Thats it... Just a matter of remembering where i was up to. Cutting out the apertures for the table cupboard.
Table cupboards should be good and chunky in my opinion. 3/4" floorboards make a good table surface when glued and screwed onto the panel cut out of the bulkhead.
Lots of rummaging round in piles of offcuts and kindling to make loads of odd shaped doors and twiddly bits..... sometimes wonder why i bother... IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT IN THE END! (mutinous behaviour amongst the crew reaching its peak... once the woodwork is finished it will still take a fornight to paint!)
First coat of primer takes eight hours. Once sanded down i can look forward to doing it all again twice in undercoat before scumbling and varnishing. Can hear murmurings and cutlasses being rattled up the front of the boat!!
I've gone for a very pale undercoat to upset the traditionalists. Reckon it will look great with a thin light oak scumble oil. All grey undercoated areas will be painted either green or blue and the beading red but i suspect that won't happen until late 2015 when the first officer incites the next rebellion!
Scumbled and varnished the cabin is cosy yet light even with the doors closed.
Good enough to move into and pacify the crew for the moment. Five inch high density foam in three sections makes a 6'2" x 4'6" bed when the cupboard is folded down.
Other notable features about this cabin that are absolutely not traditional are:
-It is 9 feet long leaving room for a large bed as well as a small stove and table cupboard.
-It is not damp or mouldy
-There are no bed bugs
-There is electric light
-We don't have to live off tinned pineapple
(Last comments a small tribute to an anonymous boat captain who worked a boat in the late 60's)
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