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

[Papa]

Fixed up the broken davits, reset the upper topsail and finally rigged all the fore mast yards

[John Ruy]

Excellent Ron… 

 

She is looking great 👍 

 

John

[Papa]

I realized that one needs the mizzen crossjack yard in order to rig the main yard braces. I ran out of the size line i was using for the braces after the starboard side was in.  So things are a bit lopsided until the line arrives. 

[Papa]

I really need to be better organized.  After waiting a couple weeks for replacement line i discover that i had a new spool of exactly the size i needed in my box of rigging. Actually 1 of 2 boxes.  I kinda forgot that i had 2 boxes of line; one was not enough for all the stuff left over from 50 years of modeling. 😬😖🤪

[Papa]

Lower main topsail yard is in place.  Good grief it is so difficult to belay the lines in the stern!  Ratlines, davits, sheds, boats are all in the way

[Papa]

i am learning the hard way that I should have left all the whaleboat davits and paraphernalia until after the masts and yards were rigged.

[toms10]

Yes, I don’t have a ton of experience but I definitely learned that same type of lesson after my first build. Now even though I may jump around a bit, I always try to work from the center of the deck outward. 
 

Your Morgan is coming along nicely. 
 

Tom

[Papa]

4 hours ago, toms10 said:

Your Morgan is coming along nicely. 

Thank you.   I now have the topgallant yard in and braced.  

[Papa]

By the way. The bent tweezers seen on the work table I have had for over 50 years.  Good tools last forever. I purchased them from James Bliss Co in Boston.   Bliss was mainly an outfitter for real boats but they did deal in Model Shipways “Yellow Box” kits, hobby tools, and some other ship kits whose brand I no longer remember.   I purchased Young America, Newsboy, and the Essex there.   Sorry to say the Young America and Newsboy were badly damaged after several house moves and are no longer around. By the 1970s Bliss moved outside the city and eventually closed up I think.  

[Papa]

All the rigging is done save for the whale boats and tidying up the lines.  

[Papa]

Hung the first whale boat. Four more to go.  

[toms10]

Ron

It looks great. I will use it as a guide. 😀. I just started shaping mine. It definitely is a bit tedious when you need 7 of them. Luckily two are upside down. 👍

Tom

Edited May 21, 2023 by toms10
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[Papa]

If you look through the build log you will see that i made the boats many months ago.  The’ve been patiently waiting in the boat yard until now.

Also, to be honest I cheated on the davit lines.   The plans call for a double block on the hook and triple sheaves on the davits.  I found that it was impossible to drill a triple sheave; the tip of the davit got so weak it broke off.  So its a single sheave and a single block on the hook.  

Edited May 22, 2023 by Papa

[toms10]

Some you gotta do what you gotta do. 😜. I don’t think anyone will catch that and I won’t say anything. 😂

Tom

[Papa]

3 hours ago, toms10 said:

Some you gotta do what you gotta do. 😜. I don’t think anyone will catch that and I won’t say anything. 😂

Tom

Just between us, heh.  😉

[Papa]

Making progress 

[Papa]

All the whale boats are rigged. Just need to add anchors and the staging platform.  And maybe some oars for the boats.

Edited May 26, 2023 by Papa

[Papa]

Cutting stage built and hung

[John Ruy]

Very nice detail Ron! 👍

[Papa]

20 hours ago, John Ruy said:

Very nice detail Ron! 👍

Thanks

[ccoyle]

Ron, you were so close to finishing -- did you wrap this build up?

[Papa]

I have one last belaying point to tie up and put a rope loop on.  The model has been in my study for months now and I just can’t get the enthusiasm to clean up that last pin.  It looks great as is and one has to look closely to see the loose line.  Also I should probably add some more gear in the whale boats.   I just totally lost interest. 
ps, the untied line is for the cutting stage.  

Edited March 22 by Papa

[Papa]

The Morgan is essentially finished.  One little line to trim when I get around to it.

[John Ruy]

Excellent… 👏 Nice work Ron, your hard work has paid off. It’s been quite the journey, Job well done. 👍 

 

John

[Papa]

2 hours ago, John Ruy said:

Excellent… 👏 Nice work Ron, your hard work has paid off. It’s been quite the journey, Job well done. 👍 

 

John

Thanks.  She has been done for a while. I just neglected to post a photo.