Norwegian Plastic

Started with the Mizzen. It shall have boltropes, some eyes and the threads showing the wind in the sails. What are those called?

Milestone reached! All sails are done concerning machine sewing. Next up is boltropes👍🏻

A little more work on the Staysail before I have some well deserved beer and food with friends. Lazy day coming up tomorrow, hope to finsh the machine sewing of all sails during the weekend🙈

I have an idea💡In this scale it is possible to make the jib and flyer from spinnaker fabric? With taped panels and zig-zag seams? Hmmmm.

Tonight i finished sewing the mizzen an the flyer. Mainsail, topsail and jib up next👍🏻

It is a lot more easy to iron the pieces with hemming web. Found this out the hard way… Long story short, I started all over again and made new sails from a better fabric then started to add the reinforcement panels.

So far, so good. There is not more fabric than needed supplied with the kit so I need to buy some for reinforcements and edges. If it is not excactly the same fabric I think it is a good thing because it will make details stand out. Maybe…

I could not wait… One free moment and I started on the sails😂😂😂

34 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

Beautiful. Without the cloth pin, it would be almost impossible to tell it is not a real lamp.

 

Yves

Well, it looks good but is 50% to big😫. Must have had to many beers when I made the scale calculations and I did not check during the build.… Looking for a shrinking machine now👍🏻

Calling it done. It will hardly be seen anyway😂

I replaced the kerosine holder with a bigger one and did some adjustments. The lamp is now primed and ready for paint. I have had problems in earlier builds with paint/primer not adhering to brass very well, so this time I tried automotive silicone cleaner before priming with automotive grey etch primer. It is an experiment…

A little more work on the lamp. Need spme more dryfitting before it is finally assembled and primed. A picture of the real lamp wich i used as a model is added .

Tonight i started to scratch build the lamp inside, think I have all the parts now…

This video is beautiful and show all details of how to set the sails on the Colin Archer RS1:

Last night I build the topsail yard with hailyard, guideline, and block. I have tapered the yard to recemble the real measures (8 cm at the middle and 5,5 cm at the ends) and made a hook at the front lower starboard leg of the pinboard for the hailyard. The hailyard is made from bead wire with a chain (1 meter - 6,6 cm in scale) at the top. I also made a hook and the fitting around the yard to connect the chain. None of this was included in the kit. I have also found that the different hailyards are going on the pinboard at other pins than in the manual.

2 hours ago, Geam said:

Looks like you will have more space for a hobby room than I do!    Nice work on the 'klyver'.  What did you use to stain the 'rope'? I plan to use wood-stain. 'Herdins Lackbets' or the like. Those who don't intend to sail use tea /coffee !

George

I forgot to mention that I use stainless steel wire for the stays and shrouds. It is 1,2 mm from Biltema. The wire for the railing and inhaul for the flyer boom is bead wire from the hobby shop. I used bead wire to tie the ring at the bottom of the mizen mast as well.

1 hour ago, Geam said:

Just realised...shouldn't be posting photos of my build on your thread! Sorry!  You can ask the editor to remove them or maybe you can do it yourself? Not sure.

Are you going to build a 'Nordlandsjolla' to go with the CA?  I made one from a plastic dinghy hull. I'll stop bothering you now, and get on with my build!

 

George

It is nice to have some activity in the building log and I only know of you, Sundt and Arjan building this kit so let us share ideas and solutions. No need to remove the pictures of your beautiful interior! Regarding the dinghy, I have no plan at the moment. When the house is done in July I will start making the sails, my wife has forbidden it until she has a batroom and kitchen in the new house.... 

2 hours ago, Geam said:

Looks like you will have more space for a hobby room than I do!    Nice work on the 'klyver'.  What did you use to stain the 'rope'? I plan to use wood-stain. 'Herdins Lackbets' or the like. Those who don't intend to sail use tea /coffee !

George

Hi George! I do not use any of the rope suplied with the kit. I ordered some ropes from Syren and some from Ebay and they are brown as in the pictures. Those that I have stained I used Vallejo brown wash, I do not think wood stain is a good idea, the ropes would be very stiff when it hardens?

https://syrenshipmodelcompany.com/miniature-rope.php

Tonight i have changed 4 windows in my new house and started to build the lines that haul the flyer boom in/out. The house is built the same year as the boat and the plan is to move there in july-with a finished boat🙈

2 hours ago, Geam said:

It's a great inspiration to see all this fine detail NP! It has revived my interest in getting on with the build. My deck will deffinately go on this week!

 

I see that your crew members come from the same country as mine! I put my rudder pintles on the wrong way and here is a photo of the crew together with an inspector (watchman) crying over the mistake!

George

Oooops! How do you plan to fix that?

Tonight, and it got late because it was great fun, i started to add some of the ropes for the running rig.

2 hours ago, Geam said:

Hei NP! 

I have not been much on the forum recently and have not seen your build until now!  Very nicely built CA RS1!

I have made a scale interior on mine and that has taken a long time. I have tried to hide the RC gear inside all the furntiure and lockers. I am soon ready to get the main deck (nr18) glued onto the hull. I also have an old '414' kit which came with warped cross-beams etc like yours!

 

 Very impressed by your work,

George

Thank you George! As I have said earlier it is my first boat and first wood kit so I make a lot of mistakes. The goal is to make it look interesting, not correct… I really admire the patience you have on building the interior, I could hardly wait to put the masts on🙈

2 hours ago, Sundt said:

Pictures of RS1 and 3 video https://www.jottacloud.com/share/99jekrg0fam1

 

pls check the pictures. how many is possible to see?

I found them all I think. Thank you, great source for details👍🏻

Yesterday I finished the rat-lines. Instructions says to put these on both sides but she actually have them only on the starboard side.

Started on the ratlines last night. In this scale it is easy-peasy😃