MrBlueJacket Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share #211 Posted November 19, 2019 After the ratlines, the stays came next. Now that they're done, it's on to the backstays, then the 15 yardarms. schooner, ScottRC, jgodsey and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jond Posted November 19, 2019 Share #212 Posted November 19, 2019 I logged on to catch up and continue to enjoy your progress. you make the ratlines seem effortless. Now with the fore and aft stays she really looks great. thanks for sharing jon Blue Pilot and Javlin 2 Quote current builds Elizabeth Howard; HMS Terror; Zebedee F Cliff 4 mast schooner refit Beam Trawler Harvard 1926; Lightships of Boothbay. WAL 605 Overfalls ;Blue Dolphin Maine_ Arctic Schooner ; H G Berry_ Brigs of Boothbay; first pinky in Boothbay diorama; Bluenose 1:24 ; ernestina-morrissey-by-jond-1:48; aphrodite 1853 1st ship in boothbay ; Bowdoin diorama; dancing feather 1853 pilot schooner RC ; Boothbay Harbor One design racing sloop 1:6 radio Charles Notman 4 masted Downeast schooner 1:48 radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwiederrich Posted November 20, 2019 Share #213 Posted November 20, 2019 Wonderful job thus far. Very nice execution on the ratlines. You just ripped through them.....great job! Did not the Red Jacket have back stay spreaders? Not all clippers did. the Glory of the Seas didn't originally, but was later fitted out with them. At this pace.....you might finish before I finish the Great Republic...…. Rob Quote Current build: Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196 Finished build: Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/# Current build(On hold): Build log: 1/96 Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/ Completed build: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/ The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share #214 Posted November 20, 2019 3 hours ago, rwiederrich said: Did not the Red Jacket have back stay spreaders? Rob Hi, Yes, she has backstay spreaders, but they are supposed to go on after the backstays are in place. That way they are aligned with the run of the backstay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share #215 Posted November 21, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 9:29 AM, rwiederrich said: At this pace.....you might finish before I finish the Great Republic...…. Rob My goal is to have her finished by April 25th, which is the next Joint Clubs meeting of the Northeast, held each year in New London CT. It will be close...... Ryland Craze and kurtvd19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwiederrich Posted November 21, 2019 Share #216 Posted November 21, 2019 5 hours ago, MrBlueJacket said: My goal is to have her finished by April 25th, which is the next Joint Clubs meeting of the Northeast, held each year in New London CT. It will be close...... You've got 5 months......hmmmm..I wonder. Oh..hey….where is she going to be displayed…...at home or at the shop? Rob Quote Current build: Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196 Finished build: Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/# Current build(On hold): Build log: 1/96 Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/ Completed build: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/ The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted November 22, 2019 Author Share #217 Posted November 22, 2019 When finished, it will be for the shop. Then I need to do a Wherry, Liberty ship, and PT boat also for the shop. When Al gets done designing the 6-masted Wyoming, I know he will be handing it off to me to do the rigging. But that's probably 2 yrs out. GrandpaPhil, EricWilliamMarshall, Ryland Craze and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted November 22, 2019 Share #218 Posted November 22, 2019 What sort of rig will the Wyoming have? Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 22, 2019 Share #219 Posted November 22, 2019 1 hour ago, GrandpaPhil said: What sort of rig will the Wyoming have? Wyoming was a 6-masted schooner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_(schooner) That will certainly make an impressive model! Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted November 22, 2019 Share #220 Posted November 22, 2019 Very nice! Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwiederrich Posted November 22, 2019 Share #221 Posted November 22, 2019 7 hours ago, MrBlueJacket said: When finished, it will be for the shop. Then I need to do a Wherry, Liberty ship, and PT boat also for the shop. When Al gets done designing the 6-masted Wyoming, I know he will be handing it off to me to do the rigging. But that's probably 2 yrs out. You're going to produce the Wyoming...…? Cool...In 1:96? Rob Quote Current build: Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196 Finished build: Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/# Current build(On hold): Build log: 1/96 Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/ Completed build: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/ The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 22, 2019 Share #222 Posted November 22, 2019 At 1/96, Wyoming's hull alone would be 56" long. 😮 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srodbro Posted November 23, 2019 Share #223 Posted November 23, 2019 Yeah, Wyoming at 1:96 would be an impressive kit. I was intrigued by reading the book A Shipyard in Maine and, just to appreciate the size of her, built a half-hull model Of her at 1:96 a few years ago. She was really big! Took up all the space on the workbench, and I made her with stubby masts! druxey, J11, Blue Pilot and 5 others 8 Quote Steve "If they suspect me of intelligence, I am sure it will soon blow over, ha, ha, ha!" -- Jack Aubrey Builds: Yankee Hero, Fannie Gorham, We’re Here, Dapper Tom (x3), New Bedford Whaler, US Brig Lawrence (Niagara), Wyoming (half hull), Fra Berlanga (half hull), Gokstad Viking Ship, Kate Cory, Charles Morgan, Gjoa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share #224 Posted November 23, 2019 Yes, Wyoming will be 1:96. Plank on bulkhead, single layer. She's going to take a LOT of wood! And her deck is ringed with stanchions all around. Some straight up and down, but at the bow and stern they are canted inward and outward. RichardG and Blue Pilot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share #225 Posted November 23, 2019 17 hours ago, ccoyle said: At 1/96, Wyoming's hull alone would be 56" long. 😮 Not quite correct. from the tip of the jibboom to the end of the spanker boom, she was 450 feet long. 450*12=5400 inches, divided by 96 = 56.25 inches LOA, not just the hull . The Maine Maritime Museum in Bath has a model of her in the lobby at that same scale. That model includes figures on her, which I suspect came from the Revell Constitution kit. All the same poses. EricWilliamMarshall and coxswain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 23, 2019 Share #226 Posted November 23, 2019 1 minute ago, MrBlueJacket said: from the tip of the jibboom to the end of the spanker boom, she was 450 feet long Oops! I missed that detail in her description. Either way, she will require a large display area! Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Pilot Posted December 1, 2019 Share #227 Posted December 1, 2019 Beautiful work Quote Mark Current Builds: 18th Century Merchantman 1/2 Hull Smuggler Pride of Baltimore II Gallery: Yankee Hero Armed Virginia Sloop Future Builds: Rattlesnake, Fair American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share #228 Posted December 3, 2019 Making progress on the backstays. Very unusual (I think) is that the upper backstays have longer lanyards on the deadeyes than the lower ones. But that's what the plans show. Ryland Craze, bob porter, coxswain and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share #229 Posted December 6, 2019 Got a chance to do some more backstays. I'm spending about 1/2 hour on each one. Foremast is finished. Blue Pilot, schooner, coxswain and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwiederrich Posted December 9, 2019 Share #230 Posted December 9, 2019 Coming along very nicely.... Don't ya just love clippers...so sleek and majestic. Rob Quote Current build: Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196 Finished build: Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/# Current build(On hold): Build log: 1/96 Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/ Completed build: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/ The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmer Posted December 9, 2019 Share #231 Posted December 9, 2019 On 5/16/2019 at 9:34 AM, MrBlueJacket said: And now the port side is done. Next up is the pinrails. The build tutorial is a great help as I am preparing to start the Red Jacket soon. The pics. and reading are like I am there. You write like you speak. Keep it up! Jim Davies CLOSE TO HOME Blue Pilot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share #232 Posted December 11, 2019 Last night I finished the Main backstays and installed the spreader bars on the fore and main. jgodsey, GrandpaPhil, Tom E and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwiederrich Posted December 12, 2019 Share #233 Posted December 12, 2019 Fantastic job....I love rigging. Rob Quote Current build: Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196 Finished build: Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/# Current build(On hold): Build log: 1/96 Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/ Completed build: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/ The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share #234 Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) Here's a shot of the main backstays. From left to right, the sizes (diameter inches) are: .010 .015 .020 .025 The shrouds are .030 Edited December 16, 2019 by MrBlueJacket wrong mast ScottRC, schooner, druxey and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwiederrich Posted December 16, 2019 Share #235 Posted December 16, 2019 Great job...…. Rob Elijah 1 Quote Current build: Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196 Finished build: Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/# Current build(On hold): Build log: 1/96 Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/ Completed build: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/ The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share #236 Posted December 17, 2019 Here's the fish tackle set up. I believe it was used to help pull the anchor up to the catheads. coxswain, EricWilliamMarshall, Duanelaker and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share #237 Posted December 17, 2019 Here are the 3 gaffs and a boom, being painted. Residing on the centerline, it makes sense to install them before the various running gear. coxswain, Ryland Craze, schooner and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor1234567890 Posted December 18, 2019 Share #238 Posted December 18, 2019 The fish tackle is indeed to fish the anchor up from over the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etubino Posted December 22, 2019 Share #239 Posted December 22, 2019 On 12/17/2019 at 3:38 PM, MrBlueJacket said: Here's the fish tackle set up. I believe it was used to help pull the anchor up to the catheads. Excellent Finish! It is very clean, I really like how you've finished the Deck and combined withthe other color from the housin, Hull and the chains! Congratulations Mr. Bluejacket! druxey, EricWilliamMarshall, bob porter and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share #240 Posted December 26, 2019 Boom installed. Hardest part was getting the 2 topping lift blocks to be even. Javlin, bob porter, Blue Pilot and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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