HMAS friar tuck

Great idea!

One of many errors in the Heller comic pages is the locations of the beams that spread the hull and support the decks. I ended up making my own from square brass tube with a little kink in the middle to produce a little camber in the decks.

If you choose to use the kit parts, I can send you the IMAI instructions if I haven't already.

Find an existing PM thread between us and update replies with your email address.

Bill

thanks bill , you sent me the imai instructions a couple of years back , thankyou again .

tried to send you a PM , but it just wouldn't work , my email address is in my bio , if you want it .

when the time comes I will look at your suggestion of the square tubing , I think it will be a while before I get that far though .

not a lot to show but here goes . 

the eyebrows are removed , some top stuff from the quarter deck rails , the entrance put in and the top wale widened to match the bottom one .

steve5

tried to send you a PM , but it just wouldn't work

Bill

bill PM , sent .

one of the tedious jobs on this build are the cannons , 728 pieces  not including rigging , so I decided to get them out of the road early .

Look forward to seeing the rest of the Build. Will be fun to wtach and some nice detail work you have done.....Cheers mark

thanks mark . the cannons are mostly together . the billboards are started and the officers entrys are a go .

got some paint work done .

couldn't leave it , it looked wrong , so I added a blue stripe on both wales , I like it better now .

lower deck has gone in .

the ropes for the gun ports in .

I need some help please guy's , does anyone know where these ropes go and their purpose please .

steve5

does anyone know where these ropes go and their purpose please

Pretty sure those are the "sheets" for the Fore Course and Main Course--the lowest sails on the fore and main masts, respectively.

At least, that's my guess of it.

thankyou capn , I thought that , but would have only been guessing . 

I have a book by mcgowan , with excellent drawings by john mckay , but I can't see any belaying points .

all three lower decks are in .

Hey Steve, cool project. Looking good. 

cheers steve , nice to know your looking in .

did this on aanther project , 4-5 years ago , hope this turns out some where nerar as good .

a quick look at how it should end up , still waiting on some stuff from england .

while i'm waiting for some gear to get here , I started toplay with the ships boats .

I still can't believe I didn't see this , till after the deck was glued in , a broken piece , should be fun to get in .

Like the work you have done on the Boats Mate.....Cheers mark

thanks mark , bit more to do to them yet .

after much use of a few choice words , was able to get a piece of styrene under the deck , was then able to drill out the excess

also got some more work done on the main deck .

decided to add decks on the poop and fors'cle deck's , the poop add on is called the captains chart room , I think . not sure on the fors'cle one ?

started by removing the fancy tops , will replace them after the new sides are on .

painted and dry fitted the quarter deck , fors'cle deck and head .

will have to fix up that gold work .

work begins on the new deck .

Wonderful!

Thats looking good. Keep up the great work.

thankyou gentlemen , I had a fair bit of trepidation before I started this , but I found I'm really enjoying it .

at the moment , I'm just waiting on some decorations for the front , they have to come from england , CMB .

Fun work so far Mate but I like what you are doing.....Cheers mark

cheers mark ,

the balconies are starting to take shape .

got some more work done on the main deck and the front upper deck , does anyone know what this deck was called ?

some more deck work done , just got to find some netting for the hammocks . still some stairs , ladders to go in .

started on the bow spit . I'm still waiting on some decorations to arrive from england .

also got some stairs made for the , what I believe maybe called the weather deck ?