Masts installed.

Installing the masts needed some work, but it was nothing in comparison with the rigging. Wiring all those ropes required a lot of hard concentrated work.

 

 

Superstructure is ready. Go ahead toward masts and rigging!

 

Superstructure almost finished

 A lot of little details added. Ready for tomorrow's visit of Vinya and Victoria

 

Stairs assembled and installed on the ship - 3 of them

 

Boat installed on to of the deck

 

Chain Plates Attached to the Hull - all 27

 Attaching chains happens to be a very tedious work. Took the whole day while watching the presidential voting results.

Yesterday Vinya was very disappointed by my slow progress with the "Korablik" (ship). So I promised a better progress for the coming Friday and  have to work very hard to achieve the promised result. Tomorrow will be another day of voting results delivery and continued work on Korablik.

Aluminum decorations glued at the rear part

 

 

Details on the stern 

 

 

Adding a few little details: Rudder Blade

 The whole thing is now Varnished.

Gun windows are framed.

Fine details added on the edges of the bulwarks.

Fingers are now covered by a thick layer of contact glue - it will take a few days to clean...

 

 

Starting to add smaller details.

Two thin rubbing strakes at the upper stern took a couple hours to wet, bend and glue.

Pre-cut limber boards on the bulwarks make the forward part look more complete.

 

Lining is completed.

Keel added at the bottom.

Rubbing strakes two dark and one light line on the both sides added elegance.

 

 Hull External Lining Started

Creating, Wondering, Dreaming

 Vinya's vision of the project

Hull lining is complete!

It was a real psychological barrier. But it's almost done now.

I only need to add lines on the rear deck.

 Lining the hull is approaching to completion.

Vincent was so excited to play with the ship, so I had to push to finish it faster than planned.

Starting to line the hull.

Hard to avoid mistakes with the unknown material.

Had to learn how to soak and bend the strakes.

Stringers properly soaked, bent glued and pinned.

Bulwarks and upper stern added at last

After a long pause in the project.

The pause was caused by frustration before the next step which would require bending the wood - an extremely challenging technological technique.  Here is the tool: Amati Electric Plank Bender.

Reinforcements added to the both ends of the hull

The both decks are now firmly attached to the hull.

Frames are finally glued.

After being frightened by the book and internet of gluing too early and non-perpendicular, I took a risk and glued the frames. The construction might look the same as before, but all the frames are now firmly in their places.

It was a mistake with the deck

All these holes on the deck's perimeter should have not been cut :(.
To recover I will have to plank each of them individually - after the eck is glues on the hull.
For now just prepared the frames to allow such aditional planking.

Assembling The Hull

It is not yet glued, but all pieces are in place in their fully prepared condition (planked, polished).

Planking the deck and the 9-th bulkhead

The deck is fully planked. Need to be polished and cut for the final shape.


Deck planking in progress:

Fitting pieces in their places after proper polishing

THis is just a first step - putting pieces in their places without glueing (which was strictly forbidden by the Book at this stage). You can see one of the new fine file at work. Some frames are not yet shifted to their final positions - to let hull holder to grip the assembly. New pieces (the deck among them) are detached and prepared for going into work.

Hull holder

According to the book, it's highly advised to build a hull holder before starting any assembly work. I had to buy some wooden materials in Home Depot and built this wonderful piece of wood art.

More expenses needed: tiny files ($10) and nylon brushes ($5)

Without them it was impossible to prepare frames, keel and deck for assembling. Sandpaper is not efficient and convenient enough.

And took them apart again to polish with files and sandpaper.

First touch of wood

Minivac ($30.0 is an additional expense to keep the Ship Room clean).

After detaching the pieces from the packaging assembly, I checked them on their future places. Not pusing too hard - they need polishing before doing that. Just to get an idea.

Organizing the workbench and the tools

Unpacking the lovely daughter's and Jason's present.

With its square-rigged foremast and fore-and–aft sails on its main mast, the brigantine was fast, easy to maneuver and had twice the cargo space of a sloop. No wonder it became the favorite vessel of pirates. A typical brigantine carried as many as 100 pirates and mounted enough cannon to intimidate any possible target.

You’ll build an accurate replica of an 18th century pirate ship from this high quality kit by OcCre. Pre-cut wooden parts assure perfect fit and double planking makes for a perfect hull. A comprehensive fittings package contains everything you need for an authentically detailed model. You’ll find boxwood blocks and deadeyes, brass chain, eyebolts and belaying pins, white metal life-boat and 16 brass cannon on gilded metal carriages. Four diameters of rigging, hand-sewn sails, skull and crossbones flags and wooden display base add life-like detail. Clear plans and photographic instructions take the guesswork out of assembly.

This ship is very similar in style to The Black Pearl, featured in the Pirates of the Carribean movies, the sails can be dyed black.
Intermediate Level
No. DK50600
Length 31-1/4”/Height 24”/Scale 1:80