Jerry

Hello Greg..
This is Jerry this time.  
Many thanks for your kind remarks and of course your visit..So here's a few more photos of work I finished on Bounty today.
 
Have a great evening..
Best,
Jerry

Hello to my encouragers.  I started gluing the frame, then ran into some fit problems with the reinforcement pieces, so thank goodness for the scroll saw in the garage.  Also had to cut notches for two of the masts.  I am waiting for glue to dry and my master builder's approval before i go further.  I am ready for my "novice" badge now that I've actually started doing something irreversible.  I've included photos to commemorate this big day.

Hi Lawrence..
I saw the email you sent to Jerry about your trip and it looks like you two had a wonderful time.  Thanks for looking in on my log and for your favorable remarks.  it's been difficult to find time to work on the model because of all the extra work piled on at school.  I asked Jerry to do some of the building so that the project can keep moving along.  I believe he's going to make the next post which will reflect his contribution to this endeavor.  Hope to see you  building the African Queen soon and best to Bernadette.
Charlene

Hello Dimitris..
I would like to wish you good luck with your build.  I have just finished building Jotika's HMS Victory and have been looking around for my next build and came across your log.  I believe you have a great attitude with respect to the difficulty of your build and I believe you will do a terrific job.  The photos so far look good and your work looks clean and sharp.  Take care.
 
Jehttp://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/1951-hms-victory-by-jerry-jotika-scale-172-1805-version-wood/?hl=%2Bhms+%2Bvictory+%2Bjerryrry

Hello Gary and many thanks for your visit and  the nice things you said about my build.  The case is 1/4" acylic, 56" wide, 43" high and 28" deep.  The back is removable (it attaches with screws) so putting the model into the case is relatively simple.  One, however, must be very careful to clear the case as it very easy to damage the "pointy thing" in the front end of the ship.  I should know....LOL... The table is a dark finished (very dark brown walnut) which was purchased from Wayfair furniture on-line.  As you can tell from the pictures in my log, there is a 3/4" square frame that is screwed into the table onto which the case fits over.  This frame keeps the case from moving in any direction once in place.  The sides and front is actually one piece formed by bending the sides to their 90 degree angles.  I installed a 4 LED lamp light strip above the case with a dimmer wall switch which gives the display a nice dramatic effect.  At least I think so.  I hope this helps you and if you'd like any more information or photos (which I'll be happy to take) please let me know.  I have attached a picture showing the lighting.  The best of luck to you with your build. 
 
 
 
 
 
Jerry

Hello Everyone..
Well it has finally happened; the display case arrived and after breaking the "pointy thing" *   3 more times, Victory is safely sitting in its final resting place, the display case.  When the case was delivered, I anxiously watched as the delivery people placed the cover on the table.  To say I was nervous is definitely an understatement.  And sure enough as I "carefully" carried Victory toward the rear opening in the case, I hit the edge of the cover and cracked the last segment of the bowsprit.  So, I said goodbye to the delivery people, and carried the model back to my shop/office to make repairs of the bowsprit.  About an hour later everything seemed back to normal and once again I picked up the ship and as I was leaving my office, I hit a door jamb and BAM!, off went the same piece of bowsprit.  So back to the office to assess and repair the damage once more.  This time the repair was much more involved.  I had to remove 6 stays from the bowsprit, sever it completely, clean off previous glue and other gunk, repaint, replace and retie the stays.  This took about three hours.  It was now time, once more, to carry the model back to the room where the case is.  With both mine and my Admiral's fingers crossed, I managed to successfully reach the case and as I started to place  Victory into the case I hit the edge of the case and...you guessed it...knocked the "pointy thing" askew.  The repair was very easy this time, just a matter of a little CV cement and a few seconds of holding the tip in place.  All was well again and the model made it into the case without any more trouble
 
I truly believe that I was more nervous at this time than at any other time during the building stage but all is well and good and here some photos of the case and the ship inside.  Living in Florida, the land of sunshine, it was impossible to get a picture of the display case without the relections seen.  I'm sorry about that.
 
I have started  a new build, Corel's Half Moon, and its progress can be seen on my new log,
 
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9065-half-moon-by-jerry-corel-scale-150/?hl=%2Bhalf+%2Bmoon+%2Bcorel+%2Bjerry
 
*   @Copyright by Shipyard Sid
     2014

Hi Lawrence..
I saw the email you sent to Jerry about your trip and it looks like you two had a wonderful time.  Thanks for looking in on my log and for your favorable remarks.  it's been difficult to find time to work on the model because of all the extra work piled on at school.  I asked Jerry to do some of the building so that the project can keep moving along.  I believe he's going to make the next post which will reflect his contribution to this endeavor.  Hope to see you  building the African Queen soon and best to Bernadette.
Charlene

Hello Glenn..
Absolutely magnificent.  I'm so happy that my friend David, Shipyard Sid, suggested that I visit your site.  It's wonderful people like you who will allow our future model builders to appreciate the hobby.
Best,
Jerry

I decided to take Russ's advice and install the backstays to complete the standing rig before I started on the running rig. Tensioning up the backstays certainly tightened everything up.
 
I have started fixing the blocks to the yards. Now is the time to REALLY work out what all the ropes do!
 
Cheers,
 
David.
 

 

 

Hello to my encouragers.  I started gluing the frame, then ran into some fit problems with the reinforcement pieces, so thank goodness for the scroll saw in the garage.  Also had to cut notches for two of the masts.  I am waiting for glue to dry and my master builder's approval before i go further.  I am ready for my "novice" badge now that I've actually started doing something irreversible.  I've included photos to commemorate this big day.

Good evening everyone and hello from Jerry's drydock...
 
Except for a nameplate which I will make in the near future I am very happy to say that the Drakkar is sitting on its stand waiting for a display cover.  There really isn't more to express than I have in the past except to reiterate how pleasant it is to have made so many friends here on MSW.  I wholeheartedly want to thank Keith again for the accessibility to his log for without with would have made my build much much more difficult.  I also want to thank those who dropped in to comment during the build who gave me much encouragement to press on to the finish.  I have now completed three build logs on this site and I have immensely enjoyed producing everyone of them.  I snicerely hope that someone in the future will be able to use this log to assist them when building another one of these interesting ships. A few more final photos appear here for anyone's perusal.
I wish everyone the
best,
 
Jerry 

Hello everyone..
 
Well, I began building the Viking Ship the last day of April and I'm happy to say that on this first day of June the Drakkar, except for mounting it in a display base, has been completed.  I sincerely enjoyed this build for a few reasons.  Of course I must admit, compared to the other ships I have built, this one was the easiest.  Afer all, in only took about a month to build.  The hull was far from simple but the rigging allowed the construction of this build to go quickly.  I enjoyed the challange of the clinker hull  (lapstrake) since it taught me another method i have never experienced.  When handling the 30 shields I felt as if I was sifting through antique Viking coins and that I was momentarily wealthy; and,  so all in all I'm looking forward to mounting the display and getting on to something new.  I will make one last post after I return from my holiday of two weeks when I hope to have the ship properly mounted.  Here are some pictures of the model with its dragonhead and shields mounted in place.
 
My best to you all,
Jerry

Good evening everyone....
Another step in the constructon of the Drakkar has been completed today.  I have finished the 28 oars and added a touch of my own to keep track of the seven different sizes.  When the oars were deployed the shortest of the seven sizes were laid out at the widest part of the hull, the center.  Then the sizes were progressively larger as they went toward the bow and the stern.  Therefore when the oars were all in place they all reached the surface of the water at the same time.  To keep track of the different sizes I painted the paddles ot the four oars of the seven groups a different color.  It is really not my intention to put out the oars since the sail is unfurled and the oars will be stored in the two racks specifically designed for this purpose.  A few pictures of the oars construction follow.  By the way, I took CaptnSteve's advice and taped the ends of the dowels so they wouldn't split when I cut them...and they didn't...Many thanksCaptnSteve.   I hope everyone has a great evening and welcome any comments anyone m,ay have.
Best,
Jerry

Hello Everybody...
I'm happy to report that I have finally completed the running rigging and therefore all of the rigging.  Although the Viking Ship doesn't compare in complexity to most other models there were some spots that were a bit tricky due to "balance" and took some thought to finally figure out.  To be specific, there are several pairs of sheet lines emerging from the sail that head toward cleats that have to be constatnly adjusted in order to prevent any particular line from going slack.  So instead of just two lines to consider when tightening or loosening one has to think about 6 of them.  I finally hit stride when I started with the mid-sail sheets and worked my way down to the bottom.  
 
I now have the oars to make and paint and the same with the shields.  Speaking about the shields I made a very interesting discovery yesterday while researching them.  Until then almost every photo or drawing of the Drakkar I have seen showed the shields to be painted with some type of "cross" design.  But according to the "Viking Answer Lady," the shields mostly were of solid color, usually white, blue, yellow.  The hubs were metalic, usually copper colored with a thin black ring separating the hub from the body color.  Apparently, the shields were displayed by alternate color when the Drakkar participated in any type of ceremony.  I plan to follow this method.
 
In the meantime, I am pleased to post some photos that will bring me up to date.  I would appreciate any thoughts from others regarding the shield colors or on any other aspect of my build.  All comments are very welcome.
 
Best,
 
Jerry

Sorry folks but the above 2 posts are from Jerry's Admiral and not from me. Don't know what happened.
Jerry

Hello to my encouragers.  I started gluing the frame, then ran into some fit problems with the reinforcement pieces, so thank goodness for the scroll saw in the garage.  Also had to cut notches for two of the masts.  I am waiting for glue to dry and my master builder's approval before i go further.  I am ready for my "novice" badge now that I've actually started doing something irreversible.  I've included photos to commemorate this big day.

Hi Popeye.  Thanks for the welcome!  I thought about "Olive Oyl" as a screen name, but them decided it would sound like I was your admiral instead of Jerry's.   I pulled the scratch build gag today with Jerry after I got frustrated with looking at the plans and all the parts, but he didn't buy it.  He knows me too well.   Below is the sum total of what i finished today. Regards, Charlene

Hello Glenn..
Absolutely magnificent.  I'm so happy that my friend David, Shipyard Sid, suggested that I visit your site.  It's wonderful people like you who will allow our future model builders to appreciate the hobby.
Best,
Jerry

Hello everyone..
 
Well, I began building the Viking Ship the last day of April and I'm happy to say that on this first day of June the Drakkar, except for mounting it in a display base, has been completed.  I sincerely enjoyed this build for a few reasons.  Of course I must admit, compared to the other ships I have built, this one was the easiest.  Afer all, in only took about a month to build.  The hull was far from simple but the rigging allowed the construction of this build to go quickly.  I enjoyed the challange of the clinker hull  (lapstrake) since it taught me another method i have never experienced.  When handling the 30 shields I felt as if I was sifting through antique Viking coins and that I was momentarily wealthy; and,  so all in all I'm looking forward to mounting the display and getting on to something new.  I will make one last post after I return from my holiday of two weeks when I hope to have the ship properly mounted.  Here are some pictures of the model with its dragonhead and shields mounted in place.
 
My best to you all,
Jerry

Good evening everyone and hello from Jerry's drydock...
 
Except for a nameplate which I will make in the near future I am very happy to say that the Drakkar is sitting on its stand waiting for a display cover.  There really isn't more to express than I have in the past except to reiterate how pleasant it is to have made so many friends here on MSW.  I wholeheartedly want to thank Keith again for the accessibility to his log for without with would have made my build much much more difficult.  I also want to thank those who dropped in to comment during the build who gave me much encouragement to press on to the finish.  I have now completed three build logs on this site and I have immensely enjoyed producing everyone of them.  I snicerely hope that someone in the future will be able to use this log to assist them when building another one of these interesting ships. A few more final photos appear here for anyone's perusal.
I wish everyone the
best,
 
Jerry 

Hello Glenn..
Absolutely magnificent.  I'm so happy that my friend David, Shipyard Sid, suggested that I visit your site.  It's wonderful people like you who will allow our future model builders to appreciate the hobby.
Best,
Jerry

Hey Popeye..
Many thanks for the birthday wishes.  All is well now...it was Charlene that had some surgery and she's back planking the hull of the Bounty so she must be feeling better.
She said to say hello.
 
Best,
Jerry

Hey Popeye..
Many thanks for the birthday wishes.  All is well now...it was Charlene that had some surgery and she's back planking the hull of the Bounty so she must be feeling better.
She said to say hello.
 
Best,
Jerry

Good evening everyone and hello from Jerry's drydock...
 
Except for a nameplate which I will make in the near future I am very happy to say that the Drakkar is sitting on its stand waiting for a display cover.  There really isn't more to express than I have in the past except to reiterate how pleasant it is to have made so many friends here on MSW.  I wholeheartedly want to thank Keith again for the accessibility to his log for without with would have made my build much much more difficult.  I also want to thank those who dropped in to comment during the build who gave me much encouragement to press on to the finish.  I have now completed three build logs on this site and I have immensely enjoyed producing everyone of them.  I snicerely hope that someone in the future will be able to use this log to assist them when building another one of these interesting ships. A few more final photos appear here for anyone's perusal.
I wish everyone the
best,
 
Jerry 

Good evening everyone and hello from Jerry's drydock...
 
Except for a nameplate which I will make in the near future I am very happy to say that the Drakkar is sitting on its stand waiting for a display cover.  There really isn't more to express than I have in the past except to reiterate how pleasant it is to have made so many friends here on MSW.  I wholeheartedly want to thank Keith again for the accessibility to his log for without with would have made my build much much more difficult.  I also want to thank those who dropped in to comment during the build who gave me much encouragement to press on to the finish.  I have now completed three build logs on this site and I have immensely enjoyed producing everyone of them.  I snicerely hope that someone in the future will be able to use this log to assist them when building another one of these interesting ships. A few more final photos appear here for anyone's perusal.
I wish everyone the
best,
 
Jerry