Benjamin W Latham by jwvolz - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:48

[jwvolz]

6 hours ago, Wintergreen said:

Crisp and clean, so nice!

But how did you persuade the anchor cable to lay so naturally? It really looks, uhm, real.

 

Good question actually as it did take some effort. Each loop is individually glued down with white glue and then a weight was put on until dry. I repeated with each subsequent layer. Wouldn't stay put otherwise and gave much better control of the lay. 

 

Thanks to everyone else as well, and the "likes".

[Beef Wellington]

Love the "look" of her Joe, those shots really highlight not only your focus on the detail but also the way you've tied everything in together and achieved a very realistic scale look.  Definitely something to aspire to.

[JeffK]

I love what you have done with this model. When I first looked at it, I took it as something I could aspire toward, but probably would not be able to reach.  Having worked on my schooner for a year now (very slowly) I know that the “aspire” ain’t ever going to happen!  Your level of detail and quality is really good!

[jwvolz]

Thanks Jason and Jeff, I appreciate it.

 

I am really enjoying this build.

[Retired guy]

Brilliantly done mate she's close to the finish line eh 👍

 

Regards

Richard

[jwvolz]

Thanks Richard. Getting close...

[jwvolz]

Well, bit of a long overdue update.

 

I've been super busy at work, spending time outside over the summer, then I had Covid. So even though I've worked on the model a fair amount I haven't posted anything in quite awhile. Here we go.

 

I've completed nearly all of the rigging on the Latham. One thing I wanted to touch on first was the baggywrinkle. I puzzled long and hard over how to make this neatly and in scale. I am a fly fisherman/fly tier and it eventually hit me to use peacock herl, which is used for certain fly bodies. I used my serving machine to wrap it around the rigging line, and then subsequently painted with tan paint. Really happy with the way it came out. I'll have more updates over the coming days. 

 

 

[Landlubber Mike]

Looks great Joe.  Way to think outside (inside?) the tackle box. 😆

Edited September 13, 2021 by Landlubber Mike

[jwvolz]

Thanks Mike! Wish those pics were better...

[jwvolz]

More update photos as promised. These show the gaff rigging and some of the topmast rigging. As mentioned earlier, these are Bluejacket blocks and Syren line. 

 

[jlefever]

Looking really sharp. Nice paint work and the blocks and baggywrinkle work very well.

 

You're on your way to a real beauty.

 

Jim

[jwvolz]

11 hours ago, jlefever said:

Looking really sharp. Nice paint work and the blocks and baggywrinkle work very well.

 

You're on your way to a real beauty.

 

Jim

Thank you Jim.

[Retired guy]

Brilliant rigging Joe do like your baggywrinkle do have a few to make for the Bluenose, do you have a drawing how you made them.

Did you use the rope from the kit or did you buy or did you make your own.

 

Regards

Richard  

[BobG]

I just read over your build log again, Joe. Gorgeous, meticulous work! Any further progress on this wonderful model?

[jwvolz]

On 1/29/2022 at 2:42 AM, Retired guy said:

Brilliant rigging Joe do like your baggywrinkle do have a few to make for the Bluenose, do you have a drawing how you made them.

Did you use the rope from the kit or did you buy or did you make your own.

 

Regards

Richard  

Richard,

 

Thanks.

The rope is Syren. For the baggywrinkle I simply placed the appropriate length of rope in my serving machine, and then attached the piece of the peacock hearl with fine thread. I then wrapped it around the rope for the distance necessary and seized it off on that end again with fine thread. Final step was to paint with diluted tan acrylic paint. It's actually incredibly simple. 

[jwvolz]

On 1/29/2022 at 1:14 PM, BobG said:

I just read over your build log again, Joe. Gorgeous, meticulous work! Any further progress on this wonderful model?

Thanks Bob. She's actually finished, and has been for a couple of months. I just need to get this log caught up. 

[yvesvidal]

What a marvel !!! Your work is so meticulous and precise. I love it.

 

Yves

[jwvolz]

1 hour ago, yvesvidal said:

What a marvel !!! Your work is so meticulous and precise. I love it.

 

Yves

Thank you very much.

[Elijah]

Beautiful model, wow!! Very clean, nicely done.

[B-Ram]

Beautiful work and great detail Joe.

 

Bill