Half Moon by usedtosail - FINISHED - Billings Boats - 1:40 Scale

[popeye the sailor]

checking in to see where your at on her Tom..........she's looking great!  the sails look very nice....very good progress all around   

[usedtosail]

Thanks Popeye. It is coming together now.

 

While working on the braces I have also started adding the flags and flag poles. Here is the bow sprit flag pole with a small flag on it being glued to its support. The plans show it lashed to the support, which I will do when the glue dries. You can also see the sprit yard braces in this picture.

 

 

I also tied the large VOC flag to the stern flag pole. I am just using short pieces of line to tie these flags to the poles, which may be a simplified version of how they really were attached.

 

 

 

[usedtosail]

I added the rest of the flags, the lantern and stern rail decoration , then lashed the anchors to the rails. The model is now completed. Here are just a few teaser photos until I can take some good ones with a good background. I'll post those in the gallery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the tenth wooden ship model that I have made. This one had some firsts for me. It is the first 17th century ship I have built and it is the first to include crows feet and bowlines. This is the first model where I made all of the rope for the rigging myself, except for seizing line and the ratlines, which I used thread for. This is also the first time I have used polyester for the line. I have made some line for other models, but it was made from nylon thread which was much stiffer than this line and didn't hang as nicely. This is also the first model where I didn't use CA to fix the knots in the rigging. For this model I used Dullcote Lacquer to fix the knots, which took a little time to get used to. I found that I just needed to leave the rigging alone after applying the lacquer for about 24 hours to make sure it was really dry. Then it held as well as the CA. And this is the first square rigged model where I added full sails. I still need to make more realistic sails for a future model but I like how these came out.

 

Once I make a case for the Half Moon I will be delivering it to my friend Dennis, who is retiring today, and his wife Mary. Not that I planned to finish it today but it will take a month or so to complete the case. I wish I could deliver it to them today.

 

I will be building the Duchess of Kingston as my next model but won't start that until the case for the Half Moon is finished and the shop is cleaned out, probably late August or so.

 

Thanks for watching and thanks for all the encouragement and comments.

 

Edited July 9, 2021 by usedtosail
Minor wording changes

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Well done!

[Baker]

Very nice model. 

Congrats 

[usedtosail]

Thank you GrandpaPhil and Backer, and the likes. Here are some better pics of the completed model, with more in the gallery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bill Morrison]

She's beautiful!  

Bill

[zappto]

i like this period ships, your work is excellent, pretty ship!

[KurtH]

A superb model.  Congrats!

[md1400cs]

Looks excellent - congrats!!

[usedtosail]

Thank you Bill, zappto, KH, and Michael, and for the likes. I really appreciate the comments.

[Tigersteve]

Nicely done!

Steve

[usedtosail]

One last post showing the ship in the case I made for it. Now to deliver it to my friend Dennis who graciously accepted to display it at his new home.

 

[BobG]

Lovely model, Tom!

[the learner]

Can anyone answer this question for me I have a kit of the half moon is a Corral the plans show pin rails for the rigging should this era ship not have pin rails but kevils for the rigging

[usedtosail]

Sorry I don't know the answer to that question.