Papa Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share #121 Posted August 19, 2020 The paneled doors are not the same style as the plans, but were the only thing I could get as an S-scale model railroad item. They will be almost impossible to see once the roof goes on anyway. Retired guy, gieb8688 and Tom E 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted August 20, 2020 Share #122 Posted August 20, 2020 They look great, too bad they will be under the roofing. Kind of like that great helm you built. But then we don’t do this for others to see, as much as to know ourselves it looks good. They look good. 👍 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...
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Papa Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share #124 Posted September 11, 2020 Finally got the hurricane house under roof. Wife and I were in the woods (roughing it in an AC cabin, with full kitchen, 2 bed rooms, and a bath, on beautiful Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia, but alas No Modleing😬) so not much got done on CWM for a bit. But I am am finally back at it. we did manage to finish several bottles of wine 😇 Ryland Craze, Landlubber Mike, marktiedens and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyageur Posted September 12, 2020 Share #125 Posted September 12, 2020 Welcome back. Glad you had a good time. nice job on the roof. Seems a shame to cover up all that nice work beneath it.! 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...
Papa Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share #126 Posted September 12, 2020 It is a shame, but enough is visible that one has to do all the detail. A lot of plastic aircraft kits are like that. Detailed interiors that one never sees Landlubber Mike and baskerbosse 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share #127 Posted September 15, 2020 making slow progress. Tom E, John Ruy, jwvolz and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share #128 Posted September 15, 2020 Does anyone know why this structure is called a "hurricane house"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted September 18, 2020 Share #129 Posted September 18, 2020 Ron, It appears that the roof between the two deck houses covering the steering wheel provided shelter for the helmsmen. I believe this was a unique feature of the whaling bark. Although that also juju included shade from the tropical South Pacific sun, I am sure it sheltered the helmsman from the rough storms including hurricanes. My thoughts based on what I have read on the Whaling Industry. http://www.girlonawhaleship.org/jernapp/refCard.do?shortName=bark The two cabins were connected overhead to provide shelter for the helmsmen at the steering wheel, in the "hurricane house." Landlubber Mike 1 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 September 18, 2020 Share #130 Posted September 18, 2020 Another interesting read on whaling. From the New Bedford Whaling Museum. https://www.whalingmuseum.org/learn/research-topics/overview-of-north-american-whaling/life-aboard 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 September 20, 2020 Author Share #131 Posted September 20, 2020 I have read several books on whaling in the past, including Moby Dick, about 3times Landlubber Mike and John Ruy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share #132 Posted September 30, 2020 I decided to step the masts to test the angle of the shrouds before getting back to the various roofs. Just a tad more sanding on the mizzenmast to get the square section to the required dimensions. John Ruy, marktiedens and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share #133 Posted October 5, 2020 The mizzenmast is progressing David Lester, John Ruy and marktiedens 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share #134 Posted October 18, 2020 In between selling our current house and buying a new smaller place, not much is happening in the shipyard. And I expect that progress will be very slow over the next few months. I’m afraid I may have to sell off some of my stash because of lack of room in our new home. 😬. Anyway, I did manage to get the mizzenmast in place. Cjames, John Ruy and marktiedens 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share #135 Posted July 27, 2021 The shipyard is finally open for business again, albeit on the kitchen table. I have some workspace in the garage, but it is like an oven in there this summer. Anyway, i got the vegetable bin constructed and am starting on the shelter/boat bearer. John Ruy, marktiedens, ERS Rich and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted July 27, 2021 Share #136 Posted July 27, 2021 Ron, It’s good the see you back at it again. Glad your a settled and able to start work on the CWM. She is a beautiful ship to build. Welcome back, I look forward to watching your progress. John 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 July 28, 2021 Author Share #137 Posted July 28, 2021 13 hours ago, John Ruy said: Ron, It’s good the see you back at it again. Glad your a settled and able to start work on the CWM. She is a beautiful ship to build. Welcome back, I look forward to watching your progress. John Thanks. I missed working on the ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted July 28, 2021 Share #138 Posted July 28, 2021 Making great progress there. Looks fantastic! Did you apply the lettering to the side of the hull and the stern? If not, I'm currently working with a guy who is making me custom decals. He just sent me proofs that I need to check against my hull, but they look great on the sheet. I can pass his contact info along if you think you might be interested. Eurus 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share #139 Posted July 28, 2021 35 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said: Making great progress there. Looks fantastic! Did you apply the lettering to the side of the hull and the stern? If not, I'm currently working with a guy who is making me custom decals. He just sent me proofs that I need to check against my hull, but they look great on the sheet. I can pass his contact info along if you think you might be interested. I haven’t done any lettering yet. Would like contact info. Thanks 😊 Landlubber Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurus Posted July 28, 2021 Share #140 Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Landlubber Mike said: Making great progress there. Looks fantastic! Did you apply the lettering to the side of the hull and the stern? If not, I'm currently working with a guy who is making me custom decals. He just sent me proofs that I need to check against my hull, but they look great on the sheet. I can pass his contact info along if you think you might be interested. Custom decals! I would be very much interested in that. Landlubber Mike 1 Quote Eurus My logs: Providence Whaleboat ARM Cuauhtémoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share #141 Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) I have the supports for the shelter/boat bearer in place. Next I need to make the harpoon racks and bucket hangers before roofing it in. The knee braces were a devil to make. I kept trying to assemble from a single piece of wood, but I no sooner just about have the correct shape and they’d split 😖 I finally made them with 2 pieces of strip wood and sanded to the shape in place. Edited August 4, 2021 by Papa Eurus, John Ruy, Tigersteve and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share #142 Posted August 4, 2021 I was thinking about hanging a few harpoons on the racks in the shelter, but i can't seem to find any harpoon dimensions by asking Google Can someone provide that info to me, say from the MS Whaleboat kit. Eurus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurus Posted August 4, 2021 Share #143 Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Papa said: I was thinking about hanging a few harpoons on the racks in the shelter, but i can't seem to find any harpoon dimensions by asking Google Can someone provide that info to me, say from the MS Whaleboat kit. Traditional harpoon dimensions can vary wildly, depending on where and who made them. In general, I can suggest a length of 80-100 cm for the iron and 120-140 cm for the wooden shaft, for a total length of 200-220 cm--since the wooden shaft locks partly inside the hollow section of the iron, some total length reduction can be expected. Edited August 4, 2021 by Eurus Quote Eurus My logs: Providence Whaleboat ARM Cuauhtémoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share #144 Posted August 5, 2021 15 hours ago, Eurus said: Traditional harpoon dimensions can vary wildly, depending on where and who made them. In general, I can suggest a length of 80-100 cm for the iron and 120-140 cm for the wooden shaft, for a total length of 200-220 cm--since the wooden shaft locks partly inside the hollow section of the iron, some total length reduction can be expected. Thanks. Any suggestions for the diameter? I am thinking maybe 3 to 4 cm? Hmmmm at 1/64 scale this might not be a good idea. A 1mm dowel will scale up to around 2.5 inches. Seems a bit fat, but they were stabbing 🐳 Eurus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted August 5, 2021 Share #145 Posted August 5, 2021 19 minutes ago, Papa said: A 1mm dowel will scale up to around 2.5 inches. Seems a bit fat, but they were stabbing 🐳 Ron, Here is a photo of a harpoon In my Whaleboat on my CWM. This may give you some perspective? The Harpoon shafts were a bit larger than an oar. My CWM was a bit smaller scale, this photo may be helpful as well. Your Morgan is looking great. 👍 Eurus and Tigersteve 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...
Eurus Posted August 5, 2021 Share #146 Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Papa said: Thanks. Any suggestions for the diameter? I am thinking maybe 3 to 4 cm? Hmmmm at 1/64 scale this might not be a good idea. A 1mm dowel will scale up to around 2.5 inches. Seems a bit fat, but they were stabbing 🐳 The diameter might be perhaps 1-1.5 inches, I agree, 2.5 seems too fat, especially considering that it is not like a bullet (the impact and penetration made to kill) but rather, the harpoon is a means of fastening the whale to the boat, preventing its escape. The whale is killed by a stab with a lance, a much longer device designed to penetrate and come out easily--as opposed to the harpoon, which is made to stick thanks to the flues. The killing blow is delivered by the boatheader with said lance, and usually aiming at the heart or the lungs. Harpoons won't penetrate as deep. For reference, look at these: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-gb/item/65159530_antique-single-fluke-harpoon Perhaps a pin or a common embroidery needle might do the trick at that scale. Edit: the wonderful picture that John Ruy found shows the harpooneer holding a lance, not a harpoon. Lances are typically longer, and are not meant to detach from their wooden shafts. Harpoons are expendable, lances are prized possessions. Edited August 5, 2021 by Eurus Quote Eurus My logs: Providence Whaleboat ARM Cuauhtémoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted August 5, 2021 Share #147 Posted August 5, 2021 Here is a pic of a harpoon. They were typically made of tree branches to be expendable. Larger than a lance pole. cheers 🍻 Eurus 1 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 August 6, 2021 Author Share #148 Posted August 6, 2021 On 8/4/2021 at 4:47 PM, Eurus said: Traditional harpoon dimensions can vary wildly, depending on where and who made them. In general, I can suggest a length of 80-100 cm for the iron and 120-140 cm for the wooden shaft, for a total length of 200-220 cm--since the wooden shaft locks partly inside the hollow section of the iron, some total length reduction can be expected. Thanks. Any suggestions for the diameter? I am thinking maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share #149 Posted August 6, 2021 I found some dimensions in several museum sites. One had a harpoon that was 94” long overall. From that i estimated some other dimensions and am putting a few together. John Ruy’s pictures suggest some modifications to what i am doing. Once i am happy with the look i will post pictures. Thanks to everyone for the advice John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share #150 Posted August 14, 2021 First try at harpoons Eurus and John Ruy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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