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John Ruy

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  1. John Ruy
    It’s a toss up, rope coiling is a bit more active.
  2. John Ruy
    Began working on the CWM Whaleboats. Modeling four more after my prototype. First coat paint completed. Made up a few rope coils while watching the paint dry. 😎 Progress one day at a time. 🍻
  3. John Ruy
    With the beveling of the stem and stern posts completed, it’s on to the final painting of the hull. Once I was satisfied with the detail and I gave everything another coat of black, white and ochre acrylic, I sealed the finish with Varathane water based polyurethane (crystal clear satin) I must say, I am pretty satisfied with the outcome. According to the instructions “I have met the most difficult challenges of this project, and what remains is relatively simple”. LOL 😂 What remains is a whole lot of detail. 😆 A bit over 100 hours in nearly seven months to get this far. Definitely a welcome change periodically from the Morgan. Time to head over to the other side of the work bench and continue with yard arms and whaleboats on the my Vintage Marine Company Charles W Morgan. She has been patiently awaiting my return. Time for a change of pace. I’ll be back... 😎
  4. John Ruy
    Fitted remaining knees with laminated 1/32” x 1/16” strips. Thwarts completed with knees and pads. Micro carpentry work on the Bow Box. Finished the Bow planking and painted. Carved and shaped Bow Chocks. Glued Bow Chocks in place top of Gunwale and Cheek Pieces. Final sanding in place. Bow Joinerwork completed and ready for paint. Next up Stem and Stern Post beveling. Onward 🍻
  5. John Ruy
    Making some progress on the Whaleboat. Thought I would give you all an update. Carefully shaped and Installed Thwarts to fit tight to the hull. Shaped and mounted the Thigh Board. Cut and laid out the planking for the Cuddy. Mounted the Lion’s Tongue. Nailed the Cuddy planking in place. Painted the Cuddy and Thigh Board. Close up of Cuddy. Laid out filler blocks for the Thwart Knees. Very tedious micro carpentry with an Xacto Knife. Glued all filler blocks in place with CA glue. Shaped the curve in each filler block by hand sanding. All filler blocks placed and shaped. Lines drawn for placement of Knees and Thwart Pads. Soaked 1/32 x 1/16 materials overnight in ammonia and water before clamping the Thwart Knees in place and allowing them to dry overnight. After dry, glued the Thwart Knees on the Mast Thwart after placing the Mast Thwart Pad. Pre drilled holes to place Lill Pins as rivets in the Thwart Knees. Two Rivets in each Thwart Knee. Lill Pins are trimmed short so as to not extend to the outside of the hull. Completed Thwart Knees for the Mast Thwart. Stained and Painted Mast Thwart. Used pencil lead to represent the remaining nails, as I did on the ceiling planks. On to the remaining four Thwarts. Interesting word “Thwart” it is used as both a noun and a verb. 😎
  6. John Ruy
    Congratulations on your milestone, we celebrate them all. 🍻 She is looking really good Tom 👍
  7. John Ruy
    That’s ok... She will still be there for you to finish when you get moved and settled in. Don’t give up the ship, these things take time. You’ll get there. Thanks for checking in on me and your kind words. I just keep plugging away... 🍻 Cheers 🍻
  8. John Ruy
    Don’t we all... Us engineers that is. LOL 😆 Good pre-staging of the process always the best way to go. 👍
  9. John Ruy
    Fore and Main Lower Yards pre-rigged and hung. She is starting to look like a real ship. Onward! 😎
  10. John Ruy
    First step in running rigging on a Whaler, “Cut in” Tackle. Many thanks to David Lesters MS Build of the CWM, my vintage kit does not show any of this important rigging. Created the Tail Hook and Blubber Hook. Then rigged up the blocks for the cut in tackle. Needed patina the brass and copper pieces. Soaked the parts in a white vinegar. Let these parts stand covered next to open ammonia. The fumes of the ammonia will patina most anything. Cut in Tackle complete. Now for the Yard Arms. 😎
  11. John Ruy
    Standing Rigging Completed. Fore Stays, Back Stays, Bow Sprit, Shrouds, Battens, Ratlines. What a long strange road it’s been. Onward, to Yard Arms and Running Rigging. The fun never ends. 😆
  12. John Ruy
    BTW... Inspiration for my mini me whaleboats is coming from my MS New Bedford Whaleboat build. Please come follow this build. I can use all the encouragement I can get. 😉
  13. John Ruy
    Thank you Tom... I agree we can be a bit too critical of our own work. I believe that’s what drives us to the next level. I always feel it could be a bit better. It’s OCD without the CD. obsessed... 😆 I do appreciate you. As well as all who are giving me a 👍 along the way.
  14. John Ruy
    Lashing of battens completed on the starboard side. I started working on the whaleboats. This kit supplied metal whaleboats requiring someone detailing. I need a break now and then from tying ratlines and lashing battens. I’m sure you all know what I mean. 😆 I started with. 1/32 strips to recreate the ceilings and sheers. A bit of micro carpentry required for seating. Micro oars are in the works. I think this will do, only four more of these mini me’s to do. Not bad, pretty decent. 😎 I think so anyway. 🍻
  15. John Ruy
    Brad, What you are looking for, Bow Chocks is on pages 88-89. Havent quite gotten there myself just yet. 🍻
  16. John Ruy
    Catman42, would you be referring to The Cheek Pieces? Page 79. They are a bit confusing at first.
  17. John Ruy
    Progressing on the Battens and ratlines. Aligning extended battens. Filled in the shorter battens glueing them in place for lashing. Foremast shrouds and upper ratlines completed. Battens in place on the Main and Mizzen Shrouds. Now to complete the lashing and upper shroud ratlines. Onward 😎
  18. John Ruy
    Bow roller installed... Ready for inwales and gunwales... cutting inwale into the cheek pieces. completion of gunwhale. Ready for. Final sanding and beveling. Onward... 😎 Filled, Sanded and Painted Gunwales. 😎
  19. John Ruy
    I’m back to the Whaleboat for now. Had to take a break from rat lines and battens on the Morgan. 😆 Time to build the Cheek Pieces. First step is to create two 3/8” x 1/4” From the 3/8” x 1/2” piece in the box. Then carve the cheek pieces from the two 3/8” x 1/4” piece. These pieces need to have rabbit and lap joints carved into them. Then glued into place on the bow of the boat. Saw off the stem post and glue the cheek pieces into place. Easy NOT... Version 2.0 made it to the bow. 😆 A bit more carving/shaping and installation of the bow roller. 😎 Latter 🍻
  20. John Ruy
    Beautifully done!! I look at this model every time I pass through Searsport, ME in the Bluejacket Ship Crafters showroom. It’s been a wonderful voyage watching you complete this model. Bravo 👏
  21. John Ruy
    Tom, You are comparing apples to oranges. Your scratch build is amazing. My USS Constitution was a 674 hour build over 14 months. This one at 335 hour over 7 months tells me I spend way too much time in the basement. Keep on keeping on. 👍
  22. John Ruy
    Seems like a long time since I have updated, but its only been about three weeks. Happy to report Standing Rigging is completed. The Fore Lower Yard is in place. Prepared with the associated Running Rigging Blocks and Sheet Chains. I have decided to build without sails. I would hate to cover up the details that are taking so long to complete. 😆 Still need to complete Rat Lines and Battens. Very tedious.... Here is a closeup is the Main Shrouds at the Main Lower Doubling. Feels like she has a long way to go. However, looking back there are a lot of accomplishments. Hours spent now stand at 344. Began this Journey back on January 21st 2020. Seems like so long ago...😎 Onward 🍻
  23. John Ruy
    Another interesting read on whaling. From the New Bedford Whaling Museum. https://www.whalingmuseum.org/learn/research-topics/overview-of-north-american-whaling/life-aboard
  24. John Ruy
    Ron, It appears that the roof between the two deck houses covering the steering wheel provided shelter for the helmsmen. I believe this was a unique feature of the whaling bark. Although that also juju included shade from the tropical South Pacific sun, I am sure it sheltered the helmsman from the rough storms including hurricanes. My thoughts based on what I have read on the Whaling Industry. http://www.girlonawhaleship.org/jernapp/refCard.do?shortName=bark The two cabins were connected overhead to provide shelter for the helmsmen at the steering wheel, in the "hurricane house."
  25. John Ruy
    Brad, I have found Loctite Super Glue to work well. It seems to be CA glue of medium gel as to not run all over the place but form very small drops and stay were you want it to when gluing the wood strips. Needs clamping, but sets in a minute or less. You can find it most anywhere. I like the long tip applicator. John

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