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Steve, Thank you very much! Working on more blocks: The small single and double sheave blocks are made. Working on the larger single sheave blocks at the moment. Next, I’ll make the larger double sheave blocks. Then, I’ll make the fiddle blocks, followed by clew blocks, then the lift blocks, then two ramshead blocks, followed by some shoe blocks and lastly some large deadeye looking things with 5 holes in them. Somewhere along the way I need to make two mouses (I don’t think mice is an appropriate plural for them).
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I use Mont Marte PVA glue for both card and for wood. It works beautifully.
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Micha, I have heard that you either really like Billings Boats or you don’t. I have not built one of their kits. I really wanted their Vasa and Warrior for a while, but I have a card kit of the Vasa and plans for the Warrior in a book. Your Roar Ege looks fine to me. The most important thing about your first model is to finish it. Learn from your mistakes and move forward, applying that knowledge to your next project. This model was started to see what I could do. Speaking of which: The masts are glued in place. In accordance with the plans, the foremast is tilted slightly forward and the main and mizzen masts are tilted slightly aft. I made the small single sheave blocks. With the rigging fittings, I am starting with what I recognize and then researching the ones I don’t and then making them too. This model is a learning experience and I am enjoying it thoroughly!
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New Occre Release 4-28-2024 La Belle Poule
GrandpaPhil replied to Ogontz's topic in Wood ship model kits
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I do not know for sure. “Esther” would have been privately owned, much like an owner-operator semi driver. I am using the plans for the “Peacock” in Ab Hoving’s “17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships” for that build. I am building as drawn except for the transom painting and the two caryatids I added to the companionway door. What about “Vasa” and “Sovereign of the Seas”? Would those have had belaying pins?
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@Scottish Guy Micha, Will Cornwall Model Boats (from the UK) deliver to the Highlands? https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/index.html If so, they have a lot of sailing yachts in both kit and plan form. The plans would probably help you more especially since you are wanting to scratch build one. That’s where I get a lot of my plan sets from.
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Micha, Thank you very much! I am trying to figure out all of the rigging fittings and how to use them. I would like to build them up as correctly as possible. I have never built a model from this time period although the 17th Century ships are aesthetically my favorites. So, this one is a little bit of a learning curve.
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For a swivel mounted carronade it will be similar to this: That’s on the Victory, so the carronade is a little bigger and a little heavier than what Niagara packed, but yours will be of a similar configuration, just most likely with only one set of blocks on each side to aim, not two sets on each side like is on mine.
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Masts are assembled! Next: paint and permanent installation once everything dries!
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Very nicely done!
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Main mast is shaped:
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One of the things I really enjoy about Steven’s builds is the sheer amount of historical research from primary sources that is done, and the debates that interpreting those sources creates. I have learned a lot from them and it is incredible to see the models take shape that embodies that research.
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Very nicely done!
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Ferrus, Howard Chapelle has several excellent examples of pilot cutters in his books “The History of American Sailing Ships” and “The Search For Speed Under Sail”. His books are some of my go-to references for 19th Century sailing vessels. He has many sets of hull lines/plans and isometric drawings of different ships, including pilot boats. That may help you with the hull/deck design. Chapelle’s books are very common and can be found on EBay cheaply.
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The foremast is shaped:
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All masts are cut to length: I now know how big this model is going to be. Now to finish shaping them and get them permanently installed. I am using my classic scalpel carving method.
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Is there any news on when the monograph for the Royal Yacht Fubbs will be available for purchase?
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Hello from Cleveland (or thereabouts)
GrandpaPhil replied to EGL's topic in New member Introductions
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Thank you very much, Micha! Started on the masts: The flag pole is made and installed. The bow sprit is made and just sitting there. The mizzen mast has not been shaped yet, it is only cut to length, but is sitting in place. I need to go to a hardware store and get another dowel rod for my last two masts. I have some, but they have warped over time. They are all one piece masts since this ship was built in the 17th century when they still had old growth forests. The remaining masts will stand about 18-19” off the decks and be 11/32” in diameter at the base.
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