MEDDO Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share #31 Posted April 25, 2014 Michael, I will keep that in mind when I start a PoF build down the road. I may try to find one of these Halifax kits out there if they still exist. There is probably one somewhere on a a shelf or in a closet someplace. Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share #32 Posted April 26, 2014 Next up the stern frames. dry fitting making templates: I simply traced these as I did not want to cut out the plans template cut out with #11 blade template on the keel template traced out WackoWolf, Jasco, fnkershner and 3 others 6 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris71 Posted April 26, 2014 Share #33 Posted April 26, 2014 Beautiful and clean work. Good job. MEDDO 1 Quote Current Build: Amerigo Vespucci -Mantua- 1:100 scale Completed Build logs: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale Gallery: Bluenose II AL 1:75 scale Future Build: Royal Caroline -Panart- 1:47 scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share #34 Posted April 26, 2014 Beautiful and clean work. Good job. Thank you. And thanks for stopping by. Dimitris71 1 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickmil Posted April 27, 2014 Share #35 Posted April 27, 2014 That's very well laid out. I can't wait to see the framing in place. MEDDO 1 Quote Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara Current: I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday" - John Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share #36 Posted April 27, 2014 That's very well laid out. I can't wait to see the framing in place. Thanks! I should be able to get both sides done tomorrow. After that the next chapter is fairing and then stern framing. Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share #37 Posted April 27, 2014 Close call!!! So, as I am quietly sitting at the desk looking over the next step in the instructions before I goto work, and I see something large fly right in front of my face. It seems my 8yo daughter thought it might be funny to shoot her toy crossbow at me. It is just one of those things you get at county fairs made-up of scrap wood and pvc pipes but the bolt is large enough to knock the ship over and maybe damage it. It might of just bounced off of the side of the Constitution but verses the Halifax I shudder at the thought. Needless to say we had a wee bit of a conversation about appropriate use of weaponry inside the house hahahaha!!! Dimitris71 and mtaylor 2 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickmil Posted April 28, 2014 Share #38 Posted April 28, 2014 Michael, that's a great story!!! I have an eight year old daughter too and I can actually picture her doing exactly the same thing! MEDDO 1 Quote Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara Current: I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday" - John Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share #39 Posted April 29, 2014 Got the stern half frames in. I also was able to start the fairing process. I started at the bow. Oops I got the keel. The instructions do state that this will happen and will easily be able to be cleaned up by fine sanding and reapplying the wipe-on poly. I think I am going to mask the keel though. Here is a front view showing the un-faired side and the side I have started. Here is a full side view for kicks. Aussie048, Elmer Cornish, hexnut and 4 others 7 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickmil Posted April 29, 2014 Share #40 Posted April 29, 2014 Sweet framing Michael! I can't wait to see the framing when the fairing is done. MEDDO 1 Quote Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara Current: I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday" - John Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafine Posted April 29, 2014 Share #41 Posted April 29, 2014 Nice work Michael. I built this kit some years ago and it was a fun and easy intro to POF building. Some tape on the keel will save a lot of worry about damage during fairing. Bob MEDDO 1 Quote Current builds on MSW: HMS Winchelsea 1:48: Medway Longboat 1:24 Prior builds on MSW: Schooner Halifax: Lumberyard 1/48 semi-scratch; Cutter Cheerful 1:48; Granado: Caldercraft 1:64; Frigate Essex: Kitbashed Model Shipways kit; Triton Cross Section 1:48; Kingfisher from Lauckstreet kit; Syren: Model shipways kit ;Kitbashed Fair American: Model Shipways;Prince de Neufchatel: Model shipways 1:64 Civil War Picket Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share #42 Posted April 29, 2014 Sweet framing Michael! I can't wait to see the framing when the fairing is done. it is going kinda slow. i think it's going to take a while. Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share #43 Posted April 29, 2014 Nice work Michael. I built this kit some years ago and it was a fun and easy intro to POF building. Some tape on the keel will save a lot of worry about damage during fairing. Bob Fun and easy intro is what I am looking for. I noticed you have a Kingfisher in your build log and it is awesome. Do you have any pictures of your Halifax? Maybe in the Gallery of Completed Kits? Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafine Posted April 29, 2014 Share #44 Posted April 29, 2014 Thanks Michael for the kind words about my Kingfisher. I did Halifax before I ever heard of MSW and so had no log and no pictures of the build progress. I have found a couple of photos of the completed model ( I don't have the model any longer), and am attaching them here. Bob fnkershner, MEDDO, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds on MSW: HMS Winchelsea 1:48: Medway Longboat 1:24 Prior builds on MSW: Schooner Halifax: Lumberyard 1/48 semi-scratch; Cutter Cheerful 1:48; Granado: Caldercraft 1:64; Frigate Essex: Kitbashed Model Shipways kit; Triton Cross Section 1:48; Kingfisher from Lauckstreet kit; Syren: Model shipways kit ;Kitbashed Fair American: Model Shipways;Prince de Neufchatel: Model shipways 1:64 Civil War Picket Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share #45 Posted April 29, 2014 I like the rigging Bob. I haven't decided if I am going to rig mine or not. I think it would be pretty easy to add it later. I am not yet close to having to make that decision yet though Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share #46 Posted April 29, 2014 I taped off the keel and it seemed to go pretty well. Until... I have to be pretty careful going across the frames. It is very easy to fix. No wood damaged just a weak glue joint. A bit of sanding and viola good as new. gjdale, mij, Dimitris71 and 6 others 9 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mij Posted April 30, 2014 Share #47 Posted April 30, 2014 Hi Michael A treenail fitted into the base of each frame would help to secure them. Regards mij MEDDO 1 Quote xebec 1:60 scale, scratch build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickmil Posted April 30, 2014 Share #48 Posted April 30, 2014 Nice work so far Michael! MEDDO 1 Quote Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara Current: I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday" - John Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share #49 Posted April 30, 2014 Hi MichaelA treenail fitted into the base of each frame would help to secure them.Regardsmij Good suggestion, I will consider this mij 1 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 30, 2014 Share #50 Posted April 30, 2014 Michael, You're doing some excellent work on the Halifax. I'm enjoying watching your build. MEDDO 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share #51 Posted April 30, 2014 Michael, You're doing some excellent work on the Halifax. I'm enjoying watching your build. Thank you very much. Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share #52 Posted May 1, 2014 Whoa, this fairing thing is taking a while. At least it's getting there. fnkershner, Blue Ensign, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share #53 Posted May 2, 2014 So the fairing is going slowly. Ever so slowly. Think I am about 1/2 done now. At least it is starting to shape up. I am using a piece of scrap planking to see/fit the frames. Maybe in another week or two...haha Meanwhile the next step will be to frame out the transom. mtaylor, Aussie048, Elmer Cornish and 4 others 7 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share #54 Posted May 4, 2014 I think may be done with the fairing for now. Just a bit left (cleaning up the tip of the frames like the pointy one in the second picture).Will be getting on the stern framing tonight. fnkershner, mtaylor, Aussie048 and 2 others 5 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share #55 Posted May 4, 2014 Roughing in the transom. Aussie048, gjdale, rafine and 7 others 10 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickmil Posted May 4, 2014 Share #56 Posted May 4, 2014 Michael, that is fantastic looking framing. The framing looks very clean and precise. The stern is outstanding. MEDDO 1 Quote Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara Current: I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday" - John Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share #57 Posted May 4, 2014 Michael, that is fantastic looking framing. The framing looks very clean and precise. The stern is outstanding. Thanks Patrick. The instructions/plans were pretty good. Now I get to fair/shape the area. Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share #58 Posted May 5, 2014 I was able to shape and clean up the transoms some last night. I was also able to add the wing transoms. I started to shape the wings. I of course forgot my prior lesson and broke one off while shaping resulting in me having to replace it. Haha. Now I have spacers in there while shaping. Learning every day... Dimitris71, Elmer Cornish, gjdale and 6 others 9 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share #59 Posted May 6, 2014 Just a quick update. Onto Chapter 7: The wales, planking, and removing from the jig. Dimitris71, hexnut, fnkershner and 1 other 4 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickmil Posted May 6, 2014 Share #60 Posted May 6, 2014 Michael, the stern and transom framing looks outstanding!!! Great work so far. MEDDO 1 Quote Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara Current: I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday" - John Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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