Poppa Ace

14 minutes ago, Brucealanevans said:

No the longest ones have to be spliced. I did it at a bulkhead. 

Worked ok. 

Been working away. Deck on and painted. Stand completed. Did mud stripe with pastels on hull and rudders. Finished boiler and working on forward companionway now. 

Computer is borked and only partially fixed so no pics yet. Maybe next week

Thanks Bruce,  I'll start that tomorrow...... I'm going to like this build a whole lot.   

On 12/7/2016 at 9:47 AM, kurtvd19 said:

Ron:

I put mine on flush with the deck planks.  Installed centered would trap rain water on the deck.

Kurt

 

Kurt I was wondering about the port & starboard stringers.  did you install each .... the entire length ..... or splice them.  Materials in the kit are to short and in the manual I don't see splices either.  Splicing would seem to me to contradict the purpose of the stringers in the first place.  Did I not get the proper stock or is it not supplied with the kit and you used you own stock.  I've checked my shipyard supplies but don't have the right dimension.

On 7/29/2018 at 5:27 PM, Brucealanevans said:

I have added all 13 (P & S) 1/8 inch wide strakes to the Chaperon, which brings me up (or down) to the flat bottom which will be finished with 3/8inch planks

Hey Bruce,  good work by the way.   I have a question relating to the  Strbrd / port  bulkhead stringers.  I have found that I don't have stock in the kit to make these one piece.  From the photos I don't see any splice ....  so I wanted to inquire if I've been shorted in materials .... splicing these would be counterproductive to the purpose they were intended.  I have looked in my shipyard and don't have the size.  No splice is shown on the ship plans so I think it was a packing area.  

On 4/26/2013 at 10:53 AM, greatgalleons said:

Finished kit builds:

Artesania Latina: Mare Nostrum, San Francisco II, Mississippi King, Santa Maria, Blue Nose II, Stage Coach 1848, Scottish maid, Jolie bries

Mamoli: HMS Beagle, HMS Golden Hind, Rattlesnake, friesland

Amati: Xebec, Nina, Pinta

Corel: Wasa, HMS Victory Section

Scratch Builds: HMS Ark Royal, Half Moon

Mantua: Royal Carolin-RC modified with working sails

Constucto: Elidir 

Model shipways: 18th century long boat, Whale boat, Niagara (current build)

Hello,  I'm a Texan in a bit of a fix and maybe I thought you could help me out ...... I recently bought a Constructo  " Elidir "   on Ebay which was missing frames for the hull ....... and no assembly manual ; no problem I thought .....as the Old term goes  " There I go a thinkin "   contacted Constructo ....now part of Diset  they said had none for the Elidir ......but by all looks, they had the launch now named the " Louise "  they sent a PDF  with assembly and  parts list.  So be simple .....yeah.......wrong.   The new kit has changed all the numbering on the prints.  Thus the parts list has changed.   I hoping you could facilitate my efforts ...... by sending and attachment of  The Elidir  manual and parts list.   Thank you for your time and consideration.  I live in San Antonio, Tx.    And Proud to Have Served.

Donald W. Harris          "  Only The Lead Dog Sees A Different View  "     circa  2001  by  me,  D.W.H.  

13 hours ago, Mike Y said:

The corners have some slight gaps, that should be far less visible once sanded.

First I want to commend on your workmanship and some of your advice .....which I have used extensively, with that of others members to numerous to mention all.  Thank you much for your build logs.    Now about the gaps at corners .......and old cabinetmaker secret is ...... to cut the miters  and  Iota  shy of 45 degrees .  this results in the points of the miters to mesh before the back ...... which removes the gap.      

Poppa Ace 

S.Coleman,

Tanks for the heads again .....  I appreciate this site far beyond what words can describe.  I've not started a build log :  being just a tadpole ....have just been keeping focused and taking pictures to share later with commentary.  One thing I will say for all the modelers on this site .....without you build logs .....I probably would have crashed and burned out.  But now I'm   hooked .....actually I've swallowed the hook.  Many thanks to you and all.

Donald W. Harris   

S. Coleman,  said: " 

Appreciate your comments and thanks for the  heads - up on boiler and engine room lineup ...... I probably wouldn't have notice until  oops to late ....where's my debonder.

Eddie , and all others that might read this.        I being new at this ...I'm presently building the  The King   have finished planking the hull  I'm impressed with the precision of the assembly  kind of relaxing after building the AL's   Swift Pilot Boat 1805   manufactured in 1982  .....  anyway I've assembled the hull and deck  and forgot to cut out slots for mounted boiler room and engine room....in my eager haste.  If you or anyone has the lower deck layout to trace .....and send in pdf   so I can print to right scale and use to locate slots.   Any help is appreciated .    Thank you.

Poppa Ace             " Only the Lead Dog Sees a Different View "    circa  2001  Poppa Ace 

Chuck,

Thank you for your advice ......will do just that ......and the link 

Poppa Ace 

" If your not the lead dog..... the view will never change. "      

Hi Chuck

New to NRG ....since Oct 2016 haven't said anything just read & learn ,research,  I'm still a tadpole ...haven't any legs yet.  I appreciate everybody's time on their build logs.  There are to many to name .  I thank you all .  Ya'll ..( there's that Texas accent ) are my life boat you, impress, awe, and inspire me to see throught. I picked the 18th Century Longboat as my first build .....it's been definitely a learning build. I have cabinetmaker experience in a past life before Oil/Gas.  So it's just the matter of honing my skills to even to more micro - level of precision.  

My question is ....in one of the build logs you gave the  link to the longboat  frieze pdf .   I can't find it .....I was wondering if you could pass that link by again.

Thank you      Poppa Ace        P.S.   or anyone that might know the link ........?

I agree with you whole-heartedly. I'm a beginner by forum standards .....I want to build the " The USS Constellation "   but realized that there were skills that I didn't possess and needed to lean.  Thus I picked the 18th Century Longboat  Model Shipways.   Because the instructions are in english ......which helps immediately. And the kit would cover planking, rigging, etc.    

I found reading this forum and personal experience that I would consider not beginner model  for me because of length of model.  My hands being compare to a gorilla are small.   I broke the false keel and tried to re-engineering ....which started progressive failure and ended bad.  Model Expo are sending me replacements......this is another reason going with Model Shipways is a win-win in my book.

I guess to finish this post without being to verbose is that I should have maybe picked a little more larger vessel to give myself some room. 

Certainly there are many factors (time, ability, etc) that contribute to whether one will 'stick with' this hobby, and many of those can't be quantified until you get going.  But I do agree that the choice of kit can sometimes be a 'make or break' decision.

 

I really, really want to build the Syren.  But I think it is just a little beyond my reach at the moment, so I'm picking something else for my next build.

 

I'm still new to this - I picked up ship building about 9 months ago.  For my first build, I chose the Phantom - solid hull.  This meant no hull or deck planking, no square rigging, and no gunports or guns to build.  I chose it so that I could focus on basic skills - reading plans, cutting/sanding/shaping, and rigging.  I made a lot of mistakes.  For my second build, I'm building the Bluenose.  This adds basic POB stuff (keel, bulkheads, etc), hull and deck planking, more detail.  But I chose this particular ship because the hull is painted - my first attempt at hull planking is likely to turn out a little 'less than great', so I can learn hull planking but still use wood filler and paint to end up with a good build.

 

I was tempted to jump right into the Syren next (even had it in my shopping cart on the Model Expo site at one point), but I decided to do another build before I take that plunge, to get some experience with square rigging and gunports.

 

If you're getting into the hobby for the long haul, it doesn't hurt to spend some time working your way up.  You learn valuable skills that will pay off when you finally get to that 'big build'.  You also get a great sense of accomplishment from having successfully completed something (and that is much easier to reach with a 'beginner build').

 

All that being said, you have to be interested in the ship you are building.  It has to catch your eye.  If honestly nothing catches your eye except the Constitution, you might as well try.  Better to try something and have it fizzle out than to not try at all.  But if a first time builder is willing to start small, I do think it will pay off in the end.