Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64

[texxn5]

a couple of more....sorry for the focus, my camera seems to be acting up and it's so smart I may have to watch the DVD to figure out what's wrong....

[texxn5]

Trivia question of the day.....

 

"Why is there a crescent moon cut into the door of an Outhouse?"

[augie]

To let in some light !

[texxn5]

Trivia question #2.....

 

Why is there a "Poop Deck?"

[Sjors]

And the poop deck is at the wrong place !

It should be just before the bow and not at the stern......

The round houses in front are poop houses   

 

[Beef Wellington]

 Tsk tsk Sjors   ....its derived from the latin 'puppis' meaning 'stern'.

Edited October 28, 2013 by Beef Wellington

[texxn5]

Ya'll are getting close ..... but no cigar!

[texxn5]

For any of you fortunate to have ever gone to Schmidt's in Columbus, Ohio, we just had Bahama Momma's for dinner tonight....with saurkraut, & German Potato Salad.....yummm....roll me over and call me "pig"!

[Piet]

Hey John, nice looking shitters you got there - - -  oh, I'm sorry for the foul language but Sjors started it     and the Spanish not to forget 

 

re your pics, yeah, if all else fails check the how to instructions       

 

Say hi to Di and cheers,

[j21896]

Hi John,

 

Welcome home!

 

Though you haven't had much time with her lately, your Morgan is progressing nicely!  My last Mystic visit was a couple of years ago, and she looked then, pretty much just like your build looks now.  

 

Cheers,

Robert

 

PS.  I've come across some of your fantastic trip photos in related build logs on MSW.  Not that you have a ton of free time now that you're home    , but if you ever got the chance, you could make some significant contributions to the MSW Model Ship Clubs and Exhibitions and Events, Museums and Museum Ships forum.

 

 

 

 

[texxn5]

Hi Piet, glad you approve of the head.....guess you could feel comfortable in there huh??  Gotta figure out this camera.....

[texxn5]

Hi Robert, I pland to do just that when time permits. My pictures arenot sorted well and presently on 2 different computers which doesn't help either.....we encountered lots of interesting places and many more ships than I would have expected.....while we were in Mystic, the ship hadn't changed much since the re-launching, but I think some progress has been made recently in mounting the bowsprit and stepping the foremast. The finishwork should be progressing soon in that they plan to sail her in April.

[texxn5]

The head is finished and installed. ....open for business!

next is the foc'sl companionway...

[augie]

Hey John ..... no half moon!

 

Great job.

[texxn5]

Augie.....that is still a possibility......haven't decided yet since the real ship didn't have one....thanks for the like

[gjdale]

Hey John ..... no half moon!

 

I think if the heads door is left any further ajar, we may well see a full moon! (yep, 12).

[Captain Slog]

Hi John,

 

Your build is coming along nicely.  There is a very high chance the MS Charles W Morgan will be my next build eventually.  I may have missed this but is the anchor chain in the photos the MS supplied chain?

 

Cheers

Slog

Edited October 30, 2013 by Captain Slog

[Captain Slog]

I think if the heads door is left any further ajar, we may well see a full moon! (yep, 12).

 

Thanks Grant, I just sprayed coke all over my monitor 

[texxn5]

Thanks Grant..I'm like Slog.....cleaning the Diet Coke off of my monitor.....

[texxn5]

Thanks Slog, it would be a fine next build...it's been fun so far.  As for the anchor chain, I got it from Jo-Ann's Fabric Store.  The kit supplied chain is way too small.

[texxn5]

OK Guys, my interpretation of the reason behind the Crescent Moon, is that in order to distinguish among gentlemen during the era of the Outhouse, they were decorated by cutting a Full Moon and a Crescent Moon in the door. This accomplished several things at the same time, that being said, the first thing covered was ventilation which obviously was necessary, the second was it provided some light and was placed high enough up to provide some air of privacy (pun intended), you could reach in from the outside and move the wooden latch that is inside to open the door, or the other way around if your friends and family were playing a joke and locking you in, and last but certainly not least, the Crescent Moon was considered feminine and represented that the Outhouse was for the women, and the Full Moon was designated for men....so there you have it, now the question remaining is whether "to moon or not to moon?????" So we now have a delimma....this is a working ship....I do not recall seeing many if any women working the decks of a Whaling Ship....so should my outhouse have a Crescent Moon or not?? I think I'll leave it up to popular consensus.....what do you guys think????

[augie]

I'm a full moon kinda guy. 

[SkerryAmp]

Welcome home John (a little late I Know).

 

Great to see you back at the ship and VERY nice metalwork!!   Will be good to see it come along!

[trippwj]

John - having some spare time last evening (no World Series game to watch) I did some interweb crawling pursuing all i could learn about the elusive half moon.  The end result - probably more myth than reality.  When the proverbial outhouse was most in use, it tended to be unisex - everyone used it.  Space was at a premium to dig the pits and place the shacks, not too mention the cost to a family of building the shelter, so not many separate facilities.  The Half Moon tends to be a relatively modern addition (along with the 2 story outhouse, but that's a different story altogether).

 

On your ship, I would leave a small air vent near the upper part of the side walls (also allows a bit of sunlight to enter) but definitely no moons (at least on the door - Augie would like one included, though, based on his response above).

 

Maybe a moose shaped carving in the side walls?

[texxn5]

Thanks Adam, I really like the Resistance Solder iron. It makes this work pretty easy. Good to be back "near" the shipyard....still have "honey-do's" going, however today we are getting rain (rare) so maybe I can get some work done....

[texxn5]

Hmmm, Thanks Wayne, I like that idea...I'll consider this.  There was a hole in the wales for the exit to the head, not sure about ventilation......speaking of Moose, I thought maybe I could duplicate this and hang it on the side......

[SkerryAmp]

John - having some spare time last evening (no World Series game to watch) I did some interweb crawling pursuing all i could learn about the elusive half moon.  The end result - probably more myth than reality.  When the proverbial outhouse was most in use, it tended to be unisex - everyone used it.  Space was at a premium to dig the pits and place the shacks, not too mention the cost to a family of building the shelter, so not many separate facilities.  The Half Moon tends to be a relatively modern addition (along with the 2 story outhouse, but that's a different story altogether).

 

On your ship, I would leave a small air vent near the upper part of the side walls (also allows a bit of sunlight to enter) but definitely no moons (at least on the door - Augie would like one included, though, based on his response above).

 

Maybe a moose shaped carving in the side walls?

 

 

Err. uhh...    A TWO story outhouse?

 

Am I the only one who sees a design flaw with that idea somewhere.... I have to be missing something.

[texxn5]

Adam....actually I have seen some 4 story outhouses and even some made of brick....really....no bs, could be considered the "Perverbial Outhouse"!! go figure --- 2-4 story outhouses....definitely something wrong with this picture.....maybe that's where the term "Rank has it's priveledges" comes from......definitely flowing downhill!

Edited October 30, 2013 by texxn5

[trippwj]

Not only a two-decker, but made out of brick!

 

 

"Samuel Bowler had a large number of children so he added on to the outhouse structure," reports Jill Bowers. Bowler was her great-great-great uncle. "Not only does the house boast a 'five-holer' but also a skyway connecting the upstairs of the outhouse to the house proper."

 

"The upstairs facilities are situated a little further back so that the 'materials' released from the second floor fall behind the wall of the first floor."

 

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/29012

[texxn5]

yeah....see.....in not spoofing!  great pictues Wayne.....