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Brucealanevans got a reaction from russ in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Back at work intermittenly in the shipyard for a few weeks. Put the chainplates/deadeyes in place and constructed and rigged up the bowsprit and boom to the extent that can be done prior to getting the masts in place for the forestays.
It's been a bit of a setback for me. After the Bedford Whaleboat and Picket Boat #1 I've gotten acceptably good at scale woodwork, but given that those models - my first wooden builds - had only minimal rigging, I'm back as a beginner again. So with each bit I do, I'm figuring out the best approach. That leads to rigging four lines, and then looking at the first and seeing only how I could have done it better.
Anyway, here's the current state of the build. Ready to begin working on the masts.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from docidle in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Some crew now on board . . .
They're not cemented in case they get in the way later.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Piet in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Where did you get the larger draw plate John?
I'm back at work in the shipyard now. Going half time at the end of December so will have even more time then.
I have the deadeyes/chainplates on, and finished the bowsprit boom last night ready for painting.
Next will be rigging it before moving on to the masts.
Starting to think about furled sails now - it occurs to me that the mizzen fore/aft sail would be easier to attach to the jackstay on the mast prior to mounting the mast!
I'll probably take a diversion to play with my silkspan suppy and faux masts/yards to help decide if I'm going to go that route.
I love your boats!
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from texxn5 in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Where did you get the larger draw plate John?
I'm back at work in the shipyard now. Going half time at the end of December so will have even more time then.
I have the deadeyes/chainplates on, and finished the bowsprit boom last night ready for painting.
Next will be rigging it before moving on to the masts.
Starting to think about furled sails now - it occurs to me that the mizzen fore/aft sail would be easier to attach to the jackstay on the mast prior to mounting the mast!
I'll probably take a diversion to play with my silkspan suppy and faux masts/yards to help decide if I'm going to go that route.
I love your boats!
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from GLakie in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Where did you get the larger draw plate John?
I'm back at work in the shipyard now. Going half time at the end of December so will have even more time then.
I have the deadeyes/chainplates on, and finished the bowsprit boom last night ready for painting.
Next will be rigging it before moving on to the masts.
Starting to think about furled sails now - it occurs to me that the mizzen fore/aft sail would be easier to attach to the jackstay on the mast prior to mounting the mast!
I'll probably take a diversion to play with my silkspan suppy and faux masts/yards to help decide if I'm going to go that route.
I love your boats!
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from docidle in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Well, worked hard on real world work most of the weekend.
Found myself with a couple of hours of free time, so I sneaked into the shipyard and added some trywork tool details.
I put a oil ladle and a scraps strainer on their respective sides of the tryworks, and added a "station" for the mincing knife work creating the "bible leaves" from strips of blubber and skin which would be pitched into the pot, which was done on a plank over a tub, or so my references told me.
I guess I need some small, limited projects to work on from time to time without getting sucked into a big thing like deadeyes, chainplate, shrouds, and so on.
I'll add a few barrels and buckets. I also ordered some s-scale people, to play with trying to whip them into shape to be crew with some modification and creative micro-painting. We'll see.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from mischief in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Well, worked hard on real world work most of the weekend.
Found myself with a couple of hours of free time, so I sneaked into the shipyard and added some trywork tool details.
I put a oil ladle and a scraps strainer on their respective sides of the tryworks, and added a "station" for the mincing knife work creating the "bible leaves" from strips of blubber and skin which would be pitched into the pot, which was done on a plank over a tub, or so my references told me.
I guess I need some small, limited projects to work on from time to time without getting sucked into a big thing like deadeyes, chainplate, shrouds, and so on.
I'll add a few barrels and buckets. I also ordered some s-scale people, to play with trying to whip them into shape to be crew with some modification and creative micro-painting. We'll see.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from russ in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Finished the Hull today - a real landmark.
Further work will have to wait.
Closing the shipyard due to numerous responsibilities which have been piling up. Need to wrap up several projects before retiring, and have to prepare for an take a subspecialty exam in Clinical Informatics in October.
Probably will open back up after I take the exam in October, beginning with deadeyes, chainplate, etc.
Here are summary pictures of where things are now.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from schooner in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Some crew now on board . . .
They're not cemented in case they get in the way later.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from md1400cs in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Well, worked hard on real world work most of the weekend.
Found myself with a couple of hours of free time, so I sneaked into the shipyard and added some trywork tool details.
I put a oil ladle and a scraps strainer on their respective sides of the tryworks, and added a "station" for the mincing knife work creating the "bible leaves" from strips of blubber and skin which would be pitched into the pot, which was done on a plank over a tub, or so my references told me.
I guess I need some small, limited projects to work on from time to time without getting sucked into a big thing like deadeyes, chainplate, shrouds, and so on.
I'll add a few barrels and buckets. I also ordered some s-scale people, to play with trying to whip them into shape to be crew with some modification and creative micro-painting. We'll see.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Finished the Hull today - a real landmark.
Further work will have to wait.
Closing the shipyard due to numerous responsibilities which have been piling up. Need to wrap up several projects before retiring, and have to prepare for an take a subspecialty exam in Clinical Informatics in October.
Probably will open back up after I take the exam in October, beginning with deadeyes, chainplate, etc.
Here are summary pictures of where things are now.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
It is worth investing in at least one very good tweezer, that is kept carefully away from potential damaging gunk when a cheap workhorse tweezer (on the left) will to for holding or placing pieces. Watchmaker type tweezers work great; I have two - this (on the right, protective case above) - is one of them.
I will say that as an old guy, putting one small thing inside another small thing is sometimes a real challenge. For instance, for the small anchor fastening chain, I had to get a small cross bar (steel wire fine gauge) into and through one link in the smallest guage chain in the kit.
Could not have done it without a piece of equipment I would never buy, but that fell into my lap.
My wife is a surgeon and had an old set of surgical loupes (glasses with two magnifiers built in, one on each lens) that she had to replace. It turned out our interpupillary distances are close enough to identical to allow me to use these for very, very close work when reading glasses alone won't work.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
This, my third wood model, was the one in which I vowed no brass would be visible if the piece wasn't supposed to be brass.
I used and was satisfied with Blacken-It, but that has become unavailable.
Casey's Brass Blackener works, but seems to rub off a bit to easily and I ended up touching up with black paint a lot.
These products are what I'm using currently.
The cleaner to soak pieces to remove grease and finger prints, then into the appropriate solution to blacken.
The pewter blackener works well on brittania metal (I used it for my anchors for example). Both from Blue Jacket.
The other "steel" blackening solution (Presto Black Concentrate) I found on the Internet, and is diluted 1:10 for use. Works well on steel (I have used some steel wire in the model) and brass (as long as it's not coated like much of the brass or copper wire for jewelry is). Once VERY dry, I coat with a matt acrylic.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from boatntrain in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
OK, this was an extravagance that I indulged for my 66th birthday;
A Proxxon drill press and a x-y micrometer adjustment table.
Usefull for precisely drilling spaced and straight lines of holes. (You have to spend some time with right angles to precisely mount the table onto the press' work surface)
Can be used to mill (in 2 dimensions) with milling bits, but that is somewhat hard with the soft and easily split along the grain basswood of the Morgan kit.
If I were starting again, I would buy something harder and closer grained for some pieces -
Definitely the slats for the skylight - even with the tool I could not drill the number of holes/cm that were required for the full complement of horizontal rods without the slat splitting. I had to reduce the number of rods to complete the piece.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
I bought a set of dental picks, and the main use has been applying glue.
It is easy to get glue just where you want it - along an edge, in a hole, etc.
Also immediately useful to remove any excess glue squeezed out and potentially visible.
I always have a small square of waxed paper taped to my glass work surface, and on that a large drop of CA will stay useable for hours.
(note, no kids in my house )
For wood glue, I put some on a 3 x 5 card - useable for 5-10 minutes only.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
For coamings, bases of deck houses, edge trim (like on the shelter top) mitered corners look great.
This micro miter box (Micro-Mark again) does a great job creating mitered corners for small pieces of wood.
We all (or at least I) are gear crazy and buy more tools than are good for us, but this one is definitely a keeper with a model like the Morgan, which once the bulkheads and keel are assembled, is basically a scratch built kit aside from the metal castings and a few laser cut wood pieces.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Secondly, double-sided tape is your friend.
I regularly put a couple of pieces down on the cutting mat to keep things from moving when trimming wood sheets, etc.
Also useful for holding wood in alignment when gluing side to edge (constructing deck houses) or end to end (as for coamings).
In either case, some heavy right angle irons, together with the visible lines on the cutting mat, keep the vertical alignment in place.
These angle irons were from Micro-Mark.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from docidle in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
After more than 1 1/2 years at this, I'm approaching being done with the hull.
Put on the shelter roof last night.
Next is the rail/pump area around the mainmast, and then a few random things like the grinding wheel, some barrels, and a careful review of the plan sheet to make certain all of the deck eyebolts, cleats, etc. are in place.
Likely will need to take a break before beginning rigging/masts as real life intrudes again.
Oh well, by this time next year I'll be retired or, at the worst, part time; more time to play either way!
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from boatntrain in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Finished the shelter/boat bearer except for the roof.
I put some tools in the racks although they'll be hard to see once the roof is on - tried to keep them in scale.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Deck House -
Left the door open partially, and put the berth inside (with gingham sheet!)
Really can't see it unless you peer in very closely, but was fun.
Decided not to plank the roof, since it will be covered by the boat bearing platform.
Which is the next job.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Hurricane House now completed and skylight glued in place.
Next, the deck house, vegtable bin, and roof.
Pretty pleased, although a few measurements and angles, especially the transom and aft bulwarks, are off.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from dgbot in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Time for another update.
When drilling out the anchor chain pipes to the deck, I came across a nice chain in the proper scale and decided to add the whole anchor chain. Which meant building the anchors.
Bluejacket has a nice blackening solution that's branded for pewter but works well on Brittania metal - used that for the anchors; replaced the metal kit crossbar with a fabricated wood one.
The tie-down chain is very small - I had quite a time getting a thread through one to the links to fasten them down, and to pass a small metal bar through the opposite end end link to hold the chain at a hole (cathead) or eyebolt (bulkhead tiedown at the anchor pad). My wife's old surgical loupes to the rescue once again.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
I was just going to glue down what I had finished, but ended up doing substantial work on the forward deck to make sure everything fit appropriately.
This involved fitting the bowsprit so I could locate the bowsprit bitts and make sure there was clearance for the windlass and associated structures. I decided to go ahead and put in the anchor deck frame and ladders for the same reason. Once that was done I couldn't stop myself, so I planked the anchor deck - which meant I had to finish and paint the bowsprit - , added the bowsprit boom chock and the breasthook. After gluing in the forward companionway, hatch, and tryworks, I finished the aft hatch and companionway, and the 3 bitts for the cutting in tackle.
You can see in the whole deck view that most of the deck is finished with a satin poly; I like the look.
The skylight is just sitting in place - I won't glue that until the aft structues are done.
Next is the steering gear, and then the hurricane house.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Windlass finished, placed but not cemented.
After I finish the rest of the hatch covers, companionways, etc. and check that I've drilled holes for all of the eyebolts and so on where I need clearance for the drill, I'm going to put a clear matte coat on the deck and glue all this stuff in place.
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Brucealanevans got a reaction from MikeB4 in Charles W Morgan by Brucealanevans - FINISHED - Model Shipways
Here's the finished tryworks sitting but not cemented to the deck.
The chicken coop is a bit clunky, but overall I'm fairly pleased.
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