The model and me, for scale
7/2/09 |
Work begins.
7/23/09 |
Mizzen top. |
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After taking off the rig |
Wreakage on deck. |
Spars in a box |
Wreakage cleared from deck. |
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Removeing the bulwarks.
8/1 |
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Removing the spardeck. |
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Skin of last resident. |
Last resident's dinner? |
What to do next comittee |
8/6 |
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Underside of spar deck. |
Darkened and crackled shellac. |
Close up of the spar deck.
Note: unweathered finish in center aft of the bowsprit hole. |
Starting to strip the deck.
8/6 |
Stripping the deck.
8/10 |
Up on the bench...
8/13 |
...to take off her lines. |
9/24 |
Ok, "do not breath,
drink, or gargle
this product" |
Spardeck stripped. |
Taking a picture of the Spirit Room Hatch writing.
12/03 |
Spirit Room Hatch written on gun deck. |
Lower masts stripped.
7/22/10 |
as well as the tops. |
Spar deck reattached to the hull which is being sanded, filled, and cleared of loose paint, etc.
10/22/10 |
Me and Larry. |
Making a template for missing stern decoration.
2/19/11 |
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Filling and sanding the hull. |
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Bulwarks are glued back on.
5/12 |
Lonnie sanding and filling and sanding. |
A coat of primer on the bottom.
6/16 |
A coat of paint on top. |
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Waterline and gunstripe trued up.
9/29 |
Dry fitting stern decoration. |
The crew: Pete & Lonnie. |
Stern decoration attached and filling commenced.
10/13 |
Quarter gallery windows scribed. |
Fiddle head. |
Filling, sanding, painting
10/20 |
Pete masks the deck to paint the waterways.
11/17 |
Lon's carving the window frames to give them more releif. |
Pete working on the main hatch combing.
12/8 |
Not liking negative relief, Lonnie started framing the quarter gallery windows. |
I started carving out the rest of the stern windows. |
and installed a dutchman in the bulwark at the bow. |
Main hatch combing. |
