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John Ruy

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  1. 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. 😎
  2. 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 😎
  3. 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 😎
  4. John Ruy
    Thanks Voyageur, It took a few retries and reties, but she’s getting there. 🍻
  5. John Ruy
    Thanks Tom for confirming my thoughts. I think you have summed it up perfectly.👍
  6. 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... 😎
  7. John Ruy
    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...
  8. John Ruy
    She is coming along very nicely. 👍
  9. 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... 😎
  10. John Ruy
    Nice! 👍
  11. 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... 🍻
  12. John Ruy
    Excellant... great job 👍
  13. 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 😎
  14. 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. 😎
  15. 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...
  16. 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.
  17. John Ruy
    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? 😎
  18. 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.
  19. John Ruy
    Completed the upper most Fore Shrouds last night. I must say vary tedious. That’s a good thing. 😆 Photos of how they turned out. Did some research as I get ready for rat lines and found they I may have installed the lower Deadeyes a bit short. Photo from Charles W Morgan .com shows these Deadeyes higher than they are on my plans. Here is what I have now. Hate to say this by I think a redo of the lower shrouds is in order. I guess that’s part of my OCD. I have time, I would just as soon get it right.
  20. John Ruy
    Thanks for the info ClipperFan. I was a bit confused by the transom metal part having windows while the 1939 drawings that came with the kit showed no windows. Every step in building this kit has been a decision between what is On the plans, in the history books and other kits. She obviously underwent many changes as she sailed the seas Throughout her whaling career. Thank you for your comments and encouragement on my progress. I hope to create a replica of her sailing the whaling grounds more so than her current restored appearance in Mystic. Of course that’s all matter of opinion, I just enjoy the process. Cheers 🍻
  21. John Ruy
    Continuing work on the shrouds. Progress is slow, but I am growing more skillful at rigging the Shrouds and Deadeyes. This pair of Shrouds only took 2 hours. 😆 Deadeyes are getting smaller as I move up the masts. Needing the mag light for everything. 🧐 Steady as she goes... 😎
  22. John Ruy
    David, Yes I have been referencing that site also. The Marine Model Kit uses 1939 plans that don’t exactly match up with how she sits today. Hopefully, I came make her appear as she did at the end of her whaling career. Any tips or advice you have is greatly appreciated. John
  23. John Ruy
    Thanks David... I do like the vintage kits. This one has a lot of detailed metal parts, although there is some controversy around how long these Lead parts may last. The metal parts are better than having to build many parts, such as cross trees, Davits, etc... from scratch. At this scale those would be difficult. I did a custom mix of acrylic ochre and white to get the yellow where I wanted it. I used photos from my visit aboard the CWM last summer to match up the color. Wish I had taken more pictures of rigging aloft. I also reference your MS CWM build log a lot, it’s been very helpful. Thanks again for your comments, very encouraging. I still have a ways to go. Onward... John
  24. John Ruy
    Fore Mast Lower Shrouds completed. Had some difficulty working around the Gallis Framing. However I did persevere rigging the Deadeyes. Lots of Deadeyes and Shrouds to go.... 😆
  25. John Ruy
    The crew were purchased from an eBay seller in Russia. I special ordered additional oarsmen. I also did a lot of additional detail work, such as planking that was not part of the original kit. Thanks for your compliments.

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