too. I've been using yours to answer questions I have.

Here are some latest pictures showing some of my deck furniture. I wish I had a drill press to aid in drilling the pin racks and channels. For the life of me I cannot get evenly spaced holes that go vertically through the racks. Besides adding the furniture, which is not glued down yet, I also relocated the forward channels to avoid the gun ports. I am still unhappy about how the canons don't fit well in the gun ports. I feel the barrels should be centered in the port, not resting against the top. Even with the barrels pointing down they still don't fit. I feel that the carriages are too big and have tried to find a way to lower them by filing a channel in the bottom to recess the axles.

I'll probably go ahead and glue the furniture, excluding the canons, to the deck. Should I glue the belaying pins into the racks at this time? Some of the holes will need to made larger to get all the pins to seat fully.

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Here are my first set of five deadeyes. Every time I look at them, they remind me of Vincent Van Gogh's Scream painting. These chain plates, (do we still call them that?) have not been attached to the hull yet. Before I do, is there any need to increase the size of the eyes?

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Thanks for looking and any suggestions or comments you can offer.

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My pin racks were uneven as well. Once they were attached to the ship and the rigging was attached it wasn’t really noticeable. I use a pin vice to drill my holes.
 
I spent a fair amount of time yesterday tieing dead eyes to the chain plates. I used CA glue on them. Yesterday evening I started tacking them to the hull. Excuse me, I tried tacking them to the hull. I couldn't get a tack through the CA saturated chain plates. I have now switched to using thinned white glue. I felt really bad as I chopped the heads of twenty dead eyes from their thread bodies. I've redone 5 dead eyes with the white glue and was easily able to tack those to the hull.

After I had made up the original twenty, I counted the remaining dead eyes. I only had 19 left. Either I was shorted one, or the dead eye ran off to who knows where. I am totally surprised Occre didn't package extras. The Canon carriage wheels came with about 40 extra ones. How many dead eyes does Occre normally pack? I guess I'll be trying Occre's guarantee.
 
OldeManToad said:
I spent a fair amount of time yesterday tieing dead eyes to the chain plates. I used CA glue on them. Yesterday evening I started tacking them to the hull. Excuse me, I tried tacking them to the hull. I couldn't get a tack through the CA saturated chain plates. I have now switched to using thinned white glue. I felt really bad as I chopped the heads of twenty dead eyes from their thread bodies. I've redone 5 dead eyes with the white glue and was easily able to tack those to the hull.

After I had made up the original twenty, I counted the remaining dead eyes. I only had 19 left. Either I was shorted one, or the dead eye ran off to who knows where. I am totally surprised Occre didn't package extras. The Canon carriage wheels came with about 40 extra ones. How many dead eyes does Occre normally pack? I guess I'll be trying Occre's guarantee.
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I used CA as well. I completed the starboard side shortly after I completed the chain plates and didn’t have any problems. On the port side I completed the chain plates and came back the next day to attach them to the hull and had the same problem. I redid everything as you did, however, this time I attached the pins, twisted the thread, and simply tied the thread to the pins. It worked out really well for me.
 
Did your kit come with extra deadeyes? I went ahead and submitted a request for the missing deadeye. I wonder if they'll send me one or a small packet of them. Did you request the parts for your broken mast?
 
OldeManToad said:
Did your kit come with extra deadeyes? I went ahead and submitted a request for the missing deadeye. I wonder if they'll send me one or a small packet of them. Did you request the parts for your broken mast?
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I had 2 extra deadeyes. I didn’t request the mast replacement since it wasn’t their fault. I’ll eventually get a couple of dowels and fix it.
 
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