Glory of the Seas 1869 by rwiederrich - FINISHED - 1/96 - medium clipper

[ClipperFan]

41 minutes ago, rwiederrich said:

Setting the bowsprit/jibboom.  She kind looks like the SanPedro image……

Rob, she does indeed resemble the San Pedro scene. More visual confirmation that your reconstruction of Glory is spot on!

[Tony Hunt]

This is going to be a really handsome model Rob. You've really captured the massive grace of the ship.

[ClipperFan]

1 hour ago, Tony Hunt said:

This is going to be a really handsome model Rob. You've really captured the massive grace of the ship.

Tony Hunt when you describe "GLORY of the SEAS" as massive grace you are really capturing one of the most defining characteristics of Donald McKay's vessels. They were huge in comparison to their contemporaries. Yet as you so astutely pointed out, while these were enormous Ships, they were incredibly graceful and beautifully finished too. Many contemporary newspaper accounts describe that whenever Glory sailed into Port she was one of the most popular Clippers to be seen. Rob and Vladimir are both being very faithful to McKay's longest lived final Clipper.

[rwiederrich]

14 hours ago, ClipperFan said:

Tony Hunt when you describe "GLORY of the SEAS" as massive grace you are really capturing one of the most defining characteristics of Donald McKay's vessels. They were huge in comparison to their contemporaries. Yet as you so astutely pointed out, while these were enormous Ships, they were incredibly graceful and beautifully finished too. Many contemporary newspaper accounts describe that whenever Glory sailed into Port she was one of the most popular Clippers to be seen. Rob and Vladimir are both being very faithful to McKay's longest lived final Clipper.

Indeed…….   McKay envisioned large cargo carriers.   Designed to endure the brutal lower latitudes and their huge waves.  That is the one real reason he built the leviathan Great Republic.   The roaring 40’s were the most brutal of passages and the trip from there to Australia was the worst.  His ships were designed for such passages.   Hence their strength and size. 
 

Rob

[TBlack]

On 8/18/2020 at 2:22 PM, rwiederrich said:

A quote from entry #1:

A Disclaimer for all who may be watching and who are purists in their own right.....I am a crude...lazy....modeler and will most likely use techniques and methods/materials that are overtly unorthodox......please forgive me now and allow me my ranting and miss-steps 

Where is this guy? Must have gotten left in the sawdust? I'm seeing a lot of attention to detail and incredible industry! Thanks for the ride!

Tom

 

[rwiederrich]

6 minutes ago, TBlack said:

Where is this guy? Must have gotten left in the sawdust? I'm seeing a lot of attention to detail and incredible industry! Thanks for the ride!

Tom

 

Thanks Tom.   I’m surely tentative to details, but my use of material to create said is crude at best.   I’ll use any thing to get-er done.    Again,  thanks

 

 

Rob

[ClipperFan]

Rob, I hope you don't mind but I recently discovered a blast from the past. This sketch was taped to a light board my wife bought for me 12 years ago, when I first embarked on my long journey to uncover the genuine appearance of "GLORY of the SEAS." 

This was when I hadn't yet discovered that, as originally launched, her Mizzen Skysail just barely went above the Main's Royal Yard. It's also years before even a blurry image of San Pedro became available. 

Still overall, it reveals the mostly accurate direction I was being led to interpret her appearance based on other photos in Mike's first book.

[rwiederrich]

27 minutes ago, ClipperFan said:

Rob, I hope you don't mind but I recently discovered a blast from the past. This sketch was taped to a light board my wife bought for me 12 years ago, when I first embarked on my long journey to uncover the genuine appearance of "GLORY of the SEAS." 

This was when I hadn't yet discovered that, as originally launched, her Mizzen Skysail just barely went above the Main's Royal Yard. It's also years before even a blurry image of San Pedro became available. 

Still overall, it reveals the mostly accurate direction I was being led to interpret her appearance based on other photos in Mike's first book.

Wonderful work....even without all the data.

Thanks for posting.

 

I had a dentist apt yesterday so I didn't work on Glory.......I'll have updates tonight.

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

I spent a little time in the shop working out the figurehead getting her mounted and painted here’s a few pictures.

[rwiederrich]

Another from the bow.

Edited August 10, 2021 by rwiederrich

[rwiederrich]

A few more pics of the hull.

[rwiederrich]

Added some mooring pipes 

[rwiederrich]

A few more pics

Edited August 10, 2021 by rwiederrich

[ClipperFan]

3 hours ago, rwiederrich said:

I spent a little time in the shop working out the figurehead getting her mounted and painted here’s a few pictures.

Rob, oh my God, your Grecian Goddess 'Athene' Figurehead looks simply gorgeous! When I told my wife that she's just under an inch tall she said "oh, wow!' 

It's also thrilling to see the graceful McKay reverse "S" curve that we discussed now realized in three dimensions. I love too the little highlights of gold which subtly emphasize the graceful folds of her gown. Now this is a worthy representative of "GLORY of the SEAS!"

[rwiederrich]

Rich, I am so glad that you like the model and how it’s coming out I’m glad I can keep it close to the original, it’s been hard, but I think it’s looking pretty good.  thank you for your confidence and your compliments.

[ClipperFan]

Rob, no lie, no hyperbole and most especially no exaggeration. I believe your model will one day win accolades and awards. It's that good and that faithful to her subject matter herself. I am in awe....

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

12 hours ago, rwiederrich said:

I spent a little time in the shop working out the figurehead getting her mounted and painted here’s a few pictures.

Rob I cant emphasize enough  how beautiful your work and outcome is. I admire it very much in your scale is simply wow. . amazing to look at her just beautiful. V. 

[rwiederrich]

18 hours ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

Rob I cant emphasize enough  how beautiful your work and outcome is. I admire it very much in your scale is simply wow. . amazing to look at her just beautiful. V. 

Thanks Rich……that is very nice.   
I did a little work on the forecastle.  
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

I’m going to oxidize the brass capstan.  
 

Rob

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, rwiederrich said:

Thanks Rich……that is very nice.   
I did a little work on the forecastle.  
 

Rob

it was not Rich !  

[ClipperFan]

6 hours ago, rwiederrich said:

Thanks Rich……that is very nice.   
I did a little work on the forecastle.  
 

Rob

Rob, your gratitude while welcome is misdirected. You left poor Vladimir out in the cold, like a forlorn wet puppy in the rain, while sending appropriate acknowledgement of his rightly correct observations to me, who was probably slumbering at the time he replied and certainly don't deserve to steal his thunder...even as lightly as it may have clapped ;-)

Having said that, Vlad of course is right, you consistently do beautiful work. Oh in the future, you might want to look for the letter "V" which is how Vlad usually finishes his sentences.     

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

12 minutes ago, ClipperFan said:

Rob, your gratitude while welcome is misdirected. You left poor Vladimir out in the cold, like a forlorn wet puppy in the rain, while sending appropriate acknowledgement of his rightly correct observations to me, who was probably slumbering at the time he replied and certainly don't deserve to steal his thunder...even as lightly as it may have clapped ;-)

Having said that, Vlad of course is right, you consistently do beautiful work. Oh in the future, you might want to look for the letter "V" which is how Vlad usually finishes his sentences.     

What i like about life IS IT gives me a good laugh sometimes. In agood way .

Its perfectly  norl we sometimes dont päť attention to details etc. By the way Folks you May check progress on inner  bulwarks V.  

[rwiederrich]

6 hours ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

it was not Rich !  

Actually it is both of you......you guys are too nice.

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Rich and Vlad....I see the confusion.  Rich I was commenting to your post #1486  NOT Vlad's post #1487.  Which he posted over 7 hours later.  I didn't even see that post when I posted my update.  I just threw up my update and then turned off the light and went to bed.

 

If I had seen Vlad's post, I would have surely commented and thanked him and even commented on his own magnificent build.

 

I'm not so old that I can't track a simple build log thread....😎.  I might be going deaf...but not blind.

 

I hope to spend some time working the anchor quick release mechanism(which is actually undefined and void from any plan), so I will use photographic evidence (and lack of),  to build the most logical design.  Here is where artistic license comes in.

 

Rob 

[rwiederrich]

2 hours ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

What i like about life IS IT gives me a good laugh sometimes. In agood way .

Its perfectly  norl we sometimes dont päť attention to details etc. By the way Folks you May check progress on inner  bulwarks V.  

I think the only detail I don't pay close attention to is when my wife cuts her hair.

 

Sorry for the confusion and that you had to find humor in an a supposed oversight.

 

And I did check out your build, (I check it probably 10 times a day), you are making great progress and your trim work is spot on.  Are you *scraping* the wood with a tool?

 

Rob

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

10 minutes ago, rwiederrich said:

I think the only detail I don't pay close attention to is when my wife cuts her hair.

 

Sorry for the confusion and that you had to find humor in an a supposed oversight.

 

And I did check out your build, (I check it probably 10 times a day), you are making great progress and your trim work is spot on.  Are you *scraping* the wood with a tool?

 

Rob

Rob, there IS certainly no need to be sorry. Yes i scrape with old artesania latina scrapers. Modified. Im finding Way how to scrape even those not fitting in...v. 

 

 

 

 

[rwiederrich]

4 hours ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

Rob, there IS certainly no need to be sorry. Yes i scrape with old artesania latina scrapers. Modified. Im finding Way how to scrape even those not fitting in...v. 

 

 

 

 

Using tooling steel, I made all the scrapers I needed.   Just way to small to find any generic stuff.

 

I have another approach I will be doing to form the house moldings and the inset trim.  The aft poop railing will be a trick and will need special math to make....along with a great deal of paying attention to details of its fit/form and function.

 

Rob

[ClipperFan]

25 minutes ago, rwiederrich said:

Using tooling steel, I made all the scrapers I needed.   Just way to small to find any generic stuff.

 

I have another approach I will be doing to form the house moldings and the inset trim.  The aft poop railing will be a trick and will need special math to make....along with a great deal of paying attention to details of its fit/form and function.

 

Rob

Rob, as my slow efforts, did I mention slow? to finally capture the true lines of "GLORY of the SEAS" in painstakingly accurate to all specific measurements we have double verified (actually I think I'm erasing more than sketching, I've redrawn her sheerline three times now) it now looks to me like the line of the Poop Deck Rail aligns equally with that of the Rear Carriage House. That house is 8' tall. Knock off 3 1/2" for being set below deck and that leaves 7' 8 1/2" to project above the Poop Deck. It is set at the height of the main bulkhead. I don't have enough time to calculate specifics but the idea is we should be able to get very close to the actual rail height.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, rwiederrich said:

Using tooling steel, I made all the scrapers I needed.   Just way to small to find any generic stuff.

 

I have another approach I will be doing to form the house moldings and the inset trim.  The aft poop railing will be a trick and will need special math to make....along with a great deal of paying attention to details of its fit/form and function.

 

Rob

looking forward to see it. good luck. V. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

6 hours ago, rwiederrich said:

I think the only detail I don't pay close attention to is when my wife cuts her hair.

 

Sorry for the confusion and that you had to find humor in an a supposed oversight.

 

And I did check out your build, (I check it probably 10 times a day), you are making great progress and your trim work is spot on.  Are you *scraping* the wood with a tool?

 

Rob

Rob, sometimes writing is not perfect thing for communication specifically if one is not extremly cautious when putting words - myself i mean. I didnt find humor in oversight but in Rich way of using words and commenting ... ( in an easy humorous tone I suspect.)....no offence meant. V.