Jeff B Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 Look familiar? Why its a Bermuda sloop! John Zuch, James w rogers, Bernard Kelly and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 I really like sloops, there my favourite, good luck with the build, can't wait to see more! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted November 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 Bernard Kelly, JesseLee, Landlubber Mike and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted November 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 11/25. I got the rear side rails on. The bulwarks. Got the the Captains quarters deck house on. Scale was was way off. Took twice as long, bc I wasn't happy and did these steps twice! I imagine we've all been there?! Sliced my thumb with the xacto. Gonna take a couple weeks off while I let it heal and think about cannons and anchor windlass, anchors, and a deck box. Cheers! James w rogers, exwafoo and IgorSky 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted December 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 I started again yesterday. Cannon mounts and bilge pump mounts. I cemented the bilge pump mounts in. Moved them forward so as not to block the cannons. IgorSky, exwafoo, James w rogers and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoser Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) Virginia Sloop. Anybody built one ? Nice work BTW Looking good so far Edited December 5, 2018 by bluenoser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Great work. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted December 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/6/2018 at 2:04 AM, DSiemens said: Great work. Looks great. Means a lot to me coming from you. I've made some big mistakes, but I'm not gonna be pointing them out to the landlubbers looking at my ships on the shelf that wouldn't even notice. Bernard Kelly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted December 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/5/2018 at 12:51 PM, bluenoser said: Virginia Sloop. Anybody built one ? Nice work BTW Looking good so far Not yet! I've have been seeing them searching for "Rigging a Bermuda Sloop." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted December 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 12/18/2018 IOAN, John Zuch, exwafoo and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted December 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Starboard James w rogers, IgorSky, Bernard Kelly and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted December 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 I took down and redid the back stays. They weren't right. I moved them halfway up the topmast. Much more authentic. James w rogers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 I dropped the jig with ship attached and busted the mast. A week of my life I'm not getting back. Onni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 That's no fun. Sometimes all we can do is chalk it up to good practice and start again. :/ James w rogers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Redone. IgorSky, James w rogers, JesseLee and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/2/2019 at 3:57 PM, Jeff B said: I dropped the jig with ship attached and busted the mast. A week of my life I'm not getting back. Commiserations. I've been there. You will do a better job on the repair. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) After looking at Dsiemens, and Exwafoos Ratline jigs, I made one too. Started out with holes, but the lines are crooked. Notches in the side worked out better. Thread locked into position with super glue. Edited January 13, 2019 by Jeff B Lboro, JesseLee and Bernard Kelly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted January 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 The hard part is done! IgorSky, IOAN, Bernard Kelly and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted January 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Went from a ship in a bottle to be a SHIPWRECK in a bottle. Tried the parchment paper over the sea (clay) to keep it of of the sails in the event of a rollover. The paper wrapped up in the glue, the bowsprit snapped, by then the paper was hardened to the side of the ship, caught in the rigging. I had to remove the ship from the bottle, assess the damage and put her in dry dock, and remove blue sea and glue from the sides of the bottle where things got messy. I use a gel glue for final sea to ship glue in , scrapes away from the glass, if you can fashion a tool fast enough. No photos. Too upset. Final photos after relaunch. JesseLee, Landlubber Mike, Bernard Kelly and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted January 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Final product. I cut the port backstay trying to push down the stern into the sea, it was riding too high. I tossed the line over to the starboard side.(the not display side.) i don't know if I'll ever go in and fix the line. I don't think I can. John Zuch, Chasseur, exwafoo and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 She's bottled.Well done. Onni. Jeff B, Bernard Kelly, Chasseur and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Thank you. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Great work! Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lboro Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 On 1/27/2019 at 4:55 PM, Jeff B said: Final product. I cut the port backstay trying to push down the stern into the sea, it was riding too high. I tossed the line over to the starboard side.(the not display side.) i don't know if I'll ever go in and fix the line. I don't think I can. I like it a lot. Very nice! IgorSky, Landlubber Mike and Bernard Kelly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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