Elia
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Bob, Congratulations on finishing Lettie! She looks great, and that set of sails looks does look great on the schooner. I'm sure your wife must be thrilled with it. Do you think you'll build another schooner in the future? Cheers, Elia -
Very nice! The "keel" assembly looks good. And that is one defined rabbet. The true keel has such an interesting profile with the knuckle at the stem-to-keel join and that aft rockering just forward of the stern post. I look forward to your next update. Cheers, Elia
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Rusty, Very nice work on that planking. No stealers is no easy feat. I think it looks superb. I can't wait for the next side! Cheers, Elia
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Exquisite work Ed. Elia
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Stephan, It is good to hear you'll be building again. Ben Latham is a great example of a Gloucesterman. I look forward to watching your new build develop. Cheers, Elia
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Simon, I've just your Bluenose log here and wow - super job on it all. I'll be sure to keep following your progress. Very nice! Elia
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Welcome back Jamie! I look forward to you digging out Smuggler and picking it up again. Cheers, Elia
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Rusty, Your Winnie looks tremendous. I've spent the last week catching up on it. Really super stuff. And those hull planking photos show a really sweet run of the planking. Cheers, Elia
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Hank, The fineness of the detail in that mast is outstanding. Really really nice work. Cheers, Elia
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Russ, Very smart looking details. The wheel adds a lot to the wheelbox and cabin area, and the windlass is coming along nicely. Your racket gears look great - the teeth are very consistent in size. I had difficulty in making the same details on mine. Elia
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Well said Dave. I couldn't agree more. Ed's work here is inspirational. Elia
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Bob, That masting, ironwork, and rigging looks so the part. I love that first overall picture. She is a really sweet looking schooner (and model!). I have a Fredonia hulled schooner on my to-make list (along with some plumb stemmer). Very nice! Cheers, Elia
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Michael, I spent a good part of one day this past weekend catching up with your log here. Boy oh boy the cutter looks good. I think the black/red color scheme is spot on and appropriate...it looks quite sharp. I hadn't considered the ballasting weight required for such a large model (hull/volume), and thus the need for the transport/launch cradle. Very interesting! Lastly - but not least - your metal fabrication work is always quite impressive. One wouldn't know it wasn't full size if they weren't clued in. Very very nice. Cheers, Elia
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Russ, Your Biloxi schooner looks great. The bitts, the deck hatches and coaming, and the wheel box all look quite sharp. Very nice! And its good to see you getting a little time in the shipyard. Cheers, Elia
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John, Little Francis looks great. I too think the addition of the counter frame really helps define and help visualize the entire stern termination. As always you fine framing is simething to admire. Really nice! Cheers, Elia
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Fred, My Arethusa schooner was built using the Ben Latham build instructions to guide my design. Although there are differences in the shapes of the hulls/transoms/counters, the approach is quite similar. Most of the applicable photos are (I think) on page one of my build log. Feel free to ask questions of whatever I did. Cheers, Elia
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Beautiful work, Ed. Thank you for providing your approaches and techniques, along with insights along the way. Elia
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Hi Alfons, Thanks! I pretty much follow the steps I outlined in the articles and downloads section: Making a Mast (or Yard) from Square Stock http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-masts-and-yards.php I have begun using a hand plane instead of the large file when shaping the octagonal sections, and on the smaller spars using a Michi 3/8" wide flat chisel. Other than that it is just measuring with proprotional dividers or using tick strips to locate at given length locations the marking points for lines/curves which mark the octagon edges. I find using a variety of ships curves helps to get flowing curves for shaping the spars. Once the octagonal shape has been formed I usually just sand the 8 edges off using progressively finer grit sand paper. To be honest - I find shaping a straight square stock strip (of bass wood, for instance) far easier than shaping a round birch dowel. And once one has the done the process once or twice it really doesn't take that much time. And to all those who've 'liked' my posts - thank you very much! Elia
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Shipwrights, A little more progress on Arethusa - masts and spars. I've completed the basic shaping of the lower masts, upper masts, and the booms. In this photo, top to bottom, are the main mast, the fore mast, the main topmast, the fore topmast, the main boom, the fore boom, and the jumbo boom. Note the scale on the bottom of the green cutting mat in inches. The grid squares are 0.5 inches per side. The main and fore masts are just slightly greater in diameter than 3/8 inch. All were formed from square stock bass wood stock. This closer in photo shows the peculiar shaping of Gloucester schooner spars. While circular in cross section, they are decidedly not axisymmetric. The edge of the spar adjacent the sail is straight. The opposing side is tapered. The maximum diameter occurs 2/3 distance from the jaws (at the mast) to the tip. My spars shown still contain a little excess material at each end of the spar. They are shown with their jaw ends to the right in the picture. [these were taken with my camera phone - quickie photos on the dining table] Cheers, Elia
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Alfons, The staved barrel looks quite nice and an improvement over the initial try. A set of six of those will look sharp on your schooner. I too am going to put some barrels on deck...I might take a pointer or two from you.
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Very nice Tim! Elia
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Bob, Lettie looks great with the masts stepped and the shrouds and stays going up. The bails and figure 8 links, the topmast band and shackle, the deadeyes and lanyards - really nice. Elia
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Omega, That little Ingomar looks tremendous. I marvel at the precision you've achieved at that scale. I think the dories for my schooner will be about the same size, but will resemble cardboard boxes compared to your little jewel. Beautiful. Elia
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Frank, Bob, Omega, Thank you all. Bob - it is very nice to have a liitle time to work on the boat, and share/interact with everyone here. I am many times just quietly catching a look at MSW, even though I don't have much to add. Omega - I do sometimes shoot photos with my phone and on many 'quick' shots it does a surprisingly good job. But when the opportunity presents itself - I always prefer shooting with my DSLR. Cheers, Elia
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Steve, Russ, Nils, Alfons, and Omega, Thanks! And to all the 'likes' thank you too! Russ - those are checker boards. They are temporary barriers put in place when sorting and processing fish hauls coming off of the dories. They were fairly common in the Banks fisheries. The mackerel seiners didn't use them (as far as I am aware of), while the cod and halibut fishing boats did. I don't know why more models don't show them. The link in an earlier post in this log to a Ronnberg model shows them, as do period photos of schooners in the early 1900s. As to the photography - a bright sunny day helps a lot (light light light). I shoot a Nikon D7000 with an old (but crisp and sharp) 35-70mm f2.8 lens. Cheers, Elia
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