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Hi Patrick.  Looking forward to watching you create another one of your splendid models.

10 minutes ago, Bojeta said:

Hello,

 

Love the project!  My great grandparents were from County Mayo, Ireland, and sailed from Liverpool to New Orleans in 1848 to escape the Great Hunger.  Are you creating a CAD model of the ship?  If so, would it be something you would be selling for those who would like to 3D print a model?

 

Best wishes,

 

David Maxwell

Hi David - thanks for looking in, I enjoyed this build.  I used 2D CAD to develop the framing and some other components, but I don't do any 3D CAD work.  Sorry to disappoint.  By the way, County Mayo (especially the town of Westport) is one of my favorite areas in Ireland.

Hi Will - I've been off the site for a long time and just started checking back in.  Nice progress on your Syren - looking really good.

Hi Rich - I've been off the site for quite a while and just saw your build.  Great work so far.  I'll be following along.

Very nice work and good progress.  I plan to follow along.

Hi Rich

I've been off the forum for a while due to moving to a new home.  Glad to see you're finished your build, and it looks great.

Bluejacket has a kit of the Spray.  If you don't want to build from a kit, I think you could just buy the plans.

http://www.bluejacketinc.com/kits/spray.htm

Hi Patrick.  I've been out of commission from a modeling standpoint for quite a while due to moving to a 'new' home, and have been off the forum for over a month.  I was happy to see your recent entry on my first time back - she looks great!  Well done.

Hi Don - really nice work.

When securing a knot, it's better to use matte medium or a diluted white glue to avoid the 'plastic' look.  When I don't want any sheen from glue I use Scenic Glue from Woodland Scenics.

Hi Doug - very nice work on your Leon.  I've been looking in now and then, and just saw your comment on the lumber hatch.  One thing you might try is to mix some sawdust from the same wood as the planking with Scenic glue and use it as a filler.  Scenic glue (from Woodland Scenics) is a PVA glue that dries without any sheen, so when you use it this way the wood dust visually blends in with the wood around it and flaws are covered really well.  I've used this approach with small gaps between planks and it worked for me.

Nice work, Chris.  Keep the updates coming - you're making great progress.

YT - Please send me a PM.  I don't check MSW posts too frequently, but was alerted to your request by another member.

The original list of free books went fairly quickly.  In continuing to get ready for downsizing I'm once again offering the following books free of charge - you just pay the postage.  For the time being I'd like to ship a minimum of three books for each request, and will be using PayPal for payment of the postage.  Due to time constraints I need to move these books by end of January.  Any remaining books will be donated to a local charity.

Please PM me if you're interested in any of the following books:

Ship Design and Construction

            The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1855, by Howard I. Chappelle   No Longer Available

            Dorothy Elizabeth – Building a Traditional Wooden Schooner, 

                      by Roger F Duncan    No Longer Available            

            The American Fishing Schooners 1825 – 1935, by Howard I. Chappelle      No Longer Available

            Anatomy of the Ship – The Schooner Bertha L. Downs, 

                     by Bud Greenhill and Sam Manning     No Longer Available

            The Building of a Wooden Ship, by Dana A. Story      No Longer Available

            The Baltimore Clipper, by Howard I. Chappelle       No Longer Available

            Masting and Rigging, by Harold A. Underhill        No Longer Available

            The Gaff Rig Handbook, by John Leather        No Longer Available

            The Rigging of Ships (in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720)

                   By R.C. Anderson        No Longer Available

            The Art of Rigging, by George Biddlecombe      No Longer Available

Ship Modeling

            Period Ship Modelmaking (an ilIustrated Masterclass), by Philip Reed     No Longer Available

            Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft, by Lennarth Petersson       No Longer Available

            Rigging Period Ship Models, by Lennarth Petersson      No Longer Available

            A Modeler’s Guide to Rigging, by Richard Mansir       No Longer Available 

            Ship Models – How to Build Them, by Charles G. Davis

            The Ship Model Builder’s Assistant, by Charles G. Davis       No Longer Available

            The Built-up Ship Model, by Charles G. Davis

Woodworking

            Big Book of Scroll Saw Woodworking       No Longer Available

            Hand Tools (Skill-building techniques and projects)      No Longer Available

            Table Saw Secrets (Tips, Techniques, Plans, and Projects)      No Longer Available

Machining

            Workshop Techniques for Clockmakers and Modelmakers, by W.R.Smith     No Longer Available

            The Model Engineers Workshop Manual, by Geo. H. Thomas    No Longer Available

            Building Simple Model Steam Engines, by Tubal Cain      No Longer Available

            Milling for Home Machinists, by Harold Hall       No Longer Available

            Mini-Lathe for Home Machinists, by David Fenner      No Longer Available

            The Complete Metalsmith (an Illustrated Handbook), by Tim McCreight        No Longer Available

            Workshop Practice Series books:     No Longer Available

                        Workholding in the Lathe

                        Simple Workshop Devices

                        Vertical Milling in the Home Workshop

                        Hardening, Tempering, and Heat Treatment

                        Soldering and Brazing

                        Dividing

I also have:

            8 back issues of Woodsmith Magazine     No Longer Available

            5 back issues of Home Machining magazines.        No Longer Available

We'll be downsizing to a smaller house, and there won't be enough room for many of the books I've collected since I started modeling.

I'm offering the following books free of charge - you just pay the postage.  For the time being I'd like to ship a minimum of three books for each request, and will be using PayPal for payment of the postage.  Due to time constraints I need to move these books by end of January.  Any remaining books will be donated to a local charity.

Please PM me if you're interested in any of the following books:

Ships, General

            American Fishermen, by Albert Cook Church     No Longer Available

            The Charles W Morgan, by John F. Leavitt   No Longer Available

            Pacific Square Riggers, by Jim Gibbs      No Longer Available

            Merchant Sailing Ships 1850-1875, by David R MacGregor     No Longer Available

            A Maritime Archeology of Ships, by Jonathan Adams     No Longer Available

            The History of the Sailing Ship, by ARCO Publishing

Ship Design and Construction

            Sloops & Shallops, by William A. Baker       No Longer Available

            The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1855, by Howard I. Chappelle

            Dorothy Elizabeth – Building a Traditional Wooden Schooner, by Roger F Duncan

            The American Fishing Schooners 1825 – 1935, by Howard I. Chappelle

            Sailing Ships, by Colin Mudie      No Longer Available

            Pete Culler on Wooden Boats, Edited by John Burke    No Longer Available

            Small Ships – Benford Design Group

            Thomas F McManus and the American Fishing Schooners, by W.M.P. Dunne     No Longer Available

            Seventeenth Century Rigging, by R. C. Anderson     No Longer Available

Ship Modeling

            William Frederick’s (1874) Scale Journey, by Antonio Mendez C.      No Longer Available

            2013 Shipwright, Edited by John Bowen and Jean Hood       No Longer Available

            American Ship Models and How to Build Them, by V.R. Grimwood (2 versions)      No Longer Available

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            Building Model Ships from Scratch, by Kent Porter     No Longer Available

            The Art of Ship Modeling, by A. Richard Mansir       No Longer Available

            Models of American Sailing Ships, by Robert E. Peabody    No Longer Available

Very nice work, Chris.  You're making some real progress now.

I agree with Steve - I would use two-part epoxy.  The five-minute type would be my choice.

A couple of points:  when you clamp the piece to the hull you'll find that the wet epoxy is pretty slippery and the piece may want to slide while you're clamping it.  Also, the epoxy will tend to run and ooze out of the small holes.  This can be cleaned up while it's still wet by washing the unwanted epoxy off with a brush dipped in 90% isopropyl alcohol.  You need to make sure you get the unwanted epoxy off before it has cured - after it's cured you'd have to grind it off.

Chris - like doing anything for the first time I'd use some scrap pieces for testing until you get familiar with using the epoxy.  Epoxy is super strong when cured, so you won't need to use a lot of it.  And you're always welcome to come over so we can play around with the epoxy before you put it on your model.

Nice work, Chris.  I'll be following along, and hope to see it in person sometime.

On 9/3/2019 at 4:24 PM, Jack12477 said:

Frank, I used those green Velcro cloth plant ties to hold my boat to the back seat of the car. I loop it thru the child safety seat anchors hidden under the car seat back placing one leg under the build board and the other leg under the boat and over the board. Overlap the two legs about 5-6 inches and the will hold it fast to the car seat.  Drove 3 hours with a model to conference and return 3 hours with no ill effects. The strips are about 1/4 inch wide and can be found in the garden section of Lowes or Home Depot.

Thanks for the suggestion Jack.  I'll be driving a small SUV, so won't need to use the seat anchors.

On 9/4/2019 at 7:14 PM, Moab said:

I spend a lot of time In San Diego but bummed out I won’t be there when you visit. Kathryn is one of my favorite models and builds but I’ll miss her...Moab

Too bad - always like to meet other MSW members.

I'll be taking Kathryn to next week's meeting of the San Diego Ship Modelers Guild, and then will be going on to Carlsbad, California - total driving time will be around 12 hours.  I'm a little nervous about Kathryn bouncing around in the car for that long, so I had to devise a way to keep her steady in the car.

The building board for the Kathryn build is about 6-8 inches longer than the overall length of the model, so I will use that board and I devised a clamping arrangement to keep her steady on the board, as in the following photo.

The cross-pieces press down on Kathryn's base, and the surface of the cross-piece which touches the base is lined with a soft rubber padding to avoid scratching the base.

The boom is only held from swaying side-to-side by the main sheet, so I wedged a piece of soft foam rubber between the boom and the board that joins the 2 davits.

The yawl boat is suspended from the davits by a block configuration and could easily sway back and forth and do some damage to itself and/or the model, so I epoxied a clear acrylic rod between the side of the boat and the bumper at Kathryn's rear.  This is a permanent solution, but I thought it was necessary to protect the model during its life - not just for the trip.

Some future work still remains for Kathryn - she needs a display case to protect her from dust, dirt, grandchildren, and cleaning ladies.  In the meantime I've started the drafting process for the next model, and I'll post a link here when I start a new build log in a month or so.

Cheers, everyone!

Looks great Rich - stay on the journey!  Hope to see you soon.

Welcome to MSW Chris. It’s good to see another ship modeler here in AZ. 

Thanks Carl, and thanks Tom.

Thanks Druxey.  I think I'm the one who should be sending appreciation to all of the folks who have been very encouraging along the way.

5 hours ago, JerryTodd said:

As someone that's worked on these boats, you've done a beautiful job capturing one; albeit, a little cleaner than I remember

Thanks Jerry.  I admire folks like yourself who have actually worked on these boats.  I have a good friend who is an experienced waterman (and an excellent modeler) who has been a great source of info during the project.

1 hour ago, niwotwill said:

Fantastic is all I can say after spending the last two evenings reading you log. I wish I could pick on thing to say is the best part, but there are no best parts of the ship. Simply fantastic!!!! 

Will

Thanks Will.  I think when you see Kathryn in person you'll probably pick out some things that are NOT the best parts!

On 7/24/2019 at 6:35 AM, Omega1234 said:

I jest of course, Frank, but those furled sails looks absolutely fabulous.  

 

Congrats, once again.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Thanks Patrick - but I don't think I'll be making sails again.

On 7/24/2019 at 6:52 AM, popeye the sailor said:

beautiful boat Frank........amazing quality in your hand made parts    very well done!  looking forward in seeing the Leonard.

Thanks Popeye.  The JTL will be interesting when compared to skipjacks.

On 7/24/2019 at 1:17 PM, FriedClams said:

Sweet piece of work Frank!  Congratulations on its completion.  Beautiful model.

 

Gary

Thanks Gary.

21 hours ago, EdT said:

Beautiful model, Frank.  Wonderful workmanship and attention to detail.  Love it.

 

Ed

Thanks Ed.  I've tried to apply what I've learned from watching your work since I started modeling.

19 hours ago, dvm27 said:

Would look great in any maritime museum, Frank. Well done!

Thanks Greg.  I've actually been thinking that at some point I might offer the Kathryn to CBMM.

29 minutes ago, John Allen said:

Frank,

 

First class, well done. Obviously not a working dredger no sacks, oysters, culling boards and irons and no mud. KUDOS on a fine build.

 

 

Thanks John.  I guess you could say this is how she looks at the start of each oystering season, before the paint dries. 

Hi Patrick - she'll be a little beauty.  Amazing work, as usual.