Boothbay Schooner ADA CLIFF 1918 by Jond - 1:48 - three-masted schooner

[Jond]

Keith

thank you for the tip

 

I am off sailing in Florida as it is 10 degrees f at home.  I will definitely try this approach when I get back

 

cheers 

 

[KeithAug]

On 2/15/2022 at 9:07 PM, Jond said:

I am off sailing in Florida

Sounds great, I’m jealous.

[Jond]

Post 40. The end….almost anyway

 

 

I qualify the ‘end’ as it really only happens if the model goes away.  I will be using this model for a prop during upcoming talks and exhibitions.   I am currently preparing a talk for the summer…The Early Shipyards of Boothbay.  My point is each time one takes it out, something breaks or someone makes a suggestion or critique.

The following sequences include a case in point of the critic….nothing broke

 

The punch list 

1.    The name on the transom.  I tried to get better cut letters and was told they were too fine.   We talked about it at the modeler's guild and I got dizzy with the advice.   For now we stay with what were have.  I may try to razor cut the film around the words to reduce the area of the shine. I feel it is better than trying a white background.  On black vessels, I find less of an issue as a black background blends in more easily than the white.  
2.    There are about 50 more coils to make; I am now down to two.
3.     figures.   I got a set of WW II German air force ground crew and have rough painted them. I will clean them up a bit more and leave them on the deck for set up . Their hats were hard to file off neatly.    
4.    There are always things that benefit from a clean-up a touch up.
5.    hatch covers see below...now done
6.    a little fit to the stand was done.  A few chips on the side showed up as well due to the move in and out of car etc.  That stuff will be ongoing touch up I fear
7.    Complete research….has progressed and shifted. I was asked to give a talk on the local shipyards, so I am off in that direction.  

The hatch canvas, coils  and crew

 

• 343.   as a memory view the hatch covers are 6 panels dogged down with the stongbacks.  We have read that if sailing these covers had canvas tied down to keep out water.   So the challenge is how to do that finding no images of a covered hatch.

 

• 344    following the lead from Keithaug, I looked up a few alternatives for a tape product.  The ripstop sail tape he recommended available here seemed to be very smooth.   I found that athletic tape that one wraps a hockey stick or tapes an ankle in a football game might work.   I happened to have an old roll too.  Here it is on a dummy hatch cover used to select the material.  I used the same paint used for the sails ; more as a wash to improve the look.  The crew has shown up too.

 

• 345    Here is the first attempt of rolling out what might have been three overlapping canvases, and resetting the hatch strong backs.

 

• 346    in this view I have washed the tape with diluted paint and added tie down lines.  The tie down lines are truly a guess.

 

• 347     Here the hatches are both in place and the crew is starting to get ready as well.  Most coils have now been added to their belaying pins .

Off to the Downeast Shipmodelers guild as test of transportation logistics, travel dings and critics.  

 

• 348   Everyone loved the sails ,as few of us have used the silk span before.   Then I got nailed…..truly

 

• 349    see where I had comeback and raised the bow and fixed the decks and all of that work. If you look across the deck just forward of the bollards, you can see the waterway starts going up.  Well silly me had the waterway go through the bulwark outside and oops….see the angle.

 

• 350    here I am a few days later trimming off the waterway outboard and replacing it with a swept extension.     No hard feelings it will look a lot better.   

 

So here I leave this build as “complete”. With my previous qualifying comment      Off to the next project

 

jon
 

Edited March 12, 2022 by Jond

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Well done!