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There is no real official protocol and we just put it where we think it will fit nicely.  Most of the time if the question is very specific to a problem you are having in your build then the build log would be a good place (my gunport template won't line up with my frames any ideas?).  If it is a more general topic then the specific sub forum would be nice as an independent topic (want to start using an airbrush to paint where to start?).  
 
Sometimes question in a build log become so interesting and consuming with so many posts the mods will split it off into its own sub forum as a new independent topic.

I definitely agree with this advice.  This forum is so big that new posts get pushed off the front page so fast many will not see them.  Chucks 2 build log challenge is a great way for some of the people who have been here for a while to get some visibility on some of the new builders.  Even a quick "great job" comment does help encourage the builder.  Responding to them with a simple thanks in your build log helps complete the circle.  It gets even better if you go to their build logs and start leaving likes and comments.  The circle gets bigger...
 
As Chuck said
 
 
p.s. Also linking you current build in you signature makes it significantly easier to people to get to your log.  For the original poster I know you are working on the Lady Nelson but with no link I have to now go to the search box and search for your log along with all the other Lady Nelson logs.  A link in the signature makes it so much easier

Excellent work as always B.E.    When you said ports, I thought you had meant gun ports.  When I was looking at them I started to wonder how they would get a gun all the way up to that area because that large curve up from the deck. Then I went and looked at the reference pictures on the Syren site and realize that there were no guns in that area.

Looks like great progress. 

Another soon to be masterpiece! 

A good cradle is nice to work with.  Any reason you used the band saw instead of the scroll saw?  

Looks like those parts are super nice and fit really well together.  Now comes the fairing with the char...

I completed the installation of the anchors.  That included making and rigging the buoys.  I based my anchor design on, “Historic Ship Models”, by Wolfram zu Mondfeld.  The buoys are modeled after the Cheerful blog of Chuck Passaro.  The buoy line is long enough to reach seventeen fathoms; the anchor cable is attached to the anchor using a fisherman’s bend.
 
   

In this update, I have added the capstan pawls, the ladderway railing, the quarterdeck breastrail, the wheel and the binnacle. In doing this work, I made some choices: I decided to paint the entire breastrail black, rather than leave the uprights unpainted; I chose to do the ladderway  railing with wire stanchions and rope, as shown on the plans and as  I had done on the gundeck; I left the entire wheel bright, rather than paint the rim red; and I left off the friezes on the binnacle. All of these choices were a matter of personal preference except for the binnacle friezes, which were not used because the red color on the printouts could not be used with the red paint color that I have been using throughout the build, including on the binnacle.
 
Next up will be the quarterdeck railings.
 
Bob

I have installed the stops around the gun port and the oar port.  The gun port is framed on the bottom and sides, the oar port on all four sides.  The quarter deck clamps have been installed.  You can see that the stops are flush with the inner face of the frames.  The inner bulwark planking is next.

I will happily follow along with this build.  Cant wait to see what’s next

After listening to the Mariners mirror podcast about three weeks ago about the search for this ship I began reading a little bit more about it. Now it’s found! I guess they started a little PR tour a bit early haha

After listening to the Mariners mirror podcast about three weeks ago about the search for this ship I began reading a little bit more about it. Now it’s found! I guess they started a little PR tour a bit early haha

After listening to the Mariners mirror podcast about three weeks ago about the search for this ship I began reading a little bit more about it. Now it’s found! I guess they started a little PR tour a bit early haha

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541

found

Outstanding work Ryland!  Well deserved award

This past Saturday, the Richmond Chapter of the IPMS held their annual Old Dominion Open Model Contest and Show.  I entered my Medway Longboat in the Wooden Ship Model category and was awarded the first place gold medal.  I was surprised at taking the gold medal.  This shows how well this kit is designed and how it builds into a very fine model.  I also want to thank those that post their builds on MSW as I am still learning techniques and getting ideas that help improve my modeling skills.  Also, a special thank you goes out to the manufacturers that are turning out some fantastic kits that allow us to build these beautiful models.
 
Here is a picture of my medal.  I hope to build a display case for my Medway and it will definitely be displayed alongside my model.

 

 
Here is a photo of the second place model by Stewart Winn.  It is a scratch built bomb ketch:

 
Third place went to Lou Husser of the Washington Ship Model Society with his Midwest kit of a Muscungus Bay Lobster Smack:

 
Below are photos of the Hampton Roads Ship Model Society and the Washington Ship Model Society displays at the show.  In the forefront of the first photo is the Destroyer Escort Kendall C. Campbell that was recently completed by Gene Berger.
 
The Hampton Roads Ship Model Society:

 
The Washington Ship Model Society:

 
It was a fun day for all that attended and I am looking forward to next year's show.

Hello Everyone, I hope you are all well. Thanks very much to All for your comments and Likes.  For a couple of weeks now I have been knee deep in rigging.  It was going good until I got to the standing rigging and decided to use the brown Griffin rigging line that I had. Going to put it on hold and see about getting some better rope. Griffin line is kind of mushy and just doesn't look good when you seize it. Very disappointing. Other people's mileage may vary but that's just my opinion. When I built my Bluenose, I had bought a book that had lots of photographs  of the gaff being lashed to the boom when she was in port. Can't remember the title of the book. The only pictures I have of her were taken just before she left for a new home. Lots of reflections from the glass case.
 

 

 
So that is the way I want to rig Cheerful.
 
 

 
Not sure how it was done back in the day so I made a loop on each end of a piece of rope. Slipped one loop over the end of the gaff, wrapped the rope around the boom a couple of times and slipped the other loop onto the end of the gaff. If anyone has any thoughts on how this may have been done I would be more than happy to hear them. 
 

 
The block for the flag halliard was slid onto the gaff and the rope will probably be coiled on the deck.
 

 
I picked up some Falconet 11mm belaying pins because the 9mm Falconet wood pins that I had were very small. Wanted to use wooden pins instead of the brass 9mm pins made by Technell even though the brass pins are very nice.
 

 
The 9mm Falconet pin measures more like 8.5mm and the handle of the 11mm Falconet pin is very close to being the same size as the 9mm Technell. The 11mm pins look bigger in the photo than in real life.
 

 
While the rigging is on hold I will probably work on the timberheads.
See you next time.   Paul

The next items to be make are the cisterns and winches.  I decided to show the starboard cistern with its hood and the port cistern open, showing the sprocket wheel and chain.  The cisterns are straight forward in their construction.  They are simply a box with openings in the bottom for the pumps, and a slide on the outboard side to allow insertion of the pump dale.  The inboard legs rest on the mast step and the outboard ones are on the deck.
I was lucky enough to have a sheet of photo etch from Admiralty Models developed for the Swan class.  They are no longer available.  I used this for the sprocket wheel.  The photoetch sheet has the rim of the wheel; short lengths of brass wire were silver soldered to them.  I also made a segment of chain from pieces of the same photoetch sheet.

The next photo shows my tipsy cisterns.  The drainage plugs are in place.  A rope handle in the plug will be added later.  The chain was lifted up to illustrate the detail in the photoetch.  

The winch assembly is supported by rhodings on the cistern hood, bitt pins and end support pillars.  The hood and pillar rhodings are repesented by brass tubing.  Those on the bitt pins are inset into a spacer block, as seen in the last photo.  These will all be blackened.

Just a tip if you haven't tried it as yet: You can practice technique using water as a medium on absorbent paper, perhaps with a touch of watercolor or food coloring mixed in if your paper doesn't show much wet/dry contrast. Often, just plain water will show up quite well. Brown paper bag paper works well because it gets dark when wet. In this way, There's really no clean-up after practicing that needs to be done unless you've run some colored water through your gun and even then, all that's required is to just rinse it out. 

It's been a while and I've been slowly making progress.  I am almost finished the running rigging.  Does that mean I'm finished if I'm not doing sails or do I need to rig the sail tackle?  It seems to me of the sails are not on the ship that the rigging for the sails would also be off.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Post 72: Final Touches
 
The Stanchions were turned using a hand drill, small chisels and needle files;
 

 
The flag was printed on tissue paper.  At first I tried printing on both sides using registration marks but exact alignment was still this difficult as the tissue paper moves slightly in the printer.  So in the end I used Chuck’s method of printing on one side only and spraying with matt fixative.  The flag was then folded over a short length of 0.2 mm thread and attached to the flag halyard:
 

 
Now , a few photos of the completed model
 
 
 
John

It's only been 3 1/2 years since my last posting!  Swallow is on the shelf until Spring.  I have decided to return to Echo, hopefully taking it almost to completion in the next few months.  
 
I have now finished the lower deck.  The port side will remain in frame and the starboard will be planked.  The gratings are made in two pieces using the same technique I showed in the capstan construction.  The key is to have the grating made first and then fit the hatch coaming to the grating.  Everything is made from castelo unless otherwise stated.  The coamings are made from cherry.  The lower mast partners are in place.  The square and octagonal holes are for the pump tubes.  The deck is planked with holly and the treenails are bamboo.  In this cross section, the hatch abaft the mast partner is just visible, along with a bit of grating.


The upper deck framing has been completed.  The mast partner are much more complicated on the upper deck.  Compare the pictures above and below.  The two missing starboard ledges have been installed since the picture was taken.  The beauty of a cross-section is that I can slide out the entire deck to work on it away from the model.  Finish has been applied to the completed lower deck and the port hull exterior.  The Watco's really gives the castelo a warm look without any shine.  Next up are the upper deck hatches.

The Mastini, Roth and zu Mondfeld books are a great start.  I really like "The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships" by C Nepean Longridge.  It was one of my first books and does a great job of detailing that build and it includes a bunch of fold out plans which is nice.
 
 
 
edit: The Art of Ship Modeling can be found along with many other great books at ANCRE some available in multiple languages.