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J Haines

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  1. Hi Everybody... did a little model work before I went to work... finished the sole between the bulkhead and the live well... added 1st coat of grey, then added a stringer on the bulkhead to start the cabin floor. now that I know where the bulkhead/sole meet i can add a companion way and finish the bulkhead.
  2. here is the bulkhead installed.. I am going to add a door... after i install a sole between the live well and the bulkhead
  3. Hi everybody... not much progress on the Emma c... took a model break. I have the bulkhead installed and an currently finishing the final touches. pic's will be up soon.
  4. To be honest... I dont know if there is a bulkhead or not.. I assumed that there was because of the cabin. I thought it would look good with a bulkhead... I dont ever recall seeing an open floor plan below deck on vessels I have been on. I am sure some do. The cabin interior is nonexistent on the real Emma C. Plus She went through a few renovations in the mid 1900's... from a fishing boat to a pleasure yacht... and i think there even might have been an engine installed at one time along with another mast. I thought the bulkhead would provide better protection, especially in the colder months, help retain heat. thats one cool thing about model building... I can add a door / companion way if needed. Too bad we can't ask the original builder... Thanks for your positive remarks... I haven't done much work lately because i started a new job and at the end of the day I am wiped out! I have all the early pics still. I can repost them.
  5. Hi everyone. slow progress on the Emma C... I put tracing paper over frame 17 layout on sheet 1, then laminated strips of wood together to form the rough shape of the bulkhead. When this dried, I sanded down both sides to even out and remove what paper stuck. Now i can use the card template i made to fit the bulk head up to frame 17.
  6. Here is how i am going about building frame 17 bulkhead... I traced out the contour from the plans with tracing paper, then taped the cut out to card stock paper... i can adjust the fit with the paper, then build up the bulkhead ...and if all goes will it will fit.
  7. Hello everybody.... Progress has been a bit slow from here. I have pretty much finished the ceiling in the forecastle (aka fo'c'sle) and the storage hold. next is the cabin, this morning installed the deck beam at # 17 frame. from here I will build the bulkhead for the cabin. I have decided to paint the ceiling and deck beams white.This seemed to be the common practice,plus it will brighten it up when you look inside.
  8. I took this pic last Dec... a little Emma C history. I like the fact that she fished for Swordfish...
  9. Swordfish bask on the surface during daylight, so vessels would drift up to a resting swordfish and stick them with a harpoon that has a tip connected to a long line...which is connected to a empty keg or small barrel that tires the fish out as it dies or is too weak to go on... then its picked up by the fishing boat. kind of like in the movie JAWs, when they stuck the shark with a harpoon gun and it towed around a bunch of barrels.
  10. I have used Gorilla glue in actual repairs of furniture and and things of that sort ( like my old boat)...never tried it on a model. it does foam up, unsure if this would cause issues on a small scale... but in full scale its works incredibly great. very strong. its bond time is much longer than regular wood glue and does require clamping.
  11. You said this is your first proper ship build... you look like a seasoned pro. Looking excellent. On glue... I use Elmers Carpenter's wood glue... it sets up fairly quickly but allows proper placement of your piece without setting instantly... like cyanoacrylate. (super glue). Sometimes I use both... cyano to quick tack and the wood glue for strength, or.. a five min. epoxy where real strength is needed. Watching your log has sparked an interest on the Ballahoo and the Sherbourne. very nice looking kits. Your doing an incredible job.
  12. Hello Pythagoras.. Thanks for the compliments! I plan on displaying the Emma C diorama - style, with a good portion of the port side planking removed to see the interior. I also plan on making the cabin removeable to see the interior, along with the hatches, to see stowed gear, fish buckets etc... The real Emma C fished for swordfish at one time... so a swordfish harpoon might be stashed somewhere. The live well will stay open. Before I started I also studied the plans... for a long time. Model Shipways plans are excellent but there are a couple of "grey" areas that I just went with my instinct. Emma C is over 150 years old so im sure at one time my choices were accurate. Plus there are other build logs on the Emma c that are a huge wealth if information that i check all the time. Im looking forward to seeing your vessel being built.
  13. Hi Folks It has been a little while since i updated my log, so here is what i was up to.... I installed the ceiling on the starboard side, i did not run the planking down the full length of the hull, mainly because of the way I am going to build up the cabin and display the model when completed. It was pretty straight forward, I just fit 1/32" thick strips,although I wasn't a 100% sure if the ceiling planks were continuous planks, or butt-jointed and staggered.... so I went with the butt-joints, and purposely leaving slight gaps to help with the illusion of a used vessel.
  14. Looking great. very ingenious clamps... inner ceiling is looking good. Im impressed with the "modular" way You built the deck beams and the live well.
  15. Looks like you are off to a real good start. I really like the size of this ship. Look forward to seeing more progress,
  16. yes I am.... giving it the "well Fished" look, Stowed gear, weathered,a bit water logged. Besides ships I build Military models so its hard to resist weathering.
  17. Hello all... I pretty much got the livewell done,I am leaving the "port" side open for display. I Stained the out side Mahogany brown and weathered with artist oils, and gave a light weathering to the front sole,
  18. AMAZING! How much of the wreck is still there? I have a book about the Lawson, few wreck photos, hard to make out. Did you take photos when you dived? I have never learned to scuba dive...on my list of things to do... there is a U-boat sunk off the state of Rhode Island, not far from me. popular dive site... it was sunk after Germany surrendered in WWII. The U boat torpedoed a collier called the Black Point, and the Navy and US coast guard sank the Uboat. Unknown if the U boat captain was a renegade... or never received orders to seize fire.
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