Well, ok... Barbary pirates...

DanCooper wrote:

And after a long period of waiting, another little update. This time I'm working on the rather unusual aft deck, unusual in the way that the aft deck is actually behind the ship itself and mainly consists of nothing but grids.

Interesting choice of subject... The Xebec, or Chebec was certainly a major ship type in the Med for hundreds of years!  That gridwork poop deck is a nice feature, as it allows a really well ventilated aft cabin for 'the quality' under a sort of tent (furniture mostly consisting of carpets and large cushions to loll on)....

And after a long period of waiting, another little update.

This time I'm working on the rather unusual aft deck, unusual in the way that the aft deck is actually behind the ship itself and mainly consists of nothing but grids.

 

Well, as promised a little update picture :)

 

At first I wasn't very satisfied with the planking at the stem, but than I had to remind me that this is just an in between project to recover my woodworking skills, well, at least the little skill I posess :)

So I guess it'll turn out acceptable after filling and sanding, of coarse I will need to paint it instead of varnishing it. 

Thank you

I'm glad that my "work" inspires a couple of people to pick up this very old, but interesting branch of our hobby.  The beauty of making wooden models is that you are not bound to what manufacterers offer.

Anyway, I'm making a slow progress at the little ship and I'll be posting a picture tomorrow. 

djrost_2000 wrote:

I've had it in mind to build a Viking Knorr based on drawings from a book. Dave

A Viking ship is not the easiest of models you can make for a first-time woodie, this is due to the overlapping hull planking. But I wish you the best of luck, and please post a topic on it when you start

 

Mint!  You've inspired me too.  I've had it in mind to build a Viking Knorr based on drawings from a book.

Dave 

 

Dan,

You ship looks great so far, and the pictures have inspired me to restart my wooden ship project.

Please keep posting your progress.

Regards,

-Drew

DanCooper wrote:

I don't have these plans on my website, in fact I don't even access to that old website anymore, and I haven't had the time to set up a new one. However, if you PM and give me your e-mail address, I'de be gladly willing to mail them through to you.  Oh, you won't be needing CAD for those, they're in PDF, I have a few plans in CAD, but haven't figured out to work with that programm

Check your pm's...I posted my email address for you.

And here I have a little update again. There were two things I worked on this weekend (aah, the first "complete" weekend in almost a month  :D ).
The first thing was to complete her stern and planking it.

In a later stadium of course I will add windows and paint (not sure about the color yet though)

The second, and even more important, thing I did was working on the area above the wale.  To be honest, this was a task I really didn't look forward to, in the better kits there is either a template or a piece of plywood in the correct shape for this, not on these free plans though.
Well, what did I do than ?
I cut out the sideview in paper for the general shape, took this general shape over on 0.4mm plywood, but fairly larger, and clamped it at the right position on the hull.
At this stage I was very happy that I had decided not to plank the deck, because now I was able to use a sharp pencil and draw a line along the wale at the inside of the hull. This way I had a "perfect" fit  :D


Dan

I don't have these plans on my website, in fact I don't even access to that old website anymore, and I haven't had the time to set up a new one.

However, if you PM and give me your e-mail address, I'de be gladly willing to mail them through to you. 

Oh, you won't be needing CAD for those, they're in PDF, I have a few plans in CAD, but haven't figured out to work with that programm

Is this particular set of plans on your website?  Or would you be willing to email what you have?  I have access to AutoCAD, too, so that's not a problem.

Hello guys, it took me a while, but here I am with some new pics of the current status of this little pirate ship.

The ruler you can see in the pictures is a 20 cm ruler, so, no idea what that is in inches...

So the next step will now be the upper hull, after sanding her completely smooth of course, that makes it a little more difficult for planking the deck properly, but I need the upper hull first because the extension of the bulkheads need to be removed before planking the deck

   Looks like you found a good project, in a decent size. This should be an interesting build to follow. I've done a scratchbuild, on my own lines, so I know what awaits you. May fortune favor you.

Very cool Dan!  Looking forward to seeing pics as she progresses.