Biloxi schooner by Russ - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - POB

[themadchemist]

Not just amazing planking on the bow due to the tight seams but the symmetry of the planking from side to side is just astounding. WOW on the hawse pipe lip, whats its size compared to a penny.

 

next you'll be carving scale chain.

 

Keith (tmc)

[russ]

Keith:

Thanks for the kind words. The hawse pipe is around 5/32" along its length. No carved chain. That will be good old fashioned brass or copper.

 

Russ

[Alfons]

Nice to see you back Russ. The lines of your Schooner are really beautiful. I am looking forward to following your progress.

 

/Alfons

[gerty]

Very nice work Russ ! 

[russ]

Alfons and Gerty:

Thanks for looking in and for your kind words.

 

Russ

[russ]

Here are a couple of photos from the old log that I forgot to post.

 

This is the trim along the stem. This will blend into the rub rail that will eventually be placed along the outboard edges along the hull, just below the deck line.

 

These are made in boxwood.

 

Questions and comments welcomed.

 

Russ

Edited April 17, 2018 by russ

[newbuilder101]

Oh yes, I think I remember these photos! She looks just as lovely the second time around.

[russ]

Sherry:

Thanks for looking in and for those kind words.

 

Russ

[gerty]

Hey Russ -  if your deck work is completed and have a pic -  I'd enjoy seeing it !       

Edited March 10, 2013 by gerty

[russ]

Gerty:

As soon as I can find some time to do some more work on her, the deck will be the first thing,.

 

Russ

[russ]

Finally some more progress. I am installing the margin plank on deck. This needs careful handling and I am glad to say I have not made a complete hash of it so far. The first thing is to remove the bulkhead extensions above deck. The bulwarks have already been planked and so they are largely unsupported during the margin plank installation. There are some frightening moments during the fitting of the margin plank. The good news is that the joints are fairly tight. The bad news is you can hardly see my scarph joints.

 

Questions and comments welcomed.

 

Russ

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 17, 2018 by russ

[Alfons]

Good work Russ. Do you plan to make nibbings on your deck?

 

/Alfons

[rafine]

Really nice looking work, Russ. Removing those bulkhead tops looks like scary business with those delicate bulwarks in place.

 

Bob

[bhermann]

Nice clean and precise work Russ.  I hope you are going to get some of the false stanchions installed real soon, so we can all breathe a little easier.  That looks scary, particularly the section where the scuppers are!

 

Bob

[captainbob]

Looking good, Russ.  Such careful workmanship.

 

Bob

[michael mott]

Russ, looks like a nerve wracking task having all that unsupported bulwark, I am enjoying the build. I suppose you will begin at midships and work towards bow and stern back and forth to ensure even support as you add the faux stanchions

 

Michael

Edited March 15, 2013 by michael mott

[russ]

Alfons:

Thanks. There is no nibbing in the decks on the contemporary photographs. So, no nibbing here.

 

Russ

[russ]

Bob and Bob:

Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate the support. I will get some stanchions in next. I am pleasantly surprised at how rigid the planking is there.

 

Russ

[russ]

Cap'n Bob:

Thanks. No one is more surprised than me.

 

Michael:

Thanks for looking in. I am going to add a stanchion at about the midpoint of the scupper opening and then one at each end of the opening and then fill in between them. I will use a plank for a gauge to make sure the opening stays consistent. Once the opening has been dealt with, I will add at the bow and stern.

 

Russ

[gerty]

Wow - very nice Russ !  - thanks for the tutorial !

[russ]

Gerty:

Thanks for the kind words. I am looking forward to more planking tonight, if everything goes to plan.

 

Russ

[the learner]

I like the mast! nice to sit back and fantasize how she will look when finished. My first build was a market schooner, they have clean lines.

Great start

[russ]

Thanks. I like to have a "real world" look at the overall extent of the model early on in the build. The masts have yet to be shaped, but the bowsprit looks pretty good so far. At least I know that the steeve of the bowsprit is what I drew in the plans.

 

Russ

[augie]

Very nice work Russ.  She has such a beautiful sheer line.  Can't wait to see more.

[russ]

Augie:

Thanks for the kind words. These boats were very graceful for being so shallow. This particular boat is patterned after a schooner called American Girl built by Martin Fountain in 1900. My design is for a slightly smaller boat and the size was necessary for the client. In any case, Fountain was a master designer and builder here in Biloxi so he gets a good deal of the credit for this particular design.

 

Russ

[augie]

Thanks for the background, Russ.  The imagination of the men who designed the sailing vessels we all here love never ceases to amaze me.  Beauty and function in a single package  ---- and not a computer in sight!!

 

Thanks for putting this one on the ways.....and on MSW.

[russ]

Augie:

I agree that they were incredible craftsmen. I will add one other item about Martin Fountain. He could not read or write, but according to the family, he could do any math in his head. The story goes that he could look at a table of offsets and tell you whether or not the resulting design would work. That is incredible, especially for people like me who struggle with anything beyond simple math.

 

Russ

[src]

Russ, like always, great work. Did you use your toothpick trick to fit up the transom margin plank? What is the "steeve of the bowsprit" mean?

 

DId  I miss out on the completion of your restoration project? I was really tied up with work for most of Jan and Feb and lost track of a lot of builds. The unfortunate demise of MSW BC (Before Crash) didnt help either. Would be a shame if I missed out on that.

 

Sam

[hopeful]

Hi Russ,

 

Its great you have reposted this log. I am learning alot from this build.

 

Cheeers,

Hoperful

[russ]

Sam:

Thanks.

 

The transom is, more or less, straight across. For fitting around the stern frames, I did that using trial and error. Mostly error.

 

The steeve is the slight upward angle at which the bowsprit points out beyond the hull. In this case it is governed quite a bit by the sheer (curve) of the deck. The bowsprit wants to continue that graceful curve of the deck's sheer.

 

The catboat restoration continues. I will repost it eventually. Just need to make some time and some progress.

 

Russ