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Thanks Rick. Hope your family has a great Thanksgiving. 
Tom

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom
 

Thanks Rick. Hope your family has a great Thanksgiving. 
Tom

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom
 

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have managed to get some things done such as all the yards. I needed to take a couple of weeks to make 21 table centerpieces, 80 place card holders for table assignments, and a bride and groom’s table centerpiece for my daughter’s wedding in January. Why did I agree to doing all these things? Oh yeah, I have a hard time saying no to my daughters. Between cutting down birch trees and getting pine cones and everything else I didn’t think I would see my Morgan model ever again. 
 
Now that wedding stuff is complete, I’m back to modeling. Currently working on laying out the sails so I can attach to the yards and then install those assemblies to the masts. 
 
Here are some pics of my various projects. 



21 table centerpieces 

 

80 place card holders 
and finally the newlywed table centerpiece. 

Tom
 

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom
 

Very tragic news indeed. My deepest sympathies go out to Donna and the entire family. I never met Jim but it is easy to see that he was someone that made the world a better place. 
Tom

Very tragic news indeed. My deepest sympathies go out to Donna and the entire family. I never met Jim but it is easy to see that he was someone that made the world a better place. 
Tom

Very tragic news indeed. My deepest sympathies go out to Donna and the entire family. I never met Jim but it is easy to see that he was someone that made the world a better place. 
Tom

Very sad news, I am sure everyone here will respect their wishes.
Please, when appropriate,  send our sympathy.  

I can not explain how devastated I am to be announcing this.  My dear and close friend Jim Byrnes has passed away way too soon.   Many have you know and have met Jim.  He was a fantastic guy and true original.   Many of you own his tools which are second to none in the hobby.    I have been speaking with his wife Donna who many of you also know.  Jim was diagnosed with ALS in February.  ALS is a nasty disease and there is no cure.  Jim had a particularly aggressive type of ALS and he passed away last month in October.  He was just 64 years old.
 
This news will be devastating to many...but Donna has asked if everyone would have patience and give here and their family time to grieve.  As you might expect,  the business will continue to be shut down,  but will reopen at some time in the near future.  Donna will continue supporting the hobby and their customers when the time is right.   But please have patience and allow the family to grieve at this sad time.  Donna will let me know when the shop will reopen.  I will make an announcement at that time.  
 
I am so devastated by this...I just spoke to him not too long ago and it breaks my heart.  His obituary is below.
 
Jim is survived by his wife, Donna; son, James William (Krystal) and grandchildren Julian and Sloane; brother, Peter (Cindy) Byrnes and sisters, Mary (James) Hayman, Catherine Byrnes, Veronica Byrnes and Elaine Byrnes (Robert Campbell); brother-in-law, Eddie (Marcia) Grissom; brother-in-law, Frank Marzovilla, and many cherished nieces and nephews. Not to be forgotten is his beloved English Springer Spaniel, Becky, who is waiting every day for him to come home to her!

He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Lorraine Byrnes; brother, Robert Byrnes; nephew, Michael Byrnes; brother-in-law, Pete Stuffer; and mother-in-law, Opal Grissom.

Along with restoring vintage cars, from a very young age Jim had a true passion for model ship-building. For many years he had done extensive research on the U.S.S. Constitution and was in the final phase of completing his scratch build of the Constitution as it was originally launched in 1797. Following a career of working with Defense contract companies, Jim worked many years with and became a partner with Conceptual Engineering in Sanford FL. In 2002 Jim and Donna formed Model Machines LLC. Jim designed and developed small modeler’s machines that are now purchased worldwide and used in many high school and college machine shops and in museums for their restorations. There have been numerous reviews and articles written about Jim which were published in various modelers’ magazines. Modelers using Jim’s machines range from ship, railroad, doll houses, doll house furniture, pen turners, segmented bowls and architects. In recent years guitar, harp and violin makers were added to this list. Jim was a remarkable craftsman and had many more machines in development stage for modelers. He was always ready to help and mentor others, many of whom soon became his very close friends.

 Jim was also a member of the Nautical Research Guild and attended conferences throughout the U.S. for 20 years, developing many close friendships within this organization.

Jim was a humble, quiet man who was deeply loved and will be missed by so many. Our hearts, as a family, are broken. Thru this profound loss, if we can ask one thing from this place of despair, it would be to embrace your loved ones every chance you get.
 
 

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have managed to get some things done such as all the yards. I needed to take a couple of weeks to make 21 table centerpieces, 80 place card holders for table assignments, and a bride and groom’s table centerpiece for my daughter’s wedding in January. Why did I agree to doing all these things? Oh yeah, I have a hard time saying no to my daughters. Between cutting down birch trees and getting pine cones and everything else I didn’t think I would see my Morgan model ever again. 
 
Now that wedding stuff is complete, I’m back to modeling. Currently working on laying out the sails so I can attach to the yards and then install those assemblies to the masts. 
 
Here are some pics of my various projects. 



21 table centerpieces 

 

80 place card holders 
and finally the newlywed table centerpiece. 

Tom
 

I reached the standing rigging completion milestone. Well sort of. All the lines are attached but most of the back stays are not secured. This will give me a bit more room to get to the belaying pins. 

There are a lot of lines hanging from the blocks under the tops and trees  all coiled up and labeled. It is much easier to thread the blocks when the masts are off the model. It gets a bit scary looking now but since each line is labeled it is actually pretty easy. 
 
 
I also finished all the rigging on the bow sprit (I think).  Time to start thinking about the jib sails. 

And finally I put in the cutting tackle today. 

Next I need to start making and mounting sails to the yardarms. Then mount those to the masts. Should be a piece of cake!😂
 
Tom

Tom,
I have two daughters; and it is true there will be more, but it will be fun for you. Remember that she will have a husband, but you will always be THE DAD!

Hi Tom
Somehow I think there is going to be more coming than just a walk. There’s always more. 😂
 
Tom

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have managed to get some things done such as all the yards. I needed to take a couple of weeks to make 21 table centerpieces, 80 place card holders for table assignments, and a bride and groom’s table centerpiece for my daughter’s wedding in January. Why did I agree to doing all these things? Oh yeah, I have a hard time saying no to my daughters. Between cutting down birch trees and getting pine cones and everything else I didn’t think I would see my Morgan model ever again. 
 
Now that wedding stuff is complete, I’m back to modeling. Currently working on laying out the sails so I can attach to the yards and then install those assemblies to the masts. 
 
Here are some pics of my various projects. 



21 table centerpieces 

 

80 place card holders 
and finally the newlywed table centerpiece. 

Tom
 

I reached the standing rigging completion milestone. Well sort of. All the lines are attached but most of the back stays are not secured. This will give me a bit more room to get to the belaying pins. 

There are a lot of lines hanging from the blocks under the tops and trees  all coiled up and labeled. It is much easier to thread the blocks when the masts are off the model. It gets a bit scary looking now but since each line is labeled it is actually pretty easy. 
 
 
I also finished all the rigging on the bow sprit (I think).  Time to start thinking about the jib sails. 

And finally I put in the cutting tackle today. 

Next I need to start making and mounting sails to the yardarms. Then mount those to the masts. Should be a piece of cake!😂
 
Tom

Hi Tom
Somehow I think there is going to be more coming than just a walk. There’s always more. 😂
 
Tom

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have managed to get some things done such as all the yards. I needed to take a couple of weeks to make 21 table centerpieces, 80 place card holders for table assignments, and a bride and groom’s table centerpiece for my daughter’s wedding in January. Why did I agree to doing all these things? Oh yeah, I have a hard time saying no to my daughters. Between cutting down birch trees and getting pine cones and everything else I didn’t think I would see my Morgan model ever again. 
 
Now that wedding stuff is complete, I’m back to modeling. Currently working on laying out the sails so I can attach to the yards and then install those assemblies to the masts. 
 
Here are some pics of my various projects. 



21 table centerpieces 

 

80 place card holders 
and finally the newlywed table centerpiece. 

Tom
 

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have managed to get some things done such as all the yards. I needed to take a couple of weeks to make 21 table centerpieces, 80 place card holders for table assignments, and a bride and groom’s table centerpiece for my daughter’s wedding in January. Why did I agree to doing all these things? Oh yeah, I have a hard time saying no to my daughters. Between cutting down birch trees and getting pine cones and everything else I didn’t think I would see my Morgan model ever again. 
 
Now that wedding stuff is complete, I’m back to modeling. Currently working on laying out the sails so I can attach to the yards and then install those assemblies to the masts. 
 
Here are some pics of my various projects. 



21 table centerpieces 

 

80 place card holders 
and finally the newlywed table centerpiece. 

Tom
 

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have managed to get some things done such as all the yards. I needed to take a couple of weeks to make 21 table centerpieces, 80 place card holders for table assignments, and a bride and groom’s table centerpiece for my daughter’s wedding in January. Why did I agree to doing all these things? Oh yeah, I have a hard time saying no to my daughters. Between cutting down birch trees and getting pine cones and everything else I didn’t think I would see my Morgan model ever again. 
 
Now that wedding stuff is complete, I’m back to modeling. Currently working on laying out the sails so I can attach to the yards and then install those assemblies to the masts. 
 
Here are some pics of my various projects. 



21 table centerpieces 

 

80 place card holders 
and finally the newlywed table centerpiece. 

Tom
 

Hey all, 
 
I wanted to share with you all a quick way i've found to trace planks onto scotch tape for spiling: apply the scotch tape, lay a piece of carbon paper on top, and burnish it with your finger (or something similar).  All that's left is to then mark the appropriate plank widths along each bulkhead and proceed as usual.
 
This works pretty well for tracing the curvature around each bulkhead to calculate your plank divisions as well.
 
-Raymond

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have managed to get some things done such as all the yards. I needed to take a couple of weeks to make 21 table centerpieces, 80 place card holders for table assignments, and a bride and groom’s table centerpiece for my daughter’s wedding in January. Why did I agree to doing all these things? Oh yeah, I have a hard time saying no to my daughters. Between cutting down birch trees and getting pine cones and everything else I didn’t think I would see my Morgan model ever again. 
 
Now that wedding stuff is complete, I’m back to modeling. Currently working on laying out the sails so I can attach to the yards and then install those assemblies to the masts. 
 
Here are some pics of my various projects. 



21 table centerpieces 

 

80 place card holders 
and finally the newlywed table centerpiece. 

Tom
 

I need to make a large quantity of ringbolts for the hatch covers for my current project.  At 1:96 scale they are tiny.  I decided to make them from 30ga (.010” diameter) tinned wire so I ordered a small spool from Amazon.
 
The wire was supplied by a Company named Remington Industries.  They are a supply house in the Chicago area specializing in wire.  They stock bare copper, tinned copper, nichrome, and stainless steel wires., plus various insulated wires.  There is no minimum order, they do not charge for shipping and service was prompt.
 
A possible source for specialized needs. Next time I’ll order direct.  Website is Remingtonindustries.com
 
Roger

I still prefer the more oval shape of the 'originals', although the strop groove is more accurate on the CNC version. Take your pick!