Piet

Count me in, Patrick.  I love your subject choices and then the execution. Genesis looks to be a huge challenge and I daresay that you'll be up to it.

Thanks John
 
I got dizzy myself!  Shadow was a certainly complex beast, but Genesis is a real doozie!
 
I’m using Balsa wood for the hull, but don’t worry, I’m going to cover the balsa with something like plasticard, to stiffen it up.  The other thing is that 99% of the balsa wood will be carved away leaving an empty shell, (thereby allowing the interior to be built).
 
Well, that’s the plan, anyway!
 
Thanks for coming onboard.  
 
Cheers. 
 
Patrick

Patrick,
 
I got dizzy following Shadow, this one is really going to test by depth perception. Kudos to be able to work at such a small scale with such precision. Question what wood are you using for the hull?
Will follow until the launch.
 

Hi everyone!
 
Okay...Seriously!!!!  Is this a Star Wars’ spaceship, or is it a mega yacht’s hull???  She sure looks weird at this stage, but trust me, Genisis will look really spiffy once it’s done....
 
Here’s the progress so far.
 
Cheers. 
 
Patrick
 
 

Thanks Richard!
 
Great to have you onboard!
 
Cheers. 
 
Patrick

Hello Patrick. Good luck with your new build! I'll follow with intrest. Regards, Richard

Thanks Nils!
 
Yes, you’re right about Genisis’ complex curves.  She is definitely not a hull for the faint hearted, that’s for sure!
 
Have a great week.
 
Cheers. 
 
Patrick

Hi Patrick,
 
thats a very ambitious super yacht (Khalilha) you have chosen. With all those curved surfaces I think I would never find through, let alone fitting out the interior, but you had a good test run with your fab. "Shadow"
Wish you a steady hand and good luck with the build...
 
Nils

Hi folks
 
Hot on the heels of finishing my last model, Shadow, I’ve excitedly started on what I think is my biggest challenge yet - Genesis, a 49m Luxury Mega Yacht, based on an actual ship named Khalilah, built by an American builder, Palmer and Johnson.  The details of the ship, Khalilah, can be found here:  https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-46797/khalilah-photos.htm#yacht-tabs
 
As I don’t have any detailed plans, a lot of what I’m attempting is by sheer guess work, with a lot of help from a fellow MSW member (whose help and guidance I shall always appreciate).
 
Like all of my other models, Genesis will have a fully detailed interior, from her engine room through to her sky deck.
 
I hope you can follow me on my journey from here on.
 
The following photos show where I’m up to so far with the hull.  Lots and lots of work to go, folks!!!
 
Thanks. 
 
Patrick
 
 

Hi all,    today I got round to finishing of fitting the ladder on the poop deck, after fitting and gluing,   a liitle bit of  light sanding was done  then I  applied a coat of top coat.
 
Siincere thanks to all those who view/like and  comment on my build.
 
Here's a couple of current build pics.
 
OC.

Thank yo so much for saying that.
 
OC.

Thnak you don,  very nice of you to say
 
OC.

Very neat work you have done, i like your paint work, done very well!

Totally agree with Mark about the colours, looking great

Hey Lou, #8 bulkhead doesn't seem too big a problem. There are two ways to tackle that. One, and possibly the easiest is widen the slot towards the discrepancy side and back fill the slot. The second one is to cut new bulkhead profiles and glue them to the errant side of the bulkhead, then fare it.  You most likely figured that out already but just in case.
 
Yeah, Mystic Seaport is rather busy and I'm glad they responded. They are helpful folks and like to help as much as they can.
I'm sure you'll get to the shape of your hull as envision it
 
Cheers,

I was just joking Piet. Take your time and get your other things taken care of first.
 
See you when you get here.
 

Looking good, Lou.  AL does have it's screwups and I see you ran into one. Been at least one kit where port side didn't match starboard side on the bulkheads.   I, sadly, don't remember which ship it was though.   What I see from your photo says it was more than just a "little" off....
 
 

As a side note.
 
I received an email from Mystic Seaport Museum today regarding a request for some information and I made over a month ago! They were not able to provide me with the documents I was looking for but did send me a couple of museum links to stuff that I did not have and will come in useful later in the build.  Some of it confirms things I already felt were true and as usual also raised a few more questions that I will need to ask about later when I get to that part of the build! 

Further refinements, and re-determining main deck length and shape
 
Today was a bit of a mixed day and not much actual cutting took place. My first job was to get the dockyard crew to correct the alignment between former poop sub-deck and the quarter sub-deck. They had been glued together about a pencil mark off and it was driving me crazy! It took two more tries to get it right! The old mark-1 eyeballs must be getting old! In the process of doing this I discovered that #8 bulkhead was WAY off! It was located exactly where it was supposed to be, in the profile slot designed for it, and it is of course laser cut, but it is too narrow and would have to be moved aft by possibly ¼” or more to maintain proper fairing bow to stern. This was determined by using a ships curve, something I had not done before. I will need to look into this some more. I can’t help but think I am missing something and the people at AL would not have been this far off. 
I then went to the main deck and removed all the posts that I had left when I altered the deck heights. I had originally left them in place with the idea that they would be useful when I added the bulwarks later. It looks like this won’t be the case as I needed the clear area to draw in the new deck length and bow shape.
 
I used the ships curve again and established the new shape and at the same time shortened it by the ½” needed for an overall deck length of 65 feet.
I pretty much spent the rest of my time working out the requirements for the #1 and 2 bulkheads that will have to be altered, moved, or both to accommodate the new overall length. Initial tests using paper templates are encouraging even though it was a little hard to be precise without having the use of three or possibly six hands!
 
At this point it looks like I will only have to deal with the alteration of three bulkheads. #8 because of some unknown as yet factory error or mistake on my part, and #1 and 2 that as expected due to the alteration of the bow. I may find out other things later but I am keeping my fingers crossed.
(Next, cut and chop!)

Looks like I have at least one person fooled! I can't help but feel that this is just a train wreck waiting to happen! The only reason that it has gone this well is more that this appears to be the perfect model for this bash more than anything I have done so far.
 
John
I will never get tired of looking at your providence, and being jealous!  Not only is a fantastic model but even if I can build something as nice I will never be able to bring it alive like you did with your figures! There is no way those figures look like they are only 1.5 inches tall!

Thank you Lou and Jan for dropping in.  I'm still sorting out the photo problem, it looks promising for a download but not tonight.
The eye procedure is postponed and set for May 17 for the right eye and May 24 for the left eye. Right now I'm heavily dependent on my optiviser over a 2.5X reading glasses. 
Just been extremely busy with other things and seem to have only one hour in the late evening to log on MSW
 
Cheers,
 
 

Thanks for the wake-up calls fellows.  Yes, it's about 6 hours difference between youns and ussens so I'm half an hour away from beddy time - again
I have an eye doctor appointment tomorrow morning, he is going to blow the "moss' from my right eye lens, with laser power.  It's called "YAG capsulotomy.  That seems to be a standard problem after cataract surgery. It's really been bothersome, the right eye looks through a fog and the left eye is trying to compensate, causing some confusion.  Not that that's so remarkable, I'm a rather confused old fart anyhow   Yeah, it's been very noticeable doing this small scale work.
 
Okay, for some reason by new cell phone seems to have a problem downloading my photos to the DropBox storage app and consequently I can't download it to my confuser. I am now in the progress of e-mailing the pics to myself, even that is taking its own sweet time. Hopefully I have the pics tomorrow to show all youns what I have been doing.
 
Yup, I poured the sea and it worked pretty good. I am glad that I used the cling wrap around the ship though. I had to deepen the groove another 16th of an inch to lower the ship some more. I'm happy with the results so far.
Next comes the removal of some sea around the hull where it makes a dip and when that's done to my satisfaction I'll go ahead and cement the hull in place and pour some poly around it and then form the waves.
 
Cheers,

Thank you friends for looking in and your concerns and suggestions.  So very true, it's a big step into the unknown, for me at least. I understand there are several ways to depict a sea and picking the right one is a toss up.  Actually, no matter what material is used it's still a rendering and not the real thing so we must use what may possibly give me the most realistic effect. I don't mind working with polymers or epoxies, have done that when I part owned an aircraft repair facility.  One builder on the NRG  showed his method by using clear caulking compound that one may use to seal bathtubs with.  He first painted the bottom blue and then proceeded to lay in the caulking compound. When it started to set he dabbed waves into it and let the blue under-paint give the effect of a blue sea.  The photos made it look really good. 
 
In the meantime I have made a small mock up and think I should just go ahead and use the polymer stuff.  I will however follow Lou's suggestion to use cling wrap around the model and place it that way into the groove I had made for it.  That way I can still lift it out and forget the diorama idea (after having spend $100 on it  )  Lifting it out gives me another advantages - to be able to remove some of the polymer around the hull where the water makes a dip. The third benefit is that I can raise the model about 1 mm higher. if needed for the effect i am looking for..
And Jan, I have left the props off the model and even the rudder could have been left off because it won't be visible.
From what Jan mentioned that people have been painting the sea with acrylic paints anyway.  That's what I will most likely wind up doing.
 
So then, having said all that, I have talked myself into going ahead with it.  The first pour will be 3 mm thick with a blue tinted layer. This will be tucked along the sides and somewhat under the hull - that's wrapped in cling wrap. This layer must gel up to the sticky state before pouring the next 3 mm layer, also tinted in blue. These two layers must completely cure before the "wave making" compound can be put in top. According to the directions it's more like sculpting procedure using water-wet pop sickle sticks and paint brushes.
The paint colors I may need are thee colors of blue, one yellow in case i want to tint a breaking wave with green and some very light grey or white. The light grey is to simulate the reflection of the hull, may look better then stark white.
 
After I'm happy with the results I can then lift the model out, remove the cling wrap, replace the model and finish with some more poly around the hull and sculpting the water around it.  That to me may be the most difficult part.
 
No time to show the mock up tonight, it's my bed time and you know that's very important for old men, they need plenty of sleep  
 
Cheers,

Thank you Lou and Jan for dropping in.  I'm still sorting out the photo problem, it looks promising for a download but not tonight.
The eye procedure is postponed and set for May 17 for the right eye and May 24 for the left eye. Right now I'm heavily dependent on my optiviser over a 2.5X reading glasses. 
Just been extremely busy with other things and seem to have only one hour in the late evening to log on MSW
 
Cheers,
 
 

Thank you Lou and Jan for dropping in.  I'm still sorting out the photo problem, it looks promising for a download but not tonight.
The eye procedure is postponed and set for May 17 for the right eye and May 24 for the left eye. Right now I'm heavily dependent on my optiviser over a 2.5X reading glasses. 
Just been extremely busy with other things and seem to have only one hour in the late evening to log on MSW
 
Cheers,