Gerald Spargo
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Charles W. Morgan by David Lester - Model Shipways - 1/64th scale - FINISHED
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Hi David, wonderful build, everything is looking great. I was cutting the boats in half when shaping them, made it a lot easier. I like what you did with the hoops. In that same picture you showed of the actual hoops, has anyone noticed that some of the ropes are siezed in the same manner. I played around with that idea with the plumbing tape, and it does work, but it's also rather time consuming. BTW, the reason I suggested not to use acrylic paint on the tryworks, is because it smears when wiping the spackling off, and turns it pink. Keep up the great work. I've been enjoying watching these Morgan's come together on here, and seeing all the great ideas. Me of course have fallen way behind.- 145 replies
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HMS Victory by Rich.F - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale: 1/72
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Thank you Phill. I've started placing the deck structures onto the deck. The wheel I made isn't all that great, but I like it better than the metal one.
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Phantom by Gerald Spargo - Model Shipways - 1:96
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Endeavour by maggsl_01 - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:54
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Phantom by Gerald Spargo - Model Shipways - 1:96
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John, I did see your finished Morgan. Love it, very creative. My Morgan is on a shelf until the Phantom is finished. I have way to many started, so just picking one, then staying with it till finished. I'm actually thinking either Morgan, or steamboat Chaperon.
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Thanks Mark, I like how it's going so far. Elijah, if you decide to weather, I'll be glad to help you with advice.
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If you decided later down the road to do some weathering, I would suggest light weathering. Heavier weathering like I am doing,is better done from the beginning.
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I know I've been gone for awhile. I don't have internet on my computer. Only internet I have is this little phone. I have been working on my Phantom though, just getting use to this phone so can get active on this site again.i Hope this works, lol. I also have the deck furniture built. I will post pictures of those as I install them, if this works out.
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Acrylic paint for wood ship models
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Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
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Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
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Oh don't worry Kurt, I've not stopped. Just ended up with a bunch of other stuff to do. I have a tutorial on weathering, but I need to redo it, cause I have found some better ways of doing some of the weathering, since I started.
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Hey John, can't wait to see your rigging going up. Just don't let that Morgan curse get to you. I'm looking forward to getting to the running rigging.
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My chopper's the same way, but the true sander next to it takes care of that problem.
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Hey Scoot, thanks for that pic, that has got to be an awesome site in person. John, the way I take it, is whaling ships would pick up new whaleboats from different builders to replace damaged ones where ever they docked at, so they could continue on with they're voyage. So they probably were not all the same. docidle, I don't mind at all if you copy what I am doing. I'm on the home stretch with the lower shrouds. I made a change on the way though. I was every once in awhile stretching the distance of all 5 shrouds with the battens, because that's what the plans showed. But, I couldn't find this in any of the photos that I have. So I removed that part of the batten.
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It would just be a matter of how much work you want to put into it I guess. Making your own, makes the rope look more realistic. It also gives you the satisfaction of making your own rope, just like you made all the other parts on your ship. All that scratch building of everything on that deck doesn't have to stop with the wood, and metal. It can continue with the rope, all the way to the top of the mast. In the end, it would just make you all that much more proud of what you accomplished. I don't mind making my own rope, but it wouldn't bother me to much to use kit rope either. I made my own standing rigging because I couldn't do what I wanted with the nylon rope that came in the kit. The lower shrouds that are served, are the actual kit rope. Didn't see any reason to make rope, just to cover it up with serving. The rest of the standing rigging will be handmade though. Running rigging, I'm thinking about using kit rope. Not necessarily Model Shipways though. I don't like how the nylon hangs onto that bend it gets from being wrapped around those plastic tabs. I did use Model Shipways rope on my Bluenose ll, and I thought it looked fine. Now with that all said, we also have Chuck. If you want more authentic rigging, but don't want to make it, then we can get it from Chuck, and let him do the work.
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This is my vertical ropewalk that I use for making my rope.
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I used a serving machine that I made years ago when I first started the rigging. Made of wood, and old printer parts. There is also a rope with an alligator clip that goes with it so I can serve short lines too.
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Yep, in my signature now.
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Already have it up John, and slowly trying to get some work done on it. I like the work you've done on yours, and ya, I would like to see those missing pictures.
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