25th October 2012 – Building a frame is one of the jobs I like doing most. I spent the evening building the frame for the side of of the wheelhouse. When building the frame, you can easily see how the room will look like. The frame must be solid and there should be enough supports. otherwise the panels won’t hold or will start bending.
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23rd October 2012 – I should have taken some pictures before I started painting. Nevertheless, I painted the top of the wheelhouse, around the windows. It was all black or painted with a gray prime. In the last month, the Hornblower didn’t look that great. She was covered in a big sail or she looked dirty. By painting it quickly, I made a big difference.
22nd October 2012 – The windows are finished and so is most of the welding aboard the Hornblower. All the covers are gone and she looks like a real ship again. I removed the card board from the windows, including over 200 meter of duck tape.
Pictures will follow when I have time.
22nd October 2012 – The windows are finished and so is most of the welding aboard the Hornblower. All the covers are gone and she looks like a real ship again. I removed the card board from the windows, including over 200 meter of duck tape.
20th October 2012 – The most busiest period at my work is finally over. Today I could spent some time aboard the Hornblower.
14th October 2012 – I had two small leaks in the windows. It took me some time find the issues and to solve the problem. Once this was over, I started building the wooden walls to hide the metal and the frame for around the windows.
11th October 2012 – When it started raining, the windows were mounted and the kit became hard! A perfect timing and a nice result! Good pictures will follow anther day since it is now raining to much!
9th October 2012 – Work goes on…
7th October 2012 – Just some pictures…
23rd September 2012
21st September 2012 – We started with the windows in the wheelhouse. The original plate was 3mm and contains no ribs. We are now using 4mm and we must put some ribs. If not there is a chance the Windows might break because of the tension.
19th September 2012 – While I’m continuing to convert the Hornblower, I now realize I have to do it a bit slower. My back has became worse again.
This morning, a nice small Beurtschip passed along our ships in Bruges.
19th September 2012 – It took me some time to make a plan for the bedroom. Another room that worried me a lot is the bathroom. I stopped working there a long time ago. Today I made my mind up and started working there. The first bit was finishing the floor, then doing some plumbing. It’s the first time I do it all by myself. I won’t be surprised if some of the fittings are leaking…
A few pictures of how I left the bathroom a couple of months ago…
16th September 2012 – Next Wednesday my new windows, or at least the first ones will be placed in the wheelhouse. I closed all the holes of the wheelhouse that gave entrance to the engine room.
In the afternoon, I cleaned out the wheelhouse. In a few months time, it became a major storage space. I also painted the floor to protect the wood during the works.
15th September 2012 – On the Internet I found a spare gearbox for a Bedford Engine. I had a look but it was a different size and probably a different model. In the afternoon I did some smaller wood work.