Ryland Craze

Very welcome aboard sir. 
It's a great place and Very nice people. 

Hi neighbor, welcome to the site.  You'll find a great bunch of people here.  Thank you for your service!

Hey, another bubblehead. I spent six years on boomers from '77 to '83.
Welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard, shipmate!  Fellow submariner here.
 
Todd

Wellcome to MSW, enjoy 

Thank you Allan!

Please accept my sincere thank you for your years of service Joe.    Welcome aboard!
You will get as much advice and as many opinions as there are members so be prepared😁
Allan

Thank you Bob!

The weathering looks great, Tim. This is turning out to be a very fine model.

Well I made an attempt at weathering the model today by eliminating any gloss as much as possible with 600 paper, roughened some edges  and dry brushed some Windsor Newton Galeria Burnt Umber Acrylic water based oil, with Windsor Newton Fast Dry medium to "dirty" her up a bit. Some final touches over the next day or so then thinking about building that Wye River model Bugeye or maybe order something different from Bluejacket with a bit more rigging to test these old fingers.

I see Patrick beat me to this....  Just build one from scratch.   a couple of shafts, some gears, and some framing.  Doesn't have to be motor powered as a hand crank will work.

With a broken grinding machine, some gears and some other leftovers you can build a serving tool.
costs little, just some time 😉

To serve ,or not to serve that is the question  🤔?  As I dive deeper in to my modeling journey  , I want to up my game on how my models look.  I wanted to try serving the lines on the Mayflower,  but I had no idea what to do.  So started looking for pictures, Holy it looks hard. Then I find out about server machines, ok but to get one I have to pay enormous amount of shipping.  I can't get passed the First Mate,  shipping is more than the machine find a better way😒.
 So I looked at how they used to serve lines before machines. Ya that ain't happening  lol. So I decided  to for go the serving on the Mayflower . But will do as much seizing  as I can.. Studying rigging and moving forward,  I came up with the idea  to do all the shrouds, ratlines, and standing rigging first.
 So I broke out my third hand and started, I have four done with  three on the ship, temporarily  not tied on, as I want to tie both sides at the same time.
 So with 36 shrouds to go and all the rat lines I will be busy for awhile for sure.  But I will get there lol. I t can get overwhelming  rigging,  but I have learnt to back off a bit, study  more and come back better I hope
 Lol   The plan is to do at least one shroud a day already two days behind schedule  lol. But this is were I am at now.
  Thanks all for looking and helping me out. Most of all thanks for helping me learn how to build ships. So much to learn, so little time left lol.
 Bye for now, got some work to do lol.
 

Hi Joe and welcome to Model Ship World.  I am glad your research sent you to this forum.  You will not be disappointed.  Also, thank you for your service to our country.

Thank you everyone who have followed this build log. I haven’t given up. The build was sometimes frustrating and at the same time enjoyable. I enjoyed completing the Dory. I also learned a lot of new things during the build. These are lessons that can be applied to future builds. Now on to the Norwegian Sailing Pram. Look for that build log soon.

Hi Everyone, All after a long day of yard work and some dinner. I finally got back to the computer.
Below are the finished pictures of my Lowell Grand Banks Dory. It has been quite a journey. from busted frames to planks cut too short, the build is finally complete.
So what did I learn from this build.....Hmmm......
1. Basswood is very soft.
2. Basswood breaks easy.
3. Don’t force Basswood - See # 2.
4. Measure twice cut once.
5. Thin your paint so you get a smooth coat.
6. Line things up the first time. It takes less time than having to un-glue and re-glue parts.
7. Most important thing - TAKE YOU TIME
8. And other stuff that I don't remember right now but will come to back to me on my next build. 

We’ll done!

Thank you SkiBee. Appreciate the encouragement.

Boats
Looks great, nice job.

The Bow becket is next. First picture is the Bow Becket with knots before trimming. Next picture a top view showing the Bow Becket installed. The next view shows the Bow Becket knots.
I forgot to mention that the thread used for the beckets is left over thread from a previous ship model I had built. Believe it or not the thread is the same size. The difference is the thread that I used was a much tighter weave. It was easier to thread through the holes and also easier to knot. The thread that came with the kit seemed way too big and out of scale for the Dory. The next post will be pictures of the finished Dory with closing comments.

Next were the Beckets. The pictures that follow are of the Stern Becket.
The first is the Stern becket being formed, the next is the Stern Becket after forming and the last picture is the Stern Becket knots.
I think the Stern Becket came out okay. I will work on the Bow Becket next and then post up the final pictures of the finished Dory.
 

Lots of progress on the Dory.  The base is complete, now comes gluing the dory to the base. This step took a steady hand because I was using CA glue to ensure a good adhesion to the cradles. You only get one try at mounting the Dory to the base. Luckily, I got it glued on the first try. Looks good.

Thank you all so much for your warm welcome, and it was my pleasure to serve.  I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!  If they come out with a geriatric submarine force, I'll be the first to join.