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Gwenfra by Piet - FINISHED - 1:25 scale - self-designed Friendship Sloop


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Thanks to all for your "like" votes.


 


@ Bob, you are always welcome aboard my friend.


 


This post will be the last episode of my freedom sloop project.  I had failed to make pictures of the sail making process, I just got too preoccupied I guess.  However, the sails were made with some very fine linen my dear wife picked up in an off-white.  Instead of actually sewing all the seems I folded the edges and glued them.  The battens in the mainsail were sandwiched between the mainsail cloth and strips of cloth, also glued with fake stitches drawn in with pencil.


For the jibs I made small brass rings I threaded to the sail edge and onto the brass stays.


To keep the sails as if filled with the wind I soaked them in a mixture of water with some white glue in it.  I shaped them as they were drying.


Not much more to say, everything is well known to most modelers and there seems to be enough how to data available here in MSW.


 


So then, I'll close this project with ten pictures of the sloop's final stage.  I have named her after my dear bride of 50 years, Gwenfra, which is according to her mother, an old Welch name.


 


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Name on the bow is Gwenfra.


 


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Name on the stern is Gwenfra.


 


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Clos-up of the mainmast area.  All sheets are belayed


 


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Clos-up of the gaff lifts.


 


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Clos-up of shrouds and gaff rigging belayed.


 


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Captain Piet at the helm.  The Admiral Gwenfra is in the galley getting Piet some coffee.


 


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A seagull's view on Friendship sloop Gwenfra.


 


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Freedom sloop Gwenfra seen starboard front


 


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Another seagull's view.


 


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Bow view of Freedom sloop Gwenfra.


 


 


Fair winds and calm seas to all,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Congratulations on a fine build.  :champagne-popping-smiley-emotic

 

Bob

Every build is a learning experience.

 

Current build:  SS_ Mariefred

 

Completed builds:  US Coast Guard Pequot   Friendship-sloop,  Schooner Lettie-G.-Howard,   Spray,   Grand-Banks-dory

                                                a gaff rigged yawl,  HOGA (YT-146),  Int'l Dragon Class II,   Two Edwardian Launches 

 

In the Gallery:   Catboat,   International-Dragon-Class,   Spray

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Looks Fantastic. Congrats on a beautiful boat

"may your sails be full of wind and the sun on your back"
 
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Thank you Cap'n Bob, Pete, Wayne, John and Harvey for having followed this build and your comments, it's really appreciated.

 

This particular model had several reasons for me to build.  First was that my wife and I were going to build a simple version of a sloop but due to certain circumstances we had to shelf that idea.  Thus came the need to build a model of a real sloop I would build if I were a lot younger with unlimited resources.  The other reason was to use this project to get used to working with wood in order for me to design and build a mid 17th century Dutch VOC ship.

 

That project was started soon after this sloop was completed and can be seen under the name VOC ship Surabaya below my signature.  The challenge (to me) was to design my own ships and see how they would come out.  This to me is the ultimate in scratch building.  Yes, I made mistakes and learned from them but that is all part of the fun in scratch building.

 

My wish is to see more people build a scratch model instead of a kit, not that there is anything wrong with kit building but there is something special in doing the research on a ship or boat and then translating the drawings and paintings into a model.  There is really very little difference in these processes, you just have to make your own parts.

 

Well John, I think that our first port of call will be Bermuda.  We'll cast off from Flagler Beach and sail to Jacksonville via the Intercoastel and then south - east across the Atlantic.  Then from there, who knows - - - Costa Rica?

Ah, just dreaming my friend.

 

Okay, now to figure out how to put this model in the gallery.

 

Cheers to all and happy modeling  :cheers:

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Well John, I am afraid she's a little to small for such a long voyage.  Not much space for provisions.  So we'll have to build a larger boat or wait till my VOC ship "Surabaya" is finished  :D  :D

Have to muster a few hundred people for the crew though but it's with free room and board  ;)  ;)

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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  • 2 years later...

A very fine build Piet, sorry to have missed most of this great log

 

cheers

 

Pat

If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!
Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch)

Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350)

Built:          Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)

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Thank both of you, Pat and Patrick, for visiting my humble shipyard and your very kind swords.

Yes, it was my first attempt building a ship model since the early 1950's when in trade school in the Netherlands.  Just to get back into it again to gain some experience.

 

A shame that my build log disappeared with the crash of MSW version 1.0 :(

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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