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

[texxn5]

thanks Dennis, I really like how she's turning out. I'm about to get time to work on her again..got booged down with my website, but about to have it under control. Your gang is looking good. Winter is coming my friend, so stay warm..

[texxn5]

Next is Deadeyes and Chainplates. Starting with the starboard Foremast working my way to the Main and Mizzen both port and starboard. I think now is a good time to install all of them since, #1 It needs to be done, and #2 they'll be available when needed without having to interupt the flow of things. I use brass wire, proper deadeys and solder and blacken the brass. Once the chain plate is blackend insert th ends into the pre drilled holes in the channels, wrap the brass around the nails in the kit, drill the hole and glue in place. Should look something like this.

[lesterpalifka]

WELL THAT IS EXACTLY THE WAY WE RE-RIGGED MORGAN... CHAINPLATES IN PLACE
ALONG WITH THE DEADEYES. THEN THE MASTS WERE STEPPED AND THE STANDING
RIGGING INSTALLED INTO THE DEADEYES. ON THE ACTUAL SHIP IT IS QUITE A
PROCESS TO GET THE RIGHT TENSION ON THE RIGGING. TOO TIGHT AND YOU HOG THE
KEEL TOO LOOSE AND YOU HAVE WOBBELY MASTS.. I WAS AMAZED AT THE LENGTH OF
TIME THAT IT TOOK MATT TO DO THIS. HE DID IT ALL BY FEEL NO GAUGES OR
MODERN EQUIPMENT WAS USED TO GET THE CORRECT TENSION, JUST COME-A-LONGS AND FEEL.I HAVE PICTURES OF
MATT AND SARA DOING THIS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED..BY THE WAY THE MORGAN IS LOOKING REALLY GREAT...JUST REMEBER DO NOT PUT A ROYAL ON THE MAIN LIKE THE SEAPORT DID. I DONT BELIEVE THE MORGAN EVER HAD A ROYAL ON THE MAIN .. ALL THE HISTORICAL PICTURES SHOW TWO LOOK-OUTS. FORE AND MAIN..... LESTER
 

[texxn5]

Thanks Lester, yeah I would like to have the pictures. Good story on the tension of the lines, thanks. I had forgotten about the Royal, thanks for reminding me.

[ScottRC]

John,

Excellent progress, you have a talent with the scale details.  Keep posting the progress on the masting, it seems we don't ever have enough logs at this stage.

 

Scott

[texxn5]

Thanks Scott, I plan to do just that as I realize there isn't a lot of info or pictures to help someone that is not familiar with this process....ie. me. So I'll plod along and do the best I can to document this.

[Piet]

Hi John, yup, that's how they are supposed to look like.  Great info from Lester.  In Holland these dead eyes are called juffers, which means young women.

 

Keep up the good works mate.

 

Cheers,

[lesterpalifka]

anyone wanting actual pictures of the morgan from its last restorationt to pictures of her in the late 1800's and early 1900's i would be happy to share. i have over 8000 items in my data base on the Morgan.......Lester

[lambsbk]

...wow!

[texxn5]

Hi Dave, welcome back. Hope you're back in the shipyard. Hope Fran is doing better.

[lambsbk]

...closer.

[texxn5]

Just a quick wish that all of you and your families have a vey Blessed Thanksgiving. Good time for reflections on all we have to be thankful for in this crazy "dog eat dog" world we live in. God Bless you All!

John

[lambsbk]

You too John. Happy Thanksgiving.

 

Dave

[texxn5]

Hello guys & gals, I wanted to pass along some information to those interested. As most of you know, Alexey Domanoff is a very good friend to MSW and many of us that are on this site. Alexey has just notified me of the release of a new product - his Prosak Ropewalk v3.0 a very innovative solution for making quality scale ropes. It is featured in the "Tools & Resources" page on my charleswmorganmodel.com website. This is an upgraded version from v2.0.

 

Link: http://www.charleswmorganmodel.com/tools--resources.html

 

Looks like a fun tool, I am going to try and get one of these to finish the Morgan with.

 

John

[HIPEXEC]

Looking very nice!

[texxn5]

Thanks Rich, welcome aboard. I'm enjoying your Conny build.

[texxn5]

Well, I fnally got some time in the shipyard. A little rusty for sure...probably need some "relative bearing" grease to get m old fingers started - as the Bo'suns used to ask for. Working on chains for the Foremast deadeyes. Not as neat as I would like, and not lined up the way they should, but it's a start. I might come back and redo them or not..probably later on in the build. So I'm going to be going all the way around the ship and get these done. Here's the start, I soldered some o f the components with the resistance solderer and Ca'd them to the channels and hull with brads:

[popeye the sailor]

looking pretty good to me John     has a nice look to them.....

[texxn5]

Well, today I was able to finish the chain plates on the Starboard side, did some corrections to the Foremast chains which makes me happier somewhat. On the real Morgan after restoration, there is only a double chain on the Foremast, with single chains on the Main and Mizzen masts, so that is the design I'm following. The plans only show a single chain all the way around.

[popeye the sailor]

ahhhh.......the mother of bash!  to look at an actual picture and realize that the kit makers lied!   oh.....woe is me!       there are time I hate looking at photos.......aspects that are left out........the ideas that spin.   man,  I'm talking about some of the most obvious stuff too!

     whether you add it in of not John........you'll still have a fine looking build there. ......I really like that broadside shot of her.....the chains give her a very nice look!    very sweet! 

[texxn5]

Thanks for all the likes guys, much appreciated. Yes Popeye...a real photo....what's the world coming to???

[texxn5]

Well, today I spent all day in the shipyard....what a concept. I think this is the first full day in almost a year, so now it's back to work before spring and our next trip, so I'm going to try and get a lot done. I finished the Port side Chain Plates and it is definitely one of those situations where practice makes perfect, the more of them I made the better they got..I just hope my first ones aren't too bad, and as time permits, I'll probably address the problems, but not right now. Need to do a little touch up paint yet, but it's presentable. I have to think about where I'm going from here next...hmmm

Edited January 17, 2015 by texxn5

[lb0190]

John,

 

She's looking good - very impressive! At what point do you plan on mounting her.

Edited January 18, 2015 by lb0190

[Piet]

Yup, them chainplates are looking mighty fine John!

 

Cheers,

[texxn5]

Larry...interesting question...hmmm...how do I answer that????? Well, from a Nautical View, I don't have an answer yet. I am very fortunate to have a rough cut slab of I think Red Oak that was cut in the forming of the real Bowsprit on of the Real CW Morgan, given to me by a very gererous "Head Honcho" doing the restoration of the ship last year when I visited Mystic. It still has the bark on it, and I understand that it was a 250 year old tree knocked down during Hurricane Katrina from Mississippi. It is a beautiful piece of wood, however, it is about 4 feet long by almost 2 feet wide and weighs about 45 pounds. It is about 2" thick....I made an interesting sight hiking through Mystic Seaport with a 45 lb. piece of wood in my hands. I was cleared through the gates but sworn to secrecy as to who gave it to me, but I will say he had the power to do so. I am thinking I'm going to rough finish it, and use some Dolphins I made from clay to mount My Constitution and the Morgan to it. Been thinking for a year about it, and still not sure how to use it. I'll photograph it tomorrow and post it for suggestions. Thanks for asking.

[texxn5]

Thanks Piet for the likes. I have to get back to your log soon, I think I heard you are finished with the O-19. Wow, you made a lot of progress since I saw her last. Glad I had the honor of seeing her in person.

[texxn5]

Today was spent mostly studying the plans to figure out what the Brittania parts are that are staring at me. There is no idintification as to what they are. The plans show some drawings, but if you can't read the plans there are no reference to them. I think I have figured them out, but don't know for sure. Then I worked on completing the Dolphin Striker getting it ready to paint and hang. I'll do that tomorrow and run the Martingale Stays and Backstays to the Bowsprit and hopefully get a fair amount of rigging done to the Bowsprit before moving on to the masts.

[Piet]

Oh, how I would have liked seeing the looks on the faces of the people in Mystic walking around with half a tree    What a great price to have John and a nice idea for it.

 

Actually, the O19 is not quite finished yet, still a few details to add like the dinghy cradle and your mine bun door hinges   Then the display board and case.

 

I need to finish the lobster smack first before I can het back to my father's sub.

 

Your Morgan is looking really nice.

 

Say hi to Diane for me and Cheers to you,

[md1400cs]

John,

 

Just catching up. Looking good...

 

MIchael

[texxn5]

Hello Michael and Piet, thanks for stopping by and for the kudos. It's good to be back in the shipyard again and getting things done.