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In my opinion, and I admit that I don't know much about this class of ships, I am thinking that the small boat interiors and especially the oars would be the natural wood colors looking mainly at the USS Cincinnati picture. It's so hard to guess with these old black and white photos, and how much the interiors of any small boats actually were painted back in those times.

Keep up this great model of Cairo, your work is impressive and it's great learning about these vessels.

Brian D.

Looks interesting, Mr. Passaro. Just for fun I was looking at Blue Jacket and the largest bell they offer is 1/4 inch diameter, your looks like it will be bigger.  Did you make your own bell from brass or is there another site that offers larger molded bells?

1 hour ago, Hubac's Historian said:

I am curious about the bulkhead fitted within the aft cable bitts, at the break of the forecastle deck; a continuation of the bulkhead, to the ship sides, would interfere with the working of the bitts, so I am curious as to why there might be a  partial bulkhead.

 

It is very possible that I am not reading the above picture correctly.  Does a partial bulkhead merely conceal the apparatus of the stove?

Mr. Passaro is likely correct that this partial wall was just a wind breaker. It would have been a great place for hanging pans and other utensils not in immediate use for the galley as well just to have out of the way.

9 hours ago, Tom E said:

But, as we say with the Red Sox....There's always next year!

 

Not only you Red Sox fans, but I would include half of the entire MLB (I am a Padres and Rockies fan, both teams have had a number of disappointing seasons)

Those laser-etched planking on the sides of hull are sweet. This model looks really good.

Looks good, buddy. Slow and steady is our game, rushing things in this hobby only leads to sloppy outcomes. 

Hey Tom, your model of Niagara is looking really good.

Depending on how the playoffs go, the Red Sox are going to have their hands full if compete against the Dodgers in the World Series.  Will have to see how the National League playoffs proceed. I am not a Dodger's fan at all, just to let you know. In fact I will be rooting against the Dodgers any chance I can get.

Port side of hull looks great, buddy. I know I need to work at planking myself,  have that half-hull tutorial kit to do. Will be having to take top planking off of long boat and reglue it on because of positioning errors I made.

If I remember correctly, wasn't this ship caught in some hurricane like around Fiji and either ran aground or strike a reef? Don't remember the full story, but she was listing pretty badly after the hurricane. She was talked about in a book that my dad has about a number of ships in nautical history.

Brian

Here is a illustration I photo'd of a compass binnacle from the book Historic Ship Models by Wolfram zu Mondfeld. I will be using this same binnacle on my model of Brig Eagle with some potential modifications. Mr. Mondfeld says how warships would have two compasses with a lantern in the middle station, merchant ships would be the opposite. 

Very unfortunate. I remember her being in San Diego many times during the Summer Festival of Sails fundraisers at the Maritime Museum and volunteering for this event.

Hi Casey, is this the ship model you are talking about modifying with the wheel? If so, my personal suggestion would be right in the middle of the upper deck. The area I circled in yellow over the centerline plank would be a good placement. I really like the ketch rigs myself and some day will make a model of one.

Brian D.

Hello Malazan, welcome to this site. I am in Colorado myself. Success to you with model ship building. Which area of the state are you in if I may ask?

Hey Mark. If you visit the blog of Winchelsea by Chuck Passaro (which is the same time period), you will see that he has double-layered the planking where the wales go. This would definitely be more noticeable at the larger 1:48 scale he is building in compared to what you are working with.  Your model of the Sphinx is looking great, buddy. Keep up this project.

Brian D.

Great detail work on Snowberry and she looks very realistic.  Sometimes feels this model is bigger than the 1:48 with the zoomed in photos and details. Keep up this model.

It took longer than I was desiring and expecting, but I have finally finished cutting out the top-board of my building jig. As I mentioned in my last post, I removed a big piece out of the middle using a jigsaw and then was forced to slice and whittle away at the groves using my Dremel scroll saw. Still needing to get the blade back onto the wheels of my bandsaw.  Going to glue the top board onto the support pieces overnight and tomorrow I will attempt to drill in the holes for the hex-bolts that will be holding everything steady. Then I will be finishing the remaining pieces of the stem. 

Thank you so much for the whole ship pictures. What a beauty your model is to look at. You, sir, set a very high bar few on here have hopes of being able to meet. Gives you the title on here Maestro.

Your model is incredibly like-life and it's been a pleasure to follow you on here. Can we get a picture of this beautiful model, the whole ship as she is?

Looking good there, buddy. I am sure that your Master Shipwright will be very impressed about the deck and construction so far.  Some sanding, some time, and one helluva miracle later.....................................a great ship!! 

Brian D.

As I continue to slowly make progress with my building jig top-piece, I have a survey for those of you more experienced model builders than me. Like ChadB on here, I am planning to make my model with the winged transom pieces in the stern as most real ships styled back then. Using the plans by RobnBill (Bill Edgin), the deck transom is 3/16" thick and he shows no other wing transoms in his plans. Should I use the same thickness for the rest of the transom wings or go more with the same thickness of the other hull ribs, which measure 3/8" thick double-layered?

Thanks so much for the input in advance.

Brian D.

Mighty fine looking ship so far, buddy.  Keep up the progress on her.

Brian D.

Micro-marks has blades available, a little smaller than the 4in diameter you are looking for, but I have had good success with this company and they have reputable products.

https://www.micromark.com/mini-powertool/power-tools-accessories/saw-blades-cut-off-wheels/table-chop-saw-blades

Brian D

Beautiful job done on that model ship, sir.  Very nice detail and looks very well put together and accurate. You deserve to be proud of her outcome.

Brian D.

On 6/13/2021 at 2:45 PM, druxey said:

Now what would be really interesting is for you to build this kit, then build a modern kit version and see how the two compare!

My first model ship was the Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack. Looking over the pictures and instructions and pieces, its almost exactly identical in a large amount to the kit by Midwest, which is what I built. Midwest has made better instructions with good illustrations, and most of the pieces all came on laser-etched basswood and Balsa boards. Keep up the good work on this kit.

Brian D.

Hello everyone, just a small update.  I think that I have better straighten out the deadwood for Brig Eagle after triple-clamped it to a spare piece I have of half-inch ply.  I will have to keep it clamped down for a while longer, but I think it looks better. Will have to provide a picture of this later.

I am continuing to slow make progress on the building board for this project.  After carefully cutting by handsaws a section of desired size, I proceeded to glue a spare copy of the top-view of all frames onto both top piece and bottom piece of the build jig.  A while back someone in the condo complex I live in was throwing away a piece of wood that was 1.5x1.5x72 inches that I helped myself to use for this project. I carefully cut pieces off to the right height needed and then sliced in half using hand saw and bandsaw.  Having a bandsaw can be super helpful but also have quirks. Today I started to carefully cut out the middle sections of the upper board of building jig only to have the blade twist and slide right off the wheels. Also bought a jigsaw from Home Depot which helped some as an alternative but still cuts too rough in comparison to bandsaw.