Jump to content
Supplies of the Ship Modeler's Handbook are running out. Get your copy NOW before they are gone! Click on photo to order. ×

Ryland Craze

Moderators
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,552

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Ryland Craze

  1. Ryland Craze
    I could not figure out what happened. I studied your starboard picture and it finally hit me. My "senior moment" for the day.😊
  2. Ryland Craze
    Nice build log. You are off to a good start. I moved it for you.
  3. Ryland Craze
    Congratulations Greg on another fine model completed. I am amazed at your work.
  4. Ryland Craze
    Welcome to Model Ship World JC. The Scientific Models Yacht America kit has been around for a long time. This should be a nice build. I am glad you have started a build log so that you can share your progress with us. Good luck on your build.
  5. Ryland Craze
    I like you explanation better.
  6. Ryland Craze
    Hi Holly and welcome to Model Ship World. The photo is of a half hull ship model. Per Wikipedia: "A half hull model ship (also known as a "half hull" or "half ship") is a wooden model ship featuring only one half of a boat's hull without rigging or other fixtures. Prior to the twentieth century, half hull model ships were constructed by shipwrights as a means of planning a ship's design and sheer and ensuring that the ship would be symmetrical. The half hulls were mounted on a board and were exact scale replicas of the actual ship's hull. With the advent of computer design, half hulls are now built as decorative nautical art and constructed after a ship is completed." I hope this help out.
  7. Ryland Craze
    Wow Ben, that is really nice work. Your joinery is very precise.
  8. Ryland Craze
    Your Glad Tidings turned out beautiful. I have enjoyed following your build and your videos. Be sure to post these pictures in the Gallery for all to see.
  9. Ryland Craze
    Beautiful model. I have enjoyed following your build.
  10. Ryland Craze
    Thanks Chuck. I am looking forward to finishing this model. Thanks captain. I enjoyed following your AVS build. I hope to finish my AVS someday. That is quite a nice comment. I am just trying to replicate Chuck's fine model. Michael, early in the build I removed the rigging line from the packages they came in and wrapped it around some cardboard tubes. This has helped to straighten out the line. Thanks Grant. I am glad you have restarted your Medway Longboat. With your attention to detail, it will be a highly crafted model. I look forward to following your build.
  11. Ryland Craze
    It happens to all of us. Wait til you get to the planking. I am glad that Chuck included extra material at the bottom of each sheet of planks to be used to make replacement planks.
  12. Ryland Craze
    You did a great job on your dory. Your spreadsheet shows how picking up a tool or supply here and there adds up. I would hate to see how much I have spent over the years picking up odds and ends. I seem to have the mindset that I may need this later when picking up something. Most times I wind up not using my purchase.
  13. Ryland Craze
    I have started rigging my Medway Longboat and it has definitely changed the appearance of the model. Most lines are temporarily installed and will be permanently glued when all lines have been installed and re-tensioned. I also made up the pedestals from the display base kit and fitted them to the hull prior to the mast being installed. I would recommend this being done earlier in the build, possibly after the planking is completed. I was afraid I would break the thole pins on the cap rail as I had the hull upside down while fitting the pedestals. Here is the progress to date: Making the thimbles was a lot of fun. I had many failures before I finally got the hang of it. Here are a couple of blocks with the thimbles made and blackened and some extras for later use. The mast bands were made using matte black chart tape. Next up is to work on the shrouds. I plan to serve these using my Syren Serv-o-Matic ship model rope serving machine. Thanks for checking out my build log.
  14. Ryland Craze
    Beautiful and highly crafted model. I have enjoyed this build log and the videos and have learned so much from your techniques.
  15. Ryland Craze
    Nice to see another Medway Longboat build log. You have made a good start. For the false keel at the transom, I removed some of the laser char. I aligned it to the keel by using the squares on my cutting mat. I placed the transom on a vertical line with the keel following a horizontal line. You have to make sure that the keel is square to the cutting mat. I used a small machinist square for this. The laser etched slot on the transom helps with the alignment. I also measured the bottom of the ears on the transom with the keel setting upright to make sure they were both equal in height. It looks like the floor on the two piece frame #3 might be too low at the edge. It could possibly be the effects of the photo, but felt it worth mentioning.
  16. Ryland Craze
    Hi Dougal and welcome to Model Ship World. Your trucks are very realistic as well as excellent photographic skills. I do hope you start a build log on your Endeavour Longboat as we would like to follow your progress.
  17. Ryland Craze
    Good job on the square tuck. Your Cheerful is coming along nicely.
  18. Ryland Craze
    Your Bounty is coming along nicely. The extra details you are putting on this model are paying off. I like your attitude. Your build of the Bounty will be a model you will be proud of.
  19. Ryland Craze
    Congratulations on finishing your first build. You did a really nice job on your Lobster boat. I am sure that you learned a lot that will help you on future builds.
  20. Ryland Craze
    Congratulations on completing your Lady Eleanor. You have a highly crafted model of a work boat. I look forward to your HMS Flirt build.
  21. Ryland Craze
    Jerry, You are off to a good start. By following Olha's videos, you will do just fine. You can add photo's within your text. After downloading your pictures, just place your cursor in the text and click it where you want to add the photo. Then click on the plus sign on the photo and it will be added within the post. After you post your picture, you can add more text and repeat the process to add more pictures.
  22. Ryland Craze
    Check out the rigging instructions for the Medway Longboat, which is a larger scale version of your longboat. It is chapter five download on the Syren website. Here is a link: https://syrenshipmodelcompany.com/medway-longboat-1742.php
  23. Ryland Craze
    Nice job on the hull. If you purchased the Longboat display base from Syren, now is the time to fit the pedestals to the hull. It is a lot easier to fit these at an early stage of the build.
  24. Ryland Craze
    The amount of detail at that scale is just amazing. Thanks for the photos.
  25. Ryland Craze
    Absolutely Beautiful! I feel like I am looking at pictures of a full scale Alfa Romeo. Your work is going to be a inspiration for future Pocher modelers.

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...