Artesania Latina Cutty Sark

[boatman]

Nice work on the plankin on the deck Ken
chris

[scottie3158]

Ken,
Lovely work on the planking. Those masts must have been terrifying to climb. I remember there used to be a program on telly where the cadets at a RN training base would climb the mast to music and watch the button boy stand on the top.

[stillp]

One of these Scottie?
HMS Daedalus

or HMS Ganges

I think the BBC used to use the Ganges film as an Interlude in the days when they had such things.
Both scary though, but they're climbing a mast fixed to the land, on a relatively calm day. Imagine climbing in a storm and howling gale, with the ship pitching and rolling - when you get up there you have to drag a rain-soaked heavy sail up onto the spar and lash it. I couldn't do that in a million years.
Pete

[scottie3158]

One of these Scottie?
HMS Daedalus

or HMS Ganges

I think the BBC used to use the Ganges film as an Interlude in the days when they had such things.
Both scary though, but they're climbing a mast fixed to the land, on a relatively calm day. Imagine climbing in a storm and howling gale, with the ship pitching and rolling - when you get up there you have to drag a rain-soaked heavy sail up onto the spar and lash it. I couldn't do that in a million years.
Pete

That's the one

[Guest]

Not something I would ever do on a calm sea let alone a stormy one. I doubt nowadays you would not be allowed to, health and safety would have a fit, you would need a harness, safety matting not to mention shin pads and a myriad of other safety wear.

[stillp]

Yes, how on earth could they climb up there without a hard hat and reflective jacket!
Pete

[Guest]

Hi all well the planks arrived and I was happy the colour was the same but they must have used the other 3mm because these are narrower also they are not 1mm thick either ( not that that matters much once sanded down) I managed to get a knife under a few of the stuck planks and shave some off the inner sides and squashed them together I'm hoping it will be enough so the thinness of the new planks won't notice.

While I was waiting for these planks I planked some of the sides (I must say I'm quite pleased with the results.

I bought a sprung pin pusher for inserting the pins, I intend to drill the holes for the pins first as the ply on the bulkheads is all split and separated from all the pins used to plank it the first time (I would have glued and clamped them but figured it would make them harder and therefore make putting the pins in harder) I think it's all starting to come together.

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[Jim R]

Hi Ken
Glad the decking looks to be ok. I am sure you were right not to glue the splits in the ply - forcing in the pins would have made things worse. You look to have the hull planking sorted. Nice, neat job.
Jim

[boatman]

What Jim said Ken an I aggree nice job an I cant remember is this goin to be a sailin model or just static ? as to me it looks good enough for it to be a sailin model
chris

[Guest]

I would have trouble getting my head round the static rigging let alone thinking about rc and what would happen to the rigging.

[Guest]

Planking of the main deck complete, I've given it a coat of clear varnish to bring out the wood grain.

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[boatman]

Very nicely done Ken
chris

[Guest]

Hi all got some more of the side planking done and done a bit more to the cabin.

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[boatman]

Comin on great ken
chris

[Ian M]

Building a new kit like this is challenging the best of times. Taking on a started kit and having to correct a lot of mistakes. I lift my hat to you Ken.