Build Log "CAF" HMS Enterprise

Not too much completed today, as giant Parrot attacked ship, and entire crew eaten....actually completed all trennal work on main deck, and decided to stain it....bad move....now sanding off the stain...will just varnish it, and show photos tomorrowparrot.jpg
 
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Not too much completed today, as giant Parrot attacked ship, and entire crew eaten....actually completed all trennal work on main deck, and decided to stain it....bad move....now sanding off the stain...will just varnish it, and show photos tomorrowView attachment 283635
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Are you sure it was stain on the deck, with the big bird, it may be something else your scraping from the deck! o_O
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Ok, so sanded off the deck stain....and gave it 2 coats of varnish, still not sure I like it....a learning experience here....just leave the wood natural with varnish going forward. Pleased with the 1250 trennals look however.

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Took a crack at the main deck grates today, did not like the grates included in the kit, too frail. Ordered 1.5mm grates from Amati, through AGE of SAIL. they worked much better
 

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Have been working on the Bulworks, have been doing alot of finessing around the gunports as well. Since this was my first true POF, if anyone has a good way of laying off the gunports and cutting them out on the frames, please share with me. Also started building and painting some deck fixtures that will go under foredeck, and quarter deck.

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Ok, so sanded off the deck stain....and gave it 2 coats of varnish, still not sure I like it....a learning experience here....just leave the wood natural with varnish going forward. Pleased with the 1250 trennals look however.

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Dec looks good with new finish, a lesson learned, but in future, try finish out on scrap pieces to see how they look before working on main ship.

Some woods have a noticeable change with certain types of stain or varnish or oils.

Oh and are you sure about the count on trennals, you might have missed a few, but they do look great.
 
not too much today, painted the supplied cabin floor in the check pattern, will install later. Also, gave the starboard bulwork another coat of red, and started painting the cabin bulwork as wellIMG_1378.jpgIMG_1379.jpgIMG_1380.jpg
 
Didnt feel like much today....but 6 hours later....layed most of the cabin floor, but ran out of supplied material as u can see, had some scraps the same thickness, so have marked and painted that, hopefully enough to wrap it up. Also built the stern bench seat, and captains table, still some sanding and poly for those. Also, gave the first coat of red to Port Bulwark.

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Looking good Paul, pretty meticulous work laying that floor! The whole Captain’s cabin is looking the part!
 
Today. finished up the cabin floor, with some left over wood the same thickness as the supplied floor, painted the stern window seats(green leather) and installed, and poly the captains table. Also stared on the Captains cabin screen panels, construction was easy once I figured out where all the parts went(unfortunately most have been falling out of the laser cuts, so I matched all parts to the 3 panels on the plans first. Each part of the panel is 3 pieces, front and back, and the raised insert, which requires the sides to be sanded to give it the raised look.

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