Papa Posted May 20, 2020 Author #91 Posted May 20, 2020 Looking at the splotchy paint. Why can’t chemists develop a yellow paint that covers well. Any kind of yellow shade from house paint to model paint needs 4-5 coats to cover tolerably well😬 Landlubber Mike 1 Quote
Papa Posted May 29, 2020 Author #92 Posted May 29, 2020 I got the catheads in place. Now I am going along each side of the ship to add all the cleats, sheaves, chocks, ports, etc. before finishing the deckhouses and the like. Hopefully I will find them all and not have to add something impossible to reach in the middle of rigging. GrandpaPhil, Retired guy, John Ruy and 2 others 5 Quote
Papa Posted June 4, 2020 Author #93 Posted June 4, 2020 I am working on adding hull details, starting at the bow and moving aft trying to locate all the rails, cleats,chocks, sheaves, channels, etc GrandpaPhil, John Ruy, Retired guy and 2 others 5 Quote
David Lester Posted June 4, 2020 #94 Posted June 4, 2020 Coming along nicely. One word of warning - there is an incredible number of items to be added along the side of the hull - davits for the boats, standards for the roof etc etc. It's a bit of a challenge fitting them all in around the deadeyes etc. Be sure of your spacing before gluing anything on. If you just move from one end to the other, there will be some error creep. There will be a need for small adjustment as you go. Don't ask me how I know this! David John Ruy and Landlubber Mike 2 Quote Current Build - St. Roch, Billing Boats; HMS Agamemnon, Caldercraft (on hold) Previous Builds - Armed Virginia Sloop, Model Shipways; Constitution, Model Shipways; Rattlesnake, Mamoli; Virginia Privateer, Marine Model Co, restoration; Prince de Neufchatel, Model Shipways; Charles W. Morgan, Model Shipways; Pride of Baltimore II, Model Shipways, Bluenose, Model Shipways (x2); Niagara, Model Shipways; Mayfower, Model Shipways; Shamrock V, Amati; HMS Pegasus, Victory/Amati
John Ruy Posted June 5, 2020 #95 Posted June 5, 2020 Very Nice, Ron... Strady as she goes. 👍 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
Papa Posted June 5, 2020 Author #96 Posted June 5, 2020 I’m afraid if I do the boat davits too early I will break them off😬 I will probably wait until much later. Maybe after rigging the lower masts Landlubber Mike 1 Quote
David Lester Posted June 5, 2020 #97 Posted June 5, 2020 That's probably a good idea. The davits are a bit fragile and I broke more than one. However, make sure you know ahead of time exactly where they're going to go. They have to be spaced a precise distance apart to fit the length of the boats and if you're not very careful, you'll find, for example, that one needs to go exactly where one of the channels is! I cut strips of masking tape the same width as all the various components and stuck them on the hull and moved them about as necessary until I had placements that worked. If your hull is like mine there will be some minor variance from the plan in places. Quote Current Build - St. Roch, Billing Boats; HMS Agamemnon, Caldercraft (on hold) Previous Builds - Armed Virginia Sloop, Model Shipways; Constitution, Model Shipways; Rattlesnake, Mamoli; Virginia Privateer, Marine Model Co, restoration; Prince de Neufchatel, Model Shipways; Charles W. Morgan, Model Shipways; Pride of Baltimore II, Model Shipways, Bluenose, Model Shipways (x2); Niagara, Model Shipways; Mayfower, Model Shipways; Shamrock V, Amati; HMS Pegasus, Victory/Amati
John Ruy Posted June 5, 2020 #98 Posted June 5, 2020 36 minutes ago, ragove said: I’m afraid if I do the boat davits too early I will break them off😬 I will probably wait until much later. Maybe after rigging the lower masts I agree, I have already placed my Davits and Back Spars and have had to repair them several times. It looks to me like it will make rigging more difficult. However, I agree with David, now is the time to get the placement marked and notch out the Main Rail, Sheer Molding and Channels for there placement later. Looking good... 👍 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
Papa Posted June 15, 2020 Author #99 Posted June 15, 2020 After drilling holes for the shrouds in the first channel I decided it would be better to wait until I was rigging to ensure the holes end up in the correct locations. All the davits and such will go in much later in the build or I will surely break them off. Starboard is in good shape, and the channels are installed on the port side also. I think I’ll go back to finishing the deck furnishings next. marktiedens, Retired guy, gieb8688 and 3 others 6 Quote
Papa Posted July 3, 2020 Author #100 Posted July 3, 2020 Attempting the skylight. This is not easy. Test fitting the 2 sides Ryland Craze, John Ruy, Landlubber Mike and 2 others 5 Quote
Papa Posted July 8, 2020 Author #101 Posted July 8, 2020 Finished the skylight. John Ruy, marktiedens, Landlubber Mike and 6 others 9 Quote
John Ruy Posted July 8, 2020 #102 Posted July 8, 2020 Excellant... great job 👍 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
Papa Posted July 8, 2020 Author #103 Posted July 8, 2020 9 hours ago, John Ruy said: Excellant... great job 👍 Thanks John. the deck house is next David Lester, John Ruy, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7 Quote
John Ruy Posted July 8, 2020 #104 Posted July 8, 2020 Nice! 👍 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
Voyageur Posted July 8, 2020 #105 Posted July 8, 2020 Looks good, nice work on the skylight! Quote We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is a habit, not an act. ~ Aristotle I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me, fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs, have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all of my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I would spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life! ~ The Voyageur, Grace Lee Nute
Papa Posted July 9, 2020 Author #106 Posted July 9, 2020 23 hours ago, Voyageur said: Looks good, nice work on the skylight! Thank you! Quote
Papa Posted July 9, 2020 Author #107 Posted July 9, 2020 Gluing the roof on the deck house gieb8688, John Ruy, Landlubber Mike and 3 others 6 Quote
Papa Posted July 10, 2020 Author #108 Posted July 10, 2020 Deck house in place and painted. now I have to wait for a shipment of scribed wood sheets before constructing the various houses in the stern. Hmmm a bit out of focus. Will have to pay closer attention GrandpaPhil, John Ruy, marktiedens and 3 others 6 Quote
Papa Posted July 21, 2020 Author #109 Posted July 21, 2020 Test fitting the galley. Voyageur, Landlubber Mike, Retired guy and 5 others 8 Quote
David Lester Posted July 21, 2020 #110 Posted July 21, 2020 That forward wall fits nicely. I found that to be a particularly finicky thing to do on mine. Did you make a cardboard template? I must have gone through ream of cardboard until I had a template that fit. Looks great! David Quote Current Build - St. Roch, Billing Boats; HMS Agamemnon, Caldercraft (on hold) Previous Builds - Armed Virginia Sloop, Model Shipways; Constitution, Model Shipways; Rattlesnake, Mamoli; Virginia Privateer, Marine Model Co, restoration; Prince de Neufchatel, Model Shipways; Charles W. Morgan, Model Shipways; Pride of Baltimore II, Model Shipways, Bluenose, Model Shipways (x2); Niagara, Model Shipways; Mayfower, Model Shipways; Shamrock V, Amati; HMS Pegasus, Victory/Amati
Papa Posted July 21, 2020 Author #111 Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, David Lester said: That forward wall fits nicely. I found that to be a particularly finicky thing to do on mine. Did you make a cardboard template? I must have gone through ream of cardboard until I had a template that fit. Looks great! David Many pieces of cardboard and sheet wood. What finally worked was using multiple pieces pushed in to fit. Something like those contour finding tools with all the fine sliding pins, only much cruder. Even then the final piece needed lots of fiddling to get right Landlubber Mike 1 Quote
Landlubber Mike Posted July 21, 2020 #112 Posted July 21, 2020 Thanks for sharing your work on this. Did you consider insetting the walls into the deck as opposed to having the walls sitting on top of it? It's a little tricky as the kit doesn't have a sub-deck on which to add the planking. I have been working on other projects, but have been thinking about how to handle the deck and various deck items. Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
Papa Posted July 22, 2020 Author #113 Posted July 22, 2020 23 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Thanks for sharing your work on this. Did you consider insetting the walls into the deck as opposed to having the walls sitting on top of it? It's a little tricky as the kit doesn't have a sub-deck on which to add the planking. I have been working on other projects, but have been thinking about how to handle the deck and various deck items. Actually, for all the other structures, I did cut away the deck and put coamings around. For some reason it never occurred to me to do that for the galley and stuff at the aft. Its too late now. I will have to fake it. Just building these structures will try one's patience to the limit, without the added difficulty of fitting into a cut away deck. Landlubber Mike 1 Quote
Papa Posted July 24, 2020 Author #114 Posted July 24, 2020 The galley and store room are coming along. Voyageur, John Ruy, Landlubber Mike and 2 others 5 Quote
John Ruy Posted July 24, 2020 #115 Posted July 24, 2020 She is coming along very nicely. 👍 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
Papa Posted July 25, 2020 Author #116 Posted July 25, 2020 And around the corner Landlubber Mike, Ryland Craze, Retired guy and 1 other 4 Quote
Papa Posted August 4, 2020 Author #117 Posted August 4, 2020 Rigging the helm. This was tricky to assemble. Landlubber Mike, John Ruy, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote
Papa Posted August 15, 2020 Author #118 Posted August 15, 2020 Test fitting the port side aft structures. I ordered some S-scale doors from a model RR source hoping they would look better than my several failed attempts at scratch building the needed panel doors. John Ruy and Retired guy 2 Quote
John Ruy Posted August 16, 2020 #119 Posted August 16, 2020 Looks great Ron. Your Helm came together nicely. 👍 Model Railroading fixtures is a great idea for the doors. Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
Papa Posted August 16, 2020 Author #120 Posted August 16, 2020 9 hours ago, John Ruy said: Model Railroading fixtures is a great idea for the doors I used HO windows and doors on my City of Pekin John Ruy 1 Quote
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