Ryland Craze Posted November 2, 2016 Share #211 Posted November 2, 2016 Congratulations on completing your Chaperon. You did an excellent job on building this model and I have enjoyed following your build log. I look forward to following your next build. Elijah, Cathead, cog and 4 others 7 Quote Ryland Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Ship Model Society of New Jersey - Nautical Research Guild Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat Completed Build - Medway Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack12477 Posted November 2, 2016 Share #212 Posted November 2, 2016 Mike, congrats. Very nice looking model. cog, Cathead, Mike Dowling and 3 others 6 Quote Jack "No one is as smart as all of us" - Is ón cheann a thagann an cheird The craft comes from the head --------------------------------------------- Current build: US Constellation Non-ship builds: USCG UH-65A Dolphin M16 Multi-gun motor carriage diorama M4A3 Sherman Tanks dioramas 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II JSDF Light Armor Vehicle Figures: The Last Bridge: Raider Reaper Edge of Universe: Ianis The Last Bridge: Vadim with cart Completed build log(s): 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne, Willie L Bennett 1888 50 ft Gaff-rigged Ice Yacht Scratch Build The Sullivans (DD 537) Liberty Ship SS John W Brown USS England (DE 635), Artesania Latina Titanic Lifeboat Gallery: Swift , Armed Virginia Sloop, Santisima Trinidad Captain's Launch , 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne Other: Rhinebeck Aerodrome Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted November 2, 2016 Share #213 Posted November 2, 2016 Hi Mike, Outstanding build! Mind its not knocked off the table. What are you going to do next? Kind Regards Red WackoWolf, Mike Dowling, Cathead and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted November 3, 2016 Share #214 Posted November 3, 2016 That is a wonderful model. You really out did yourself. To bad you cannot bring it to WI. I know many who would be drooling over it and the judges would probably fall in love with it. You even might be going back empty handed. David B Mike Dowling, mtaylor, Seventynet and 4 others 7 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted November 3, 2016 Share #215 Posted November 3, 2016 Mike, you've done a fine job. I appreciate your build log, too, as it's helped me better understand a kit I may well want to build myself one day. One question, forgive me if I missed the answer earlier: did you treat the lines with anything to help keep them from sagging over time? Otherwise, hearty congratulations. I'll miss following along on this. I need to get moving on my current project so I can go back to another steamboat myself. Red, cog, Elijah and 2 others 5 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dowling Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share #216 Posted November 3, 2016 Well high praise indeed from someone of your calibre - thank you very much. Regarding the lines, some of them I painted white just to make them thicker really. Otherwise not treated just put on tight. I can't say I have had any problems with sagging lines. If it is at all helpful I rarely use the supplied thread as I find it far too woolly so I tend to go for polyester. The thread with this kit was very weird nylony stuff that was hopeless to work with and impossible to stick to anything. I am not clever enough to seize everything I'm afraid, just glue!! Chaperon is by far the best paddle steamer kit I have built thus far and the most challenging in some ways. The Robt.E.Lee I did was a Constructo kit which I deliberately left as a wood finish is also one of my favourites but you have to get over their dreadful 'cutting' techniques. I can't believe that Constructo haven't invested in laser cutting by now. Anyway many thanks for your post. mtaylor, popeye the sailor, Cathead and 5 others 8 Quote Current build : Gorch Fock Occre Completed non-boat build 1/16 Model expo Sopwith Camel - in shore leave. Previous boat builds: Amerigo Vespucci Occre Yacht Mary Artesania Latina Red Dragon (Modified) Non-boat build 1/24 scale Dennis bus by OcCre - in shore leave. Mare Nostrum (modified) Amati Oseberg (modified) Chaperon sternwheel steamer 1884 Constructo Lady Smith kit/scratch build OcCre Santisima Trinidad Cross Section Constructo Robert E Lee Paddle Steamer Constructo Louise, steam powered river boat OcCre Bounty with cutaway hull Corel Scotland Baltic Ketch (not on MSW) OcCre Spirit of Mississippi paddle steamer (not on MSW) In the Gallery: Mare Nostrum Oesberg Constructo Lady Smith Constructo Robert E Lee Constructo Louise OcCre Bounty OcCre Spirit of Mississippi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted November 4, 2016 Share #217 Posted November 4, 2016 Congratulations on a fine model Mike. Mike Dowling, Red, Elijah and 1 other 4 Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donrobinson Posted November 4, 2016 Share #218 Posted November 4, 2016 Beautiful build, your model makes me really wonder how these babes would have looked back in the day. Great stuff!!! Mike Dowling, Elijah, Red and 1 other 4 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted November 4, 2016 Share #219 Posted November 4, 2016 congratz on the finish of a fine model. very well done! Mike Dowling, Elijah and mtaylor 3 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 6, 2016 Share #220 Posted November 6, 2016 Beautiful build, Mike. Congratulations. Mike Dowling and Elijah 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lous Posted November 6, 2016 Share #221 Posted November 6, 2016 Beautiful! to be proud of. Poker cards, a bottle of bourbon and the setting is complete. Robin Mike Dowling, mtaylor, cog and 2 others 5 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hof00 Posted November 6, 2016 Share #222 Posted November 6, 2016 What a very Clean and Precise build!! (Absolutely stunning if I may say so.) I am in awe.... mtaylor, Robin Lous, Elijah and 1 other 4 Quote Completed Builds: A/L Bluenose II A/L Mare Nostrum Sergal/Mantua Cutty Sark A/L Pen Duick A/L Fulgaro Amati/Partworks 1/200 Bismarck A/L Sanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dowling Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share #223 Posted November 6, 2016 Thank you very much hof (!!!) ( that's the trouble with handles you never know a real name) and everyone who has taken the trouble to post a reply. Despite my joking about the lifeboats I really do appreciate your comments. To those that have enquired I have just started the AL stage coach for my next build, I have already done the Amati version. Please don't think me a peasant !! I have the Oesberg in my stash to do after and I am hoping that Santa will arrive with a bi and/ or a trireme to play with in the new year. I just try to alternate a boat/ship with another build but it doesn't stop me watching MSW and all the wonderful build that are going on. cog and mtaylor 2 Quote Current build : Gorch Fock Occre Completed non-boat build 1/16 Model expo Sopwith Camel - in shore leave. Previous boat builds: Amerigo Vespucci Occre Yacht Mary Artesania Latina Red Dragon (Modified) Non-boat build 1/24 scale Dennis bus by OcCre - in shore leave. Mare Nostrum (modified) Amati Oseberg (modified) Chaperon sternwheel steamer 1884 Constructo Lady Smith kit/scratch build OcCre Santisima Trinidad Cross Section Constructo Robert E Lee Paddle Steamer Constructo Louise, steam powered river boat OcCre Bounty with cutaway hull Corel Scotland Baltic Ketch (not on MSW) OcCre Spirit of Mississippi paddle steamer (not on MSW) In the Gallery: Mare Nostrum Oesberg Constructo Lady Smith Constructo Robert E Lee Constructo Louise OcCre Bounty OcCre Spirit of Mississippi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted November 6, 2016 Share #224 Posted November 6, 2016 Hi Mike, I am with you on the choice of projects. I have three models on 'the go'. The one I am building at present is the Amati Stagecoach. I also have a half rigged Swedish Gunboat and the gunboat Philadelpia currently being planked. I swap and change as the mood takes me. So the best of luck with whatever you decide to do and thanks for posting the build, it was very informative. Kind Regards Red mtaylor and Mike Dowling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dowling Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share #225 Posted November 7, 2016 Enjoy the Amati Red, some of the wood bending is great fun !!!!! mtaylor and Red 2 Quote Current build : Gorch Fock Occre Completed non-boat build 1/16 Model expo Sopwith Camel - in shore leave. Previous boat builds: Amerigo Vespucci Occre Yacht Mary Artesania Latina Red Dragon (Modified) Non-boat build 1/24 scale Dennis bus by OcCre - in shore leave. Mare Nostrum (modified) Amati Oseberg (modified) Chaperon sternwheel steamer 1884 Constructo Lady Smith kit/scratch build OcCre Santisima Trinidad Cross Section Constructo Robert E Lee Paddle Steamer Constructo Louise, steam powered river boat OcCre Bounty with cutaway hull Corel Scotland Baltic Ketch (not on MSW) OcCre Spirit of Mississippi paddle steamer (not on MSW) In the Gallery: Mare Nostrum Oesberg Constructo Lady Smith Constructo Robert E Lee Constructo Louise OcCre Bounty OcCre Spirit of Mississippi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilm Posted October 8, 2023 Share #226 Posted October 8, 2023 Nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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