Very nice upgrade on the little boat's framing Grant! I would say it was worth the effort (and the expenditure of the final scraps of walnut in SA).
Grants Xebec 1:60 (using Jabeque Cazador Occre1:60 kit) [COMPLETED BUILD]
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Good morning Johan. Yep was not a bad idea at all. I took your advise and had a bitterly cold castle after my Padel gameAnd there I was, reading "beer" (instead of bear) and I thought: "What a splendid idea"...
.Hi Paul. Thank you. She is pretty ugly right now however I have hope she will transform. Maybe not as sexy as the ships hull, but complimentary non the less .Ha ha resources……Hopefully my directors make some money for me and I get some dividends prior to my next build.
. Tough here in SA at present. Need to spend a wack on wood, supplies etc. Cheers Grant
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Good morning Johan. Yep was not a bad idea at all. I took your advise and had a bitterly cold castle after my Padel game
Good morning. Some more Ugly for you guys. I post as I go so hopefully one day something pretty rocks up
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A story in pictures:
1. Chip repair and stem dry fitting:
2. Some more interior from scraps: A little scrappy I say:
That’s it for now
Cheers Grant
.A story in pictures:
1. Chip repair and stem dry fitting:
2. Some more interior from scraps: A little scrappy I say:That’s it for now
Cheers Grant
That are some very nice tiny repairs on that little boat of yours, Grant.Good morning. Some more Ugly for you guys. I post as I go so hopefully one day something pretty rocks up
A story in pictures:
1. Chip repair and stem dry fitting:
View attachment 404262View attachment 404264View attachment 4042632. Some more interior from scraps: A little scrappy I say
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That’s it for now
Cheers Grant
Looks great, no re-do’s necessary. Regard, Peter
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great progress my dear friend, I like very much the little boatGood morning. Some more Ugly for you guys. I post as I go so hopefully one day something pretty rocks up
A story in pictures:
1. Chip repair and stem dry fitting:
View attachment 404262View attachment 404264View attachment 4042632. Some more interior from scraps: A little scrappy I say
View attachment 404267View attachment 404268
View attachment 404266View attachment 404265
That’s it for now
Cheers Grant
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Working on the little boat are you? I think you achieving miracles with that little spare wood pieces that you have. The chip repair on the bow isn't noticable at all, and is a perfect fix. I believe it took me two months to build that boat the way I did it. You are going a lot faster en just as neat really impressive! Great work Grant.
Good afternoon Ken. Thanks. Building the inner planks and platforms has been a learning experience and one I am struggling with some. If I had plenty wood some redo’s would be in order however I do believe I can work this into something presentable. Cheers Grant
Good afternoon Peter. Thanks- I did not think I would get the repair as well as I didThat are some very nice tiny repairs on that little boat of yours, Grant.
Regard, Peter
. Thankfully no redo’s as I am “woodless”…although I would have liked to redo the bow platform planks…
Good after Shota. Thank you kindly. I am excited about your new ship going to be a fun scratch build.great progress my dear friend, I like very much the little boat
Good afternoon Peter. Miracles are certainly needed here Peter
. I just didn’t like the kit design and don’t have wood to try the Le Requin type boat. Doing what I can and hopefully something reasonable and a fair reflection of a Xebec boat of the 1750 era is the result. Thanks for the compliment Peter. Cheers Grant.
Good afternoon
Family all deserted me today, Rugby over and none of my mates wanted to ride or play Padel……so 6hrs playing with my little boat
Rider and Thwarts.
Occre had 2 6x3 strakes which I cut into 3x1.5mm for the riders and 4x2mm for the Thwarts.
The rider was measured and 2x4 slots for each thwart where measured and cut:
These where glued onto bulkwarks:
The Thwarts are dry fitted as I still need to do some final cutting, angles, sanding and stern work.
The Twarts will be removed as I still need to work on the Stern second platform, seats and space for the helmsman before I insert them.
Cheers Grant
Family all deserted me today, Rugby over and none of my mates wanted to ride or play Padel……so 6hrs playing with my little boat
Rider and Thwarts.
Occre had 2 6x3 strakes which I cut into 3x1.5mm for the riders and 4x2mm for the Thwarts.
The rider was measured and 2x4 slots for each thwart where measured and cut:
These where glued onto bulkwarks:
The Thwarts are dry fitted as I still need to do some final cutting, angles, sanding and stern work.
The Twarts will be removed as I still need to work on the Stern second platform, seats and space for the helmsman before I insert them.
Cheers Grant
Good morning Peter and Johan. It was fun. Man this hobby steals our time- it certainly did not feel like 6hrs. Thanks for checking in on my little ship. Cheers GrantI pays of when you are being deserted by your family. A couple of times and the whole ship will be finished...
Again great improvement work over the standard kit version, well done mate!
Splendid GrantGood afternoon
Family all deserted me today, Rugby over and none of my mates wanted to ride or play Padel……so 6hrs playing with my little boat
Rider and Thwarts.
Occre had 2 6x3 strakes which I cut into 3x1.5mm for the riders and 4x2mm for the Thwarts.
The rider was measured and 2x4 slots for each thwart where measured and cut:
View attachment 404752
These where glued onto bulkwarks:
View attachment 404753
The Thwarts are dry fitted as I still need to do some final cutting, angles, sanding and stern work.
View attachment 404756View attachment 404755View attachment 404754
The Twarts will be removed as I still need to work on the Stern second platform, seats and space for the helmsman before I insert them.
Cheers Grant
Congrats
Good morning Gilbert. Thank you kindly. Cheers GrantSplendid Grant
Congrats
Good morning. Ships boat continues:
The side benches with a storage compartment beneath are in progress. These took a while as there are many angles and curves to get right to fit into position. The bench is a lid so extends out a tiny bit.
All the fittings dry fitted. My process is like a jigsaw puzzle. Build everything to see if it all works and if so glue it in. Still “ugly” but I’m happy with the progress. I will get this good.
Cheers Grant
The side benches with a storage compartment beneath are in progress. These took a while as there are many angles and curves to get right to fit into position. The bench is a lid so extends out a tiny bit.
All the fittings dry fitted. My process is like a jigsaw puzzle. Build everything to see if it all works and if so glue it in. Still “ugly” but I’m happy with the progress. I will get this good.
Cheers Grant
Two 'uglies' = One 'nice'
Good morning.
Time to make this little boat worthy.
I found some African walnut. I had to do a lot of cutting of these left overs. Cut this into 3mm by 0.5mm “ veneer” strips to cover the ugly.
Painted the transom my red/brown.
Cheers Grant
Time to make this little boat worthy.
I found some African walnut. I had to do a lot of cutting of these left overs. Cut this into 3mm by 0.5mm “ veneer” strips to cover the ugly.
Painted the transom my red/brown.
Cheers Grant
Necessity is the mother of invention
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It's not math, Mark, where negative times negative becomes positive; ugly times ugly equals uglier...Two 'uglies' = One 'nice'