Mayflower by captgino - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 5/32 Scale

[captgino]

A new project for my daughter. She started Kindergarten. I am planning on giving this build to the Elementary School around thanksgiving. I know I am starting a bit late.

I might be over my head...🤔

 

[Jim Rogers]

Think that is pushing it but good luck. The fastest I have ever built one was 6 months and that was 6 hours a day 7 days a week. 

[captgino]

4 hours ago, Jim Rogers said:

Think that is pushing it but good luck. The fastest I have ever built one was 6 months and that was 6 hours a day 7 days a week. 

You are probably right. 😊

[captgino]

Formal Introduction of a well known kit. 

Edited September 14, 2018 by captgino

[Tigersteve]

Happy to follow along. I'll be starting this one soon. 

Steve

[captgino]

Last night activities. I started by removing the frame and dry fitting them. 

 

Worked on the rabbet. 

 

Installed and glued all frames. 

 

Installed mast filler blocks and the bow filler. 

 

And finally installer the stern block fillers. 

 

 

 

Edited September 12, 2018 by captgino

[russ]

Chuck designed this kit meticulously so I will be surprised if it gives you any trouble with fit etc. Have fun. 

 

Russ

[captgino]

Installed the gun ports last night and started to fair the bulkheads. 

[yvesvidal]

The clock is ticking..... Great progress.

 

Yves

[RichieG]

agreed, this is rapid progress, and looks great! (It took me months to get to this point!) I'm looking forward to seeing you catch up and pass me!

[captgino]

Here is last night production. I sanded the gun port in preparation the upcoming planking. 

I installed the false deck. 

Planked the bottom part of the stern following the directions. 

1st planking

2nd planking 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2018 by captgino

[Tigersteve]

Very rapid progress. 

Steve

[captgino]

First planking starting... 

6 on each side.  Some cleanup needed but overall ok. 

[Elijah]

Looking very good JP! Nice progress!

[captgino]

 

Finished the first planking. Here are some pictures of the progress. 

As it stand last night in preparation for second planking. 

[RichieG]

I can't even imagine moving this fast! It looks great!

[captgino]

Quick update... 

Sanding the Hull. Painting the inside of the gun port. 

Worked on the hatches. Made a mistake with the orientation of the grating. 😡😤  Good news is that it should be covered by the life boat 😓

 

Love my new tool. It help me make quick way of cutting especially with the use of a homemade crosscut sheld. 

[captgino]

Planking the deck. 

 

Treenailing and staining. The tree nails are made with a combination of oil paint and Wood filler. The colors for the oil paint is burnt sienna. 

Stain is a colonial maple. 

 

Started working on the other deck elements... 

 

 

[captgino]

Worked a bit more on it. 

 

[RichieG]

nicely done! great details on the bulkheads!

but, I think you made a mistake with the sizing of the hatch on the forecastle deck. I believe that you're meant to put the pieces on the outside of the marks on the false deck rather than on the inside. Stuntflyer did the same thing on his build log, and chuck corrected him. (I think they belong to the same club, and he may have shown it to him at a meeting, but there are pictures before and after the correction on his log, if you want to check it out.)

It might be a purely cosmetic thing, except that there's a point later on where you actually have to work through the opening in that hatch, and it's probably tough enough with the hatch the correct size. It'll be near impossible to work through a smaller opening, I'd wager!

 

[captgino]

Thank you Richie. I think you are right. It may might be a bit too o small. It is flushed to the edge of the hole tho... 🤔 

I guess a bit of frustration later in the build 😂 

[captgino]

Last night activities... 

Tonight is Treenailing and staining. 

[captgino]

Last night activities... 

Edited September 27, 2018 by captgino

[yvesvidal]

Congratulations on the progress. You may actually end up finishing it in time....😊

 

Yves

[captgino]

Yesterday activities. Resulted to this... 

Transom construction. 

 

All most done... Treenailing and Wood filler. It still need to attach the knees. I will wait to use the wood stain until everything is planked on the upper Hull. 

 

Worked on bow section. 

 

Starting the long process of cutting and attaching the stanchions. I used a spacer to ensure uniformity. 

Edited September 30, 2018 by captgino

[captgino]

Worked on the forecatle today. 

 

Looks ok, but.... 😡 I forgot glue the waterways. What the h### was I thinking? 

Fixing in progress. Long and painful

 

Attached the knees to the Transom... 

Edited October 1, 2018 by captgino

[captgino]

Taking a break tonight. Here is what I completed last night. 

- Finished  fixing the waterways

- Prepared all the stanchions with a 10 degree angle

I used a spacer to properly align them. 

 

Here is the final result of my effort. 

 

[captgino]

Last night's work... 

 

[RichieG]

JP, continues to look great! I love the idea of cutting an opening in the false deck under the grating! It lets in some light so that you can actually see the capstan under there!

Just a small point: don't forget to put some stanchions along the inside of the transom.

[captgino]

Ask and you shall receive... 😁 

Last night's activity.. Planking the deck and adding stanchions.