ScottRC

Hi Nenad,

I am back for a short visit here on MSW and am so glad to see your back on your scratch build.  Your metal work is coming along fine. She looks so good with all her furniture on the deck and now her masts are going up.  

Regards,

Scott

She looks splendid Gary.  

I'm following along with your build because I like these old solid hull models.  I have two Marine kits in the stash I hope to build.  

Debated until the cows came home on whether to use the pre-molded shrouds or make them up, but time and budget overruled and I'm using the ones off the kit.  

Weather and a mild case of Covid kept me indoors so I sat down and did some work on this project.  I completed the bowsprit and dolphin striker rig.  Now starting on the lifts, braces, and then shrouds.

Its not pretty, the fingers and eyes are out of practice with my threading and knot tying.  But that is what this project is about.

Interesting story, I look forward to watching the VR presentation when I get some time.  Thanks for sharing this.

Scott

Welcome,

I was raised in Great Falls and went to school in Havre and was the only one building sailing ships in my club.  I now live in Kansas.

Thanks George for putting out such a great build log.  I am just starting rigging a clipper and your photos and details help a lot.  Especially with motivation.

Great job!

Very nice job with the planking.  

I bought one a while back, was only $14 and everything was there.  Its a nice kit and the older the kit, the better the molds.  

Its an odd scale.  1:120, but I seem to recall questions about a variance. I was going to look into it once I started mine.  

On 8/24/2023 at 11:00 AM, VitusBering said:

 

I'm jealous. I've been looking for one of those early Revell Thermopylae kits. I think I've found one, we'll see when it arrives.

As with yourself, there's no telling when I'll get around to building it... my Cutty Sark will be a year or better before it is done and then I'll probably start another.

 

Scott, I'll be following your restoration with great interest. Best of luck!

Thank you, I have been lurking on your build and its keeping me motivated.  

On 8/24/2023 at 10:41 AM, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

  You're doing fine ... take all the time you need, which is my own style.  I have an early, well-molded version of this kit up on the shelf for some future time (or perhaps to end-up with someone else when I'm gone), and have long thought on what eventual approach could be done with it.  The Czech-made laser-engraved wooden deck topper was added to the box, as I've never been happy trying to paint plastic to look like wood - yet some have done pretty well doing just that.  And starting with an unbuilt kit does not have the limitations imposed on restoring a previously built model, as you are doing.

 

  

Because the decals have rotted off the model, I picked up the photo etched nameplates and they look really good. I also got the flag set they offered.  Anything to dress her up a little bit more.  

Had some time this last week to actually spend in my workshop.  Added more standing rigging.  

Hope to add more soon.  I am kind of in the doldrums with building at the moment.  

Coming along nice with the rigging.

This boat that you rode to the lighthouse looks a lot like an old 40' USGC utility.  

Definitely go with the laser cut grates.  

I have this kit and was wondering what to do with it.  Using the hull and scratching the rest sounds like fun.  

I following your build with renewed interest.  

Your build is looking very clean and sharp.  

1 hour ago, dvm27 said:

Ah...who among us can ever forget the joy of Testors tube cement? The 24 hour bonding period, smudged canopies, glue everywhere... the intoxicating fumes!

The Dupont glue has the fumes like Ambroid and produced strands to when the applicator was pulled away, by the time I was done building, the model looked like it was attacked by a spider.  

The stuff was also hot, put too much on and it would melt the plastic.  I remember building a 1/72 Japanese float plane one night, and the next morning, the pontoon and wings were melted from using too much glue.  Those old glues taught me how using less it better than using more.  

Things are a lot different today with CA glue pens and liquid cements that are applied with brush and syringe applicators.  

Started the forward standing rigging.  Its been a challenge to come up with a sequence with so much already done.  I have been replacing all the old plastic eyelets with brass since the original ones are so brittle. This entire model was built with Dupont and Testors tube cement.  I'm using the kits instructions for rigging.  Trying to use any other rigging plan will probably make me want to not proceed with this project.  

Its been a long time, but I got the new lower masts built and setup along with a new bowsprit.  I snapped this picture off before going to work this morning of my current state of progress. I know its not much, but at least I feel I accomplished something.  

That is a well build looking model that would be a nice restoration project. 

My shop has low ceilings and I am clumsy, so I can relate to this Vlad.  I'm mastering the art of rebuilding bowsprits.  You'll get it sorted out and fixed.  You are doing such a fine job on her.

I have been using the Paasche VLS 3 for over thirty-five years.  Its is double action and is adaptable for very fine to wide heads and needles.  Its also siphon feed and has been great for small and large projects.  It takes a little to set up, but once its dialed in, its fantastic.  

Its also at a decent cost.  

What the head cement is really good for is securing seizing, which is what is practically done when tying a fly. 

I was turned on to using fly tying head cement after watching my father in law use it tying flies.  Its designed for thread and dries flat with one coat, or apply several for more gloss, moisture resistant, and stays pliable.  It injects easily through a syringe or it can be brushed on.