Vladimir_Wairoa

3 hours ago, No Idea said:

Nice job Vlad and I agree about the boxwood its lovely to work with

 

Thanks Mark. 

4 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said:

Looking good Vlad. Moving along nicely.

Thank you my friend. 

1 hour ago, matiz said:

Good morning, and thanks to all 💕

 

 

Hello, its lovely work indeed, very enjoyable and beautiful colorless rendering of ship. 

nice work on nice ship

phoenix raises from the ash

This is first time i have priviledge to build from boxwood at will and Im quite perplexed how beautiful this wood is not for carving only but for bending as well. its pure joy to work with and I am delighted how helpful this is. So I finished starboard side from wells up. Sharp eye wipll spot my usual sinful things as unnecessary repairs. It was constant pressure on me whether planks would meet upper end correctly, so there it is. After brute thorough  sanding boxwood colors out almost white. im not sure what final treatment  to use for it. tung oil? one can spot not advanced fancy modeling here as cutouts around gunports...

its quite obvious how this shape  differ from english tradition shapes, being fattest at the prow thinning slender aft. and how shallow is foreship curvature. I like most enter of forecaatle opening up outwards of deck providing splash protection. its really modern  cathedral of ships. 

as far as moldings, according compendium, streak between double   molding between gunwales and channel strip can be black or yellowˇ I tried to leave it natural not sure if permanently. maybe later on i will paint it black so it will provide one color up down molding shape.   so far i like it this way too. well there will be longer because  as I have worked franatically in this and my fingers need rest. thank you for looking in and any comment  etcetera....

I dont like looking at bare skeleton,  finally this long passage is behind me and part of boat is coming up.   there is now other side to be done. same work same challenge. and now million dollar question. treenail or not :))) ://// hm hm. i guess i will do. i never tried it before. 

outward strake shape  is my favorite one. 

better view....

damn there she goes...

upper deck gunwales closer. 

most important curvature of entire ship. 

2 mm thick strakes ...and holes before fairing. . I like idea bowsprit hole is just underneath front small deck...so so but 4 mm molding just fitted. barely but...will work on it later.

on the aft side its "just there". 

curvatures...

overall...

bowsprit support

simple doors opening with one ugly seam

moldings are quite substantial 

gunport sill detail 

54 minutes ago, rwiederrich said:

Here are a few construction pics of the new case.   Still have trim to add.  
 

I used 100 year old cedar for the construction.  It was grown about the time Glory of the Seas was burned.    A fitting symbol of one life began as another was ending.   
 

More images to follow today.  
Rob

lovely  

2 hours ago, bdgiantman2 said:

Atta boy!! Nice job making those hawse timbers for the bow, and your fashion pieces in the stern look great too. I am enjoying this blog

thank you. Will see after fairing though, how those turns out. There will be some sanding off I presume. My plan is to reinforce skeleton a bit more with balsa wood and treenail planks with brass but im not there yet. these preparations are crucial. tokorrow i d like to  continue assemblinh all bulkheads and start fairing. cheers. 

some continuation...

started from opposite sides...bowsprit hole 28degrees, and masts resting holes..main mast is going right thru bulkhead so i had to think a bit...

thanks for stopping by.

till next time ...i hope bulkheads will be faired. so far so good though i guess i lowered stern profile 5 mm down though I will see how many problems arises when fairing hull...i intend to measure curvatures with blank plank...

Hello, I finished half of hawse timbers kind of ..."mimic'. 

its probably overkill for pob, but im satisfied with outcome enough. I cant imagine comfy planking wirhout this structural part. only half yet though , im quite done. firstly I made bulkheads no0 and from there jig for it. I made bulkheads removable from one another, so when finished i will glue those together. and hole for bowsprit of fourse.  thank you for watching etc. 

it will take some time to finish second one so i will post afterwards. what do you think? )

It should take no more than week or two until I get bulkheads. Im thrilled waiting. 

I little continued on stern...first making planking grove and transom planks.. next massive ornamental piece that attaches to the skeleton. 

im not good at scraping but i tried to make- modify  pattern out of comercial one to mimic prototype....photos to say more. 

transom will be black but i  intend to leave ornamentals natural boxwood so far. I  should cover it at this stage not to smudge it much. thanks. 

perfect

so sweeet Bruma. 

my goodness, its real nice. stove is incredible. 

Thank you for likes, views, comments ...

i have small update from another chapter. 

rather poor carving nameplate attempt. 

well, here is it...im not sure how am i going to incorporate this into that carved blanket that hasnt yet  been started...

Transom wings? or whatever those are called. 

well, finally little weekend time. 

I was thinking what sort of filler to apply ..but, i realised i wouldnt be able to guess curvature without making proper pieces. 

Im making these, but had to though out how. Surely its quite easier than pof builders have to endure, but i dont have any sort of mill anyway...after checking against plan its not quite there yet but tweaking along. Thankfully i had to sand off only backside of them. I made jig mimicking center piece where they will be. offset by 2.5 mm according to plan right next to vertical post fastened to center line. they will be secured nicely along centerline as sticking surfqce is quite long. 

im still working on them.

two in middle are shorter i have to adjust that.. 

thank you for looking in, comments , likes, advices etc...

congratulations for  lovely ship and presentation as well. 

fantastic work Fred. lovely. 

On 1/10/2024 at 3:01 AM, ClipperFan said:

@Vladimir_Wairoa You may have noticed my participation in your build has been somewhat absent of late. I will explain. But before that, I want to say Vlad, you have done a jaw dropping, exacting recreation of Donald McKay's last, magnificent clipper ship Glory of the Seas as she was originally launched! I think perhaps in the annals of ship modeling, this is a first, where two distinct and vastly different versions of the same vessel have been historically, meticulously recreated in precise, exacting details. More than anything, this also emphasizes the living, breathing nature of these massive vessels which were continuously modified by each ship's captain as they adjusted her appearance to suit their own particular preferences. For months, possibly years at a time, these lovely ships were home to everyone on board. Comparing and contrasting these two replicas will demonstrate how dramatically different Glory of the Seas' appearance became over a relatively few short years. I now have a clear direction on how to complete the long delayed second Nautical Research Journal article. Actually, credit our great friend and mentor, the inimitable author Michael Mjelde who suggested emphasizing the dramatic alterations of McKay's longest lived vessel as a fascinating focal point. As promised, I'll now explain my lack of participation. Ironically, if it hadn't been for the myriad set-backs my family's experienced over the past two years, the article would have been finished with nary a mention of Vladimir's version! It's almost felt like my efforts to complete it were somehow being intentionally delayed by forces beyond my control. A few years ago, purely by accident my son sat on my laptop which I foolishly left on the front seat of the car, when I picked him up from work. Initially, it seemed like I dodged a bullet, as everything worked fine. Spring of 2022, it slowly stopped charging and then worse yet it suddenly would shut off. Since everything I had from work and personal was on this sole laptop, I bought what originally appeared to be a newer laptop and paid good money to a local computer guru to move all files to this supposedly newer, more advanced version. After he was done, he informed me that he had to shoehorn everything in, since the computer I bought was actually older with about half the storage capacity! I tried to avert more problems by buying online storage. At first it worked and I thought the issue was resolved. Until a few months later problems getting on line developed. Finally, I broke down and bought a brand new laptop with tons of storage. So now I was able to go back to finishing the article. Then on November 1st, 2022 our son was rear ended in our 05 Camry and it was a total loss. So now, I'm focused on trying to find a replacement as our sole remaining car was a 99 Camry. Very reliable but a stick shift. AKA a Millenial anti-theft device. Meanwhile my wife was ill with a seasonal virus, not Covid-19 but still trying and it eventually went through our whole family. No sooner had we recovered from that, than on December 23rd, in an icy, violently windy cold snap, a stately 100' tall 3' diameter wide Eastern Pine tree cracked about 10' above the ground. Resulting fall blew a transformer. Our home with six others lost power. Fortunately we rented a local hotel room before they were all taken. Power was restored around 5:00pm Christmas Day. But while we had lights, there was no heat. Eventually heat was restored but not before the home was flooded in our kitchen, with water in our son's bedroom and water leaking into the garage. So now another distraction was added to that of finding a replacement car. Oh yeah, the same day we were able to return home, our entire family tested positive for Covid-19 too! More healthy delays. So, while searching for a newer car, I stumbled onto an ultra rare '97 30th Anniversary Cougar with relatively low miles. We had owned one years before and our family loved her. March 20th, 2023 this car was registered. My family thought finally something's gone right. Then July 1st an irresopnsible jackass in an Accord did an illegal right lane pass, violated a right turn lane, ran a red light and traveling near 70mph went out of his way to hit and total our car! We owned that car for exactly 101 days... A day after the accident, which thankfully neither my son nor I were hurt in, the clutch on our remaining 99 Toyota failed. So I caught a taxi to get a rental car. Now we finally have a decent 2013 Avalon and life is sort of returning to normal. I can finally focus on getting the article done. Which I will definitely do, giving full equal coverage to both builds.. 

Rich, im certainly glad this story is getting back to normality. what is clear is that you are excellent story teller and writer, among other things for sure. Im very much looking forward to the article ..and pleased to hear from you indeed. all best in 2024 V. 

Its perfect  

12 hours ago, No Idea said:

I found that the counter timbers and dogs legs are not easy to do and take a lot of effort to get right.  Looks like you are on the money there - nice work.

Thank you. 

Yes I found it difficult as well. there is probably far more ways to make it more simply or easier it one is building counter jig with curvature bed so legs could be under control, and making it from pear wood without laset cut precision requires utmost effort to maintain accuracy otherwise it gets soon cramped. but it is main structural part so it requires attention. I was finally happy I strenghtened it as much as possible as it required fair amount of sanding for final  correction so it needed to be stiff...but lots lots of work there for me.

Took me week to work the skeleton. 

though I will have to figure out how to drill cannon holes at later stage. maybe i will do it at this point sometime. Thanks for looking in. Im glad this extremely difficult part is behind me. windows sills inserted and polished..

Very nice preplanking preparation Kenny. 

I intend to "steal" some tricks for my future working :)). good luck with planking. 

milestone indeed. 

great work. wow.

Good day fellow scratchbuilders. 

Bulkheads are in making so im excited.

I decided not to waste time and made stern structural backbone. ride is on.

59 minutes ago, rwiederrich said:

Vlad.....I'm very glad you opted to finish her...and not leave her as a hull model.  Funny thing is...you and I tackled our first versions of her with the same idea...to keep her as she was originally designed and built by Donald McKay.  As we traveled this road...you kept on track..where I took another direction.  My version being my second attempt...I went full bore...to see her as she was at her panicle.

You've captured her wonderfully.   *Keeping her decks clear*.  One BIG identifying observation made at her completion....by Duncan McClean.    You've stopper rigging her at a good point....not withholding any MAJOR rigging structure...but releasing you from the tedium of rigging her stunsails and all those bunt lines and blocks associated with them.

I'm very impressed.  There were times, as in my own experience, we had to make about faces and redo some incorrect work.  It's fascinating to notice that you and I used some similar and many different means and techniques to accomplish the tasks at hand...and to enjoy the outcome.  I am very proud of your accomplishment.  I feel as if I almost *Talked* you into building her, as I tried to convince you that American clippers were far larger and more exciting and faster then their British counterparts.  I feel I *Lured* you in.  you did not disappoint.

Thank you for helping me along with my own build...by extending your skills at CAD work and provide me with my own POB frames.  A corroboration that crossed miles and cultures.  I am indebted to you as well my friend.

I hope this finds you well and this new year will provide greater opportunities  for you.  I can tell you...I am richly blessed because of our association.

 

Rob

Many thanks Rob. Tell the truth, I was just plain beginner when building cutty sark not capable of making glory at all around that time  so it was good decision to wait a bit. sure this build was not piece of cake due to fact that we hurried up building after having sortrd out hull structurd as well as part of excitement and curiosity. and we discussed along ...yes we came into funny part when both had to lift forecastle, but it all was just hell of a journey. I would say we know her from bottom up at this point. Cheers to Mckay !