Keith Black

@SaltyScot  Good to have you back Mark.  Thanks for the kind words.  I'm a little dismayed looking at that sole chainplate, but we will rectify that soon enough.  (Only 17 more to go 🤣🤣🤣.)

Well, my hiatus is over and it's back to the ship world. I see your ship got some "company" Steve. Now everybody wants some too   You have certainly made some good progress while I was off doing other things, very nice she looks.

Finished seizing  the shrouds to the masts,quite happy with the way thet turn out. Not a blob of rope like on my frist builds , or should I say a blob of CA. Lol.


I even remembered  the Burton pendent,  but Hornblower was quick to point out that I fogot the two on the Mizzen mast. He says to tell @Keith Black that  I have lost my mind.. Not only did I forget the pendents I also mounted  the ship to a swivel base so I can spin it around eazlie,  I can hear Keith now yelling  NOOOO  !!! Also Keith  the Harriet Lane is a soiled hull. I have looked at several logs here for it and hope I can do as well , I know for sure I will have the time of my life being a river boat man again lol.


Hornblower says my plan for keeping  the shrouds in order has a flaw ,  if the colors  clips fall off , and they did lol.

Kurt says we will figure it out,  so we got all 30 deadeyes  blocks together  and are off to make up 30 lanyards  to tie them all on. 
 Couple of weeks lol.
The first Mate garden needs my attention,  patotes  to dig, tomatoes  to make into soup and sauces,  canning,  got to help if I want to eat. Ha ha
 This one starting to be fun, looking ahead  at making the yards , some neat stuff there I have never done.
 She going to look grand beside the Duchess of Kingston  in one case beside me favorite  chair lol. Thanks for helping an old man  have  so much fun. You guys are the best, thanks.
   Talk soon    
 
Knocklouder 😁 
Kurt ⚒️ 

Welcome home, John. I look forward to seeing more Cecilie updates.  

Thank you, Keith. That character is what drew me to this project in the first place. It's been fun trying to replicate that character from the original photos.   

You're slowing down in your old age, Bob.   Is your Harriet Lane the old  solid wood hull? 

I dated a girl that fits that description. Name was Robin but everybody called her Bob. Not exactly sure what attraction I saw in her,  her crooked smile, the glint in her eyes that she got after a couple of drinks, or maybe it was the way she handled herself with a belay pin in one of the many bar fights at the Tall Ship Lounge where I hung out with old salts that sang sea shanties till the wee hours of the morning..........but then I digress

Welcome aboard Willi. It's rare to see a museum quality model such as your Swedish yacht actually under sail. Well done!

I got a few items's checked off the list this past week.
 
 Added the stair railing. 

 
The stair railing was the moat time consuming as it was mostly trial and error
 
 Added control lever and steam pressure gauge in the pilothouse and it's now permanently attached. 
 
 Added the water tank, exhaust pipe, steam whistle, drive shaft (as much as can be seen) and step over

 
 
 Thank you to everyone for the likes and for your support, I appreciate it so very much. 
 
    Keith

Welcome to MSW. Your models are superb and your craftsmanship is amazing. Hope you start a build log here to show us some of your techniques.
Cheers
Nearshore

Welcome to MSW Willi. 
outstanding models! 

Great models,
And welcome to MSW 

Thank you @Keith Black , I have to thank @Gabek for the figures,  he made them for me and he even showed me how to paint figures.   what a buddy to have.
 Speaking of buddys , remember  when @Literalman posted three things to give away,  one  being a Harriet Lane,  well I was lucky enough  to snag it up. I told Stev before I will write his name on the bottom  of the Harriet Lane , so he can always be part of the build, and I will rember his generosity  for ever thanks Stev.

I just got to finish  rigging  a few ship and I be on it lol.
 Bob  M.
P.S.
By rigging,   I have The Pegasus, an  Astrolabe  and two Bluenoses to rig. So it will be a couple of weeks.  

Good looking crew, Bob. River boat, huh, which one? 

Willi, welcome to MSW. Those are beautiful models. Glad to have  you aboard.  

Ratlines...  oh!!  hours and hours of fun!  hehe

Those figures came out great Bob!!  

I figured out most of the lines I needed to serve, and quickly served them up with my drill attachment.  I need about 23 feet of .75mm.  I also served 8 inches  of a 1mm wire for the Futtock Shrouds.  That's it all the sevring is done. The machine  seems to be holding out , I won't  be needing it anytime soon. My next build is a river boat so no need for it there. , I have one more in my stach , but I don't know about serving  lines for that one we will see.


Two eight foot .75mm  , one more to go. Lol 😆. 

With the lines served   time for some figure  painting. After primer  I looked on line for naval figures ,found  lots but no idea of rank and who's who lol. So I painted  them like this, took them over for a shot of clear coat and they all fell asleep in the box waiting to get to work.



The guy with the horn must be Hornblower lol. He woke the officer's  up and had a meeting with Kurt.

Now that is all out of the way time to start working on the lower main mast shrouds,  

Thanks for looking in,  ratlines are in the air. 
 
 Knocklouder 😁  
Kurt ⚒️ 
 
 

I'm in.  
 

Thank you, Keith. That character is what drew me to this project in the first place. It's been fun trying to replicate that character from the original photos.   

Thank you, Keith. That character is what drew me to this project in the first place. It's been fun trying to replicate that character from the original photos.   

Hello Mike
It's been a while since I built these RC models, but I'll try to answer your questions as best I can.
I have a preference for boats with square sails. This presents a problem. If the braces are shortened on one side, the constantly changing angles cause the brace on the other side to hang loose. To prevent wooling, I use a system developed by a member of the mini-sail group.
The principle is a wraparound sheet to which the braces are tied. This circulating sheet can be installed below deck, but there are other options, as the drawing shows.
 

The drawing shows the steering of the sails on the foremast of the Chapman frigate.
 
How exactly the technology is installed depends very much on the options offered by the model.
 
Some examples:
 

 

 
 

This picture shows the technology in the Chapman yacht.
 
 
The following pictures show the technology installation on the cutter "Le Cerf." The sail winch is installed in the companionway, and the circulating sheet is led forward and over the deck through small holes (not yet installed on this photo). All braces are led from the bowsprit onto the circulating sheet. The foresails and mainsail have their own winches.
 

 

 
Different models, different solutions.
 
There are a few things to keep in mind with everything.
The circulating sheet has a winch with a double spool. When one spool is wound, the other is unwound. Since the circulating sheet is wound onto the spools in multiple layers, the length pulled out changes with each revolution. To compensate for this, it is important to equip a block with a spring at the turn point to keep the sheet taut at all times.
 
This could look something like this: 

 
Not all systems always work flawlessly. It has proven advantageous to run the circulating sheet above the deck. This provides easy access and makes repairs easier.
I can't remember how many times I have rebuilt or completely replaced the entire technology in my models. Over the course of several decades, it has continued to evolve, and the development continues. Time and again, problems have to be dealt with, such as winches that are too weak, brass angles that are too small, too little travel, or lines that wrap around a cannon or a beting.
 
Nowadays, I actually spend more time sailing than on repairs. It used to be the other way around.
The Chapman schooner, in particular, sails quite reliably. Perhaps I'll figure out how to upload a video of it soon.
Here's the link to a video of the Chapman schooner:
 
Herzliche Grüße
Willi

Hello Willie, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
 
John

Welcome Willi. MSW is a great site to explore and enjoy this hobby, plenty of inspiration and advice to be found with like minded enthusiasts. Your models are superb! 
I also echo Dziadeczek's and Mike's enquiry about details relating to those big questions on waterproof finishes, ballasting and r/c sail control.
Cheers,
Graham.

Hello Thomas
Thanks for your interest.
Regarding your question:
After some experimentation with different varnishes, I achieved very satisfactory results with a polyurethane resin, which can be purchased in Germany under the trade name G4 from Voss Chemie. When applied in several coats with decreasing dilution, it provides good protection against water. It's transparent, so you can still clearly see the wood structure. The only drawback is that it has a very high shine.
This can be remedied by applying a coat of matte stair varnish after the actual varnish has cured. This should also be based on polyurethane resin.
A fiberglass mat was laminated on the inside with epoxy resin.