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

[popeye the sailor]

nicely done Jesse....handles look great!  

[Elijah]

I agree, the handles look very good and should stay, but it is your ship. Í look forward to your next update!

[JesseLee]

Thanks everybody. I will leave the handles on. Ben struggling with a cold which is much worse with my illness and weakened immune system but have been able to get some work in.

 

The ships wheel the kit supplied is the worst thing I've ever seen. There is no way to make this thing work at all so I decided to try my hand at fabricating one myself. I copied the wheel drawing from the plans and glued the cut out on a flat wood base to go by.  A little while back another MSW member (Dennis R. in New Zealand) gifted me with some wood samples. One of the types he sent was some flexible beech. I liked the way it looked and well it is to work with so I used it to make the wheel. Started out with 4 pieces to form a circle to build up from and a round center piece. even with the template is was hard to keep things in a perfect circle. Used this old glue cap which happened to be the exact size to keep it shaped just right.

 

Jesse

Edited November 26, 2016 by JesseLee

[JesseLee]

Next I made 8 shorter pieces that the spokes will lay between.

 

 

Jesse

 

[Tigersteve]

I'm sure your wheel will turn out great. Too bad the ship's wheel and other things are not just laser cut wood pieces.

Steve

[cog]

Clever, Jesse. That will look a lot better than the cast part

[Beef Wellington]

Just catching up Jesse, that pump is amazing, such great work.  Love your start on the wheel, interested to see how this plays out as the supplied ships wheels in many kits seem sub-par and its such an important feature.

[edmay]

Great looking pump,hope your feeling better,Edwin

[JesseLee]

The progress continues.......

 

Jesse

 

[Salty Sea Dog]

That wheel is looking great!

[Tigersteve]

I second that. Nice work!

Steve

[Canute]

Nice work, Jesse. Necessity sure is the mother of Invention. Well done.

[Piet]

Hello JessLee,

 

I finally caught up on all your marvelous updates.  Great progress.

 

Cheers,

[popeye the sailor]

nice looking ship's wheel your making    it goes hand in hand with the other fine work you've done on this vessel.

[Elijah]

Wow! That looks small! Wonderful job Jesse!

[lambsbk]

I am really inspired by your quality fine detail work - and from what I can tell it looks like you use hand tools to achieve your results. Outstanding Jesse.

 

Dave

[JesseLee]

Thanks for the kind words and likes!

 

Yes Dave, I use hand tools a majority of the time. I have better control with smaller things that way.

 

Finished ships wheel and deck assembly.

 

Jesse

 

 

 

 

[Canute]

Very nice work there, Jesse. Ship's wheel looks

great.

[Salty Sea Dog]

Wow! That's a beauty!

[CDW]

That wheel is a huge favor for the finished look of your model. Great job, Jesse! 

[Gahm]

Beautiful work, Jesse! I love your wheel! It is a wonderful detail in a great model!

 

Thomas

[Beef Wellington]

Great result Jesse, just amazing what you've done with that wheel.  Now I'm even less happy with the one supplied in my kit and looks like you've just added another 'to do' to my list....  

[Elijah]

The wheel and assembly looks great Jesse! I look forward to seeing it on deck!

[JesseLee]

Thanks as always for the encouraging responses and likes. I really am thrilled with the wheel. Wasn't sure I could make one myself.

 

Continuing to make anything that will eventually go on the deck. Getting ready to start rigging the carronades soon. Here's a few pics of 2 ladders.

 

Jesse

 

 

[cog]

Nice work on the ladders, Jesse. I had to do mine twice, as I forgot to take into account the curvature of the deck

[Elijah]

Nice ladders Jesse!

[the learner]

Oh what a great job you are doing! I just perused your build to see if you are using any different methods that  are given or pictured in the Syren instruction manual. ​A friend gifted me a started Syren model and kit  to add to my already growing shipyard and dry-dock, I am in the starting process of plating  the hull and wanted to see if you were varying from the instructions. I have to ask how difficult was it to construct the nail jig? I am debating on whether I should use that method or just leave the plates flat. Did you apply a coat of contact cement to the hull before applying the plates? The copper tape already has glue on the back but this was only to hold it on the pieces of glass until the solder was applied so I think the extra coating of contact cement would insure the plating would never fall off.

[JesseLee]

Hello Guy, glad to have you along!

 

No it wasn't hard to make the nail jig. I traced the actual size patterns on page 34 of the instruction booklet. Laid that over the wood jig (you could also just glue it on it). this has the points marked for your pins. I used brass nails left over from an earlier build , I think they came from Model Expo but its been so long I cant remember. I CA glued them in the proper pattern then snip the heads off. File them off flat and there you go!

 

My kit was also a gift from another MSW member. It had been sitting on a shelf for years when I got it so the copper tape wasn't sticking very well anymore. I ended up CA gluing under each plate which is frustrating because it is hard not to get any of it on the outside surface where you don't want it. It probably would have been better to do as you suggested and used contact cement.

 

Jesse

[popeye the sailor]

awesome progress Jesse......ship's wheel and ladders look great  

[ca.shipwright]

Jesse,

When you actually punch the nails in the copper plate, aren't you punching it on the inside of the plate so the nail heads protrude on the outside surface when glued on the hull?

 

Regards