Charles W Morgan by Papa - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/64th scale

[Papa]

Actually my Model Shipways came with tape. I am cutting the tiles individually 😬. It takes a lot of time, but I think it is a better look. 

Edited February 24, 2020 by ragove
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[Papa]

She is now mounted, at least temporarily, on pedestals and the supplied baseboard. I’ve been thinking about using a decoupage technique to put some whaling scenes on the board. 

[Papa]

I have started the deck furniture. 

[Papa]

I fished the little companion way and built up the bow sprit bits. I wanted to make sure the bits were positioned properly so I roughed out the lower part of the bow sprit to rest fit.

[Papa]

Fitting the crews head.  It’s just about right. Needs to be painted. Man was that a ##$$&f**&$ job.  Cut and fit cut and fit cut and fit....

[Ryland Craze]

Nice job on the head.  It reminds me of the original one that I saw at Mystic Seaport when they were refurbishing the Morgan.

[Papa]

2 hours ago, Ryland Craze said:

Nice job on the head.  It reminds me of the original one that I saw at Mystic Seaport when they were refurbishing the Morgan.

Thanks. I had to toss 2 tries before I got this one.  I thought about leaving the door open and doing some inside detail, but it was hard enough getting the outside to fit. 

[Papa]

I am constructing the tryworks now.  The bricks are an embossed sheet of HO scale bricks. One gets the mortar lines by painting with a white or grey and then wiping  the paint off. A residue remains in the joints and gives a pretty good look.

[Papa]

Inserting the tryworks pots is a bit of a challenge. They are wider in the middle than at the top lip.  So one cannot simply cut a hole and drop them in. The photos show my solution. 

[Papa]

I’m not sure if I like this base or not. I may end up just getting a regular wood one from Model Expo.  The map is a strip from an old whaling map showing where to find various species. 

Edited March 25, 2020 by ragove
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[Papa]

Almost finished the tryworks. Waiting for the paint to dry on the doors.  

[John Ruy]

On 3/26/2020 at 5:24 PM, ragove said:

Almost finished the tryworks. Waiting for the paint to dry on the doors.  

Excellent work, I am just starting the deck furniture on my vintage CWM. I laid out my lead parts on the deck and am in the process of deciding how much scratch build will be involved. I’m not happy with the look of the vintage parts. Your work is a great inspiration for me. Looking forward to your build log entries. Keep up the good work. 👍

[Papa]

”Your work is a great inspiration for me. Looking forward to your build log entries. Keep up the good work. ”

 

thanks for the nice comment John.  I appreciate it very much.

 

Ron

[Papa]

Finishing up the workbench/chicken coop

[Papa]

The work bench is finished.  Now I’m working on the cooling tank.

[Papa]

Cooling tank is in.

[Papa]

More progress. Another companion way and the capstan.

[Papa]

Finished the capstan

[Papa]

A word of advice, learned the hard way😬.  Drill out and install the hawse pipes and mooring ports BEFORE installing the windlass assembly.  They are very much in the way.

Second lesson: Remember all those laser cut parts you looked at when starting the kit.  I forgot the knees for the windlass were already made for me!  I scratch built them.  Good experience i guess  Perhaps I should have made notes on the plans and instructions about all those parts.

 

 

[Voyageur]

Beautiful work!

[John Ruy]

16 hours ago, ragove said:

A word of advice, learned the hard way😬.  Drill out and install the hawse pipes and mooring ports BEFORE installing the windlass assembly.  They are very much in the way.

Second lesson: Remember all those laser cut parts you looked at when starting the kit.  I forgot the knees for the windlass were already made for me!  I scratch built them.  Good experience i guess  Perhaps I should have made notes on the plans and instructions about all those parts.

 

 

Great work... 👍 
Keep up the advice on your posting. I’m following closely, I’ll be getting back to my CWM as soon as I finish the Viking Ship. CWM got a bit sideline while I worked on the Viking. But that’s a good thing, it allows you get ahead of me. 😎

[Papa]

On 4/23/2020 at 9:19 PM, Voyageur said:

Beautiful work!

Thanks. I should have said the “windlass”.  A capstan is quite different😬

I will blame it on just turning 77!

[Papa]

On the plans, there are several circles labeled “port lights”.  Is that lights as in window panes?  Or lights as in 💡

[John Ruy]

1 hour ago, ragove said:

On the plans, there are several circles labeled “port lights”.  Is that lights as in window panes?  Or lights as in 💡

That’s lights as in window lights. (port holes) my kit had Brass Fitting to frame them. 

Edited May 3, 2020 by John Ruy

[Papa]

That’s what I thought. Wanted to make sure.  I’ll check the fittings list again to see if MS provide some brass rings. 

[Papa]

After at least 5 attempts I finally got the cheek timbers and bolster in place and looking like the photo of the Morgan in the instruction booklet. I the process I installed and then had to rip out and destroy the hawse castings. Now I am waiting for replacements from Model Expo.  Love their parts replacement policy!

Edited May 10, 2020 by ragove

[Papa]

I am finally happy with the hawse pipes and started the anchor deck.  Looks like one has to leave this deck part open in order to attach some stays at a later step.

[John Ruy]

Alternatively you can install the lower end of the stays and coil them up for rigging later.  Just be sure to accurately place the eyelets and leave more than enough rigging. Here is what I did on the anchor deck. 

 

 

[John Ruy]

Your bow work looks great 👍. I know some of this can be challenging, to say the least. 

[Papa]

“the lower end of the stays and coil them up for rigging later.  Just be sure to accurately place the eyelets and leave more than enough rigging. Here is what I did on the anchor deck. “
 

I thought about doing that but in then end figured this would work best. Being a worrier I’d have left about a yard of extra line to get in the way. 

 

i started the steps to the anchor deck.  And once again realized that I should have waited to install the  windlass until after the bow work was completed. 😬