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Harvey Golden
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HMS Erebus by clearway - OcCre - 1/75 scale - bashed
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Hello all! Am still at it despite being busy with many other projects. It has taken a while to wrap my head around the silksspan-for-sails on what is a very large model. I started with the Gjöa's square sail, which will be furled; it's visible in the photo, un-furled and not cut full-size. I need to brush up on how to properly furl a squaresail; I must have been sick the day they covered it in middle school. I've painted up enough paper for the Gjöa's sails, using a roller as-per Tom Lauria on youtube. The jib and flying jib are cut so far. A good way (for me) to get a hang of these sails was to re-rig old models I had laying about. Here is a Garvey from Barnegat Bay, N.J. built from Chapelle's drawing in "American Small Sailing Craft" (modified slightly to represent a full-size version I built). I chucked the old cloth sail and put this one on: It's got separate edge pieces glued on, penciled panel lines, roped edging, and a few patches here and there for good measure. Practice makes passable . . . hopefully!
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The chain drive on Gjøa thread is here, mostly on page 2: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/34394-gjøa-1872-by-harvey-golden-roald-amundsens-cutter-built-at-rosedahl-norway/page/2/#comments (thanks to all that helped with that puzzle).
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Hello All! The rigging is progressing nicely, albeit two steps forward, one step back. The boats on the quarters are hung; it's a little odd, but they quite conceal the Gjøa's name board. A discrepancy of where the crow's nest was has been resolved: My plans had it 10' higher than is shown on other drawings; historic photos showed I needed to lower it. Also started in on weathering the hull: It was Golden brand acrylic Red Oxide, which I've just gone over with a brown wash; it'll get a gray wash then some green sponging, then white sponging. The squaretail yard is coming along, as is the gaff and boom. I noticed some historic images of Gjøa (during her famous transit) do show the square topsail in place, so I'l be making that as well. Here she is today-- loving the Ropes of Scale line; I've replaced the backstays with it.
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Thanks Ed! Looks like some interesting old boats around town-- 'Peterhead' boats, I suppose? I'd love to get up there someday; I've been to Nunavut, but on the East Side of Baffin Island. It's an incredible place!
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Thank you for the kind comments, Arlo! As mentioned by Steve, his popular account is in re-print (two volumes). His private journals are a superb accompaniment-- there's a photo of the book cover on the first post in this thread. Best, H-
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Hello All! Still at it. . . I finally sourced the info I needed for the rigging, so I'll be tackling that with more energy. For such a big detailed model I decided to up-my-game a bit: I've ordered rigging line from Ropes of Scale, which are simply incredible compared to the line I had been using (various weights of thread, etc.). Also, I've decided on Silkspan sails-- I've bought enough to do the Gjöa, as well as to re-do a number of my older models. For practice with the Silkspan, I made sails for the skiff and faering. I've brailed them up, as shown in the photo below (I've also added oarlocks, oars, and even rivet-heads to the faering, which look quite good [just dots of glue]). I'm still uncertain if I'll have the Gjöa's sails up or drawn in-- I suppose that's a great advantage of Silkspan, as you can decide after they've been made up.
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Interesting-- I had thought she was built at St. Helens; I didn't know she was completed elsewhere. I've been to the site of the St. Helens yard many times; the yard burned in the 20s if I recall. Here's a photo postcard I picked up showing the launching of Merced, ca. 1912-13. The next photo shows the only remaining evidence-- the ways shown in the post card. Looking forward to this project! -H
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I heard back from Model Expo-- they have nothing available (plans) and said the Gjöa kit is discontinued. I may DM other builders or wing it.
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Thank you Vossiewulf-- I wondered if that might be the case. I will try that! Thank you Wefalck. I've seen a low-res image of the plans, and I think they will still be especially helpful. I had noticed in your photos that the upper portions weren't photographed, but then I saw in museum pics that the upper portions aren't there(!) I've noted several discrepancies between how she is set up now versus how she appeared on the voyage, e.g. two yards versus one on the voyage-- the kits seem to all have two square yards. It's a blessing she was preserved, but she is quite stripped down, and indeed cut down as you said. It all keeps the process interesting!
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I need assistance. As I get down the nuts and bolts of the rigging, I'm finding the plans I'm working from are wholly inadequate (and often contradict each other); Wefalck has generously shared images of the Gjöa, which has been an incredible help for the deck fittings and much of the bow rigging-- this model would be a mere caricature without his help. Poking around, it seems the Model Shipways Plans may be what I'm looking for, but I can't find the company on-line. I see some of their plans are sold by Model-Expo, but no sign of the Gjöa there. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm happy to purchase a used set, if someone has them laying around. Many thanks in advance! -Harvey
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Getting the bowsprit rigged. I'm using the smallest ring bolts I could find, but still had to clip them open and resize them. Also had to trim the threaded end for length-- real fun trying to screw one in with the point gone!
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Thank you Paul. It looked very lovely with natural cedar, black iron bands (paper, actually), and raised rivets (glue dots) . . . was saddened to see the original was painted(!)
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The ratlines are completed-- never will I forget how to do a clove hitch after all that. The process went very well-- didn't need tweezers at all, just all finger work. I think they came out mostly okay; I'm happy with them. I've also attached the name boards, also visible in the photo. The bowsprit is in place, and I threaded the anchor chain through the hawse pipe-- will hang it shortly. The crow's nest is also built and attached. Historic photos show it was painted some light color; I went with a light grey. I'm getting ready to hang the boats on the davits, and have found very little about how they were hung/cleated in quite a number of model books-- is this sort of an overlooked aspect, or am I just looking at the wrong books? Best I can find in my library is an illustration in "American Merchant Seaman's Manual" (1942). It looks correct to historic photos of the Gjøa, except it runs to a winch instead of a cleat, and the davit heads on the Gjøa have integrated double blocks.
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Thank you-- I've seen several images of this being done on other models. I did make a paper spacing guide and I marked out with white ink (on the outer shrouds) where the ratlines should go, so I think I can keep things proper looking. . . we'll see. I used square knots on the outer shrouds (first and last), but I like your suggestion as it would hide the trimmed ends. Thank you as always!
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