SawdustDave

Very nice work Ben. I've never attempted a POF....looks pretty intimidating. Looking forward to seeing this project develop.

Edwin....cool bell indeed. Little things like that is what makes this crazy hobby fun to me. Next build? For now all I can think of is being another day closer to those dastardly rat lines.... clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch - clove hitch -

Etc.....

Thanks guys. At this point, I'm still feeling a little bit like a rusty old saw blade....but enjoying getting back to the bench.

At this scale, wasn't sure how I was going to tackle the tiny ships bell. Not crazy about painting a wood bell.

Came up with this....turned a small brass "phillips head" wood screw using two Dremel tools spinning against each other.

Not too awful bad....I'll take it.

No, there is no "clapper" inside the bell.

Hi Nenad:

After taking a two year break, I am struggling with trying to re-gain the "feel" for detail once achieved after several scratch builds. Spending time going through a number of very good build logs such as your is most helpful.

Thanks

Russ....After a two year layoff, struggling to re-gain the "feel" I had once worked my way up to with several scratch builds. So I am taking the day out of the shop to plow through some really great build logs, like yours, in hopes of re-hauning my techniques.

As always, your work is inspiring and very informative.

Thanks

Two hours reading your build log this morning Ed....could not put it down. Will go back and read most of it a second time.

The GOOD....I learned more just reading these postings than I could expressing mere words, so I will not try.

The BAD....After nine scratch projects, and a couple of minor recognition awards from my Carolina peers, a lot of very nice friends had almost convinced me that I had become a "fair" artist/craftsman. That feeling now being replaced with the humbling urge to take a torch to all of my ships and begin with a new appreciation for extreme detail and accuracy.

The UGLY....Fact that I am now 71 years old and simply no longer have the physical / mental abilities achieve such levels of perfection. (I would say the same to jack Nicholas with regard to my golf game)

HOWEVER.....Your excellent work has inspired me, and so many others standing in awe, to be a little better.

Thank you sir.

Ilhan....As I am now shaping blocks to begin rigging the yards, I am wishing even more that I had thought to re-scale my plan sheets to at least 1:60.... Even to 1:50.

The launches are going to be very challenging at the 1:76 scale I am building at. Too late now.

Spending hours simply studying your incredibly fine rigging. What an outstandingly talented artist/craftsman you are my friend.

Thoroughly enjoyed Rick's (Drake1588) visit this morning. Very impressed with his work on MayflowerII....MSW kit. This being his first kit, I can tell you, he is going to be one heck of a fine modeler. Also quite a historian....learned so much during our visit. Thanks Rick....Stay in touch.

She now has her masts....although they are merely sitting loosely in place at this point.

Not exactly sure how to reply since I am actually using two sets of plans. Began with plan sheets provided by our friend Mr. Passaro....also using a set of plan sheets provided by my friend Ilhan Gokcay. Mr. Gokcay's build log, posted herein, has been my primary resource for detail. He tells me in an email that he used Anderson's book as a reference for rigging detail.

Note: I cannot claim to be a maritime historian, although I do appreciate those of you who are. I'm just an old woodworker who kinda fell into this amazing hobby a few years ago and fell in love with the art.

Tops....

Over 100 pieces per top....These are, by far, the most difficult tops I've ever tried to build.

More deck trim.... Note water pump....just because I enjoy building them (builders prerogative)

Forecastle update....

Turning to more fun stuff now....deck trim and fixtures....

Deck railing now added....also added the two small ports near the stern.

Beginning to add the deck railing.

Adding railing stanchions.  Getting each the exact same height being the promary challenge here.

By the way, Chuck....OUR Confederacy just ran away with BEST IN SHOW at this year's North Carolina Maritime Society's annual Boat Builders Show. Held this past weekend in Beaufort, NC.

Hi Chuck:

Using the plans you shared with me, but referring back and forth to the magnificent build log posted by Ilhan Gokcay.

No kit....no laser cut parts.

You know I don't do kits....not when I have friends like you... ha ha

Yves....the painting was done off-ship as panels, then applied to the hull. Had to rip them off and completely re-do three times before finally developing a suitable technique of laying out the stern patterns. By then, the bow panels came much easier.

Thanks

Several milestones in every build are worthy of small celebrations. The final hull plank is one of those "Miller Time" moments.

Getting the complex geometric three color paint scheme within reason has been a major challenge. Not going to say how many times I ripped it off and started over. That's modeling, huh?

Mayflower scale......

Using Chucks plan sheets, for some reason, I have been thinking all along that I was working on a scale of 1:64....

Having built at that scale before, something just didn't seem right, so I did a simple calculation using the stated width of the Mayflower's deck being 26 feet.

Measuring the width of the deck on my plan sheet, I get 3-3/8"......or 3.375 converted to decimals.

Now, tell me if I am wrong here....

26 feet equals 312 inches.......

312 inches divided by 3.375 inches gives me a scale of 1:92

Am I correct?

At this point, still working on launching a new build log for my Mayflower. Just figured out that the old Ship Modeler's Forum is still up and running. Until now, I thought it was the old same group with a new system.....confused here.

So the question is.....Are the members the same?..... or Is this an entirely different organization?