That’s enough knees for a caterpillar! 
HMS Sovereign of the Seas - Bashing DeAgostini Beyond Believable Boundaries
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My snow Bengal cat, Leopold, stepped on my ship today, breaking off the whipstaff and taking out one of the beams... effecting repairs. 
Hmm. He would make a lovely (albeit expensive) doorstop...
You can't threaten the kitty on account of my wife...
This has been an abysmal year for the loss of talented musicians.Agree with all the above, all about the journey not arriving at the destinationMusic is good for the repetive jobs.Depeche Mode for me for a while after learning of the passing of Andy Fletcher,their keyboard player yesterday
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Nigel
The hanging knees and dagger knees were completed today and a coat of satin finish was applied to them to blend in the color. The lodging knees were started, and there are 46 of them, so it will take a while to get them all made.
Starboard side hanging and dagger knees.
Port side hanging and dagger knees.
Test fitting a lodging knee. Stick it on the end of a pike like you would that damned cat that damaged the model yesterday so it's easy to position.
Progress so far.
Starboard side hanging and dagger knees.
Port side hanging and dagger knees.
Test fitting a lodging knee. Stick it on the end of a pike like you would that damned cat that damaged the model yesterday so it's easy to position.
Progress so far.
Cut and sanded more parts for knees using the band saw and benchtop belt sander.
Interesting way of making the knees - with a very good result
Quick and dirty.
All the lodging knees were completed on the starboard side today. The process for making and installing the knees is detailed below.
Estimate the angle between the bulwark and the beam where the knee will be installed and chop the piece to that angle.
Knee with the excess material chopped off. The knee should be test fit in the model and the angle, which is just over or just under 90 degrees, should be adjusted to fit.
Miter the corners off the ends.
Roughly shaped knee ready for final sanding.
Round the ends with a sanding block.
Sand the edge which contacts the bulwark to match the vertical angle of the hull at the place where the knee will be installed. This will change depending on the location of the knee.
This edge is angled to match the vertical angle of the bulwark.
Mark the bolt heads with a pencil for added detail.
Test fit the knee to check the fit between the bulwark and the beam. Adjust the angle as necessary. When the angle matches, the knee will be very secure when glued in place.
Finished knee glued in place.
Cut a 3x3mm piece of cherry wood, soak in water, then clamp into the form to bend it to make the camber. This beam will be the last one, closest to the transom.
The last beam on this deck will go here, between the arrows.
New beam placed over an existing beam to check the curvature.
Aftermost beam glued in place.
Cut, shape and sand the last lodging knees, port and starboard.
Test fit the last lodging knee.
Last lodging knee on starboard side glued in place.
Progress so far.
Estimate the angle between the bulwark and the beam where the knee will be installed and chop the piece to that angle.
Knee with the excess material chopped off. The knee should be test fit in the model and the angle, which is just over or just under 90 degrees, should be adjusted to fit.
Miter the corners off the ends.
Roughly shaped knee ready for final sanding.
Round the ends with a sanding block.
Sand the edge which contacts the bulwark to match the vertical angle of the hull at the place where the knee will be installed. This will change depending on the location of the knee.
This edge is angled to match the vertical angle of the bulwark.
Mark the bolt heads with a pencil for added detail.
Test fit the knee to check the fit between the bulwark and the beam. Adjust the angle as necessary. When the angle matches, the knee will be very secure when glued in place.
Finished knee glued in place.
Cut a 3x3mm piece of cherry wood, soak in water, then clamp into the form to bend it to make the camber. This beam will be the last one, closest to the transom.
The last beam on this deck will go here, between the arrows.
New beam placed over an existing beam to check the curvature.
Aftermost beam glued in place.
Cut, shape and sand the last lodging knees, port and starboard.
Test fit the last lodging knee.
Last lodging knee on starboard side glued in place.
Progress so far.
Of course. You can never have enough. But wait until you see the carlings and ledges! The fun is just beginning. This is what the deck structure for the middle gun deck looked like before it was covered over with deck planking. The upper gun deck structure in progress now will be similar.
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Monnikenwerk, just plain monnikenwerk! Kudos though, it just looks stunning.
Well planned, well executed, and I must say well documented.
Outstanding!
Today the loading knees for the upper gun deck were completed on the port side.
Bashing deagostini beyond believable boundaries.
Yup. That about covers it.
Yup. That about covers it.
