Nirvana Posted December 21, 2023 #31 Posted December 21, 2023 Kenny, that looks so good. I had a heck of a time to get everything done correctly. KennyH78 1 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry
KennyH78 Posted December 21, 2023 Author #32 Posted December 21, 2023 6 hours ago, Nirvana said: Kenny, that looks so good. I had a heck of a time to get everything done correctly. Thanks, I try my best. Handling these tiny parts can be very tricky Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
KennyH78 Posted December 23, 2023 Author #33 Posted December 23, 2023 Over the last couple of days I was able to get the rudder finished up and installed on the longboat. Then I permanently attached the boat onto its base. The next day, I started the tedious task of tapering the mast. Using my drill just as Chuck suggests in the instructions made the task a little easier. The button on the top was a little nerve racking to make along with the iron work for the mast. Took a while, but it worked out in the end. After I got the button installed and the iron work onto the mast, I finished it according to the plans. Tomorrow I plan on adding the blocks to the mast and continuing on with installed the mast into the longboat. iMustBeCrazy, CiscoH, KARAVOKIRIS and 1 other 4 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
KennyH78 Posted December 26, 2023 Author #34 Posted December 26, 2023 I got some work done on the longboat since my last update. Making and installing the mast, bowsprit, boom, and gaff was pretty straight forward. Rigging the boom and gaff wasn't too difficult either. But I have sort of struggled with the shrouds. I was finally able to complete port side of the shrouds after 4 attempts at it. The rigging of the deadeyes could have been done better, but I'm happy with it; especially since it was the first time I have done those and at this scale. Tomorrow I am going to start on the starboard side. Here's hoping that that side goes a little quicker to complete than the port side did. Ryland Craze, JacquesCousteau, davec and 2 others 5 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
allanyed Posted December 26, 2023 #35 Posted December 26, 2023 VERY NICE work. One of the things that jumped out to me is that the gudgeons and pintles look to be right at scale. A lot of models that we see here are totally out of scale but yours look spot on. Is the thread that you used from the kit? For the future there is some fabulous miniature rope available in many circumferences and Syren makes a great inexpensive rope walk if you ever want to make your own rope so you don't have to use thread. Allan Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU
KennyH78 Posted December 26, 2023 Author #36 Posted December 26, 2023 7 hours ago, allanyed said: Is the thread that you used from the kit? The tan thread is from the kit. The black thread for the shrouds is from my stash of thread from Model Shipways. It is .028 thread, slightly bigger than what the instructions call for (.021); but it’s all I have. The black thread from the kit was scrapped due to the do-overs I had to do on the shrouds. Ryland Craze 1 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
allanyed Posted December 26, 2023 #37 Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, KennyH78 said: The tan thread is from the kit. Hi Kenny Yes, I sort of thought that might be kit string rather than miniature rope. I am not sure any kits include rope rather than thread or string. Sorry if this is confusing to you or any of your build followers but the pic might help to see what I mean. There are several suppliers of high quality rope, the below happens to be from Syren. Allan Edited December 26, 2023 by allanyed KARAVOKIRIS 1 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU
KennyH78 Posted December 27, 2023 Author #38 Posted December 27, 2023 Allen, No confusion on my part. I can see the difference. I have a rope walk as well from Model Shipways that I bought like 5 years ago. I will pull it out and use it for sure when I build My Occre Endurance kit that I have in my stash. allanyed, Ryland Craze and Nirvana 3 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
KennyH78 Posted December 27, 2023 Author #39 Posted December 27, 2023 Finished rigging the starboard shroud today. All in all I am pleased with the result. allanyed, Ryland Craze, Nirvana and 3 others 6 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
KennyH78 Posted December 28, 2023 Author #40 Posted December 28, 2023 I was digging through my giant ship modeling tub and found some .012 tan rigging rope that I must have bought years ago from Model Shipways. After some debate, I decided to take a few steps back and removed all off the kit supplied tan string on the rigging and replaced it with the Model Shipways rope. Took a few hours to do, but I am very happy with the result. The model looks a lot better now. Only thing left to do is to remake the rope coils and add them back to the model. Then I can proceed forward with rigging the backstays and bowsprit. This photo below shows the difference of the kit supplied string and the Model Shipways rope. allanyed, JacquesCousteau, CiscoH and 4 others 7 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
CiscoH Posted December 28, 2023 #41 Posted December 28, 2023 your longboat looks great. especially the paint job. i am equally impressed you are allowed to build in the kitchen. Nirvana and KennyH78 2 Quote
KennyH78 Posted December 28, 2023 Author #42 Posted December 28, 2023 Thanks, the wife lets me build in there because it keeps me close to the family. She knows that if I was told to go build in the garage, then I would never be in the house lol. Nirvana, CiscoH and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
KennyH78 Posted December 30, 2023 Author #43 Posted December 30, 2023 I was able to spend a couple of hours to work on rigging the backstays today. Making the tiny hooks to strop to the blocks was a pain, but I did my best. Next step to get the rest of the rigging done on the front of the boat. I'm getting excited because this build is finally coming to together and will be finished soon. KARAVOKIRIS, iMustBeCrazy, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
Nirvana Posted December 30, 2023 #44 Posted December 30, 2023 Kenny, your longboat is almost finished. You have done a very nice job. I had so much fun building it myself. Ps. I see you have two dogs and that you like The Rolling Stones....🙂 KennyH78 1 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry
KennyH78 Posted December 30, 2023 Author #45 Posted December 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Nirvana said: Kenny, your longboat is almost finished. You have done a very nice job. I had so much fun building it myself. Ps. I see you have two dogs and that you like The Rolling Stones....🙂 Thanks, this has been a fun build. I can't wait to get it finished and on display. That way I can concentrate more on the Confederacy which can be seen in some of the photos. Also, the Stones are cool. I like most early rock-n-roll and Lego (got a huge Lego Star Wars collection). And we have two GSDs (German Shepherd Dogs). Axel (the photo is kinda grainy; pulled it off of my iPhone) Bella (she is very submissive/loyal when it come to me) Ryland Craze and Altduck 2 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
Nirvana Posted December 30, 2023 #46 Posted December 30, 2023 Well Kenny, I also have the MS USS Confederacy in my stash...... all wrapped up. I will look into the Raleigh, but don't have space nor the economy. Bella and Axel look to be very loyal to you. What could our workshops look like without our companions? My best Happy ending of this year to you. Ryland Craze and KennyH78 2 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry
KennyH78 Posted January 1 Author #47 Posted January 1 Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that 2024 brings all of you good fortune. I have finished the longboat. The rigging was a little nerve racking to get done at this size, especially since this is the first model that I have rigged. I kept knocking the boat around while trying to get all of the lines rigged with some resemblance of tension on them. Luckily I didn't break anything. Anyways, here are the pictures of the completed model. Now to build the display case shelf for her and to shift my attention mostly to my USF Confederacy build. Ryland Craze, schooner, davec and 5 others 8 Quote Kenny Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea MS US Frigate Confederacy On Hold: Continental Frigate Raleigh 1777 Completed Builds: MS 18th Century Longboat Dinghy - Midwest Kit H.M.S Triton Cross Section 1/48 Chesapeake Bay Flattie - Midwest Kit Future Builds: MS English Pinnace; OcCre Endurance; Revenue Cutter Cheerful
Ryland Craze Posted January 1 #48 Posted January 1 Congratulations Kenny on finishing your Longboat. You did a great job on building this model and I have enjoyed following your build log. Happy New Year to you. KennyH78 1 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
MajorChaos Posted January 2 #49 Posted January 2 It looks great!! KennyH78 and Nirvana 2 Quote In the shipyard: Syren 1:24 Medway Longboat 1742 Model Shipways 1:64 Bluenose Model Shipways 18th Century Longboat OcCre 1:50 The Flying Dutchman Completed: Model Shipways Lowell Grand Banks Dory Model Shipways Norwegian Sailing Pram Model Shipways Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack
Tigersteve Posted January 5 #50 Posted January 5 Congrats! Steve Ryland Craze, KennyH78 and Nirvana 3 Quote Current: Mayflower- Model Shipways Completed: Lowell Grand Banks Dory- Model Shipways English Pinnace- Model Shipways 18th Century Longboat- Model Shipways
davec Posted January 5 #51 Posted January 5 Great work! Congratulations on finishing!! Nirvana, Ryland Craze and KennyH78 3 Quote Current builds: Wingnut Wings 1/32 Halberstadt Cl.II Model Shipways 1/48 Longboat Model Shipways 1/24 Grand Banks Dory Soon to start: Fully framed Echo Completed builds: Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia Wingnut Wings AMC DH9 East Coast Oyster Sharpie Echo Cross Section 1/48 Scratchbuilt Hannah from Hahn plans 1/64 Kitbashed Rattlesnake from Bob Hunt practicum 1/64 Brig Supply
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