prodas

a top view

outboard trim 



almost finished

interior views

Thanks for your input, help me to continue my

How did you these beautiful carving 

A very good job, congratulations

continuous work, a bit delayed and carefully

Well, after 1443 hours over 608 consecutive days,  she's done !!!!!!!!  Here are the photos, some of which will appear in the Completed Ship Gallery later today:
 
Please note -  as the original photos were lost in the disc corruption issue in March, 2014, I've posted these replacements (the only ones I still have available:
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Now, as we used to say at back work, the job's not done until the paperwork is complete.  So here are a few comments I'd like to make regarding this voyage.
 
I'd like to thank Chuck Passaro once again for designing this kit and following through to have it kitted by Model Expo (who did a fine job as well).  Chuck's plans and instructions truly set the standard for future kits.  They made it possible for a relative novice like myself to actually complete his first POB fully-rigged ship.
 
But beyond even that, I wish to thank all here on MSW (1.0 and 2.0) for their interest, participation, critique, patience and advice during the journey.  There is no way to mention everyone here.  But trust me, there were several times I was caught in a fog bank listening to waves crashing against unseen rocks...and you folks got me through it.  And for that I shall be ever grateful.
 
Yes, I let the log go astray at times with the inclusion of cotton fields, frogs, spiders, fish, airplane and even moose.  But I think we had some fun along the way.  MSW became an almost daily ritual and, as much as I enjoy watching everyone's projects, successes and failures, what I really enjoyed was the friendship, camaraderie and downright concern for one another.
 
My skills improved along the way --- and I've learned an awful lot I was completely unaware of.  I am proud of what you've helped me achieve and now at least know what I can do better.  Many of you know I'm primarily an R/C aircraft builder and pilot.  What you don't know is that this was to be my and last ship model.  But things have changed.
 
I'll be building Syren's case over the next few weeks, have a week long annual fishing trip just around the corner and will be spending most of September overseas.  So the shop will be quiet for a bit, the sense of accomplishment almost overshadowed by the sadness that the build is over.  But I still have my friends here.  And I'll be watching.  Always cheering you toward victory ---- and sometimes giving you the business    .
 
And the shipyard shall once again find itself beneath a cloud of sawdust when the next project begins in the fall.  And that project will be -----
 
CONFEDERACY !
 
Until then, everyone be well and..........    STAY THE COURSE !!
 
 

Well after a lot more reading (In Ed's book p208 & p209 also define the two lines) I think I have finally got my head round the line. 
 
For those who are interested (and most will probably know of it already) here is the relevant Steel shot
 

 
The red and blue lines cover the 'inverted u' I was incorrectly looking at. The red is labelled 'Rising Height' and the Blue 'Rising Breadth'. The key line though is the green line which is labelled the Bearding line.
 
Anyway this is not marked on my body plan so initially I considered using the short section of the bearding line that was shown on the framing plan - and taking a line across to the body and back engineering it from there but I noted Ed's wise words to not trust the line so much so tried another way first.
 
I re-referred to my Steel and firstly used the table on p10 of the 'Tables forming the bodies' - here nothing seemed to match the expected bearding value but it did provide cutting down line heights at specific frames.So I added these to the profile and was pleased to see the resultant curve matched my cutting down line almost exactly.
 
The next relevant page for my 32 gun frigate was Folio II this listed the rising wood to be 1' 6'' broad for a 32 gun ship. Looking over my plans the half breadth showed a dotted line where the cant frames would be at either end of the ship. Measuring this came to 5.something small mm (give or take a 10th of a mm). Pushing that up to full scale and then to inches gave me a figure of 1 foot 7 inches. Not the same as the Steel but it would match a 36 gun ship. As a rule you would expect to take the plans over the book so I resolved to plot both and then compare them to the existing cant frames start points.
 
The end result of this was that the 1' 6'' was lower but the 1'7'' matched the fore cant frame lines exactly and was close to the rear cant frames. This I think means I have the correct line and has also validated the frame start points from the framing plan.
 
Anyway to show the rear (where the line from the cant start frames was visibly higher)
 

 
Here you can see the gap between the current cant frames markings and the washed out orange line which represents a bearding line drawn at 1'7'' (the 1'6'' was of course lower still). if that is not obvious then it is the fourth full line that covers the entire width of the image from the bottom 
 
I will probably adjust a few more of the rear deadwood lines now - I will possibly make them all straight so they are easier to cut, these again are not marked so I am guessing with all bar the new bearding and the cutting down (which can be seen easier with the obvious joint)
 
Anyway hopefully that is actually correct. As always if not shout.   Thanks to all those wise heads who are helping me keep to the straight and narrow. Or at least trying to.
 
Joss

Dear friends.
In my university where I work several students and professors have started last year to use the Sketchup for modeling. Right now we are working on several projects to model using this program. One of them will be to model the Frigata Guayas (Ecuadorian Navy). We have already built this model (as a real model) in several scales, but now we are planning to create a 3D model with Sketchup. Please send us your comments if is any with some Sketchup experiences.
Best regards, from the middle of the world,
Fernando Proanio

Unacceptable.  Yours must be better than mine!

Well done my friend.

Hi,
 
at this moment I am doing the first big motion render. Even with some just preliminary light- and sea settings each frame takes 9 minutes!
 

continuous work, a bit delayed and carefully

Welcome aboard the Syren team, Prodas.  We're starting to rebuild the fleet!
 
I look forward very much to your build.  Syren is a wonderful kit.
 
Do not worry about your English.  You're doing fine.
 
Best oif luck on your voyage.

Hi Pablo, Thanks for posting your pictures. It will be a great reference as I move forward.
 
Don't worry! If it's your first or twenty first you will always find something that you could have done better.
We are all here just having fun.     

After vigorous sanding of the hull, the entire thing was given 2 coats of stain using the 40/60 mixture of Minwax.  The wales were also painted flat black.

These are all the photos that I have until now. I must to wait the canyons to finish this model. However, I want to make an evaluation of the job, because I have not made another before, so I think that could do something better. I found some mistakes in the finished model.
Thank you Chuck for share your models.
 
Pablo Rodas