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Endeavour 1934 by SaltyScot - FINISHED - Amati - 1:80
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Lynx 1812 by SaltyScot - Manuta-Panart - 1:62 - building as Mosquidobit
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Mark, I've been looking at the last few pictures in your last update, and I fear that the shortening that you've done at the stern will cause some issues. To my eyes, it looks like the transom and sternpost are too close together and this won't allow enough room for the rudder stock to come up between them. -
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Lynx 1812 by SaltyScot - Manuta-Panart - 1:62 - building as Mosquidobit
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I grabbed the low res image of the plans from https://prints.rmg.co.uk/products/lines-plan-of-musquidobit-1813-j7636 Brought them into Fusion, and made a quick measure of the angles. I get 13.4 degrees for the foremast and 10.1 degrees for the mainmast. These might be off by a few tenths of a degree since I was just eyeballing my drafting lines in Fusion. I've done this for a few other schooners, and the masts are never parallel. There is always some difference in the angles of the rake.
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I've been looking forward to it since you mentioned you'd be working on this one. I'll be following along.
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Skipjack by Shore thing - FINISHED - Wye River Models - Scale 1/2" - First wooden ship build
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Sultana by SardonicMeow - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
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Albatros by Dr PR - Mantua - Scale 1:48 - Revenue Cutter kitbash about 1815
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Sultana by SardonicMeow - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
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Having reached the end, it's hard to know what to write. This has been a build like no other, and one where I created a lot of challenges for myself. The main goal was to expand my modeling experience and to try out some unconventional techniques. That goal, I think, was achieved. If I could go back in time and give myself advice, I would have recommended making this a fully scratch build and executing it in 1:48 scale (or even 1:32). I have read that when Model Shipways releases a new POB Sultana, it will be in 1:48 scale, and I can understand why. Working at 1:64 has been the biggest challenge, and many times I wished I didn't have to work with such small blocks and other components. I'm also disappointed by the sloppiness of some of my work, especially the painting, and the lack of crisp details on some of the components that I made. (And that big glob of dried glue, that I've been strategically hiding when I take pictures.) I still have lots of room for improvement. Thank you to everyone who has been following along with this build. Your comments and encouragement have been much appreciated. I hope to see you when I start my next one. Moderators, if you are reading this, please mark this build log FINISHED.
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Albatros by Dr PR - Mantua - Scale 1:48 - Revenue Cutter kitbash about 1815
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With flags, the most important thing to consider is the wind direction. I have been working with the idea of the wind coming from the direction as shown below. I think this is plausible with the sails in the orientation they have been set to. I worked out the flags and their sizes and created a sheet for them. Multiple copies were added to allow for mistakes and to try a few variations in size. It was printed out at the local shop. The colors a good, but the paper is a bit thicker than I would have liked. The flags were carefully cut out and glued onto thread, then formed by wrapping the paper around a toothpick until the curves looked good. The flags on the masts, showing the wind coming from behind, but not too strong. And this one back here gets blown into the mail sail. TODO: Tie down jib sheets DONE Make a zillion rope coils (it was closer to 60) DONE Glue on a zillion rope coils DONE Swivel guns DONE Flags DONE Ship's boat? I've decided that this will be a separate project, to be completed at a later date FINISHED We'll save crossing off number 7 until next time, where I'll reflect on this project and include a bunch of beauty shots.
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Making rope coils. After some experimentation, I ended up wrapping thread around some pins stuck into a scrap strip of balsa. They were strategically glued, and after the glue dried, the pins were removed and the rope coils were pulled off. And the excess thread was cut away. Here are some rope coils on the fore mast. And on the shroud cleats I tried making my own swivel guns, but I wasn't happy with any of them, so I used the kit-supplied guns. The barrels were drilled out, but they were otherwise unmodified. TODO: Tie down jib sheets DONE Make a zillion rope coils (it was closer to 60) DONE Glue on a zillion rope coils DONE Swivel guns DONE Flags Ship's boat? FINISHED
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Sail 6 of 6 is on. TODO: Tie down jib sheets Make a zillion rope coils Glue on a zillion rope coils Swivel guns Flags Ship's boat? FINISHED
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I think it'll be a 19th century Chesapeake Bay craft, but I'm still in the research phase.
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To attach the jib sails, I made hanks as shown below by wrapping blackened wire around a dowel, resulting in a spring, then cutting the spring into individual loops. Here's the inner jib. The line at the top is for the downhaul. Note how a pair of blocks splits the sheets into four separate lines. And here is the sail in place. The backstays for the foremast were also on the todo list. If you look back at post #173 in this thread, you'll see how I tied off some line on cleats in preparation for this step. I anticipated that those cleats would be completely inaccessible and it's a good thing. The mast trucks were 3D printed. Development was interative, Goldilocks style: too large, too small, just right. Here are the mast trucks after being glued on. It really makes things look finished. Looking good and almost done.
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The fore topsail is on. And here's a view from the back. And a view from the top. It's quite a maze. Two more sails to go, plus the many finishing details.
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A small update. Lots of lines that were loose have been belayed and glued. It doesn't look like much of a change between this update and the last, but I spent several hours tugging and adjusting until I was happy. I hung the fore lower yard from its sling and threaded the lifts and braces. The mainsail still has some lines that need final adjusting before it's permanently set. Another thing I did was redo the forestay, which had accumulated some noticeable slack. I've been unhappy about that for a while.
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Here's the foresail. The brails that run through blocks on the gaff have been pre-threaded. The remaining brails run through blocks on the mast hoops and will need to be run after the sail is attached. And the sail is on. As with the mainsail, the sail is linked to the mast hoops with wire. There is one error here. The blocks for the third brail from the top should have been attached to the mast hoop fourth from the top, not fifth. You can see how the angle of the run of that brail doesn't match the others, but would be parallel to the others if it were in the right place. Unfortunately, when I realized this mistake, the glue was set and those were literally my last 2mm blocks. So I'll have to live with it. Down here at the tack, the sail is hooked onto a tackle that was previously threaded. The mainsail sheet runs through a pair of double blocks back here. And here it is, three sails down, three to go. Ugh, what a messy workspace. Next I need to get the spaghetti under control before moving on to the remaining sails.
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Thanks for following along, Mark. It's hard to believe it's finally all coming together.
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Prior to being attached to the mast, the main topsail's lower yard has its blocks pre-threaded. It is held up by its sling and lifts. Now the upper yard. The sail is laced on. The bunt lines are visible here on the front. And the clew lines are pre-threaded through the blocks on the back. Here is the upper yard, held up only by its lifts for now. The halliard is threaded through the sheave hole in the mast. But the halliard (black thread) currently goes nowhere. A block is carefully attached to the free end of the halliard and rigged. Also, the sheet lines previously threaded through blocks on the lower yard are attached to the sail. And with that, most of the rigging of the main topsail is complete. Still to do for the main mast: backstays and braces for the yards. And right now, nothing is belayed. It's all loose so that I can fiddle with how I want the sails oriented. I think the braces will wait, as I suspect they'll get in the way of my efforts to attach the foresail.
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I'm starting with the mainsail. First, it's laced to the gaff. I decided it was best to attach the boom to the sail before placing it on the model. The tack of the sail is attached to a hook above the boom jaws. The outhaul passes through a sheave at the end of the boom and ends on a block which, along with another block on the boom, is a tackle for the outhaul. I pre-ran the line for that tackle. The parrels were added to the gaff and boom with some tape to keep the beads from coming off. The sail is attached first by the throat and peak halliards. Loose at first, then gently tugging little by little into place. Wire was previously twisted around each mast hoop, and this wire went through holes in the luff of the sail. Foolishly, I didn't attach the wire before the mast hoops were on the mast and impossible to remove. Therefore, it was awkward to get the wire twisted and it couldn't be done neatly. It's not bad from far away but doesn't look so great close up. The topping lift and boom sheet were threaded, and the sail is looking pretty good. Right now, nothing is glued. Everything is held in by friction and can be adjusted as needed. One sail down, five to go.
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