Dan Vadas

The model is now finished. I made a simple stand from cedar and gave everything a couple of coats of clear gloss :









 
My next "real" model will be a WW2 tank made again from Card. While waiting for it I downloaded a fairly simple ship - a German Monitor named Mosel. A link to it can be found in my Signature.
 
Danny

Your getting old mate ... you used to finish a model in that time frame ... I see you are back to your usual high standards ...

Hi all, here's a simple free download from Papershipwright of a German Monitor named Mosel. I'm building this while waiting for my next "real" model. It should only take me less than a week to build this one.
 
Work starts with the bottom of the hull. This is a Waterline model, which simplifies everything a lot . There are five tabs on either side in the almost straight midsection :

 
The internal bulkheads were fitted next :


 
Then the three decks were laminated to 0.3mm card and fitted to the hull :




 
Next the model was attached to a piece of heavy card as a "building board" using double-sided tape, and the sides were fitted. The support struts were rather flimsy until I glued a second piece inside them :


 
I've made the Turret "turnable" :


 
So far it's taken me 3 days to get to this stage.
 
Danny

Hi all, here's a simple free download from Papershipwright of a German Monitor named Mosel. I'm building this while waiting for my next "real" model. It should only take me less than a week to build this one.
 
Work starts with the bottom of the hull. This is a Waterline model, which simplifies everything a lot . There are five tabs on either side in the almost straight midsection :

 
The internal bulkheads were fitted next :


 
Then the three decks were laminated to 0.3mm card and fitted to the hull :




 
Next the model was attached to a piece of heavy card as a "building board" using double-sided tape, and the sides were fitted. The support struts were rather flimsy until I glued a second piece inside them :


 
I've made the Turret "turnable" :


 
So far it's taken me 3 days to get to this stage.
 
Danny

Hi all, here's a simple free download from Papershipwright of a German Monitor named Mosel. I'm building this while waiting for my next "real" model. It should only take me less than a week to build this one.
 
Work starts with the bottom of the hull. This is a Waterline model, which simplifies everything a lot . There are five tabs on either side in the almost straight midsection :

 
The internal bulkheads were fitted next :


 
Then the three decks were laminated to 0.3mm card and fitted to the hull :




 
Next the model was attached to a piece of heavy card as a "building board" using double-sided tape, and the sides were fitted. The support struts were rather flimsy until I glued a second piece inside them :


 
I've made the Turret "turnable" :


 
So far it's taken me 3 days to get to this stage.
 
Danny

The model is now finished. I made a simple stand from cedar and gave everything a couple of coats of clear gloss :









 
My next "real" model will be a WW2 tank made again from Card. While waiting for it I downloaded a fairly simple ship - a German Monitor named Mosel. A link to it can be found in my Signature.
 
Danny

Fitting the motor to the frame :


 
The airbox took a bit of tricky fitting, aligning the two pipes :


 
The exhaust system fitted rather well, although I had to cut one piece off and re-align it slightly. I started by gluing the two short pipes into the barrels :


 
The tank and seat had to be modified quite a bit before they'd fit properly. They both turned out OK :


 
Danny

Thanks Popeye.
 
The two crankcase side covers, footpegs and levers :



 
That's all the parts finished and glued into modules. All that's left now is to glue all the modules together .
 
Danny

The Headlight :



 
The exhaust system. Some sections are glued together after fitting the first ones :





 
Finally, the seat :

 
Danny

Thanks David, Jan and Nils . Jan, I've seen the Ferraris before but I can't remember the site they can be bought from. Do you know what it is?
 
This is the front suspension, steering and handlebars. The top bracket has not yet been glued in, as it needs to go through a tube at the front of the frame to enable the steering to turn. I actually made a mistake with the previous bike, gluing it in this stage, and had to cut it apart again. Lesson learned :





 
Danny

You'll most likely lose a bit of paint when you bend them, but it can be touched up with a small paint brush when installed. Airbrushing them first would ensure you get coverage on all of it, as long as it won't affect gluing them together - CA won't stick very well to paint, or rather the paint would come off the brass.
 
  Danny

Unfortunately I have two difficulties.
The first is that I have "senior" moments. Second I am an idiot. The two together can add to Lunacy 
Thank you to all guys for being patient.
My posts of errors will continue.😱

Current photos

Please enjoy the pics and have a great time.
Kind regards

And now, what's new on model....
Plenty of other pieces of desoration were added on the model and I decided to imitate treenails and iron bolts on planking. 
 

 

Fitting the motor to the frame :


 
The airbox took a bit of tricky fitting, aligning the two pipes :


 
The exhaust system fitted rather well, although I had to cut one piece off and re-align it slightly. I started by gluing the two short pipes into the barrels :


 
The tank and seat had to be modified quite a bit before they'd fit properly. They both turned out OK :


 
Danny

Fitting the motor to the frame :


 
The airbox took a bit of tricky fitting, aligning the two pipes :


 
The exhaust system fitted rather well, although I had to cut one piece off and re-align it slightly. I started by gluing the two short pipes into the barrels :


 
The tank and seat had to be modified quite a bit before they'd fit properly. They both turned out OK :


 
Danny

Fitting the motor to the frame :


 
The airbox took a bit of tricky fitting, aligning the two pipes :


 
The exhaust system fitted rather well, although I had to cut one piece off and re-align it slightly. I started by gluing the two short pipes into the barrels :


 
The tank and seat had to be modified quite a bit before they'd fit properly. They both turned out OK :


 
Danny

Fitting the motor to the frame :


 
The airbox took a bit of tricky fitting, aligning the two pipes :


 
The exhaust system fitted rather well, although I had to cut one piece off and re-align it slightly. I started by gluing the two short pipes into the barrels :


 
The tank and seat had to be modified quite a bit before they'd fit properly. They both turned out OK :


 
Danny

The text for the Link (Ship's Name) in all new build logs in the Quick-Find Indexes is a different colour to the others that have been there a while. It's something to do with the spreadsheet I use, and it changes to the "normal" colour eventually. I don't know why, and it's no big deal.
 
The link works normally.
 
Danny

The text for the Link (Ship's Name) in all new build logs in the Quick-Find Indexes is a different colour to the others that have been there a while. It's something to do with the spreadsheet I use, and it changes to the "normal" colour eventually. I don't know why, and it's no big deal.
 
The link works normally.
 
Danny

The text for the Link (Ship's Name) in all new build logs in the Quick-Find Indexes is a different colour to the others that have been there a while. It's something to do with the spreadsheet I use, and it changes to the "normal" colour eventually. I don't know why, and it's no big deal.
 
The link works normally.
 
Danny

The text for the Link (Ship's Name) in all new build logs in the Quick-Find Indexes is a different colour to the others that have been there a while. It's something to do with the spreadsheet I use, and it changes to the "normal" colour eventually. I don't know why, and it's no big deal.
 
The link works normally.
 
Danny

The text for the Link (Ship's Name) in all new build logs in the Quick-Find Indexes is a different colour to the others that have been there a while. It's something to do with the spreadsheet I use, and it changes to the "normal" colour eventually. I don't know why, and it's no big deal.
 
The link works normally.
 
Danny

Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 310 – Some Loose Ends
 
In moving the main rigging installation forward, some finishing-up work inevitably got bypassed to be done later.  Some of this was for access reasons, some to escape prolonged tedious tasks – for example, the seemingly endless "rattling down."  Sometimes this multiplies the work, as in the first picture, where topgallant ratlines are being lashed after surrounding lines were installed.
 

This should have been done earlier, right after the tg crosstrees were installed.  In the picture one of the ratline eyes is being lashed to the forward shroud. Two pairs of tweezers are being used.  The blur in the picture is due to shaky hands.  Use of a paper shield like the one in the next picture, helps avoid lashing down other rigging and helps visualize the work.
 

On these tg shrouds, where the work is obstructed, the second ends were clove-hitched due the difficulty of forming lashed eyes that were used on the lower and topmast ratlines.  In addition to the upper ratlines, those on the lanyards and the futtock shrouds below must also being added.  Fortunately there were no ratlines on the royal shrouds.
 
The next few pictures show the addition of the jib sheets on the forecastle.  Each of the four jibs has a sheet on either side.  Each sheet reeves through a double pendant middle and seized to the sail's clew cringle.  The standing ends of these sheets are shackled to eyebolts on the rail.  After they pass through bullseyes in the pendants they are belayed on cleats on the forecastle breast rail - with the sheet on the weather side taking the strain of the sail and the lee side slack.  Lacking sails, the eight sheets are simply coiled on the forecastle as shown in the first picture.
 

Coils for the jib downhaulers were also added to the forecastle rail to the right.  These are large coils because the long downhaulers are fully hauled in with no sails.  The next picture shows the "off-site" fabrication of the sheet coils.
 

The lines were first spliced to eyebolt shackle assemblies, then wrapped around the plastic rod, then wetted with diluted glue and slipped off to dry.  As with most of the rope coils on the model, the lengths approximate requirements of the line.  The next picture shows the coils glued to the deck on the starboard side.
 

The two on the right, for the staysail and the inner jib, are 3 1/2" and 3" rope respectively.  Those on the left, for the outer and flying jibs, are 2 ½" rope.
 
The next picture shows rope coils for the foremast rigging on the port pin rail.
 

Altogether there are about 60 coils associated with the foremast running rigging – on the port and starboard rails and the fife rails – excluding those for the yard braces and other deferred lines that will be added later.  This picture also illustrates the role of the shroud fairleads in organizing the lines.  I'm sure these also assisted in line identification.
 
The next picture shows most of the coils on the mizzen spider band, those associated with the rigged lower yards and the spanker.
 

 
Finally, after completing the belaying between the skid beams, the cutter was retrieved from storage and lashed down as shown below.
 

The other cutter will be hung from the quarter davits on the starboard side - later.  I have yet to decide where to place the two lower studdingsail booms lying on the cabin roof in this picture.  Also, lanyards on the last three backstays on each side, like the fore course sheets and tacks at the far right of the photo, have yet to be secured.
 
Ed

Thanks Popeye.
 
The two crankcase side covers, footpegs and levers :



 
That's all the parts finished and glued into modules. All that's left now is to glue all the modules together .
 
Danny