yvesvidal Posted September 26, 2021 Share #61 Posted September 26, 2021 Those extra details are really paying off. Fantastic job. Yves John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share #62 Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Chain Stops… Bowdoin restoration photo by @Jond Chain Stops in place… Chain Locker photo by @Jond Drilled 1/8” holes in the deck. Trimmed up brass eyelets and elongated slightly. Glued in place with CA glue. Painted white… Trimmed Anchor Chain to length and dropped into locker. 😎 Chain Lockers completed. Decide to add a bit more detail to the Windless based on @Jond photo of actual windless in booth bay. Added a bit of rust to the chain and Windless/Anchor Chain detail completed. Thanks again to @Jond for your research and Bowdoin build log. None of this detail is in the Laughing Whale kit. Time to start moving aft, next up is the Fore Mast Fife Rail. 🍻 Edited September 27, 2021 by John Ruy Cathead, Papa, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share #63 Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Starting at the bow and working aft. Fore Stay Attachment and Forward Lazarette. Scratch build Fore Stay Attachment. Cut out and inlay into the decking material the Forward Lazarette Cover from 1/32” Bass Wood. Forward Jib attachment Completed. Moving on… 🍻 Edited September 27, 2021 by John Ruy yvesvidal, Cathead, clearway and 3 others 6 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share #64 Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) Fife Rails… Starting from scratch… Assembly… aft posts with eyelets… Cleats for the pin Rails… Checking fit… Need Paint… Fife Rails in place with Belaying Pins. Onwards… 🍻 Edited September 29, 2021 by John Ruy clearway, Papa, yvesvidal and 2 others 5 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share #65 Posted September 29, 2021 More Details… Traveler for Main Boom… Coverage of the Main Traveler. Double block… Traveler, Wheel House, Stowage Box and Exhaust Cover installed. Cheers 🍻 GrandpaPhil, Cathead, Papa and 2 others 5 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearway Posted September 30, 2021 Share #66 Posted September 30, 2021 starting to look nice and busy on the decks- this is the bit i like when all the small details start gathering momentum after the slog of making the hull. Keith John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share #67 Posted September 30, 2021 4 hours ago, clearway said: starting to look nice and busy on the decks- this is the bit i like when all the small details start gathering momentum after the slog of making the hull. Keith I agree much more interesting working on these little things… 😎 Details… Thanks clearway 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share #68 Posted October 2, 2021 Progress… Wasn’t happy with the exhaust cover, reworked it to have a ventilated top. Brass rail for the Compass. Boom Crotch installed, and that brings me back to the Transom from the bow with all of the various a-sundry deck furnishings, belaying pins and eyelets. Placed pumps and pump handles… Later… 🍻 clearway, gsdpic, usedtosail and 4 others 7 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted October 2, 2021 Share #69 Posted October 2, 2021 Amazing work! John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share #70 Posted October 2, 2021 Boom Crotch and Life Line… Boom Crotch carved and placed at Main Fife Rail. Using Beading eyes for Stanchions. Better scale than 1/16th brass tubing supplied in the kit. Have to shrink the eye a bit. 😆 Life Lines installed Port and Starboard. Ready to build Masts and Spars. Cheers 🍻 Roger Pellett, GrandpaPhil, yvesvidal and 3 others 6 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share #71 Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) Masts… Tapering Mast, only from the spreaders up… Spreaders down stay consistent 1/4”. Found some nice dowels at Home Depot. The rods in the kit were too warped. These have a nice grain, they look like trees. 😆 Cutting out Boom Jaw Rests from 1/32” material, I will laminate two to get 1/16” thickness. Jaw rest supports are cut from scrap mahogany. Main Boom Jaw Rest completed Bending 1/16” square Bass Wood for spreaders Clamping and gluing. Trimmed up and sanded ready for paint. Used a rat tail file to round out the fit for the masts. Painted… Mast Hoops it from Brass Wire wrapped on a 1/4” dowel as per instructions. I will need to paint these to look like wood hoops. Spreaders fitted temporarily… I will need to finish hoops before gluing them in place. Note to self… 🧐 Later…. 😎 Edited October 5, 2021 by John Ruy GrandpaPhil, BobG, clearway and 7 others 10 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearway Posted October 6, 2021 Share #72 Posted October 6, 2021 looking good and nice advise to yourself regarding gluing spreaders in place! when i am about to permanently glue things in place i always move the ship back a little and scan everything in that area to make sure i don,t have to "tweak" anything (still sometimes get caught out though)! Keith John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share #73 Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) Yep @clearway the mast are not glued in yet either, so I can set the sails before dropping the masts in and setting the standing rigging. I’m still considering how to present the sails. 🧐 I’m thinking silk span rather than sewing, it would be a first for me. Although, at this scale I might use cloth, I am just not sure how it would look some furled and some set. I am leaning towards fully set suit of sails with sewn cloth, saving the silk span for smaller scale. Opinions please. 🤔 Edited October 6, 2021 by John Ruy yvesvidal, coxswain, gieb8688 and 5 others 8 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearway Posted October 6, 2021 Share #74 Posted October 6, 2021 myself i would go with sewn set of sails, i think ships like this always look a bit bare when modelled with bare poles/ furled sails as not much going on up top compared to a full rigged ship (i sew the hems but get my mother in law to stitch the "sail panels" on her sewing machine though as she is now in her 80s she has said no moreeeeeeeee!!! Keith John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share #75 Posted October 6, 2021 1 hour ago, clearway said: myself i would go with sewn set of sails I agree, that’s where I am headed. We will see how it goes, I’ve gotten pretty good with the wife’s machine. I think I will lay out sails and build the booms and gaffs. I’ll rig them on the bench then set the mast and shrouds. Thanks for the confirmation @clearway 🍻 clearway 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share #76 Posted October 6, 2021 Here is my inspiration photo… Fully set full suit of sails 😎 ccoyle, GrandpaPhil, BobG and 4 others 7 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share #77 Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Sneak Peak at the sails… Spending time on the wife’s machine. Cheers 🍻 Edited October 11, 2021 by John Ruy Papa, yvesvidal, ccoyle and 3 others 6 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share #78 Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Sails… Making templates from blueprints with tracing paper… Using cutout templates to draw sails on to fabric… Allowing 1/2” to fold over for seams. Cut out sails…. Iron out folds and cut any overlap away. Sew 1/16 inch seams and seal with Fray Check. Allow to dry before trimming. Drawing a line to cut by is very helpful. Trim to 1/16 of sewn seam. Sew panels and reef seams… Sails ready for bolt rope and reef lines. Later… 😎 Edited October 11, 2021 by John Ruy Harvey Golden, Cathead, BobG and 6 others 9 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted October 11, 2021 Share #79 Posted October 11, 2021 Very nice sails. You are an expert with a sewing machine. Yves John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsdpic Posted October 11, 2021 Share #80 Posted October 11, 2021 The sails are looking great. I know there are some who will disagree, but I used cloth/sewn sails on my 1/48th America and I think they look fine at that scale. Yes, the weave of the cloth and the stitching are a bit out of scale, but no more so than the grain of the wood on the deck or deck fittings. John Ruy 1 Quote - Gary Current Build: Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th Annapolis Wherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobG Posted October 11, 2021 Share #81 Posted October 11, 2021 The sails look great and thanks for the demonstration of how you make them. John Ruy 1 Quote Bob Garcia "Measure once, cuss twice!" Current Builds: Hms Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 - Vanguard Models Pen Duick - Artesania Latina 1:28 Completed: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Co. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share #82 Posted October 15, 2021 Booms and Gaffs… Booms and Gaffs tapered… Cutting the yoke out of 1/16 left over planking. Main boom completed… All set… Cheers 🍻 gsdpic, yvesvidal, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted October 15, 2021 Share #83 Posted October 15, 2021 You should start your own business as a model ship sailmaker John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share #84 Posted October 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Papa said: You should start your own business as a model ship sailmaker Thank you for the compliment, but I only do this to avoid paying those sailmaker’s prices 😆 Besides, No one could afford my prices. LOL 😂 Thanks, it is getting easier… 🍻 Cathead 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share #85 Posted October 18, 2021 Shrouds and Forestays… While I wait on some rope from Model Expo, I’m going to set up the Shrouds and Forestays. Once rigged they will have to be removed to install the Main and Stay sails. That said, I’m using a jig taken from the Model Shipways Instruction booklet for the Bluenose. (From my, “can’t wait to build” stash. 😆 As easy as that… Fore and Main Shrouds… That was a bit tricky, I’m not going into the sorted details, but I got her done. 😎 Lower end of Forestays terminated. Shrouds and Forestays at the ready. Upper Shrouds terminated on the Deadeye lie in wait. 😎 Now where is that USPS Priority Mail with my rope? 😆 Later… BobG, yvesvidal, clearway and 3 others 6 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted October 18, 2021 Share #86 Posted October 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, John Ruy said: Now where is that USPS Priority Mail with my rope? 😆 Building scale ship models is a school of patience. You spend more time waiting for parts than building the model itself.... Yves clearway, John Ruy and BobG 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share #87 Posted October 20, 2021 Got that Rope… Here is my inspiration photo for detailing the sails… Fore Sail now ready for mounting. Onwards 🍻 Cathead, clearway, KurtH and 5 others 8 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share #88 Posted October 29, 2021 Sail Details… Gluing on Bolt rope, easier said than done. 😆 However, I like the end result vs hand sewing. Making sure it is not glued to the cork board. I made corner patches out of stiffened sail material. Glued the patches in place with fabric glue. Again stitching this is too tedious and appears out of scale. Jib corners completed. Drilling holes for the Jib hanks… Used black split rings. Jib completed… Mast hoops sewn on the Fore Sail. Mast hoops completed on the Fore Sail. All Sails completed with exception of those pestcky Reef Points. 😆 Again decide to try the glue on method vs sewing thru and knotting on both sides. Pinned reef points in place on cork board until dry. Pinned the tail on the sail 120 plus times, had to do it twice this way. I think it was easier than knotting on both sides. Finally, Sails are complete. 😎 Let the rigging begin. 🍻 Papa, Harvey Golden, BobG and 7 others 10 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted October 29, 2021 Share #89 Posted October 29, 2021 John, you are a sail master. What a beautiful work. Yves John Ruy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruy Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share #90 Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) Fore Sail… Photo from Bowdoin College archives. View of the Fore Sail Boom, Stay Sail Club and Jib from the deck of the Bowdoin. Great archive of Bowdoin photos, to get rigging details. Lashing the Fore Sail to the Gaff. The Laughing Whale drawings show this same lashing technique for the boom. As can be seen in the photo above, the boom lashing of the sail will require a bit more detail. In my opinion… there goes my OCD again. 😆 Making up some 2mm jump rings. Sewing the rings to the bottom edge of the fore Sail. Lashing the Fore Sail to its Boom with the rings, makes for better detail. 😎 Mounting the Fore Sail to the Fore Mast. Finally, some Running Rigging. 😆 Standing Rigging… Time to get out the Shrouds I made up earlier in the build. Starboard Fore Shrouds completed. Port Side Shrouds before painting. Upper and Lower Fore Shrouds complete. On to Fore Stays with Forward Stay Sail and Jib. Tomorrow… 🍻 Edited October 31, 2021 by John Ruy BobG, Papa, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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