Back to the Workbench
I’ve been laid up for the past few weeks but hopefully back to the workbench more frequently now. So a Sunday afternoon update mainly to keep myself accountable to myself
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I’ve just added a few of the deck fittings I made out of pear. They are now glued and/or pinned into position. The main fife rail was troublesome because I used brass wire in the base of each pear stanchion and then had to align the wires for each corresponding hole in the deck. A template I made assisted greatly though. The binnacle, also made from pear, is positioned but without the ships bell atop it, for the moment. Other parts now in place include the pump I previously fabricated from pear, brass rod, parts and some appropriate tubing. I might make some pump handles later on.
The pear gallows bitts, riding bitts, and fore bitts are also in place. I placed a multitude of blackened brass belaying pins temporarily in place throughout the ship. I know they are not technically correct but I wanted to see if I liked the effect overall. (The dowels in the mast positions are just place holders).
After reading this small update you probably now recognize my affinity with pear wood. One of those woods that holds up at tiny scale and is great to work with.
That’s it for now, thanks as always for following along.
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