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  1. Papa
    I've painted the Texas and assembled the pilot house. Notice that I added some 1/8" sq and 1/16" sq reinforcements. This is especially important when one uses water-based paints as the sheets have a tendency to warp.
  2. Papa
    Attaching the roof trim around the skylight.
  3. Papa
    I have attached most of the decorative railings. Everything fit perfectly together. The skylight is done and attached. I assembled the skylight fully before attaching to the deck to ensure that it was square. I am working on the Texas (which I placed on the skylight for the photo). I decided to assemble it before adding the 1/32" sq. battens. The battens are a bit more tricky to add this way but I was concerned that they would interfere with bending the fore and aft sections. Although the sections are pre-bent using a supplied jig, there is a lot of fiddling to get the curve right when everything goes together. Since the battens are laid over the grooves that need to expand as the sections are bent, i thought it best to do them last.. I may actually get this model finished in less than 1 year! I appreciate all the "likes" and comments. Ron
  4. Papa
    Finally got to adding the bull rails. Also adding the photo-etched rails and decorative supports.
  5. Papa
    Thanks Blighty. It has been a fun build. A great vacation from rigged ships.
  6. Papa
    The hurricane deck is coming along nicely. I am using strip styrene to make the bands on the stacks and sheet styrene for the decorative crown at the top of the stack. I also mitered the top railings on the stair rails rather then the butt and overlap joints shown in the plans.
  7. Papa
    That must have made for some messy stern wheels! I guess I need to get some model chickens for back there!
  8. Papa
    So it is literally a chicken coop? Wouldn't that need some ventilation. I thought it might be for a "seat of ease".
  9. Papa
    Started constructing the various and sundry items for the hurricane deck. Here are shots of some poles, galley stacks, hog posts, and chicken coop. (can someone tell me what the "chicken coop" is for?
  10. Papa
    Well, Thanks. I hope I can keep up with frequent postings.
  11. Papa
    The hurricane deck is on.
  12. Papa
    Had a 2-3 month absence from the shipyard while camping in Florida. Now I am back at work on the Chaperon. Here are the 2 latest photos.
  13. Papa
    MikeB4, Of these 4, I have only built the Latham. Planking was not too difficult since there are no real sharp bends and the planking directions were very clear on how to taper the planks (My memory is not great and perhaps I followed the directions in "Planking the Built-up Ship Model" by Jim Roberts). I think the Mayflower would be the most difficult because of the extreme curves at the bow. I gave up on my Santa Maria model since i messed up the bow planking so badly, and it has a similar hull to the Mayflower. The Whale Boat might be the easiest simply because it is smaller, on a larger scale and less to plank over all. Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Ron Leesburg, VA
  14. Papa
    Hi Scott, I am also a misplaced Yankee, Born in Lynn Mass, raised in Saugus, went to UNH, and Brandeis (Grad school). Moved to Maryland in 1969 to work for Uncle Sam. Retired now and live in Leesburg, VA Ron
  15. Papa
    I am 73 and recently started Model Shipways Chaperon, leaving 2 ships unfinished (Victory and Grenado) as i desperately wanted to get away from masts and rigging! I strongly recommend Chaperon as a totally different build experience. Ron
  16. Papa
    Thanks Kurt. You are correct about the rain, unless they added scuppers. Anyway, flush is much easier. Ron
  17. Papa
    I have a question from anyone who has built the Chaperon. It is not clear to me if the cap rails that are bent around the edge of the boiler deck are to be installed flush with the deck or centered on the edge of the deck. Any advice will be much appreciated. Ron
  18. Papa
    thank you
  19. Papa
    I purchased the Chaperon after spending two weeks camping on the Mississippi River in West Memphis, Ark. I think it is the best MS kit I've every had. Here are 3 shots of my progress to date. If I had better organizational skills I'd have done a build log. Ron Gove
  20. Papa
    I totally hacked up the dory towed by the Benjamin Latham. ME sent me all the parts for a new dory and it had been more than 5 years since I purchased the kit. I think they really want you to finish their kits because then you are likely to buy another one. Ron Gove
  21. Papa
    OxfordDictionaries.com: Brain Fart: A temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly. I didn't know how else to explain my stupidity on this issue.
  22. Papa
    Yes, that's the way it should be. I guess I was having a brain fart. Also i found a drawing on sheet 6 of the plans that showed how this heart block fits into the overall rigging. It pays to study ALL of the plans completely before running off willy-nilly. ron
  23. Papa
    Thanks! That makes sense and in retrospect it what I did on my Essex, which I checked after posting the question. I think my best bet is to look at the complete rigging plan and see what is supposed to be rigged to this block. The instructions have you rig all the blocks and deadeyes to the masts and spars before running lines, which is convenient, but it would help to know what the ultimate rigging is going to be. Some where in my house is a classic text on masting and rigging ships of the seventeenth century (or something like that) but I can't find it! ron
  24. Papa
    Working ion my Granado i need to attach a heart block to the bowsprit. My question is does the wide end of the heart face the spar or does the narrow or pointed end face the spar. I googled "rigging heart blocks" and found one picture showing the wide end attached to the spar. I just want to validate this approach. Thanks for any advice. Ron Gove
  25. Papa
    Could you have built it in 36 hours without the "help" of Jim Beam. :-)

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