America 1851 by mojofilter - FINISHED - Mamoli - Scale 1:66 - First wooden ship build

[husky1943]

Wow, beautiful boat, Tim!  Imagine...someone is going to inherit that some day!

 

Ciao for now

Rob

[MrBeanCar]

On 4/9/2016 at 8:39 PM, mojofilter said:

A little more progress - Got the drain holes (? insert nautical term here) in the bulwarks, and the lower deadeyes mounted.  Note broken off capstan bar.

 

 

The supplied pot metal tiller bar did not survive cleanup of the flashing - snapped in two.  I fashioned another out of walnut.

 

 

A lot of the spars, booms, gaffs, etc. need to be turned down to tapers, including the bowsprit.

I threw down and bought a little mini lathe from Harbor Freight - the larger of the two Central Machinery lathes.  Works pretty good, although it's been a long time since I've turned anything.

Turned down the bowsprit per the drawing:

 

 

Note that the drawing (second from bottom) calls for the the tip to be turned down to 3mm.  This contradicts other places in the drawing.  The coupling between the end of the bowsprit and the jib boom, which is a straight 3mm along its entire length , shows two different sizes:

 

 

The coupler is part (525).  The bowsprit is (504), and the jib boom is (508).  Clearly the bowsprit and jib boom are different diameters.

 

This is OK because the part (525) was missing from the kit.  I made my own.

If I had known this I would have turned down the end of the bowsprit to 4mm.

 

Anyone building America should beware of this - although I understand Mamoli has gone out of business...

 

 

Next will be all the rest of the cleats, blocks, and everything else on the hull or deck, then a light coat of satin lacquer.

 

 

More later.

 

- Tim

I am also missing part 525 from my kit.  How did you make your replacement part?  I looks like you used an extra/spare 504 and added a tubular attachment for the jib boom

 

Regards  

[Knocklouder]

Awesome model, great details  too. You must be so happy 😊. 

[MrBeanCar]

I am getting close with my 1851.  I am working on the lines on the front, and there are a couple of pieces which I can't figure out.

 

They are part number 631 (4 of them), they are called "redancia", which would be "thimble" in English.

 

It looks like that setup should allow for adjustment of tension to the jib boom, and so should be blocks with the tensioning end routed through a hole in the hull.  But that is not shown.

 

Regards