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Sweet metal work Rob I never thought about simply drilling a hole in the mast to mount the truck. Sturdy! Rob
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Fantastic work Rob. She is looking amazing and the choice on the kit sales looks fantastic too. What was your method for tapering the yards, did you use a small lathe or did you use a drill motor and sandpaper? Just beautiful. Rob
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Funny thing Pat…….I went into my Shop to clean , rearrange and just sort it all out, but I had to put Glory somewhere……she was in the way. So I went out to the wood shop, selected a nice piece of knotty maple(I cut down 5 years ago), and made a new shelf for her. Mounted her, installed some ambiance lights and…bam! Now back to the shop to finish up organizing/cleaning. First things first. Didn’t finish in the shop, but I’ll wrap it up tomorrow sometime One thing always leads to another. I hope to find Glory a new home….where she will be properly cared fore and displayed in a case. Rob
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Thanks Druxey, I already sent off a quick bio and some images to Michael Wall. Rob
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The glare from the light isn’t very prevalent in person. Just wish I could get her loaned or or sold. She needs to be viewed not hidden away in my dark library. Rob
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I really have to get into the shipyard/workshop and clean and rearrange things real bad. But before I Could do that I first had to find a place for glory of the seas. So what I decided to do was build her her own shelf in the library. I first removed The Charles W Morgan and put her on top of the great republic’s case. I then went out to the Wood shop and made a new shelf, brought it in and placed Glory on it. I also installed a light to highlight her there. I really want her in a case, but I just don’t have the room. Here are a few pics of her in her new location in the library. Rob
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Wonderful. It amazes me the McKay used a number of designs on many of his ships. I suspect that too, was part of his goal as he never recreated a design twice(Cept, for his sister ships). Always looking the combination that produced the fastest ship. Rob
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I think it is fascinating that riggers used many designs to raise and lower the yards. Single tye lifts on either side…..one single the down the center running through a mast Sheave. I’m assuming the purchase end will have another gin block for the purchase rigging? Or will there be further design applications applied? All these methods applied by riggers or captains…..seeking the best and most effective way to set and stow yards under a running sea. Great job. Rob
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Merry Christmas everyone. Vlad you are surely moving out on Glory’s rigging, that’s for sure. We’ll done indeed. Rob
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I'm humbled and find myself acting hypocritical, when I bring a construction error to Vlad's attention, when in fact I myself have errors built into my own version. I'm fully aware the modeler has the final say concerning his own model. However, I have bit my lip and held my tongue on numerous occasions, not wishing to over step any construction decisions made by another modeler. It makes me look like a prideful, selfish, know-it-all, when I point out others errors, when I own many of my own. I am considering correcting and relocating the inner chain guy wire to its proper insertion on the jibboom.😏 Rob
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True indeed Pat. When there are so many eyes watching and scrutinizing your next move....it could make one *jumpy* and a bit *offended*. Vlad is taking it all in stride. When as much study and evaluation that has gone into our rediscovering of Glory of the Seas, you'd begin to think everyone is an expert in some way. Not forgetting, that photographs do not lie, we need to balance accuracy with ability and allow for some license on the part of the builder. This isn't a community build....it is an individuals interpretation for the most part. Consisting of so many parts, it is easy to forget where everything goes exactly. Hopefully extreme errors can be remodeled, while minor (truly insignificant) errors can be left to themselves. My forecastle deck remodel is a perfect example of a needed correction. Vlad is doing a super job. Rob
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I recognize I made that chain guy error. After I made the discovery , I had progressed too far along to comfortably redo it all. Like the previous mistake of not taking into account the carriage house taper……. I again opted to excuse myself from the terror of remaking it. I believe such errors are in keeping with a growing knowledge of her members, after the fact of construction. I can only imagine how Mike Mjelde feels after published so many errors in his books and now through a more thorough re-engineering of Glory’s members, discovers his errors were more impressionable and of a reconstruction oversight then any act of laziness. Vlad….. you’re doing magnificent. I hate to point out issues like the chain on Glory’s deck……..forgive me if I appear hypocritical. Rob
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Rich....on more modern ships the chain ran within a chain channel. There is no evidence to indicate that the anchor chain ran across the for deck from the forecastle windless to entry points just in front of the main cabin down into the chain lockers on Glory...this is why I didn't model it that way myself. Mileage may very for other builders. CS is a good example....but she also had a winch in front of her for mast which hoist the chain aft from the windless and down into the old. Glory did not have sucha winch to aid in this process. So to suggest the chain simply ran across the deck into these ports of their own accord and then down, into the lockers is a great stretch. Rob
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Vlad...what is your source that you're using for the head gear layout you've employed? The martingale chain guys origins don't appear to be correct. I know you are rigging Glory according to her original layout, but her head gear didn't change, cept for the addition of the bowsprit cross yard. Rob
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Beautiful large scale work. She looks amazing. Rob
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No problem at all. I've been building clippers for over 48 years now and I've developed an *eye* for dimensions and I can usually spot an error very quickly. Diameter and circumference are significantly different. An easy mistake to make. Trying to be true to Glory's rigging layout at any particular period of her career can be challenging....since receiving her new for and mizzen lower masts(Single sticks), she also received rigging upgrades for them as well. Hemp was her original material...but soon changed when her additional backstays were added and her spreaders where removed. She got the normal *upgrades*, one would expect with time and improvements. Keep moving forward. With this latest image I posted you can clearly see the 3 drain ports for the internal(2nd deck) pumps. 6 in all. Ro
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Sometimes things don’t scale very well. That is why you need to reference images often to correct for these issues. Rob
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Here is an image after I completed the shadow box. Reflections are off the glass. Blue on blue with gold rope trim. Rob
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Here is a better image. I’m going out to build the shadow box frame. Rob
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I got it today. I’ll take pics of it tomorrow. I’m gonna make a new shadow box for it, so it will be displayed correctly. I was prepared to spend what ever it took………I’m glad we were spared *war*……😂. It will go well with my other artifacts. Rob
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Vlad, Glory's Shrouds/Backstays and Stays were all probably steel wire rope...so I'd use very dark or black rope. Her deadeye lanyards as well as her ratlines were oiled or tared to protect them from the weather. White ratlines and lanyards was not a prototype practice, However, some later clippers and large iron ocean carriers painted their lower shrouds white...to protect the steel cable.
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Yes...Vlad..6 pumps within the hold. These pumps removed water and debris and expelled it out hull drain ports that were found along her second deck level. Look closely and you will see the exit ports on these images and the staining caused by the expelled fish fluids(Top picture), and water in the bottom picture. The only pump on deck was the large flywheel bilge pump. Rob
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Vlad, you ump construction is wonderful. However, I’ve found no evidence of the 6 smaller single pump type were on Glory of the Seas. No photographic evidence shows them. I’m assuming you are using artistic license here. Rob
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Just to let my friends know, I bought this artifact and it’s description originally written for and sent to the son of one of the men involved in the burning of Glory of the Seas. It was a gift from Mike. He (Joe), since passed and his estate put it up for auction. I got it. What a thrill. I will place it in a new shadow box and put it in my collection. Rob
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