Thank you Sirs, and before this disappears onto page 57 ...
Not that you think, that I disappeared into holiday, but this is the hottest time of the year not just temperature wise, but also work wise.
But not to loose the hang of it, I always try to be at least every second day in my corner, even if it is just for 15 minutes ...
This sequential working looks like this for example:
day 1: taking mast tops down and looking at them
day 2: looking for material for the rail and swearing, ordering new Evergreen of suitable size
day 3: waiting for the Evergreen
day 4: Cutting the Evergreen into the right length and gluing the bottom side of the iron fork
day 5: gluing the sides of the fork
day 6: cleaning up and trying to find out which material I used for the stanchions of the for top rail
day 7: discovering on the old pictures it was no brass but steel of 0,5 mills
day 8: drilling holes into top and rail
day 9: fitting the stanchions, applying paint and ...
Hurray!
This is the result of more than a weeks work (without paint yet) - railings for main and mizzen tops.
And then, new game, new love:
day 1: preparing two deadeyes
day 2: closing the wrong holes on one side with tooth-pics
day 3: shortening them and closing the other side with tooth-pics
day 4: flattening and sanding twice two sides
day 5: applying some black paint
day 6: looking at ship
day 7: *start sweating*
Really, because of the hot weather, the fam did not want to do anything but relax
So upstairs I went into my littel sauna and preparing some work to come in a years or two time
And here we go, trying the new ropes on the deadeyes
Lanyards applied ...
... on the right still the Mark 1 done the previous year with the old material ...
... and with the chains.
Ok, that is it for a long time now, Daniel
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