Ryland Craze

An update on progress. Lots left to do. I need a larger garage. 😀

Steve, Francios, John, Craig, Rick, ERS, Roel and Gak - thank you for your supportive comments and also thanks to everyone for the likes.
 
I am trying to get ahead before Christmas impinges on workshop time. This year will be the first Christmas without our daughter at home - not bad going seeing as she is now unbelievably 41. She pointed out recently that it was about time that I stopped holding her hand when she was crossing the road, I felt a bit stupid because I never noticed that I hadn't stopped doing it. We are not at home for Christmas - the grandchildren are now 6 and 2 and their parents have decided it is time to break with their practice of alternating Christmas's between grandparents, they are staying at home. It is our turn for Christmas day with them and we are on child care duties as of the 21st Dec. 
 
Anyway - recent progress:-
 
I need to finish off a few bits of internal detail in the owners cabin. The portholes were the major outstanding parts.
 
The bolted flange of the porthole is the most obvious feature. It is painted white to match the internal finish of the room. I made all the flanges that I needed in one go - 20 in all. I made the flanges from 1/32" plasti-card cut from sheet.

I then drilled each piece to form the bores of the flanges. These were all mounted on turned spigot of dowel with double sided tape holding them together. A hollow section of dowel was then used to compress and retain the pieces, the compression being provided via the tailstock.

The flanges were then cut to size on the lathe.

The assembly was then taken off the lathe and the flange holes were drilled on the mill using a rotary table.

The finished flanges were then separated using white spirit.

I then fitted the rivets (brass pin heads) to one flange and made a simulated hinge from a pin and bits of brass tube.

Simplified lugs for the closures were made from plasti-card followed by assembly.

Having made one I proceeded with another 9. The other 10 will be left for later.


At this stage I also made the bedside wall mounted light - among the portholes in the next photo.

The portholes are actually mounted in recesses in the walls but this was a a detail that I thought I could do without.

I haven't made the chairs yet - something to worry about later. 
 
I am planning to move on to the aft guest cabin. Like the owners cabin it has a glazed deck hatch above it. It is a much tighter space and given its position closer to the stern is quite a complex shape. It could prove to be an interesting test.
 
Hopefully one more update before Christmas.
 
 
 
 

Made some more progress

Quick update that got me through painting of the hull. 
 
First I completed touch up of the stain and Grey on the inside. Highly recommend folks write down what color paint they used before they out it away and have to find it later. 

 
Then we primed the hull then filled the low spots and sanded down the high spots. Primed again and repeated the process. 

 

 
I haven't done much other work for the moment but I have done some of the pot metal items seam clean up. 

Thanks Terry I’m glad you know how my journey ends. Maybe tomorrow or maybe not. I actually enjoyed the trip. Hope other loggers enjoyed it also. 
Best Rick

A fine job Rick !!

From Rick to Rick. THANKS!
Best Rick

 

Rick, really great job!!
Rick

Granddaughter and I had a great day assembling and installing the torpedo and the torpedo head is armed and will be ready tomorrow to take on all Pirates when we install the firing and release lanyard. After my granddaughter gets her ice cream reward we are retiring for the night. Hopefully after finishing the lanyards and no Pirate headaches  we should reach our final destination by evening. 
Until tomorrow wish us luck Good Night 
Best Rick

Link to current build,
   
https://modelshipworld.com/topic/39515-wasa-1628-by-knocklouder-billing-boats-175/#comment-1128649
 
On the build table:
                   WASA

On Hold:
  Astrolabe  1812 -Mantua 1:50
  Bluenose- Billing Boat  1:64
  Bluenose- Scientific   1:42
 USRC HARRIET LANE   
FINISHED:
AMATI:
  Santa Maria-1:64
  La Pinta-1:64
  La Nana-1:64
  Mayflower-1:60
  Viking Long Boat-Darkkar -1:50
  Hannah- Ship in a Bottle  1-300
  HMS Pegasus,-Amati:1;64

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Sea of Galilee - Scott Miller
**         ****      ***
The Golden Hind: Airfix
**    ***    **
Queen Anne's Revenge-Piececool-1:300
**      ****    ****

Duchess of Kingston:1:64  🙂
  VANGUARD MODELS.

Wow, I remember going to their store in Bogota, NJ, maybe in the late 70s. I'm in, Bob.

When you can can get a good buy on an older kit, that's one way to beat inflation.  I queried for the scale of all Model Shipways versions of the Harriet Lane and wondered which one you got.  A search result is pasted below:
 
Model Shipways has offered the Harriet Lane in multiple scales, but the current main kit is 1:96 scale, a larger plank-on-bulkhead version, while older solid hull kits were available in 1:120, 1:128, and 1:144 scales.  Key Scales & Kits: 1:96 (Current): A plank-on-bulkhead kit with laser-cut parts and detailed fittings, designed by David Antscherl and available from Model Shipways. 1:128 (Older): A solid hull kit with machine-carved hull, often found on resale sites. 1:144 (Older): Another solid hull version mentioned in forums. 1:120 (Very Old): An even earlier version of the solid hull kit.  When buying, always check the product description for the specific scale, as Model Shipways offers versions from different eras. 

Today I have about 20 more rope coils to make up and put on, also the side stairs  on the port side to install but I think  I mark this ship Finished before the end of the day.  Lol. Again thanks everyone so much, it has been quite the adventure  😀. 
I  love it. Mistakes were made but a lot less, some lines are twisted  but so am I. It's finally  finished,  it was really intimidating when I started. And I did shelf it for a year , almost packed it in right there. So greatful  that I didn't ,happy  to have finished this.

Yes, I am marking it down as Finished. 

Flags have been raised, 

Crew added,  some missed the boat , lol, but when I get a better  camera,  I have them added. 

Greatful for those who braved the journey,  your incuragement likes and wows are always appreciated thanks. 

So another in the case, time to go change my signature  lol to 12. And mark this one Finished.  Lol
 
 Good bye, see you next year , lol listen to me,  I will have a log going in a week  😅 😄 
 
Bob  M.
 
 
 

That’s s quite some interesting software 

Hopefully he doesn't pee on the mainmast. 😀

Making your models come to life...
 
watermarked-0bd45981-fc12-4dd4-a809-518f5a8191d5.mp4
 

Yes I have them but just havent had time to print them.  Soon I hope.
 
chuck

These look great, Chuck!  Have you seen any 3D printing plans for the 32-pound carronades with the elevating screws?  I have seen one other company that has created those, but always curious to see options.

The finished name board on my model of Billy is 1/64" birch ply so it really doesn't matter how Billy's original name board was constructed as I won't be trying to replicate the wrinkles/bubbles. It's purely the opinion of each individual viewer and each opinion is as good as the other.  
 
 Go ahead, yuck it up, Roel.   Making the wheels will be like making butterfly wings but that task is much less daunting in my mind than making the arches. The arches have me pretty intimidated right at this moment but I need to commit or be committed.  

Thank you, much appreciated, Bob.

Well Tom you made it to the black list lol, I will add your name to my list right under Keith's lol.
 Your sign looks great, that bubbling at the top may be vener lifting off because of  moisture,  but your's is  great. Go with that.
Bob  M.  

Speedwell will not change at all from Chuck's designs, I will literally be producing what Chuck designed, with only slots changed to take into account the metric rather than imperial sizes - and materials that I use like pear.

This is the VM plan for next year. Waiting to hear back confirmation.