Tigerdvr Posted July 2, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 2, 2013 This afternoon I was working on the starboard hammock netting. Everything was going smoothly, I was in the groove. A happy time. Then I reached for the glue bottle and as I brought the bottle past the Syren's bow with my eyes on the target rather where my hand was moving, my hand caught the bow below the figure head. The ship launched out of the construction cradle and flipped away from me landing upside down about eight inches away. All my shocked little eyes could see was copper plates. Fortunately my heart surgeon did a great job last year so I was alright. I took a deep breath and gently returned the brig to the construction cradle. After checking everything, the only damage was the port side stern chaser had broken loose, an easy fix. All the other details are intact, thank goodness. I guess the little brig is built strong. I will definitely be more careful in the future. Cheers, Harley Quote Cheers, Harley<p Under Construction: USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 1/200 by ILoveKit Completed: F-35A 1/48 by Tamiya USS Atlanta CL-51 1/350 by Very Fire Liberty Ship John W. Brown 1/350 by Trumpeter HMS Spiraea K-08 1/350 USS Arizona BB-39 1/200 by Trumpeter/Mk1 Design HMS Sir Gareth 1/350 by Starling Models USS Missouri BB-63 1945 1/350 by Joy-Yard, 9/11/21 USS Indianapolis CA-35 1945 1/350 by Trumpeter USS Kidd DD-661, 1945, 1/350, on The Sullivans kit by Trumpeter USS Alaska CB-1, 1/350, Hobby Boss, Circa 2/1945 Brig Syren 1/64 Model Shipways, Wood Started,On Hold: Frigate Confederacy 1/64 Model Shipways, Wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted July 2, 2013 Share #2 Posted July 2, 2013 Thankfully it's more of a Rather than an Andy riverboat 1 Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarvalley Posted July 2, 2013 Share #3 Posted July 2, 2013 Lucky man Harley, lucky man. I mean really, no one wants a crash but I think you could rename the thread the "Syren Oops". Lesson learned and not too tooooo costly eh? Imagine if she had landed 8 inches away .. in mid air then... disaster central! Oh lordy... Look away sir... look away!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted July 2, 2013 Share #4 Posted July 2, 2013 Glad the damage was not extreme! Murphy was not with you I guess! Ben Quote Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted July 2, 2013 Share #5 Posted July 2, 2013 Whew! It's amazing what can happen in a split second of inattention or distraction. That, I'm glad to read, was NOT a disaster this time. Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4whelr Posted July 2, 2013 Share #6 Posted July 2, 2013 Having dropped my ship, it was not nearly as far along as yours, I know that feeling of "OH NOOOOO"! Glad yours was followed by, "WHEW, thank goodness it wasn't any worse"! Happy to hear the damage wasn't worse and it is an easy fix! Eddie Quote <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken." - Oscar Wilde</strong></span></p><br /> <p> </p><br /> <p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='<a class='bbc_url' href='http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/2720-elsie-by-4whelr-modelshipways/#entry73752'>http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/2720-elsie-by-4whelr-modelshipways/#entry73752</a>'><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>Current Build - Elsie</strong></span></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted July 2, 2013 Share #7 Posted July 2, 2013 Oh, glad it didnt get worse! /Matti Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted July 3, 2013 Share #8 Posted July 3, 2013 I did that with the Gothenborg.......a few cracks here and there, and broke the bow stem clean off. glad to hear the damage was minor, luck was on your side Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 3, 2013 Share #9 Posted July 3, 2013 I guess "phew" doesn't really cover it! I've had my share of mis-steps - hand getting caught in rigging, normally....always a cause for alarm, even when the damage is minimal! Lucky your incident didn't case more mayhem hamilton Quote current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780); Admiralty models Echo cross-section (semi-scratch) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch); Off-Centre Sailing Skiff (scratch) under the bench: MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyj Posted July 3, 2013 Share #10 Posted July 3, 2013 Oh I'm so glad there was just minor damage. Whew. My Syren decided to take a unscheduled trip and landed on the bow. Snapped the fully rigged bowsprit, head rails, bumpkins etc. Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted July 3, 2013 Share #11 Posted July 3, 2013 As you can see, we've just about all had our moments of terror. A blink, cough or distraction and .......BAM! Heck, Knocked off my dolphin strikers weeks after rigging the bowsprit. What a mess. Glad the damage to your baby was repairable. Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lb0190 Posted July 3, 2013 Share #12 Posted July 3, 2013 Such a close call! I'm glad the damage was minor. Quote Regards, Larry ---------------------------------------------------- Current Build US Brig Niagara Completed Builds George W Washburn - 1890 Tugboat Future Builds 18th Century Longboat by MS HM Cutter Cheerful Wappen Von Hamburg by Corel If your not making mistakes, your not challenging yourself – my life has been full of challenges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted July 3, 2013 Share #13 Posted July 3, 2013 Glad your minor lapse of attention did not result in more surgery! Yes we all have these moments knocked the gaff onto the floor today, fortunately it landed on the unfinished leather glove. Michael Quote Current builds Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8; Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8; Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8 Other projects Pilot Cutter 1:500 ; Maria, 1:2 Now just a memory Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8 Finished projects A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100 Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Coleman Posted July 3, 2013 Share #14 Posted July 3, 2013 Maybe some sort of magnet system to hold the ship ridged while in the cradle to help with accidental knocks. As others have said " it dose happen every now and then" Glad nothing major had happend. Quote Regards, Scott Current build: 1:75 Friesland, Mamoli Completed builds: 1:64 Rattlesnake, Mamoli - 1:64 HMS Bounty, Mamoli - 1:54 Adventure, Amati - 1:80 King of the Mississippi, AL 1:64 Blue Shadow, Mamoli - 1:64 Leida Dutch pleasure boat, Corel - 1:60 HMS President Mantra, Sergal Awaiting construction: 1:89 Hermione La Fayette AL - 1:48 Perserverance, Modelers shipyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafi Posted July 3, 2013 Share #15 Posted July 3, 2013 My vic alost once took an escape towards the left through the small gap between window and the banister as I was using still the original heller stand ... ... I immediately gave it a solid heavy slipway where it is well fixed to avoid further fugativ tendencies ... 800_victory-rope-walk_7689.jpg 800_victory_1_7606.jpg One lucky ranging shot from fate is truly enough! No need to challenge it twice. XXXDAn janos and mtaylor 2 Quote To victory and beyond! http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/ See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: http://www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com/ Finest etch parts for HMS Victory 1:100 (Heller Kit) and other useful bits. http://dafinismus.de/index_en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted July 4, 2013 Share #16 Posted July 4, 2013 That is the worst feeling in the world watching your ship turn in the air knowing that only doom awaits. Good think she turned out ok. I've dropped my ships a couple dozen times but at my scale they typically don't take much if any damage. I have on occasion though lost a well placed poorly glued anchor or cannon to Davy Jones Carpet. Quote Daniel We're ship in bottle builders, it's an occupational hazard. www.siemensbottlingco.blogspot.com http://www.bottledshipbuilder.com Current Builds: Bermuda Sloop Wood Krafters Pirate Ship Completed: 20 Gun Frigate Olympic 470 Bermuda Sloop Super Mini Queen Anne's Revenge German Cutter Mercury Santa Maria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted July 4, 2013 Share #17 Posted July 4, 2013 I'm glad the damage was only minor. Everyone who has been in this hobby for a while has had an "oops moment!" My worst (so far - as to not invite the shipwreck Syrens), came when I was loading my Mercury into the back seat of my car. I'd measured the opening carefully. No problems; the complete, rigged model will sit nicely on the rear seat, on a cradle. I even cushioned the ride with pillows on either side of the hull (yes, my wife knows I borrowed them). I got to where I was going (a ship club meeting) just fine. I carefully removed the pillows, threw them in the trunk. I was feeling confident, smug even. Made it this far from home, what can possibly happen? I'm certainly not going to drop it. In a split second of inattention, as I carefully slid the ship off the rear seat, the top of the main mast clipped the door frame and the topmast down to the top snapped right off! Rigging went limp. Many will know what this looks like. I actually closed my eyes for a moment and winced, wondering what repair job awaited me. I took it into the meeting and with zen master steadiness (I held my breath), I carefully placed the end of the broken mast where it snapped-off and I swung it up and leveraged it into position. Voila! The mast centered itself on the break, the split wood aligned perfectly and all the rigging went taut. There wasn't even a break mark on the mast and - believe it or not - I didn't have to glue anything. Not one line needed attention (of many). It's 2 years since then and I haven't touched the broken mast since and I believe only one person knows what happened: me. I'm sure this doesn't happen that often. And, yes - I do thank The Force every so often for my good fortune. Ron Tigerdvr, tarbrush, WackoWolf and 4 others 7 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Godspeed 2, (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbrush Posted July 5, 2013 Share #18 Posted July 5, 2013 Harley, the picture you included of your Syren is stunning! I found your build log now and am really impressed and glad you didn't suffer worse damage with your recent ooopps. It happens to us all for sure, That Murphy guy never sleeps and he has so much fun at my house. I have thought about posting this story since it happened but was never sure where to post it, it fit so many of the different topics. It could have gone under, worst thing that has happened to you. But no, it wasn't worse than than the time I cut the tip of my index finger off. Or it could have gone under, things you hate to do, who is the most untidy builder, why do builds fail. It was a perfect storm. A perfect Murphy storm. I was working on a model of the galleon San Salvador. One bug-a-boo of modeling to me is drafting frames. Hate it. I had drafted the frames from the stern to mid-ships and was in the process of making the frames. My admiral came in to the shop one day and looked at the 20 gallon fish aquarium over my build bench and mentioned that might be a disaster waiting to happen. I think, "nah" but it begins to worry me so I decide to drain the aquarium and move it out of my shop. Naturally you move everything away from the area before you begin to drain the aquarium. After bailing out most of the water I am carrying the aquarium, when my untidiness catches up with me, trip spill. Where? Of course, onto where I moved the frame drafts to. Lovely. What are the counter tops in my shop made of? Medium density fiberboard, which just loves to soak up water. It was truly a dismal moment. Quote John future build: to finish Mary Rose http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8507-mary-rose-by-tarbrush-scale-172-1545/?hl=%2Bmary+%2Brose completed builds: Constructo Steam Launch Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper Posted July 6, 2013 Share #19 Posted July 6, 2013 I had been prepping the hull of my Billings SEADLER model. a ship the same size as their Danmark. I had primed, sanded primed again etc etc and was ready to start spraying the final coats. I came home with my new Badger airbrush kit, compressed air tanks, thinners, paint, masking tape, everything in fact to complete this phase of the build that I had lovingly created thus far. On arriving home at my grandmothers large house where my mother and siblings also lived, I was stunned to find that the completed hull (less paint) was not on the shelf to greet me as per usual. My dear aged mother gesticulated wildly to the bathroom and I ran in guessing what scene I was going to meet. There was my moronic 26 year old twin brother kneeling at the side of the FULL bath prodding away at the hull of my model trying to make it stay upright. this model had open portholes and every time it tipped over I had visions of the internal parts of the hull soaking up water. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Not only was the idiot completely oblivious to the risks involved (mainly springing of planks)but he had the audacity to suggest feeing some of my fishing weights through the portholes to make it sit better in the water and not tip over. In abject horror I grabbed the model and a towel and hastily dried the model as best I could. Fortunately no lasting damage had been done but I was left with the knowledge that my twin was not quite the full package so to speak. tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Posted July 18, 2013 Share #20 Posted July 18, 2013 I think at one point or another everyone building Syren has damaged some part of the ship. Reaching for the glue bottle is of course a classic and is almost a rite of passage. I have so far been lucky as the breakages were clean and easy to repair. Jaxboat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 5, 2013 Share #21 Posted September 5, 2013 god i hope i dont drop my Victory, it is heavy enough it would go through the concrete floor and bury it's self Jaxboat 1 Quote Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 MHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktiedens Posted September 6, 2013 Share #22 Posted September 6, 2013 Been there ,done most of these things.2 items of caution - don`t do rigging with long sleeves on & be carefull going through doorways. WackoWolf 1 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uss frolick Posted September 6, 2013 Share #23 Posted September 6, 2013 In honor of the Siren's fateful final cruise, you could say that you "Met the Medway", or "Pulled a Parker", after the British 74 that captured her, or her late ailing captain who died at sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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