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

[Eurus]

3 hours ago, Papa said:

First try at harpoons 

 

They look nice, if a bit long (the flues). If those squares on the cutting mat are centimeters, these are tiny harpoons indeed! It is extremely hard to work at such scales.

 

Are you planning to paint them, add some rigging or whale-line, or dye the wooden shafts?

 

 

[Papa]

I just oiled the shafts. I like the natural look.  They are about 8’ long at the scale of the Morgan

[Papa]

On 8/14/2021 at 8:36 PM, Eurus said:

. If those squares on the cutting mat are centimeters,

They are inches

[Papa]

Building a fife rail.   I was surprised there where no castings other than the 3 stanchions 

[gak1965]

21 hours ago, Papa said:

Building a fife rail.   I was surprised there where no castings other than the 3 stanchions 

Looking great. None of the three MSW kits I've done or am working on provide many castings. I think the boundary condition for providing a casting is "can't be readily made with hand tools". That's fine with me, and it seems to be a distinction with some other manufacturers.

 

George K

[Papa]

3 hours ago, gak1965 said:

Looking great

Looks good in place i think.  Also got the shelter roofed in. 

[Papa]

On 8/3/2021 at 4:51 PM, Papa said:

  The knee braces were a devil to make

Yesterday (8/21) I rediscovered that the kit has laser cut knee braces. That’s what happens when years separate reviewing kit contents and actual construction. 😬😳. Oh well.  Good practice toward a complete scratch build someday. 

[Papa]

When I attempted to install the bilge pumps I discovered that the “thick pad” at the main mast was in fact too thick.  There is supposed to be a thick pad in the laser cut parts but i never found it and scratch built one. I initially cut it short and patched it.  I was never happy with the patch.  ☹️  Well, now i had a good excuse to redo it.  It meant taking out the fife rail, but i wasn't happy with that either. The stanchions were crooked.  So 2 steps forward and 6 steps back.   

[John Ruy]

38 minutes ago, Papa said:

Well, now i had a good excuse to redo it.  It meant taking out the fife rail, but i wasn't happy with that either. The stanchions were crooked.  So 2 steps forward and 6 steps back.

That’s how it goes when you pursue perfection. You are on that path… Looking good. A bit of OCD is in all of us. LOL 😆 GOOD JOB 👍 

[Papa]

This time I am constructing the fife rail in place to make sure everything fits and is square. And this time I remembered to install the thumb cleats before everything was together. 😅

[Papa]

Back to where i was a week ago.  The fife rail is much improved i think.

[Papa]

Hmmm.  Need to touch up the yellow ochre on the rail

[Papa]

The pumps are in.  Now she can leak all she wants.  

[Papa]

The boat pads on the shelter are in place and waiting for the whale boats.  Boat number 1 has been glued up and waiting to dry.

[Papa]

I noticed recently that  the plans for Morgan have harpoon and lance drawings.  Mine are grossly out of scale; but they aren’t visible thankfully. I will have to be more careful adding them to the whale boats.  I’ve been working on those whale boats! 😜Going from the bread and butter stacks to something that looks like a whale boat is far from easy. I only can hope to end up with 7 “boats” that look reasonably alike. Many hours of sanding  and carving are ahead.😬

[Papa]

I now have 4 of the 7 whale boats roughly carved out.  

[Landlubber Mike]

Nicely done!  

[Papa]

3 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Nicely done!  

Thanks

[domcath]

What size scribed sheets did you use and where did you but them?

[Papa]

On 9/20/2021 at 1:00 PM, domcath said:

What size scribed sheets did you use and where did you but them?

I don’t understand the question.  The boats are made from laser part parts that are stacked together.  One then has to carve them to shape.  I made a template for the bow and stern shape based in the plans.  

[Papa]

On 9/20/2021 at 1:00 PM, domcath said:

What size scribed sheets did you use and where did you but them?

If you are referring to the deck houses,  i got the scribed sheets at model expo i think.  1/32 scribing

[Papa]

Without the United States in my cue, I’ve  gone back to the whale boats.  making slow progress. 

[John Ruy]

On 10/9/2021 at 5:46 PM, Papa said:

making slow progress. 

Ron, I don’t recall any time line specified for any projects on this site your work is looking great. One of the things I like about this hobby is “who cares” how long it takes? We are in it for the end results and you are looking good. 👍

[Papa]

Not sure why i even said “slow”.  Perhaps subconsciously because I probably don’t have enough years left to finish all my  projects😃

[John Ruy]

I know exactly what you feel, so many things to do. Then, another detail we can do a bit better.  🧐

 

Carry on sir… 🍻

[Scott Mitchell]

You build is looking good.

[Papa]

Almost 2 months and i am still working on the whale boats. It is like have 7 individual sold hull kits 

[John Ruy]

52 minutes ago, Papa said:

Almost 2 months and i am still working on the whale boats. It is like have 7 individual sold hull kits 

Seven hulls in miniature. 😆 You are doing great Ron, I like these better than the metal/lead boats that I had to add wood parts. Took me a month or two to do those as well. Your time is well spent, they look great. 👍

[Papa]

Thanks

[Scott Mitchell]

Looking good. I've only work on one of the boat of the seven. Keep putting off.