SawdustDave Posted October 15, 2015 Share #751 Posted October 15, 2015 Best job of creating realistic rope coils I've ever seen. It's pretty obvious you have put in extraordinary time and effort into the details of each and every coil. Another great lesson learned here on MSW. Thanks for teaching. Beautiful work Brian. Dave Canute, Dimitris71, GLakie and 4 others 7 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share #752 Posted October 16, 2015 Thanks again for all the amazing comments on the rope coils. Sometimes it's the little things that get noticed the most! Tonight I worked on the anchor lines on the deck, but no photo's as they are currently under weights to dry, the larger rope doesn't behave nearly as nicely while wet and is a lot stiffer. I also broke out the soldering stuff and worked on fixing my swivel guns. I had bad solder joints that broke on three of them, which of course needed to be repaired. In the process of fixing 3, I broke 2 again, which is pretty much how all of my soldering on the swivel guns has gone, but after a few more attempts, I got them all together and the joints seem to be good now. I re-blackened the newly repaired guns, and now all 8 swivels are pretty much ready to go on the ship after the anchor's are finished. I may do another blackening treatment on them, but I sort of like the 'rough worn' look that they currently have, so I might just leave them be. May not get anything else done until Sunday, as tomorrow is a release at work, and Sunday I'm going to be sailing. Until then, cheers! GLakie, drtrap, antanasp and 21 others 24 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerty Posted October 19, 2015 Share #753 Posted October 19, 2015 Beautiful work Brian ! canoe21, Dimitris71, GLakie and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build: Willie L. Bennett - Model Shipways Future Interests: Friendship Sloop - BlueJacket Ship Crafters Cape Cod Catboat - BlueJacket Ship Crafters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted October 19, 2015 Share #754 Posted October 19, 2015 maybe you mention this elsewhere Brian, but where did you get the swivel guns? they are clearly not the britannia ones included with the kit... hamilton GLakie, GuntherMT, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch) under the bench: Admiralty Echo cross-section; MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share #755 Posted October 19, 2015 Thank you all for your comments and likes. Hamilton, both the main guns and the swivel guns are from Syren (Chuck). Dimitris71, GLakie, hamilton and 2 others 5 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
src Posted October 21, 2015 Share #756 Posted October 21, 2015 Wow, Wow WOW! Another great build I have been missing, Brian. To bad its so close to the end, my loss. Coils look great, filing this one away. Sam GLakie, Canute, zoly99sask and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted October 21, 2015 Share #757 Posted October 21, 2015 Definitely worth it to replace them if my memory of the britannia castings serves correctly.....those guns look really nice hamilton Canute, GLakie, Dimitris71 and 1 other 4 Quote current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch) under the bench: Admiralty Echo cross-section; MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share #758 Posted October 21, 2015 Thanks Sam & Hamilton. Yes, it was worth it for sure. When I started I thought the swivel's would be ok, but when I got to that point in the build, I started trying to clean them up, and decided that even with a great deal of effort on my part, they still wouldn't be as nice and crisp looking as the main guns, so I put them aside and ordered the barrels from Chuck after printing out his PDF of his gun barrels and laying the cast guns on the smallest of his swivels and seeing they were almost a perfect match in size. The real challenge of those swivels for me was learning to solder well enough to piece together the yokes and handles and get them all to stick together. dgbot, zoly99sask, hamilton and 4 others 7 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donrobinson Posted October 21, 2015 Share #759 Posted October 21, 2015 Great work Brian GLakie, Dimitris71, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted October 21, 2015 Share #760 Posted October 21, 2015 You have nothing to complain about your soldering came out great and looks good. David B GuntherMT, Canute, Dimitris71 and 1 other 4 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share #761 Posted October 21, 2015 You have nothing to complain about your soldering came out great and looks good. David B Wasn't complaining, or certainly not about the final results, was just saying that the soldering was a new challenge for me. Attaching the yokes, pins, and handles was (in retrospect) a pretty funny 'keystone cops' exercise, as I was constantly getting the already soldered pieces too hot while trying to attach the other pieces. I probably ended up soldering about 3x more connections than I actually have because of how many times I had to redo things while trying to figure out how to keep the heat from making an existing connection fail. In addition, there were at least two instances of me breaking off handles (in one case of three guns at once) while they were hanging to dry, just because of my clumsiness while working on something completely unrelated. I should probably learn a lesson from that about where to place drying parts. GLakie, Dimitris71 and Canute 3 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
src Posted October 21, 2015 Share #762 Posted October 21, 2015 Brian, what temp does the solder you have melt at? Jewelry suppliers sell it in different melting points. Some times referred to as extra easy, easy, hard and extra hard. When you have multiple solder joints sometimes it's easier to use a higher melting point solder first then work down. In theory at lest you don't melt your previous joint that way. Sam GuntherMT, Canute, Dimitris71 and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share #763 Posted October 21, 2015 Yep, that multi-heat solder is on my list of things to look into for my next build. For this one I was using 'Solder-It' paste. Not sure what temperature it melts at, but since it's the same on every joint, and the handle is really very close to the yoke on the swivel guns (1/4" or so?), it was a challenge for someone new to working with solder and brass. I ended up attaching 2 alligator clamps between the back end of the gun and the mounting point, and another clamp forward of the mounting point, all to act as heat sinks to give me a little more time to work before the head migrated through the barrel and softened the other joint. Worked ok as long as I didn't mess up the joint I was working on and tried to keep heat on it too long. Dimitris71, KenW, src and 2 others 5 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share #764 Posted October 27, 2015 Sneak peak on the finish line approaching.. I've been working on a display base to hold the ship at the slight angle it should be at to make the waterline 'level' with the viewer, and finally started working on the anchor buoys and I rigged the catheads. What could this possibly be? Silliness is what it is! And that sneak peak... zoly99sask, Canute, Dimitris71 and 30 others 33 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLakie Posted October 27, 2015 Share #765 Posted October 27, 2015 Looking great Brian. Yup - You've peaked my curiosity! GuntherMT, Seventynet, zoly99sask and 3 others 6 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
src Posted October 28, 2015 Share #766 Posted October 28, 2015 Yes, very nice! I read your block stropping tutorial last night, gonna try that either tonight or tomorrow depending on my work life. Thanks Sam Canute, GLakie, Omega1234 and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted October 28, 2015 Share #767 Posted October 28, 2015 I found those little things to be really tricky! Yours came out great! hamilton Canute, Omega1234, Dimitris71 and 1 other 4 Quote current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch) under the bench: Admiralty Echo cross-section; MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegerber Posted October 29, 2015 Share #768 Posted October 29, 2015 Your Sloop looks simply fantastic, Brian! ... ... and your are truly a rigging master! Do you have already a idea, what your next build will be? Anyway, looking forward to more from your shipyard ... All the best, Mike Dimitris71, Canute, GuntherMT and 2 others 5 Quote current scratch build 1:15 Colin Archer - RS14 "Stavanger" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntflyer Posted October 29, 2015 Share #769 Posted October 29, 2015 Hi Brian, You've done a great job on the ship. I especially like the rigging work you have done. Must be nice working with quality rigging line. Mike GuntherMT, mikegerber, GLakie and 3 others 6 Quote Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF) Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB) Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share #770 Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Thanks all. Mike, Yes I do know what the next build will be, and it's on the shelf waiting. I'll be unveiling that after the AVS is completed, which might be sometime next week. The building has slowed significantly as I've decided that I needed to get off my **** (literally) and do something about my fitness before I keeled over of a heart attack. So I joined a gym and have been working with a personal trainer, which is now eating up a large portion of what was already limited free time. Combine that with the sailing classes on the weekend, and still trying to spend some time with my family on occasion, oh yea, and working full time, and things are quite a bit slower these days in the hobby room than they were at other points in the last year. I have all of next week off on vacation though, so I will absolutely finish the AVS, and then go through and try to make something slightly less messy out of the hobby room and then will begin the next ship building adventure. Other Mike (haha!) - the rigging line really makes a huge difference, and when you consider how long a build takes, it's not really a large cost factor. Edit: Hahaa.. the forum censors "a r s e". That's pretty funny. Edited October 29, 2015 by GuntherMT Ryland Craze, zoly99sask, Landlocked123 and 12 others 15 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1234 Posted October 29, 2015 Share #771 Posted October 29, 2015 Hi Brian Wow! She's a real looker! Coming along very nicely, indeed. Good luck with the fitness regime...just remember that if it ain't fun, you ain't doing it! Oh wait, your personal trainer may not entirely agree.... All the best! Patrick Dimitris71, mikegerber, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote MY SCRATCH BUILT MODELS ARE: Splendid Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28576-splendid-by-omega1234-scale-1500-mega-yacht/ Majestic Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28483-mega-yacht-majestic-by-omega1234-miniature/ Sapphire Mega yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21088-sapphire-by-omega1234-1388-scale-mega-yacht-66m-8-inch-hull-length/?tab=comments#comment-639898 Genesis - Supersports Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/18168-genesis-by-omega1234-1300-49m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long-finished/?tab=comments#comment-559026http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14141-shadow-by-omega1234-scale-1300-luxury-60m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long/ SHADOW Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11384-majellan-by-omega1234-luxury-37-metre-motor-yacht-miniature-7-inches-approx/ Majellan Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9261Rainbow-j-class-racing-yacht/?p=273543 Rainbow J Class Racing Yacht Mystic Classic Motor Cruiser Symphony Ingomar Schooner: Scratch build Dorade Schooner: <p> Lennox Restoration Warship http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9577-pandora-cutaway-dockyard-style-miniature/?hl=pandora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmodajr Posted October 30, 2015 Share #772 Posted October 30, 2015 Hi Brian, Nice work! Thanks for sharing the picts of the anchor buoys! I need to make a couple for my model soon. Frank Canute, GLakie, GuntherMT and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrangus Posted November 2, 2015 Share #773 Posted November 2, 2015 Brian checking in looks great! I refer to this build often for ideas.... Fitness is important - if we don't have anything else, we have our health. Good to hear you're working out... Omega1234, Canute, GuntherMT and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuna Posted November 2, 2015 Share #774 Posted November 2, 2015 Hi Brian Looking forward to seeing you and the model next weekend - I feel another award coming, your AVS is awesome! Also looking forward to our meeting and getting to see your shop. GuntherMT, HIPEXEC, GLakie and 1 other 4 Quote Frank Completed: Skipjack Kathryn; Dunbrody Sectional Model; Paragon (modified Mayflower) Scratch Build; Planning a Sectional Model of Dunbrody NRG Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share #775 Posted November 2, 2015 Glad you made it back Frank! Thanks for the kind words, and see you Saturday. Canute, GLakie and zoly99sask 3 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share #776 Posted November 3, 2015 The day has come. I spent a lot of time messing with the anchors, but I simply couldn't find a position where they looked decent to me when lashed to the timberheads, so I chose to display them hanging from the catheads. I then spent far more time than I probably should have messing with the anchor buoys, and in the end was just unhappy with how they looked when properly attached to the anchors, so I decided to display the ship without them. I may make a couple of rope coils and place them on the empty timberheads where the buoys would be hung and belayed, but other than that, and some inspection and touch-up painting/matting, the Serenity is done. I need to re-do my lighting arrangement (which means rearranging the room I take these in) as I'm not real happy with the way these photo's turned out (from a lighting perspective), so I will probably do a full 'finished' photo-shoot sometime later this week. Image dump (bigger than usual - 1600x on the long side)... Mirabell61, dgbot, UpstateNY and 37 others 40 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J T Lombard Posted November 3, 2015 Share #777 Posted November 3, 2015 Brian: What a beautiful job. I hope to preserve your build log so I can use it when I get to this kit. again congratulations J Lombard GuntherMT, Dimitris71, _SalD_ and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted November 3, 2015 Share #778 Posted November 3, 2015 Beautiful work Brian!!!!!! Really outstanding. GLakie, Dimitris71, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Chuck Passaro - MSW Admin Sloop Speedwell - POF scratch Block Island Boat - POF scratch HMS Winchelsea - POB scratch build HM Cutter Cheerful - POB scratch build Royal Barge - POF scratch Medway Longboat- POF Scratch SYREN SHIP MODEL COMPANY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack12477 Posted November 3, 2015 Share #779 Posted November 3, 2015 Brian, great job on the ship - outstanding model - Photography is outstanding also. GuntherMT, Omega1234, Dimitris71 and 4 others 7 Quote Jack "No one is as smart as all of us" - Is ón cheann a thagann an cheird The craft comes from the head --------------------------------------------- Current build: US Constellation Non-ship builds: USCG UH-65A Dolphin M16 Multi-gun motor carriage diorama M4A3 Sherman Tanks dioramas 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II JSDF Light Armor Vehicle Figures: The Last Bridge: Raider Reaper Edge of Universe: Ianis The Last Bridge: Vadim with cart Completed build log(s): 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne, Willie L Bennett 1888 50 ft Gaff-rigged Ice Yacht Scratch Build The Sullivans (DD 537) Liberty Ship SS John W Brown USS England (DE 635), Artesania Latina Titanic Lifeboat Gallery: Swift , Armed Virginia Sloop, Santisima Trinidad Captain's Launch , 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne Other: Rhinebeck Aerodrome Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris71 Posted November 3, 2015 Share #780 Posted November 3, 2015 Great job Brian !! She is beautiful !!! :) Congratulations!! Cheers Dimitris Canute, GLakie, zoly99sask and 2 others 5 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...
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