US Brig Syren by WalrusGuy - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64 - Second wooden ship build

[BobG]

Fantastic job. She's beautiful!

[niwotwill]

Looking great does not convey the level of admiration your deck furnishing bring when I study the photos. The fife rails as something to behold the level of detail down to the radius edges. Amazing work. Longboat looks very nice I like the even thickness of the sides. Can't wait to see how it progresses.

 

Great Work

Will  

[WalrusGuy]

Thanks so much for the great comments! It means a lot!! 

 

Last few days have been very busy with school as it was the last week of the semester, and had a lot of assignments due... So ship modelling had to come to a bit of a pause. But I got some free time this weekend so I continued working! Also got the photo etched brass parts arrived last week, so I went back to working on the cap rail details. I keep getting distracted in wanting to work on the ship before the boats... So plan has changed to now finishing up the cap rail details. So far I have installed the stern davits and its cleats. It felt too daunting and nerve wrecking to try notching the transform, so I notched the davits instead. Next I'll work on the timberheads. 

Also, I finished assembling the Serv-o-Matic. I don't think I did that great of a job since one of the gear pairs seem to tighten up at a particular spot. I just hope it loosens up over time. I slightly modified the machine by gluing nuts on each gear, and glued crocodile clips on the bolts. This would help to serve any other items as well (e.g. blocks, mouse, etc). 
 

Edited December 7, 2020 by WalrusGuy

[WalrusGuy]

Finished with the timberheads. Not much to report apart from again complaining about basswood at this scale 😅

 

I tried to line up the timberheads with the treenails as much as I could. 

Edited December 8, 2020 by WalrusGuy

[NovaStorm]

That is one nice looking ship you got there   

[abelson]

Nice work on the davits and timber heads. The transom looks great.

[WalrusGuy]

Thank you Robin and Steven for the compliments! And thanks all for the likes!! 😊 

 

Today I finished working on the boarding panels. I used a #11 blade to carve out the inner section (first with a cut outlining the shape, then peeling the wood piece by piece). I also scratch made them and didn't use the laser cut ones as they were too skinny.. 

Edited December 9, 2020 by WalrusGuy

[captain_hook]

Amazing build so far. Looks great! I also like the color variations of the basswood (?) planking, that gives the ship a more realistic touch.

[NovaStorm]

Looks good. I did the same thing as you with the photo etched parts. Will have to figure out something to fix them...

[Overworked724]

Looks fantastic!!! Nicely done. 

[BobG]

Beautiful work!

[WalrusGuy]

9 hours ago, captain_hook said:

Amazing build so far. Looks great! I also like the color variations of the basswood (?) planking, that gives the ship a more realistic touch.

 

8 hours ago, NovaStorm said:

Looks good. I did the same thing as you with the photo etched parts. Will have to figure out something to fix them...

 

6 hours ago, Overworked724 said:

Looks fantastic!!! Nicely done. 

 

1 hour ago, BobG said:

Beautiful work!

Thank you so much for the nice words! Yes @captain_hook, I am using basswood for my build, and tried my best to randomize the different color variations while planking 

[WalrusGuy]

I finished installing the hammock cranes. When removing them from the photo etched brass sheet, I made sure to leave the notch this time 😅

To determine their locations, I first noted down where they start and end, and divided the space equally. Here are some pics of them installed: 

Edited December 10, 2020 by WalrusGuy

[WalrusGuy]

Thanks all for the likes!

 

I purchased the 68mm Master Korabel boat a couple days ago from Crafty Sailor and just received them. I plan to follow what @Gahm did on his build by correcting the scale to 1:64 from the kit's 1:72. Might be a lot of work looking at the number of parts I will need to scratch. I hope I can do a somewhat decent job! I got a 1/32" basswood sheet to do this.

 

Here are is a pic of the kit's contents (as you can see, many many parts...)

Also purchased some 0.01 in and 0.014 in black rope which I plan to use for the hammocks' arm rings. I want to try out which one looks better, for now leaning towards the thicker rope. 

Edit: I will start working on the jolly boat once I finish the longboat (which will be after the cap rail details) 

Edited December 10, 2020 by WalrusGuy

[Justin P.]

Wow!   Gulp...   that's an ambitious undertaking, can't wait to see it come together as Im sure you'll knock it out well!

[WalrusGuy]

3 hours ago, Justin P. said:

Wow!   Gulp...   that's an ambitious undertaking, can't wait to see it come together as Im sure you'll knock it out well!

It feels very daunting! No idea on how my attempt(s) will look, but I'll try my best! 

[WalrusGuy]

I finished with installing the wood strip in the inner crane hand, and the rope on the outer. I had to sand the wood strip a bit so it fits in the slots. I ended up using the .014" rope from Crafty Sailor, but did not do too good of a job seizing the ends of the rope, it is way too small for me to handle it nicely!

 

Here are some pics (as you can see, not too great seizing...):

[WalrusGuy]

The netting has now been lashed using a 100wt polyester thread. It was a very tricky and time consuming process. I haven't done a perfect job, but I hope the irregularities get hidden once I install the hammocks in them. To lash them onto eyebolts I used a needle threader. For other lashings I used curved pointed tweezers to pull the thread through the net. 

 

 

[captain_hook]

 Nice perspective photo shots. You can be proud of her.

[WalrusGuy]

Many thanks Captain Hook! 

 

I'm currently experimenting with making the hammocks. Here I rolled a bit of tissue paper, then rolled a piece of cloth (from an old bed sheet cover) over it and was tied with 50wt string. I'll post pics of the how they were made after experimenting a bit more. But wanted some opinions on how they look first. Hard to find cloth that can resemble hammocks at this scale.. Also another issue I'm having is they appear "floaty" due to the net. I don't think I can fix this though... 

I also fitted the center strip on the longboat after soaking it in hot water for a bit. 

Edited December 14, 2020 by WalrusGuy

[Eugenio Treviño]

Congratulations, your craftsmanship is outstanding!!!

I love the netting it looks great.

 

And my opinion and please just my opinion, is that it will look nicer without hammocks.
 

Keep up the great work!!!

Edited December 14, 2020 by Eugenio Treviño

[Gahm]

Great progress! Your hammock nettings look very good! 

 

Thomas

[abelson]

Great job on the hammock netting. Love your photos - they give a nice perspective of your fine work. I like the look of the hammocks and agree that they do look a bit bulky. I will be interested in how you made them.

[Justin P.]

Each step out does the last, great progress!   I like the hammocks.

[clearway]

start a swear jar for every time you knock the hammock cranes😁 joking aside though looking good.

 

Keith

[WalrusGuy]

13 hours ago, Eugenio Treviño said:

Congratulations, your craftsmanship is outstanding!!!

I love the netting it looks great.

 

And my opinion and please just my opinion, is that it will look nicer without hammocks.
 

Keep up the great work!!!

 

8 hours ago, Gahm said:

Great progress! Your hammock nettings look very good! 

 

Thomas

 

6 hours ago, abelson said:

Great job on the hammock netting. Love your photos - they give a nice perspective of your fine work. I like the look of the hammocks and agree that they do look a bit bulky. I will be interested in how you made them.

 

4 hours ago, Justin P. said:

Each step out does the last, great progress!   I like the hammocks.

Thanks so much for the great comments and advice! I'll try making slightly smaller ones to appear less bulky. Will also try different color variations (by soaking the cloth in tea or coffee for a bit) to see which ones match the look of the ship. The ship's boats will be white in color, so maybe the really white colored hammocks will match it. Might need to continue on the boat to see how its white turns out..

 

2 hours ago, clearway said:

start a swear jar for every time you knock the hammock cranes😁 joking aside though looking good.

 

Keith

Somehow I only bent a couple. Thought I would have bent each one twice by now!! I taught myself how to handle the ship right before the cranes were installed to avoid any mishaps 😁

[Justin P.]

19 hours ago, WalrusGuy said:

Will also try different color variations (by soaking the cloth in tea or coffee for a bit) to see which ones match the look of the ship.

This is a great idea, I was thinking about trying something like that myself.  

[WalrusGuy]

Some more progress with the longboat. I finished constructing its skeleton: 

 

First I bent the wood strips (after soaking them in hot water) with a container I found to fit nicely in the boat

Then stuck the ones most forward and at the stern first, followed by working from the stern towards the bow 

Then applied Tung oil on the inside after lightly sanding with a fine sandpaper. 

Then painted the exterior white (multiple coats of diluted paint) 

Edited December 16, 2020 by WalrusGuy

[Gahm]

The longboat is coming along very nicely!

 

Thomas

[Overworked724]

What are you using for the ribs???