US Brig Syren by captgino - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64

[captgino]

Hi all, 

 

As my Rattlesnake will likely take a while, I decided to work on a kit at the same time. I was recently given a already started Syren. Sweet gift 😊!! 

Some much beautiful models on this forum, I will try to do it justice. Here is the current state. 

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Reviewed the documentation and plan. 

I have a few items to correct. 

Bearding line missing on one side. 

Small adjustments for the deck, some of the blocks are a bit too. high. 

Sills and Lintels all over the place. 

Stem was over sanded on one side or miss aligned. 

I am getting to take it appart and correct as much as possible these issues. 

 

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Deconstruction process.

 

Numbering and removing Sills and Lintels.

Removed the Stem. I will need to rebuild from scratch.

And of course repairing the broken frame stems

I also remove the keel and rabbet strip since they were damaged during my attempt to add the bearding line.

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by captgino

[captgino]

Getting crafty to hold the ship reversed.

Worked on the Bearding line quite a bit last night to be able to meet with the 3/32 rabbet strip. The previous one was 1/8 so a lot to catch up to. 

And... Disaster the strip broke as I was putting rubber bands. To be expected when passing the bulkheads... Grrr. Here the result after fitting the strip on the stern. It will cover by copper so it will not be seen. 

 

Dry fitting the new keel and the old stem

Stem needs to be redone from scratch. It was faired too much and unevenly. 

Draft stem design. Thoughts ? 

Edited April 30, 2020 by captgino

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Productive weekend, from design to reality...

 it was not easy and I broke a few parts. 🤪

Next step :drilling the holes and glue up. 

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Video production of the stem.

Part 1

 

Part 2

 

[captgino]

The deconstruction continues on my Syren. I noticed a few issues with frame adjustments. Here is what my survey outlined.

The second and third frames from the stern were too high, resulting into a 1/16 gap between the top of the frame and the center 'spine'. See the red marks below.

The solution was to remove them and the blocks surrounding them and push them down. I had a similar situation in the bow (see below). I was able to use a thin strip to provide a smooth transition across all frames for the deck planking.

Deconstruction madness in pictures.  

Since the frames were glued with white glue, I used Acetone to soften the glue and a few tools to remove them. Time for your shot!

Removal frame 2.

Dry fitting frame 2.

Drama with frame 3. The doctor is busy. LOL....

Dry fitting line with frame 2 and 3. MUCH BETTER !!!

Gluing and rehabilitation.

 

Edited May 12, 2020 by captgino

[captgino]

Glued up the stem. It took quite a bit of time to adjust each piece to fit as perfectly as possible together

Here is the final result. 

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If you would like to see a video for the stem glue up. Check out the latest installment of building the Model Shipways Syren on YouTube. 

 

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Finished attaching the Sills and Lintels.

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Worked on reattaching the new stem. Here is the result.

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Here is the video of these activities  

 

 

 

[WalrusGuy]

I really like the videos! There aren't many build videos on YouTube so I wish I started my Syren after you, would have helped a lot in visualizing the steps 😄 

[captgino]

8 hours ago, WalrusGuy said:

I really like the videos! There aren't many build videos on YouTube so I wish I started my Syren after you, would have helped a lot in visualizing the steps 😄 

Ha. Well I am far from been the expert so I will follow your build and you can help me 😊

[captgino]

Shaping the Sills and Lintels for the gun ports. 

 

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Working on finishing up the framing of the gun ports. Here are some pictures.

 

And the video of the process.

 

 

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Framing the stern part started.

Fairly challenging process to get the exact position of the gun ports.

 

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Here is the video of these activities.

 

 

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Worked on finishing up the stern shaping and sanding.

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Here is the video of these activities.

 

 

[Charley54]

Nice save. Think I'll follow along. I am getting ready to haul my Syren off the back shelf and take another run at it. This helps