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Looks very nice Frank. Love the deck house.
Hope all is well.
 
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Looks good so far Bruce. I'll be keeping an eye on your build. Should be starting
mine in the fall.
 
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Looks good Frank. Doesn't look like too much work to fair it.
One less thing.
 
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Couple more pics as the Morgan is escorted through the east end of the Cape Cod Canal Wednesday morning.
If you can zoom in on the photos, you see how she is rigged at the present.
Should be boarding her in a couple of weeks, so will have plenty of pics.
 
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A view of the Morgan a few hours ago. She is headed east through the Cape Cod canal Wednesday Morning.

Regarding the stern view. Nice butt....I mean buttocks......no,..no, I mean, um futtocks....Um......Nice lines.

Couple more pics as the Morgan is escorted through the east end of the Cape Cod Canal Wednesday morning.
If you can zoom in on the photos, you see how she is rigged at the present.
Should be boarding her in a couple of weeks, so will have plenty of pics.
 
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A view of the Morgan a few hours ago. She is headed east through the Cape Cod canal Wednesday Morning.

A view of the Morgan a few hours ago. She is headed east through the Cape Cod canal Wednesday Morning.

Where ya been Jer? Good to see your build back up and running.
 
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How could you live with yourself without adding that channel Ed?
It's all about the details. Nice!
 
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How could you live with yourself without adding that channel Ed?
It's all about the details. Nice!
 
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How could you live with yourself without adding that channel Ed?
It's all about the details. Nice!
 
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Gees Frank. Did you come up for air?
Nice job on "Supply". I've been watching.
I'm going to guess you enjoyed rigging so much,
you couldn't wait to start again. Hows every thing in sunny CA.?
 
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Do you enjoy what you're doing Ed? It looks like you enjoy what you're doing.
Nice skills, nice patience, nice stuff.
 
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Checkin in Frank. Hope you're warmer than me up here in the nawtheast. Been a long winter.
Hope all is well.
 
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Learned mine from "Chapmans, Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling".
If you want to know all knots, get "Clifford W Ashleys, Book of knots" Interesting book.
 
 
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Sos. My thought is that there certainly be seat wear on the thwarts, and foot wear and tool and rope wear etc.. On my whaleboat the goal was to make it appear that the whaleboat had survived a four year stint on a whaleship. Tried to put myself in place of the boatsmen plying their trade. Fun trying to decide the different traits of the different sailors on the different oars. Attached is a pic of a loggerhead, notched to perhaps count the whales captured on this whaleboat. Pic of a authentic whaleboat in the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Enjoy.
 
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Sos. My thought is that there certainly be seat wear on the thwarts, and foot wear and tool and rope wear etc.. On my whaleboat the goal was to make it appear that the whaleboat had survived a four year stint on a whaleship. Tried to put myself in place of the boatsmen plying their trade. Fun trying to decide the different traits of the different sailors on the different oars. Attached is a pic of a loggerhead, notched to perhaps count the whales captured on this whaleboat. Pic of a authentic whaleboat in the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Enjoy.
 
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SoS.  Model looks fine. Boat fittings look authentic.  If I am correct, whaleboats came from the boat builder pretty much stripped. Hull may have been primed but I believe 
most fittings and paint was done to whaleship owners, and boatsteerers specs. Many variations on types of fittings.  Yours look great. Whalecraft is a lot of fun to make. Enjoying your progress.
 
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Looks good so far SOS.  Built this model a couple of years ago. Great little model, lots of details. I used the paints that came with the kit.
They are acrylics. I found a book that goes into great detail regarding the whaleboat. It is titled: "The Whaleboat, a study of design, construction and use, from 1850 - 1970, by Willits D. Ansel.  There are three great museums in the area also that have original whaleboats on display: Newbedford Whaling Museum, Mystic Seaport and Nantucket Whaling Museum. All great places to go. One more book is Melvilles "Moby Dick". Melville discusses in great length The roll of the whaleboat and it's crew on a whaling ship.  Enjoy the build.
 
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Went to see the Morgan on Monday.  Couple of pics of the Morg as she sat on the ways, 7/15/2013 getting swelled.  Getting fully wet on the 21st.
 
 
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I have discovered what seems to me to be a simple technique for making mast hoops. I say discovered because I have not seen mast hoops made this way, and when I had to make some, I used the materials at hand. I cane a chair now and then and have an ample supply of cane strands hanging among the rafters of my workshop (pic1264).  The material is a natural woody plant of the Rattan family. It's strength is along it's length which makes it very durable. It's woody characteristics make it great for holding stain, paint and glue. it is processed in different widths which makes it useful in many different scales. There is an inner surface and an outer surface. the outer surface is shiny and should be scuffed for good stain, paint and glue adhesion. If you have a friend that does caning or a local furniture repair/upholsterer shop nearby, it is a great place to grab a couple of five foot strands. They will last a lifetime of model making. I have not experimented posting photos on the new MSW yet, so not quite sure how this will come out.
 
Step 1: Soak a length of cane (depends upon diameter and quantity of hoops needed) in warm water to soften.
 
Step 2: Wrap cane around a dowel of appropriate diameter and clamp until dry. This will set a nice curl in the cane. Pics, 1256 and 1257.
 
Step 3: Wrap length of cane around finished mast hoop diameter so that it overlaps perhaps 1/4 to 1/3 of diameter. Glue and clamp until it sets. Pics, 1258 and 1259.
 
Step 4: After glue has dried. Sand/file to taper ends of cane.
 
Finished product comes out pretty realistic, using minimal material and effort. Hope this is of use.
 

Went to see the Morgan on Monday.  Couple of pics of the Morg as she sat on the ways, 7/15/2013 getting swelled.  Getting fully wet on the 21st.
 
 
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Hey Tex. Glad to see someone doing the "Charles W. Morgan". I may have missed something. Is it the "Model Shipways " kit?
I have started it, but have not begun a build log yet. Have the keel laid and the bulkheads glued. next step will be fairing the bulkheads.
A few other projects to finish before getting back into it seriously.
Enjoy your build.
 
 
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