Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64

[cog]

Another item of the build tackled Great job Jesse, what's up next my friend!

[popeye the sailor]

outstanding job Jesse!  very well done!

[Piet]

That tackle looks magnificent JesseLee.

 

Cheers,

[lambsbk]

Well done Jesse. She's really looking smart.

 

Dave

[JesseLee]

I am now adding the deck fittings I had pre-made earlier in the build. Beginning to build the rest of them that had not already been done.

 

Jesse

 

[JesseLee]

Turned the fife rail stanchions on the mini lathe. Made a pattern to go by out of scrap metal strips using grinding tips with the Dremel tool and mini files. I had a lot of trouble with the kit supplied wood for the rail. It kept splitting and breaking even after gluing layers together, so I made my own out of wood sticks I had laying around. I have no clue as to what kind of wood it is but this one is much better.

 

Jesse

 

 

 

[JesseLee]

Having some problems with the last 2 pics, will get them up as soon as they load right.

 

Jesse

 

 

[cog]

Looking very good, Jesse. I like those stanchions very much!!! You deck is becoming a real ship's deck now you are adding the furniture. It's great to see your progress. Keep it up!!

 

Cheers

[JesseLee]

Here are the last 2 pics....

 

[Salty Sea Dog]

That last overhead deck shot is great! 

[Canute]

Fife rails turned out great, Jesse. Glad you're feeling a bit better.

[donrobinson]

Great work on the stanchions. She is looking real good

[Piet]

OOOOOH - WOW JesseLee, great looking stanchions there!

 

Cheers,

[kscadman]

Your syren is looking beautiful Jesse. Nice work on the cannons and cannonades!!

[ca.shipwright]

Great work Jesse. Your deck is becoming very active with all he detail.

 

Not being a lather, although I recently got a midi, somewhere I read that old hacksaw blades make good profiles for turning small parts. Do you know anything about this? Especially how to cut the profile.Thanks

 

Regards

[JesseLee]

Not real familiar with it all yet Michael, most of my life I never had a lathe or even worked on one. Need to learn more.

 

Galley Stack construction....

 

[JesseLee]

In a little conflict about the belaying pins. Would prefer to have wood ones but It would take so long to try to turn all of them. The brass ones are all uniform and the same so I'm trying painting them with one thin coat of Testors Wood color then 1 thin coat of flat tan over that. I will see if this works ok seeing how most of them will be covered up with the rigging tie-offs and coils. If it does not work I will try to turn them from toothpicks or something. The brass ones will have the most strength.

 

I'm making sure the anything secured to the deck (especially where there will be additional pull or pressure from rigging being tied off has metal pins underneath for additional security.

 

Overhead look at the progress so far...

 

Jesse

 

[popeye the sailor]

look'in good Jesse.   I tend not to worry too much about the belaying pins.........if I do paint them,  I wait and touch them with a like color with the rigging.   most will not be seen anyway  

[cog]

As Denis wrote, Jesse. After painting  them, the belaying pins won't show if they are made of wood or brass. Considering the quantity of rope for the rigging, they will be hardly visible ( size wise too)

[Piet]

Hi JesseLee, another good thing about using brass for the pins is that they wont break when you start belying your lines to them. I'll do the same for my Surabaya model.

 

Cheers,

[Chasseur]

Looks great Jesse nice touch Bro!

[Sailor1234567890]

Like everything is laid out for the Captain's inspection. Looks great. Keep it up.

[JesseLee]

I am coming up to the Hammock Cranes and netting soon. One of our other MSW members who have done this build has suggested to wait until after installing the lower shrouds because of damaging/bending them in this process. I got to thinking about damaging them while trying to tie off running rigging to the pin rails but it seems it would be too difficult to add the netting to the Hammock cranes after all this rigging is in the way. Would like feedback on this from anyone. Go on and add them now or wait until other rigging is done first?

 

Jesse

[GaryKap]

Hi Jesse -

 

For my SYREN build, I installed the chain plate assemblies and lower deadeyes, then the hammock cranes and netting, and after that the shrouds themselves.  I found that there was sufficient space to work with the hammock cranes and install them as well as the netting when the lower deadeyes were in place.  I also found that the thin strip of wood that runs along the hammock cranes gives the whole assembly more strength than I previously thought.  I don't recall any problems tying off the running rigging to the pin rails.  The sequence I described worked well for me, but there is certainly more than one "right way" to do this.  Also, the hammock netting was easier to install than I feared, and it came out better than I thought it would.  The cranes and netting add a lot to this model.

 

Good luck with whichever sequence you select.  Its great to have you back at work again.  Your quality of work is supurb!

 

<<Gary>>

[JesseLee]

Scanning over others Syren builds I saw someone tied the binnacle down. Did some web searching and saw that this was commonly done so I made my attempt at it. Theses hooks are very tiny and were difficult for me to make but I managed to do it. Tying it down was not easy because it is such a tight space.  Sorry some of these pics are not real clear. The camera wanted to focus what was behind  and around instead of the tiny hook I was trying to shoot.

 

Jesse

 

[JesseLee]

Added the ships wheel that I built last year and rigged it up. Again I have borrowed from others research and made some adjustments to how the instructions showed it.

 

Jesse

 

[Tigersteve]

Nicely done!

Steve

[cog]

Great details, Jesse! You still handle the small items very well.

[Sailor1234567890]

Does anyone know how that capstan would work with the companionway right beside it? I can't tell if the capstan bars would clear the top of it. That would certainly take away some of the muscle power provided as the men skip around the companionway to grab the bars again as they come past it on the other side....... Your hooks.... Amazingly small. Nice job. I don't think I could do that. Yes, binnacles were often lashed down like that.

[popeye the sailor]

nicely done Jesse........detailed very well