Jolley Roger

Proxxon also sells a router attachment. Going for +-USD27 at https://www.axminster.co.uk/proxxon-router-base-ofv-505907

Very impressive!

You are doing great so far Jo. Another important lesson to learn for a novice - how to hide your mistakes

Dusek ship kits, who is a sponsor for this site, has taken over Mamoli, so parts should not be a problem. http://www.dusekshipkits.com/mm65-leudo

From one novice to another, I think the Il Leudo will be a good choice. It is fairly small, so will not take up a lot of space, the hull looks like a fairly simple shape, so should be a good platform to practise planking techniques on and last but not least, the rigging is fairly simple, so will give you a good foundation for future builds. A bigger models' rigging can be quite overwhelming for a novice(as I have found out!) Whatever your choice, the most important part is to have fun. Good luck

I have used modelling clay to make sandbags for a 1/72 diorama Something similar to this product: https://www.amazon.com/ACTIVA-Natural-Self-Hardening-White-pounds/dp/B07N2Z75YX?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_3&th=1&psc=1

I was afraid of that. I've checked a couple of shippers, and it looks grim, so i'm out 😢 Thank you for taking the time to check on this, much appreciated. Somebody will be getting a good deal though. (out of interest, I just got a quote from Donna at Byrnes, their shipping price via UPS is a healthy $379!)

ir3, if you are willing to ship to SA and can get a similar price(under $100) for shipping, you can consider it sold. If not, no worries. I also prefer the Byrnes over the Proxxon and it will work out to be about $150 cheaper!

If I was about 9000 miles closer, this would have been sold! I suspect the shipping to this part of the planet will cost more than the actual item.

Aim High, if I remember correctly it should be connected with an eyesplice dropped over the masthead, the same way the shrouds are connected. The more knowledgeable guys on the forum should be able to give you a much better explanation, what I know of rigging at the moment is dangerous!

I guess you can potentially make your own out of acrylic with either scroll saw, CNC or laser cutter?

One on Ebay in OZ for AU$22 https://www.ebay.com/itm/MODELLERS-PLANK-BENDING-TOOL-FITS-1-4-SOLDERING-IRON-TO-HEAT-BEND-PLANKS/333017824372?hash=item4d8968bc74:g:kE4AAOSwEp5cPt7-:rk:1:pf:0 and one in Germany for €22 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Elektrobiegekolben-von-aeropiccola/233100075656?hash=item3645d8e288:g:3zAAAOSwN5hcOy7k:rk:54:pf:0#shId

Finally some more progress! I'm great at procrastinating, sitting in front of my model, thinking of what needs to be done, ending up doing nothing Beakhead reattached and completed, hand rails added Anchor davits and pin rails added I've embedded the pin rack balusters into the deck to avoid knocking them over. It seems i get clumsier the closer I get to a ship model! Got one ladder done, a couple more to go... Started working on the cannons, they seem a bit over sized for the gun carriages. I only need to do four, hats of to the guys doing a ship of the line.

I used Tamiya masking tape to tape of the triangles on my Mayflower.

I came across a Facebook post on the rescue of the 150 year old shipwreck of the schooner Daring, that happened yesterday on Northland beach, NZ. Some interesting info and pictures on the Facebook group - Daring Rescue group http://www.classicyachtcharitabletrust.org.nz/trust_boats.htm?boat_id=17

Beautiful work sir! I like your different wood choices, it makes the details very easy to see.

Still looks very good!

So I finally got time to work on my Mayflower again! I got a double hernia repair surgery done and the bonus is i got two weeks recovery time(aka ship model time) Double bonus: I get to wear very stylish graduated compression stockings for a month I made a quick jig out of scrap wood so these(described as deck fittings?) will look similar and installed Also started installing the gudgeon/pintle(not sure which is which) for the rudder attachment.

Welcome aboard sir, welcome aboard! Funny that you came across my build this weekend, as I just opened the new shipyard on Saturday!(the admiral calls it the corner of chaos?!) In between studying, moving, renovating and some damage due to the move, the Mayflower has been sadly neglected. As you can see at the bottom photo, she is minus a beakhead again, due to a 'small' incident during the move, the hull has also sprung a couple of leaks(cracks) which I will fix in due course. After the fix, I plan on fitting the rudder, I see my metal bending abilities will be tested soon!

The Small Shop https://thesmallshop.com/collections/photo-etch-bending-tools also have some tools available

Small world! Saw her in Livorno on June 29th.

Apparently the Norwegian flagged 'Fairport'

Have a look at the materials you can 3D print with already: https://www.shapeways.com/materials/ Steel, aluminum, bronze, brass, etc.

Great progress Derek! Keep em coming.

Too good as story not to share: http://www.mastermariners.org.au/stories-from-the-past/2304-strange-story-of-the-ss-warimoo The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought the master, Captain John Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo's position was latitude 0 degrees x 31 minutes north and longitude 179 degrees x 30 minutes west. The date was 30 December 1899. Know what this means? First Mate Payton broke in, we're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line. Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime. He called his navigators to the bridge to check and double check the ships position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed. The calm weather and clear night worked in his favour. At midnight the Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many. The forward part of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere and the middle of summer. The stern was in the Northern Hemisphere and in the middle of winter. The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899. Forward it was 1 January 1900. This ship was therefore not only in two different days, two different months, two different seasons and two different years but in two different centuries-all at the same time. Captain J (John) D. S. Phillips was Master of 3326 tons R.M.S. WARRIMOO of the Canadian – Australian Lines in at least 1899 and 1900; he is listed as Master when the (Sydney) Evening News of October 17 1900 reported RMS WARRIMOO as arriving Sydney on October 16 1900 from Vancouver via Honolulu and Brisbane with 32 passengers on board (all named except 3 children, a maid and 3 steerage passengers). She was also reported at Brisbane on April 28 and July 23 1900, but the Master was not named on those occasions. The incident is reported on several websites, most of which seem to find it important that Captain Phillips was sitting in a quiet corner of the bridge smoking a cigar when first told of WARRIMOO’s proximity to the intersection of the Equator and the 1800 meridian! WARRIMOO was one of two ships built for James Huddart, of Huddart Parker Ltd., for an independent Trans-Tasman service in competition with Union Steamship Company. After a fierce rate cutting war James Huddart withdrew from the Trans-Tasman trade after only five months and started a service connecting Australia and Canada, subsidised by the Canadian and New South Wales governments. In 1897 the New Zealand government offered a subsidy if the ships would also call at a port in their country. To provide the same service frequency a third ship was required and the steamer AORANGI was purchased from the New Zealand Shipping Company. Unfortunately the service, despite the subsidies, couldn’t support three ships; the company defaulted on payments for the AORANGI and in February 1898 the New Zealand Shipping Company assumed control of the Canadian – Australian Line, and purchased WARRIMOO on 16.08.1899. In 1901 NZSCo sold the service and ships to Union Steamship. In late 1914 WARRIMOO was taken up as a troopship. On 17 May 1918 when on a convoy from Bizerta to Marseille she collided with the escorting French destroyer CATAPULTE. In the collision the destroyer’s depth-charges were dislodged; they exploded in the water blowing out the bottom plates of both ships, causing them both to sink with some loss of life.