It is time for an update of the crossection of the Pinas, I first put some bolts in the heavyer parts of the construction, such as the Keelson, Deckbeamshelfs, the Knees, and the Maststep.
At first i have been trying to copy the handforged bolts with the square head, but i could not get them right, there was to much difference in the size of the boltheads. It now looks like this.
Then i went on to the deck, the Nibbingstrakes where placed and after that the spirkettings ( one of the Spirkettings was taken away again, because it was not placed correctly ), the Binding Strakes came also in place
The Ledges have been made,
and after the placement of the Ledges, the crossection looked like this.
I am quite satisfied in the way it is looking
Now was the time to place the first Deck Shelves, and i am sorry to say, i was a bit to fast with the stain, because the treenailing has to be done as well, of course. But there is a solution for everything, so that wil be done a bit later as planned.
And then the time came for the Top Timbers, first i did the Top Timbers at the front of the model, and when the glue had dried the Timbers of the rearend where placed
After this was done, it was time to check if everything could pass the quality control, and unfortunatly this was not the case.
The Top Timbers at the rear stood perfectly upright, but the Timbers at the front stood lousy, the model became to wide for the Deck Beam Shelves of the main deck, so they where removed, for a re-do,
After this correction the model looked like this:
As you can see, i could not resist the temporarely placement of the Trusses, and the Deck Beam Shelves of the maindeck, together with a couple of deckbeams, so i could see if i am still on the right track, and it looks like i am.
I am very happy with it. I think it is looking great like this.
A few more pictures of how it is looking at this moment.
That is all for now, see you next time.