Karleop

Wow! You created a real beauty!

Hi there Everybody. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement. I appreciate it. My family is lovely and can feign a certain amount of excitement, but its so good to hear from fellow enthusiasts. Here is the latest update.
I have completed the tapering of the keel!. It was a little tricky and I am pretty proud of how I got it accomplished.
The plans show the tapering of the keel, so I made a rough sketch in my build log. I glued together 1/64" thick engine valve lifter shims, which I could then use to mark both sides of the keel to define the profile of the taper. At several points, I made reference tapers... using a super soft pencil mark (5B) on the top of the keel to indicate if I was sanding on the top of the keel. Repeat, repeat, repeat and then carefully sand the remaining parts of the keel to make a smooth symmetric taper down the center. Lots of saw dust (man glitter) but its done.
 

Hola:
Almost reaching the end. Now I've put the running and stern lights, the lifeline stanchions and railing as well as the small swivel guns and a pair of life rings.
 
What remains to finish is the construction of the cradle or building-ways, and finally a case to protect the model.
 
Saludos, Karl

Hola:
Almost reaching the end. Now I've put the running and stern lights, the lifeline stanchions and railing as well as the small swivel guns and a pair of life rings.
 
What remains to finish is the construction of the cradle or building-ways, and finally a case to protect the model.
 
Saludos, Karl

After some vacations I continued with my boat work. Now with the foremast rigging. It was actually slower than I thought at first because of the large amount of rigging to place (and I did not put the sails on!!).
 
To give a different and more interesting touch tilt the yards a bit. This also allows me to make the case a bit narrower.  Here some pic´s:

Hola a todos:
After almost a month I have new updates.  One important decision was to put or not to put the sails, and finally I decided that this will be my first model ship with no sails and present the ship as if it were on a dry dock or cradle.  However I decided to place most of the rigging except those that hold the sails. Here you can see the rigging of the main mast finished.
 
Next step, the Foremast rigging.
 
Saludos, Karl
 

Hola:
 
Continuing with some details:
 
Modeling, painting and installing the Fairlead:
 

 
Later I made some tests to paint the Baltimore´s Emblem that are laid on the transom, but it's really difficult to work in detail on this scale. Therefore I got the idea to do it on the computer: copying the shield and reducing it to the appropriate scale. And after several tries I obtained an acceptable result. Here you can see the hand made try and the printed one attached on the wood form
 

 
Because Guaymas is a little city, it is quite impossible to obtain the appropriate dry transfer letters to make the ship´s names, so, following the same procedure I used my computer to do them:
 


 
Saludos
 
 
 

Hola a todos:
 
Thanks for your words Ulises and Michael, and for all the likes.
By the way Ulises, I didn´t see any new logins of your Royal Louis, Still very busy with your new house move?
 
Saludos, Karl 

Hola Rich:
I had not followed your log for some time but I see that you have advanced very well with your Syren- Argus. It is getting nice!!
 
Saludos, Karl

Hola:
Almost reaching the end. Now I've put the running and stern lights, the lifeline stanchions and railing as well as the small swivel guns and a pair of life rings.
 
What remains to finish is the construction of the cradle or building-ways, and finally a case to protect the model.
 
Saludos, Karl

Excelente, Karl! How did you do the stern letters?
 
Edit... oops sorry. I saw you explained it in an eariler post!

Karl,
 
Excellent indeed.
 
Cheers,

Two planks remain on each side of the hull. A rough sanding was done with 180 grit sandpaper. More sanding with progressively finer grits of sandpaper is needed later and filling. 
 
Even hard maple gets gets thin enough to become transparent! My planking still needs work.
Steve

Hola:
Almost reaching the end. Now I've put the running and stern lights, the lifeline stanchions and railing as well as the small swivel guns and a pair of life rings.
 
What remains to finish is the construction of the cradle or building-ways, and finally a case to protect the model.
 
Saludos, Karl

After some vacations I continued with my boat work. Now with the foremast rigging. It was actually slower than I thought at first because of the large amount of rigging to place (and I did not put the sails on!!).
 
To give a different and more interesting touch tilt the yards a bit. This also allows me to make the case a bit narrower.  Here some pic´s:

Hola:
Almost reaching the end. Now I've put the running and stern lights, the lifeline stanchions and railing as well as the small swivel guns and a pair of life rings.
 
What remains to finish is the construction of the cradle or building-ways, and finally a case to protect the model.
 
Saludos, Karl

Hola:
Almost reaching the end. Now I've put the running and stern lights, the lifeline stanchions and railing as well as the small swivel guns and a pair of life rings.
 
What remains to finish is the construction of the cradle or building-ways, and finally a case to protect the model.
 
Saludos, Karl

Greetings to all fellow model shipwrights. I am working on Model Shipways Pride of Baltimore II. I have done a few previous kits from Dumas and MidWest, with some rather nice results and have decided to make this a lifetime hobby. I'm throwing this build log up to get some help as I go along and provide some inspiration to others starting out. I am thinking that I am a younger member here (43) and love that this hobby is still going on. A little about me, so that all other readers can get where I am coming from. I am a nuclear physicist. I grew up on the chesapeake bay and my father had a Morgan 28' outisland that I learned to sail on. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and love how this hobby combines the meticulous nature of a technical build with the final result of a beautiful piece of what I would call architectural art.
Here is where I am at... early stages.
I got the kit and set out to getting started. One thing that struck me was the imperfections of the cuts and plans... A lot is off by ~ 1/16th". I know that this is art, not technical designs, but my machinists would have kittens if I provided parts this far off. That being said, I have been consulting a great book that my wife gave me; "Ship[ Modeling Simplified" by Frank Mastini. So far, it has been crucial in getting the bulkheads symmetric and centered.
Here are the current pictures. I have tapered the false keel and used machinist blocks to get dowels (I filed down tooth picks) centered. I glued the keel/stem assembly to the false keel. Also, I have marked (the now centered and symmetric) bulkheads for tapering.
One extra note that makes this build a little more difficult and unique. I have a 2 y.o. son who thinks that the most important thing in his life his to get his hands on the parts and 'help.' My wife is a NICU nurse who works nights so I have a lot of parenting time, and building this model is a little harder with a toddler trying to crawl up your leg.

Hola:
Almost reaching the end. Now I've put the running and stern lights, the lifeline stanchions and railing as well as the small swivel guns and a pair of life rings.
 
What remains to finish is the construction of the cradle or building-ways, and finally a case to protect the model.
 
Saludos, Karl

Little progress - making and instalation of belaying pins.

To gorington: The caulking is simulated with black paper glued to the planks.
Steering whell - the quarter deck is finished.

Fantastic!
Steve

Hola a todos:
After almost a month I have new updates.  One important decision was to put or not to put the sails, and finally I decided that this will be my first model ship with no sails and present the ship as if it were on a dry dock or cradle.  However I decided to place most of the rigging except those that hold the sails. Here you can see the rigging of the main mast finished.
 
Next step, the Foremast rigging.
 
Saludos, Karl
 

After some vacations I continued with my boat work. Now with the foremast rigging. It was actually slower than I thought at first because of the large amount of rigging to place (and I did not put the sails on!!).
 
To give a different and more interesting touch tilt the yards a bit. This also allows me to make the case a bit narrower.  Here some pic´s:

After some vacations I continued with my boat work. Now with the foremast rigging. It was actually slower than I thought at first because of the large amount of rigging to place (and I did not put the sails on!!).
 
To give a different and more interesting touch tilt the yards a bit. This also allows me to make the case a bit narrower.  Here some pic´s: