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Building a fife rail.   I was surprised there where no castings other than the 3 stanchions 

On 8/14/2021 at 8:36 PM, Eurus said:

. If those squares on the cutting mat are centimeters,

They are inches

I just oiled the shafts. I like the natural look.  They are about 8’ long at the scale of the Morgan

First try at harpoons 

“ Today I figured that I would slap together one of my easier pieces”

i wish I could “slap together “ a model that well!

I found some dimensions in several museum sites.  One had a harpoon that was 94” long overall. From that i estimated some other dimensions  and am putting a few together. John Ruy’s pictures suggest some modifications to what i am doing.  Once i am happy with the look i will post pictures. Thanks to everyone for the advice

On 8/4/2021 at 4:47 PM, Eurus said:

 

Traditional harpoon dimensions can vary wildly, depending on where and who made them. In general, I can suggest a length of 80-100 cm for the iron and 120-140 cm for the wooden shaft, for a total length of 200-220 cm--since the wooden shaft locks partly inside the hollow section of the iron, some total length reduction can be expected.

Thanks.  Any suggestions for the diameter?  I am thinking maybe

15 hours ago, Eurus said:

 

Traditional harpoon dimensions can vary wildly, depending on where and who made them. In general, I can suggest a length of 80-100 cm for the iron and 120-140 cm for the wooden shaft, for a total length of 200-220 cm--since the wooden shaft locks partly inside the hollow section of the iron, some total length reduction can be expected.

Thanks.  Any suggestions for the diameter?  I am thinking maybe 3 to 4 cm?  Hmmmm at 1/64 scale this might not be a good idea.  A 1mm dowel will scale up to around 2.5 inches. Seems a bit fat, but they were stabbing 🐳 

I was thinking about hanging a few harpoons on the racks in the shelter, but i can't seem to find any harpoon dimensions by asking Google

Can someone provide that info to me, say from the MS Whaleboat kit.

I have the supports for the shelter/boat bearer in place.  Next I need to make the harpoon racks and bucket hangers before roofing it in.   The knee braces were a devil to make.  I kept trying to assemble from a single piece of wood, but I no sooner just about have the correct shape and they’d split 😖 I finally made them with 2 pieces of strip wood and sanded to the shape in place. 

35 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Making great progress there.  Looks fantastic!

 

Did you apply the lettering to the side of the hull and the stern?  If not, I'm currently working with a guy who is making me custom decals.  He just sent me proofs that I need to check against my hull, but they look great on the sheet.  I can pass his contact info along if you think you might be interested.

I haven’t done any lettering yet. Would like contact info. Thanks  😊 

13 hours ago, John Ruy said:

Ron, It’s good the see you back at it again. Glad your a settled and able to start work on the CWM. She is a beautiful ship to build. 
 

Welcome back, I look forward to watching your progress. 
 

John

 

Thanks.  I missed working on the ship.  

The shipyard is finally open for business again, albeit on the kitchen table.  I have some workspace in the garage, but it is like an oven in there this summer.  Anyway, i got the vegetable bin constructed and am starting on the shelter/boat bearer. 

How many little soldiers have you painted for this diorama so far? What will the final count be?

Looks great John.  Nice case too. 

Those dioramas are great.  Very beautiful workmanship. 

Beautiful job John.  What is next in line?

I like your rope coiling jig. Will have to try that when i get to that point.   I had tapped brads into a block of wood but it was very clumsy.  I am learning that taking time to make a good jig for repetitive tasks is always a good idea. 

I broke a bow sprit on a model, I think it was my AL Harvey model.  Glue and wrapping with heavy black thread made it look fine.  An “at sea jury rig”. 🙂

She continues to look better and better, John,  as she nears completion.  I miss working on my models.  But we are in a condo in Myrtle Beach until the new house is finished.  On the up side, we got our first COVID vaccinations. 

Looks great John.

Looks great!

Looking great John.  I expect it will be April or May before I can get back to my Morgan. Everything is all packed up and we’ll be moving out in a couple of weeks.  But in some ways it’s been nice to take a break from modeling.  
 

ron

here are a couple shots of my Essex, taken around 2006

I purchased my Essex in 1968 give or take.  The “instruction booklet” was about 4 pages.  Like 1 8.5 by 11 sheet cut into fourths. It said something like “here is a bunch of wood.  Shape the hull, use dowels for masts, and thread for rigging. Good luck”. I marched along very slowly as best I could.  In the 80s MS produced a very nice instruction book which helped greatly. In fact I ended up undoing some things and making it better.  I also coppered the hull (I had painted it greenish and was not happy with that.)  Moving along, I was still rigging it in the 2000s. I finally finished so 40 years after I started.