Elia

Hey, Cap ... thx for idea and interest ... I just found ... or just remembered how I wrote letters on stern decoration ... with very very thinned top of toothpick, writing point by point

Here are test numbers in scale



And "in place"





I think it will be ok

Final look and color of left hull rails
 
Nice and precise straight lines, clean and straight edges of color surfaced
 
 
Happy to the sky I succeded this. Hours and hours of exercises paid off
 

Layers #4 and #5, and finaly teac color I was looking for
 

 

 
What do you think - to add more yellow tone, or not?

Thank you dear friends.There are many details of deck furniture with identical or similar color. So, there will be more "color games" here
 
 
There is something I discovered and want to share: ... when you use mat acrylic transpsarent warnish toned with a drop of acrylic paint (yellow for rails and white for decks), and when this mixture just start to dry turning itself to "plastic", fast moves with brush with only little drop of this mixture left desired yellow/white tone on surface, but also left on surface nice thin shine satin effect.
 
I am proud to declare that final painting and color triming of hull and outer bulwarks just started. After that, only marks for water level on bow and stern left, and I can climb to the deck for a long time, making all this things settled on and under all three decks. It seems that dead eyes will be first in line

Thanks for these bios and mug shots, Toni. Now I understand why Mark's name is 'MarcusBotanicus'!
 
Thank you also to the lady and gents for serving on the Board of the NRG.

William M. “Mike” Lonnecker. 
 
I am a retired engineer with a degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) from the University of Kansas. I worked in Texas and California as a Program Manager and Project Engineer in the Defense and Aerospace Industry until retiring in 2002. I currently reside in Poway (San Diego) California with Sandy, my wife of 44 years.
 
My interests have included woodworking, flying sailplanes, sailing, hot rodding and modeling all types of “vehicles”. I have been a student of design, modeling and building projects since completing my first plastic model car at age 6 or 7.  I now prefer to work on 1: 48 scale ship models of the late 18th century and am building my fourth ship model, The FLY, using David Antscherl’s Swan series of books.
 
I am a member of the San Diego Ship Modelers’ Guild and serve as Guild Master (President). I am also an active member of the Ship Modelers Association of Fullerton (SMA) and, of course, am a Director of the NRG where I am also chair of the mentor program and am currently mentoring one member. I enjoy sharing my modeling and machining skills with other modelers and regularly give demonstrations at club meetings and invite other members to my shop to work out difficult problems or aid new modelers with their projects.  My MSW screen name is Mike.
 

Toni Levine
 
Like so many of us, I started building models when I was a child.  The first model I remember building was a Monogram F6F-5 Hellcat which was originally given to my brother but it seemed that the “girl” had more aptitude for this than he did.  My first ship models were small Scientific carved hull models which I built during high school.  Model building was then shelved for several years while I completed my education (BS and MD from the University of Illinois) and residency training (Northwestern University).  My first plank-on-bulkhead model was Peregrine Galley by Mantua.  It is my only model built with a full coat of sails.  Over the years, my projects progressed from out-of-the-box kits to kit-bashing and finally scratch building.  My current project is Atalanta, a Swan-class sloop built in the fully framed style popularized by David Antscherl. 
 
I have been a physician since 1980 and specialize in otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat).  Like so many of us, my career prevents me from spending much time building ships.  I am a member of the Nautical Research and Model Society of Chicago and have been a member of the NRG since 1989 and a Director since 2013.  I live in the Chicago area with my husband.  My other interests include gardening, water gardening and home brewing.  My MSW screen name is tlevine.
 

Phil Roach
 
I have practiced law since 1988 and have had a private law practice in Bonita Springs since 1994. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985 and then attended Campbell University School of Law where I received my Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree in 1988. Following graduation I moved from my hometown of Fayetteville, N.C. to become a full time resident of Southwest Florida. I belong to the Collier County Bar Association and the Florida Bar. I have been married to my wife Marina since 1988 and we have two children, Nicholas and Elizabeth.
 
I am an active member of the Rotary Club of Bonita Springs Noon and am currently serving on the Board of Directors. My prior service to the Club includes holding the position of President, Club Rotary Foundation Committee Chairman and I have served on the Board of Directors for various terms over my more than 20 year membership in the club.
I am also an active member of the Southwest Florida Ship Modelers’ Guild and I currently hold the position of President. I also served as liaison to the Nautical Research Guild for the Regional Conference previously held in Fort Myers, Florida.
 
I enjoy American history and its maritime heritage. My modeling interests are sailing ships and lately, that interest is gravitating backwards in time to vessels of the Revolutionary War period, vessels of the Colonial era, and the vessels of exploration of the North American Continent. Although my full time practice of law forbids me from modeling as much as I would like, I very much enjoy the research.  My MSW screen name is roach101761.
 

The Board of Directors of the NRG has decided it would be a good idea to let our members know a little about ourselves.  As you will see, your current Directors and Secretary come from diverse backgrounds and have varied interests.  Some of the names you will recognize, others you will not.  Even if a name is unfamiliar to you, please know that this is a hands-on Board and each Director contributes a substantial amount of time and sometimes money to the Guild, time that would otherwise go towards our passion of model ship building.

I've had quite a bit of extra time at the museum of late, filling in for one of the model makers who has a few health issues.  As a result I've managed to get quite a bit of work done on the 'Pritt'.
 
The treenailing of the hull is now complete and the low kick rail has been fitted and treenailed.
 
The photos show the hull treenailed and rough sanded.
 
The next steps will be to finish sanding the hull; thin down the kick rail stiffeners to a more scale like dimension and then fit the rubbing strake.  After that I'll give the hull a coat of finish to protect it and then get on with the capping rail and the deck.
 
In the fourth photo below you'll see that the stern is quite open above the deck.  This was quite usual for the T.I. pearlers - the capping rail is supported on three knees across the stern.  This configuration allowed for very quick and easy cleaning of the deck after sorting and cleaning pearl shell by simply hosing and sweeping all the rubbish over the stern.
 
John
 

 

 

 

John:
The tree nailing came out really well. The lines of the planking are outstanding. Nice work.
 
Russ

Thanks all for your kind comments.
 
Next up is the bowsprit step. As I needed two of the forecastle deck beams to determine the size of this part. Not looking forward to this job I made an (warning off topic) 1/35 BMW R75 with side car, a nice little plastic kit from Lionroar. After that I found new energy to return to the KF and I went ahead and cut all forecastle and quarterdeck deck beams so they are ready for future use. Some parts still need to be made but I can not find the with of the crosspiece. Any ideas? I guess it's shorter than the main topsail sheet bitt crosspiece...
 

 

 
Remco
 
 
 

Thanks, everyone.
 
Mark, the use of coamings to improve sealing at deck partitions and to raise the height of doorsteps was probably aimed at keeping water out of the lower decks.  This was of less concern on the 18C RN ships most of us have been used to - with their open gratings and ladderways.  Those ships were probably pretty sodden below deck.  While all wooden ships leak to some extent this would have been a serious problem on these ocean carriers that stored all manner of goods below deck for multi-month voyages.  So the raised coamings - 18" for hatches on YA - as well as the caulking of hatch covers before voyages were all part of a series of practices to protect the cargo - some of which was very high value and subject to water damage.
 
Ed

Hi everyone, especially Kevin, Lawrence, Piet, Michael and everyone who hit the Like button.
 
I've added a bit more detail to the main saloon, including the main settee, some cabinetry including a full height cabinet and the saloon's formal dining table. Still more work to go, though.
 
The latest photos are as follows.
 
Hope you like them!
 
All the best
 
Patrick

Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 111 – Main Deck
 
For a change of pace from the cabin deck paneling, I started work on the main deck.  In the first picture, the external, cabin deck forward bulkhead has been constructed followed by the coaming and decking inside the cabin deck entry structure.
 

 
To proceed with the central decking and the hatchway coamings, the mast partners had to be first roughed in.  The next picture shows the partners for the main mast being fit.
 

 
The mast is a dummy – a ½" dowel fitted with a tenon on the mast step in the hold.  The rake is being set with the rule at rail height based on marks made along the top strake of bulwark planking.  This will all be refined later when the final masts are fitted with chocks and mast coats.
 
In the next picture, the main hatch coaming is being assembled forward of the main partners.
 

 
The cross-deck head ledges hold the fore and aft coamings down and together with angled dovetails.  The excess ends will be sanded off after the coaming is glued together.  It will then be permanently fixed to the deck framing.  The term coaming has two meanings: the overall assembly and the fore and aft pieces.
 
In the next picture, the two bilge pump suction pipes have been connected to their lower parts and framed in place aft of the main mast partners.
 

 
The next picture shows central planking being installed starting at the mizzenmast.
 

 
The next picture – from the opposite (port) side - shows planking completed forward to the main hatch.
 

 
The mast openings will be enlarged later.  There is a scuttle in the deck aft of the pipes to permit access to the main water tank manway below.
 
Forward of the main hatch is the large deck cabin.  Its coaming is shown fitted and pinned into place in the last picture.
 

 
The foremast partners and then the chain pipe openings are just forward of the cabin.  All deck structures were based on coamings similar to the hatch coamings.  These could be effectively caulked and sealed to keep water out of the cargo decks below.  The main deck cabin housed the crew and the galley.
 
Ed

I have finally finished and installed the pintles and spectacle plate.  Everything was blackened with Birchwood Casey.  The bolts are 24g brass wire.  There are two straps above and below the mortise for the tiller as well as two straps going over the top of the rudder.  I played around with brass for the vertical straps and decided to use black paper instead.  I could never get the horizontal straps to lie snugly against the vertical brass straps.  In full scale practice, I assume these would be applied hot and would then shrink to shape with cooling.
 

 

Hello shipmates, Mike and Edwin I thank you for your nice comments for visiting my build log and also for your likes!!
Elia-Carl-Brian-Chevygrunt I thank you for passing by and also for your likes!! :)
 
A small update to my build log..
 
Cheers
Dimitris

David B - Thanks so much for the remarks!! The research is a necessity for building this era ship - there IS info out there and some people who know things - finding it is the key.
 
Elia - Appreciate the reply! The antenna structure is the 2nd - the 1st was close, but no cigar!! Once again, another source of info (in this case someone who worked on NJ in the '67-68 refit) was able to steer me in the right direction. Of course, today's NEW JERSEY has been radically modernized from what my model is representing and I agree - I think the older version was a bit more impressive overall (biased opinion, of course!)
 
Hank

This week's work:
 
I've now got the conning tower assembly mated to the bridge assembly (03/04/05 Levels) and am currently working on the 02 Level superstructure assembly (modifying as necessary, adding PE parts, vents, ladders, etc) and will finish with the wood decking. Scrutinized by fellow IOWA Class modelers on The Ship Model Forum (LOTS of Battleship nuts over there , as well as bonafide BB volunteers on board the WISCONSIN/IOWA museums) I will need to check on a couple vert. ladders that may need modifying on the 03/04 Level Nav. bridge. Here are a couple shots of the work:
 
I would add more, but I can't see where the photos location is in the edit box (is something screwed up here?) so I don't know where any further commentary will end up.
 

 

Thanks everyone for visiting and your comments and also to those who clicked the like button.
 
I have made the hardware and cemented the pieces to their respected positions.  That's as far as I got yesterday.  I'll continue with this project tomorrow and hope to complete it.  If not, there is always the next day    I'm pretty sure it'll work - - - keep the fingers crossed.
 
I have been thinking about this hinge arrangement and figured there is another way of doing this by using brass rod.  
 

Here we have all the hinge parts except for the hinge pins, ready to be cemented to their respective locations.  The door parts will be trimmed after the door works to my satisfaction.
 

This shows the door hinge parts being cemented in place.
 

Here the fixed hinge part with the brass tubes for the pins is being cemented to the underside of the plating.  Tomorrow will be the task of locating the pin holes in the door parts and installing the 0.5 mm hinge pins.
 
Cheers,

Hey Daniel, I think I worked around the upload problem.  Here are the two pics of the dinghy inside the deck area.
 

 

I didn't want to remove the dinghy loading boom so the hatches are not all closed but I have tried it already and believe me, the hatches close up real nice and snug.
 
Cheers, 

Hello shipmates.
Carl thank you for passing by and also for your likes.
Elia, thank you for your nice words and also for your likes.
Mike, thank you for your likes and also for your kind words.
 
A Sunday update....
 
Cheers
Dimitris
 

Thanks Bob, Matija and all others for their Likes.
 
Rainbow's been a joy to build so far. Granted, a lot of the internal detail is guess work, simply because all I have to work with is a blurry low resolution accommodation plan (see the first post in this build log) and a few digital photos, nevertheless, it's amazing what can be done with a little bit of imagination!
 
I'm just grateful that you all like my work, as I do yours.
 
Cheers and all the very best!
 
Patrick

Hi everyone
 
Many thanks for all your comments and likes. I can't tell you how much I appreciate them.
 
Tonght, I added more small details to Rainbow's forward cabins, such as the overhead lockers and pillows on the bunk beds. Amidships, in the seating area across from the galley, I added the table that the crew would rest at with a tote of rum.
 
I also started on the main saloon dining table which sits in the saloon. Later on, I'll add the saloon chairs to accompany the table.
 
Hope you enjoy these photos.
 
All the best, folks.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Hi eveyone
 
Many thanks to all for their Likes and comments.
 
Rainbow's progress has been slow this week. However, tonight I managed to concentrate on building the bunks in the forward cabins as well as one of the bathrooms. At the rear of the boat, I've also added the double bed mattress in the owner's stateroom, complete with pillows and a counterpane. Ok, you may need to use a bit of imagination....
 
Hopefully you'll enjoy these latest photos. Have a great weekend folks!
 
All the best
 
Patrick