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  1. John Ruy
    Reconstructed the Gallis Framing on the Aft Roofing. Looking much better... Added battens to the Fore Mast Shrouds still need to lash them. Painful detail, but it’s what I live for... Onward and forward, it’s how we progress. 😎
  2. John Ruy
    Installing the Thwart Risers and Adjacent Ceiling is very tedious. Decided to nail these in place using Lill Pins as opposed to the copper etched nails in the kit. Used CA glue on the nails, flush trimed them from the outer hull and repainted. First Ceiling Plank in glued only no nails. These are due cut and fit pretty good, although they do require a lot of coaxing and clamping. Also placed the timbers for the stern sheets, another tedious task to get level and flat. On to the bow sheet framing and finishing the ceiling. I decided to keep this planking all natural and will be representing nails with the lead from the tip of a 9mm mechanical pencil and finishing with non-gloss clear coat of some sort. Any suggestions for the sealer?
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    Thank you VTHokiEE, that worked. I just got an email back from Midwest with a PDF of the manual. 👍
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    Thanks Gunther, I just might take you up on that. It is probably close enough for the direction, I have the correct drawing for the detail. I can also look at all of the great direction I get from the build logs here. I’ll let you know if I don’t find the actual Peterboro manual, before you go to the trouble. Thanks
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    Just emailed them, we will see. Thanks for the tip. 👍 Meanwhile if any one has the instruction booklet gathering dust I will pay the postage. Thanks
  6. John Ruy
    Wanted... Instruction manual for the Peterboro Canoe by Midwest. I purchased a started kit on eBay that doesn’t have its original manual. Does anyone know of a source or have an instruction booklet they could part with? Thanks
  7. John Ruy
    Finished sanding and painted the hull today. Proceeded with setting nails and decided I didn’t like where this was going. Took another look at this photo graph taken last year in Mystic and decided the nailing was not visible in reality and was not enhancing my models presentation. I removed the nails I had set, filled the holes and repainted the outer hull. The Third brush coat looks great. Inner hulls came from the builders with a coat of buff paint. According to the instructions the shade varies with the builder. I used my custom yellow ochre and mixed in white to give it a more buff look. I am thinking I will use the yellow ochre for the inner planking to achieve the appearance of the Whaleboat I saw in Mystic. Onward. 🍻
  8. John Ruy
    Framing the hull completed. Quite the process, given it’s my first time bending and laminating timber. Looks decent... Hull fastenings? To nail or not to nail, that is the question. I am hoping I made the right decision. I decided to jump in and nail it! This should be an experience, to say the least. I hope it pays off. I will be painting this hull and the nails should add the desired detail and realism I am hoping to achieve. I am just hoping it doesn’t drive me over the edge. 😆 should be done with this step by Winter. more latter. 😎
  9. John Ruy
    I’m back to the New Bedford Whaleboat. Internal hull now marked and secured in the mold for framing. Framing timbers are soaking so they can be fitted and glued into the hull. I will begin framing the hull tomorrow. Latter 😎
  10. John Ruy
    Thanks for your compliments Ron. Your build is progressing nicely as well. I currently have 250 hours into the Morgan. As Tom just said, “Enjoy the journey”. That’s why we do this. The thread storage units are sold in Fabric section of WalMart or JoAnn Fabrics. They are used for sewing thread storage. As for the “Ratliners” they work, I used them to rig the Revell Constitution I built last year, I wanted to replace the plastic rat lines with something more realistic as I did the sails. They do work well, I did find that they use a lot more thread than hand tying on the ship. I am also finding that rigging on the Morgan will be more accurate the way I am doing it now. Particularly because of the battens. Later 😎
  11. John Ruy
    Thanks Voyageur, It took a few retries and reties, but she’s getting there. 🍻
  12. John Ruy
    Thanks Tom for confirming my thoughts. I think you have summed it up perfectly.👍
  13. John Ruy
    Progress Report... Its been almost two weeks since I last updated this build log. Had to work through a few issues with the build. I continued to struggle with the Gallis Framing interference with the Fore Shrouds. Although I had cut them down the frames were not inboard enough to allow the proper alignment of the shrouds. I came to the conclusion I would have to rebuild the Gallis Frames and cut out the Fore Gallis roofing. I hated to do this, but it had to be corrected. Once the framing was out of the way the shrouds were installed properly. I then rebuilt the Gallis Framing to the proper scale and reattached the roofing. I will need to do the same with the Aft Gallis as well. Lessons learned on attention to details. I then moved on to rigging the Lower Shrouds with Battens. I struggled a bit with how to tie them. Lots of detail here, a long way to go... Got to get after it. Later... 😎
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    Beautiful work David, she is coming along quite nicely. I do enjoy watching your progress. I have a Bluejacket Bluenose waiting for me, love your research Into all of the detail. Thanks for sharing...
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    She is coming along very nicely. 👍
  16. John Ruy
    Completed Bow Sprit and Martingale Stays. Keeping everything tight is challenging. Fore Stays all in... With Fore Stays in its on to completion of the Fore Back Stays and Shrouds. Stay Safe out there. More later... 😎
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    Nice! 👍
  18. John Ruy
    Good morning MSW followers. Progress on the CWM has been slow. Amongst other projects I have been building a half bath in my basement. My wife says she’ll never see me again, except when I surface for food. 😎 I am calling it my Captains Quarters. We are giving it a nautical theme. OK... back to my progress report. Working on the Bowsprit and Jib Boom. Used black construction paper to create The jib boom hardware. Drilled pilot holes after the glue dried. Doubled over the eyelets to fit tightly in the holes drilled in the boom. I did not care for the chains supplied in the kit, so I purchased more suitable chain at Michaels. Tied off Deadeyes and tightened up the Bob Stays. The Deadeyes are very small at this scale. Continuing to work on the chains on the Bowsprit. I will touch them up with a little flat rust enamel as I go. On ward... 🍻
  19. John Ruy
    Excellant... great job 👍
  20. John Ruy
    Progress on Gallis Frame re-construction and Fore Shroud alignment. Narrowed up the Gallis Frames by shaving them to the correct width. Aligned the first two shrouds over the rear of the Fore Mast platform. completed two Backstays to properly align the Fore Mast. Then completed the three forward shrouds. On to Bobstays and Martingale Chains to stabilize the Bowsprit and Jib Boom for the Fore Stays. Stay Safe out there... John 😎
  21. John Ruy
    Voyageur, Trust me the Gallis Frames are equally spaced. I’m sure once the other frames are narrowed it will look right. I will trim the frames on both sides equally to ensure they stay equally spaced. Thanks for your observation. Keeps my OCD alive. 😎
  22. John Ruy
    Shroud mis-alignment not fare with the Gallis Frame turned out to be a combination of two issues. 1. I had the Gallis Frame over scale and much too wide. 2. The Fourth Shroud was also tied too forward of center on the Fore Mast and is better fitted to the rear of the Fore Mast. I’m now in the process of correcting the width of all of the Gallis Frames and re-rigging the Fore Mast Lower Shrouds. Wanted to share my solution and thank both Voyageur and Bob Cleet for their input. As they say “it takes a village”. Glad I found this site, the support on here is great. 👍 Later...
  23. John Ruy
    Bob, Thanks for your historical perspective, I knew you would have some knowledge around this subject. I also knew the Deadeyes could not stay that way, it just didn’t seem right. I went back to The Charles W Morgan by John Leavitt published by the Mystic Museum and found this 1916 photo of her in dry dock for repairs. An up close look shows the forward Gallis roofing in place and the shrouds aligned on either side of the frame that extends through the shroud. Looks like I’ll need to reconstruct the Shroud Channel and the Gallis Frame to correct the alignment. Bottom line it looks like she had the forward Gallis roofing in her last days at sea.
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    Upon another review of the plans. See photo... The Gallis Frames appear to be built correctly. However, I have noticed that the Mystic CWM does not have Gallis Roof over the Try Works on the forward deck. The 1939 drawings definitely show the Gallis Roof on the forward deck over the Try Works. See photo... This is the only Gallis Frame that interferes with the Fore Mast Shrouds. So I have noticed the fact that there was no roofing over the Try Works on other Models of the CWM. However, I would like to keep the roofing over the Try Works, if that is a historically correct feature. I can rebuild the Gallis Frame to lean inboard more and eliminate the interference with the shroud. Thanks again Voyageur for Your attention to the details, it was helpful. Now I need someone to let me know where this roofing fits in the CWM history. Bob Cleek, Do you have any historical input on this? 😎
  25. John Ruy
    Voyageur, Thanks for your photo. I know finding an appropriate reference is difficult. The Gallis frames are not in the photo. As I look at your photo it confirms for me that I may not have curved the Gallis frames inboard enough. It looks like I may need to revisit the Gallis frame construction. Thanks for your input, sometimes it takes a village to see these things from different angles. 👍 I’ll let you know what I come up with.

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