Germania Nova 1911 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:36 - replica of schooner Germania 1908

[FriedClams]

Wonderful work Keith. 
 

Gary

[Dr PR]

It is always annoying when the other grandparents want your grand kids over for Christmas!

[Valeriy V]

Keith, your build never ceases to amaze me. This is amazing!  

[KeithAug]

3 hours ago, Dr PR said:

It is always annoying when the other grandparents want your grand kids over for Christmas!

It is bloody unreasonable, They have 6 and we only have 1. Didn’t their parents ever teach them how to share!
 

And thereby hangs a sad but funny story. Forty years ago both my wife an the next door neighbour “Alison” were pregnant for the first time. Unfortunately Alison’s husband was dead from a brain tumour within the year. After that Alison’s child “Lizzie” and our children were virtually brought up together. At about the age of four Lizzie asked Allison why she didn’t have a daddy and Allison explained why. Lizzie then asked if Keith could be her daddy and Allison explained “No, Keith belongs to Ann” to which Lizzie replied “Doesn’t she know how to share?

After about 7 years Alison remarried and we moved to the other end of the country and over time contact became less and less. However 14 years ago we were invited to Lizzie’s wedding and I will always remember at the reception that we were introduced to the groom by Lizzie as “this is Ann and Keith my other Mum and Dad” Lizzie’s mum died about 4 years ago so now Lizzie has adopted us and we her. Both my son (Paul) and Lizzie have their 40 Birthdays in the week before Christmas.

 

Thank you for your support Gary, Phil and Valeriy.

[druxey]

A lovely and touching story, Keith. And yes, we get our granddaughter and family here this coming weekend. With 'blended' families it gets more complicated!

[TBlack]

Keith,

I have 8 grandkids. Here they are:

I would be more that happy, delighted actually, to share them with you.

Tom

 

[KeithAug]

Tom - A charming bunch, you must be very proud. Some of them seem to have outgrown you. I constantly criticise my daughter-in-law for letting my granddaughter grow too fast.

[BANYAN]

Hi Keith, as expressed by Druxey I also have run out of superlatives for your build.  The enjoyment I have gained from following along cannot be adequately described.  Thankyou for sharing. 

Tom, a great photo - you almost have a full crew there .   Grandkids are what it is all about at this stage of my life - the enjoyment I get in their company is a wonderful pick-me-up.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[mtaylor]

Thanks for the story of the kids, Keith.  It made my day.

[FlyingFish]

Me too. The remarkable thing is that as they grow up we get younger. Strange that. Great Picture Tom; you could almost field a football team there!

[KeithAug]

Thank you Pat, Mark and Andy.

 

You may recall that about a month ago I decided to do a parallel build of a pond yacht so here it is.

 

The starting point was an old hull that had been collecting dust in the garage for 35 years plus. My original plan was to mount a mast and hack some sails out of a bit of cloth and give it to the granddaughter (Bean) as a stocking present.

But I looked at it and thought the deck might be improved a little. So I got some 1/4 inch thick spruce and glued a sheet of black card to one side.

I then slit off deck planks with the pre attached caulking.

The planks were then glued to the hull and the edges were planed to match the hull profile.

I then started to think maybe i need to elaborate on some of the other features. So the yacht acquired a deckhouse, brass fittings etc. Bean loves Maisie the dog so she had to go on board.

And the yacht needed an owner "Captain Bean". Hopefully Captain bean will be a proud owner and therefore the yacht needs a display stand.

By this stage I was starting to worry it my disappear over the horizon on its first outing so it got a rescue line.

Now it just needs wrapping and sending to Santa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FlyingFish]

You just fractured the bah humbug thing I've been saving up for Christmas. Santa will probably sail it awaile before he delivers it. Just perfect.

[Mark Pearse]

Hi Keith

 

Germania is looking just beautiful. Just a practical question: will you be adding glue to stabilise the rope coils?

Edited December 14, 2022 by Mark Pearse

[BANYAN]

That'll make a very exciting activity for the lucky recipient - what a great Christmas gift for your granddaughter - Captain Bean will have lot of fun and many fond memories    Love her face in the porthole.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[TBlack]

Boy, that was fast work. I'm guessing you had some surplus fixtures to help. Bean and Maisie will be delighted. And Eve is.....?

Tom

Edited December 15, 2022 by TBlack

[mbp521]

Man Keith, even with your quick builds your work is remarkable. I’m sure she’ll be more than happy with her gift. 
 

-Brian

[mtaylor]

Love the "Eve".  It's a functional work of art.  I bet she'll love that gift and keep it forever.

[KeithAug]

53 minutes ago, TBlack said:

And Eve is.....?

Tom. Beans Christian name is Eve. Her mother started referring to her as “my little bean” when she was about 2 months old and the rest of the family have called her Bean ever since. 
 

3 hours ago, Mark Pearse said:

will you be adding glue to stabilise the rope coils?

Mark yes I will - probably CA

 

55 minutes ago, TBlack said:

I'm guessing you had some surplus fixtures to help.

Tom, yes the winches arose from a discrepancy between Germanias deck plan and photographs.

Andy Mark Pat Tom and Brian - thank you all for taking time to comment. 

[KeithAug]

6 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

I bet she'll love that gift and keep it forever.

Mark - Thank you but I recall a story on MSW ( I think by Patrick of Omega fame) about a model yacht that was lost on its maiden voyage. Fingers crossed that she keeps it for some time as a memory of “ Grandi’.

[mtaylor]

9 minutes ago, KeithAug said:

Mark - Thank you but I recall a story on MSW ( I think by Patrick of Omega fame) about a model yacht that was lost on its maiden voyage. Fingers crossed that she keeps it for some time as a memory of “ Grandi’.

Well, I hope that doesn't happen and that she uses the rescue line.  I once did a pond model and found that recovery could only be accomplished by wading out to it following the line.  Too much pulling and the line separates.  Took me 2 days of wandering in the pond to find it.

[Keith Black]

 Eve turned out really really nice. I'm sure Captain Bean will have fond memories of her evermore. 

[druxey]

Delightful! What a lovely gift for Bean, aka Eve.

 

Would you consider not using CA on your line, Keith? Acrylic matte medium is kinder if at any time in the future any line needs overhauling or adjusting  again (See Rob Napier's new book!)

[Hsae]

Keith, may I ask you from where you got the the mentioned retains straps ?

 

Btw, outstanding model!

 

Hermann

 

 

[TBlack]

13 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Tom. Beans Christian name is Eve. Her mother started referring to her as “my little bean” when she was about 2 months old and the rest of the family have called her Bean ever since. 

Then this project is like mine (HMS Sophie) for my daughter Sophie!

Tom

[Veszett Roka]

Keith, Eve is a lovely boat for a lovely owner!

My concern is the keel, what material it is? If thats wood, you might want to add some ballast to its bottom, to avoid capsize and tears. I did not said anything, if thats a piece of tin or something.

I will try to dig up my heritage 'scharenkreutzer' from 1946 to make some pic.

[Roger Pellett]

A nice pond yacht, and. I’m sure that she’ll love it.  

 

Roger

 

 

[ccoyle]

15 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Beans Christian name is Eve.

 

Coincidentally, our family also has a Bean (it rhymes with her given name, Kathleen), although I'm probably the only one who calls her that with any regularity. Ironically, her dog is also named Maisy.

[KeithAug]

15 hours ago, druxey said:

Keith? Acrylic matte medium is kinder

Druxey - noted ! will follow your advice.

 

1 hour ago, Veszett Roka said:

My concern is the keel, what material it is? If thats wood,

Veszett - it is steel - it is quite heavy so it should be ok.

 

43 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

also has a Bean (it rhymes with her given name, Kathleen), although I'm probably the only one who calls her that with any regularity. Ironically, her dog is also named Maisy.

What a coincidence Chris. Dogs and Grandchildren are a delight.

[KeithAug]

8 hours ago, Hsae said:

Keith, may I ask you from where you got the the mentioned retains straps ?

Hermann -  they were just a set I picked up through a google search. i have had a look but can't find the exact ones but these are very similar.

https://www.aquamaremarine.com/uk/product/quick-release-pad-eye-ratchet-strap-kit-5-4m/

[Hsae]

Oh, they are the real ones. I assumes they are in 1/36 scale.

Thanks anyway!

Hermann

Edited December 16, 2022 by Hsae