San Felipe - ZHL JM

[Geologist1986]

Luckily my wife has quite a collection of acrylic paints and I mixed a few until I got a shade of brown I didn't hate. I'd call this a success. I couldn't help myself and had to see the baby boats with their mother.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Luckily my wife has quite a collection of acrylic paints and I mixed a few until I got a shade of brown I didn't hate. I'd call this a success. I couldn't help myself and had to see the baby boats with their mother. View attachment 614961View attachment 614962

I think they look much better. The coarseness of the grain is subdued. Nice job!

 

[Geologist1986]

These skiffs were probably the second most intimidating part of this build outside of rigging. In my opinion, they're kind of the centerpiece on the deck; it's just what my eye personally goes for. I still need to make the oars, but I wanted to get the cradle started and see what these looked like mounted. The cradle is just "press fit" for now. I'm really happy with the outcome.

On another note, it took me far too long into this build to remember I owned an old Alvin friction divider. It has made these awkward measurements on the deck effortless and significantly reduced my trimming and sanding when fitting pieces. I know some of you read things like that and think "who doesn't use one of those?" This build has taught me so much.

 

[Geologist1986]

Found some brass tubing on Amazon and had some spare wiring that would fit through to light the lanterns. I'm kind of figuring this out as I go, but I like this plan so far.

Bending the tubing with the wiring inside and not having it kink is tricky. I bend it slightly, then squeeze the outside with smooth pliers to get a fairly smooth bend. So far so good! Still kicking myself for using the white silicone wire; it's just barely too wide. The solution will have to be some tedious soldering without burning the ship. Then again, everything has been tedious!

 

[TexBilly]

Lovely ship and build!!