Papa Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share #61 Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 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 Add photo Landlubber Mike, John Ruy, Retired guy and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share #62 Posted March 3, 2020 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. Duanelaker, Landlubber Mike, Retired guy and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share #63 Posted March 11, 2020 I have started the deck furniture. gieb8688, John Ruy, Retired guy and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share #64 Posted March 16, 2020 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. gieb8688, Retired guy, Landlubber Mike and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share #65 Posted March 19, 2020 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.... Retired guy, gieb8688, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted March 20, 2020 Share #66 Posted March 20, 2020 Nice job on the head. It reminds me of the original one that I saw at Mystic Seaport when they were refurbishing the Morgan. Quote Ryland Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Ship Model Society of New Jersey - Nautical Research Guild Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat Completed Build - Medway Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share #67 Posted March 20, 2020 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. Ryland Craze and Retired guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share #68 Posted March 23, 2020 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. marktiedens, Duanelaker, Landlubber Mike and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share #69 Posted March 25, 2020 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. Retired guy, BenF89, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share #70 Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) 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 Typo Tigersteve, Landlubber Mike, Duanelaker and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share #71 Posted March 26, 2020 Almost finished the tryworks. Waiting for the paint to dry on the doors. JpR62, Ryland Craze, Landlubber Mike and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted March 30, 2020 Share #72 Posted March 30, 2020 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. 👍 pjofc4 and Retired guy 2 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share #73 Posted March 31, 2020 ”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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share #74 Posted April 1, 2020 Finishing up the workbench/chicken coop JpR62, Tigersteve, Retired guy and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share #75 Posted April 4, 2020 The work bench is finished. Now I’m working on the cooling tank. gieb8688, marktiedens, GrandpaPhil and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share #76 Posted April 4, 2020 Cooling tank is in. Landlubber Mike, BenF89, GrandpaPhil and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share #77 Posted April 20, 2020 More progress. Another companion way and the capstan. Ryland Craze, Landlubber Mike, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share #78 Posted April 21, 2020 Finished the capstan GrandpaPhil, clearway, Landlubber Mike and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share #79 Posted April 23, 2020 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. Landlubber Mike and John Ruy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyageur Posted April 24, 2020 Share #80 Posted April 24, 2020 Beautiful work! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted April 24, 2020 Share #81 Posted April 24, 2020 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. 😎 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share #82 Posted April 25, 2020 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share #83 Posted May 3, 2020 On the plans, there are several circles labeled “port lights”. Is that lights as in window panes? Or lights as in 💡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted May 3, 2020 Share #84 Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) 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 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share #85 Posted May 4, 2020 That’s what I thought. Wanted to make sure. I’ll check the fittings list again to see if MS provide some brass rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share #86 Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) 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 Landlubber Mike, John Ruy, Retired guy and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share #87 Posted May 18, 2020 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. Landlubber Mike, GrandpaPhil, gieb8688 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted May 19, 2020 Share #88 Posted May 19, 2020 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. Retired guy, gieb8688, GrandpaPhil and 1 other 4 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted May 19, 2020 Share #89 Posted May 19, 2020 Your bow work looks great 👍. I know some of this can be challenging, to say the least. Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share #90 Posted May 20, 2020 “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. 😬 gieb8688, GrandpaPhil, Landlubber Mike and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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