Ship Update

I've got a few more pictures this time.

Once again, I'm pretty pleased with the results. I changed a few minor things from the official plans. I changed the way the cannons were lashed (last picture - I added the quarter to give some scale). The plans had them simply tied loosely with a single line to the eye bolts in the railing, but in reality they would be lashed down so I tried to make it look that way. If you look closely, you may notice that the back end of the cannon is lashed to the cart to keep them from bouncing.

In the sixth picture I fashioned some cleats to fasten the control lines for the tiller. In the picture in the plans it looked like the lines were just tied to the deck level blocks, but that doesn't make sense so I made cleats. All the rigging is tied, by the way. No gluing. I could take the lines off the cleats and work the tiller if I wanted.

I also used the same wood for the decking to line the back of the transom where the name is mounted (third picture - my youngest thinks Supply is the lamest name of all time). Beneath the planking is plywood (you can see it from the other side in picture six).

I had to do some modification of some pieces, too. I mentioned before the trim at the stern which I had to cut because the kit gave me two starboard trim pieces. Once painted, you can barely notice it's any different from the one on the other side (sixth picture). In the seventh picture, the two gold coloured moldings that arch back from the figurehead also required some modification. Again, they gave me two starboards, so the one on the right side of the picture had to be cut and bent around to fit the port side. Again, you can barely see the difference.

Next comes spars (masts, yards, booms, etc) and then rigging. Still a long way to go.

Mike