Build log The Whaler Essex

Here are some pictures of my progress on the Essex. I will be working with the white paint for a while to straighten it out but all in all I’m okay with it. Spring is here so I’m not spending as much time on it as I would like due to the yard and garden but I am looking forward to starting on the deck houses and works. Once again I have learned good lessons. I originally stained the bumper rails and did not like the look so I am painting them in place which is proving to be tedious. I am taping off the gunnels with painters tape and that seems to work with little seepage under the tape. The railing posts were a challenge but they will have to do.
Thanks, Good day

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JArthurD said:
Just started this build today. Thanks for posting this log. Great photos and good info. I hope to post my new build log soon. Need to brush up on how one does that correctly. I’ll be watching to see your progress. Thanks again!
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Thank you. I have not been spending time on it as most of my time now is spent in the garden but I will definitely get back to it and I will follow your progress please post how you are doing
 
Rpope said:
I am starting a build of the Whaling ship The Essex. First launched in Nantucket Massachusetts. After being built as a merchant ship in 1799 was refitted as a Whaler . 85 feet in length the ship was rammed by a Sperm Whale November 20, 1820. Initially the entire crew of 20 survived the attack but after an arduous journey only 8 survived to tell the tale.
This true event is what Herman Melville based his book Moby Dick.
This is my second build since joining ships of scale.
I will post pictures as I go and love to learn from others.

Before I begin with the Essex , I have been playing around with a ship in a bottle and here is a picture as I get ready to shove it in the bottle then onto the contents of The OcCra Essex

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Hallo @Rpope
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Birthday-Cake
 
Rpope said:
Started work on the gunnels and the hull planking. Starting from topside and working down 6 planks. Next step is to start from keel and work up what will be the same course toward the mid point of hull . For the middle coarse there will be planks cut short and angled to keep the hull lines, so it will get a little more tedious. Hopefully I can get some bench time today.
Thanks

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Very beautiful, even in this form! And what ship will be at the end ...
 
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