John Fox III Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share #31 Posted March 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Jim Lad said: Absolutely delightful work, John John Thanks John! I do try! <Grin> Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Jim Lad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share #32 Posted March 30, 2022 Greetings All, Today I have some more detail work photos to share. The funnel and ventilators were made from aluminum tubing. The funnel was pinched slightly to form the final shape, then the top edge rounded off by pressing a drill bit at 45 degree angle and moving it around the circumference. The ventilator flares were made similarly, then bent to 90 degrees near the top. The yards, booms and gaffs were all made from glued up layers of maple veneer. Interesting to note that the topsail is not attached to the yard, as the other square sails are. Close inspection of the Hurley photos shows that the topsail was actually attached to a second spar, mounted beneath the yard itself. I have never seen this arrangement previously, or since. From photos it would appear that the spar is actually a roller, and the sail is rolled up onto this spar much like a window shade arrangement. I do not think there was a spring inside the spar, as in a shade, but instead when the sail is rolled onto the spar a lines are attached at each end. Thus, when the sheets are hauled to lower the sail, the lines attached to the spar roll up onto the spar. So, when furling the sail the two "reef lines", as I call them, are hauled to cause the spar to rotate and the sail to get wound around the spar. There is an arrangement of a metal device, not clear enough to get exact details in the photos, which appears to extend forward from the yard and spar, an arm of sort through which the reef line runs. This arrangement would replace the normal clew and bunt, leech lines for the topsail. I wonder if it worked properly, or as intended, since I have never seen it replicated. Lastly I have a photo of the light bulb the model will be installed in, along with another of the inside of the cap for the bulb. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III FriedClams, Glen McGuire, mtaylor and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Grant Posted March 30, 2022 Share #33 Posted March 30, 2022 We took a cruise aboard "Royal Clipper" just before Covid. Her yards are hollow, and the sails roll up like window blinds on cylinders inside the yards. Rotation is provided by a hydraulic winch at the port end of each yard. Two crewmen on deck tend the sheets as each sail is rolled or unrolled. Six crew, all on deck, can make or stow all sail in I would think less than forty minutes. A very modern take on the windjammer. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted March 30, 2022 Share #34 Posted March 30, 2022 John, I've followed you on bottleshipbuilder, glad to see you posting your amazing work here! I have to say, your hidden hinge technique is very clever - better than the staple hinge you typically see. Gives me a lot to think about when doing my build. Thank you for posting such clear pictures of how you did it! mtaylor 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share #35 Posted March 31, 2022 12 hours ago, Ian_Grant said: We took a cruise aboard "Royal Clipper" just before Covid. Her yards are hollow, and the sails roll up like window blinds on cylinders inside the yards. Rotation is provided by a hydraulic winch at the port end of each yard. Two crewmen on deck tend the sheets as each sail is rolled or unrolled. Six crew, all on deck, can make or stow all sail in I would think less than forty minutes. A very modern take on the windjammer. Greetings Ian, I never actually looked for anything similar quite that modern. Makes sense though, the technology certainly is up to it now days. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share #36 Posted March 31, 2022 12 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: John, I've followed you on bottleshipbuilder, glad to see you posting your amazing work here! I have to say, your hidden hinge technique is very clever - better than the staple hinge you typically see. Gives me a lot to think about when doing my build. Thank you for posting such clear pictures of how you did it! Greetings Mike, Thanks for the kudos! Hope it does inspire some thinking and experimenting, that's what all my posts are there for! The hidden hinge is certainly not my original idea, don't know if anyone knows for sure who did think the idea up. I know that for many years it was known as the "Hinkly Hinge", due to the fact that a popular ship in bottle builder with that name used it and wrote about it. I just refined it a bit, by using the multiple veneer layers to make the cutting and carving easier that attempting to make the parts by whittling away at a solid wood dowel. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Landlubber Mike, mtaylor and FriedClams 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted March 31, 2022 Share #37 Posted March 31, 2022 Would this be an example of Cunningham's reefing topsail? See: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-68645 Ian_Grant and mtaylor 2 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...
John Fox III Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share #38 Posted April 1, 2022 21 hours ago, druxey said: Would this be an example of Cunningham's reefing topsail? See: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-68645 Greetings, It is somewhat similar, big difference I see is that the roller spar is above the yard on that one. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III mtaylor and druxey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share #39 Posted April 5, 2022 Greetings All, Today I have some more details added to my Endurance model. The observation barrel, made by wrapping paper around a suitably sized brass tube, then sanding and sealing with CA glue. Funnel and ventilators painted and skylight/bench made from wood and thread. A few over view shots of details in place, including wheel and stern railing. Bow area has catheads and ladders, also rails made from wire pins and thread. The rest of the railings were made the same way. Also added the boat davits, made from wire. Lastly the binnacle, smoke stack and capstan. Smoke stack is painted aluminum tube, with thread holding up the top. The binnacle and capstan were my first attempts at using casting and molding, using a kit from MicroMark. Hadn't mentioned before, but the prop was made from brass. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Roger Pellett, Glen McGuire, ccoyle and 12 others 12 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted April 6, 2022 Share #40 Posted April 6, 2022 Some very nice detail for the scale you are working at John. cheers Pat druxey and mtaylor 2 Quote 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share #41 Posted April 6, 2022 7 hours ago, BANYAN said: Some very nice detail for the scale you are working at John. cheers Pat Greetings Pat, Thanks! I really enjoy working out to super detail, and then seeing if I can do it! Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III mtaylor and FriedClams 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share #42 Posted April 17, 2022 Greetings All, Today I have some more detail photos, plus an overall view of my Endurance model. The last shot is of the standing rigging. All the forestays are "control" rigging lines, i.e. the lines that are pulled from outside the light bulb to raise the masts. These lines exit the hull into the space carved beneath the upper hull. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III FriedClams, IgorSky, GrandpaPhil and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share #43 Posted April 24, 2022 Greetings All, Today I have a few photos to share. Adding sails and the name tag on the stern. Name tag was printed on a cigarette paper, after printing on standard paper then taping with cellophane tape the cigarette paper right on top of it. It was then sealed with thinned varnish, installed with white glue, and a light coat of thinned varnish on top. The sails are printed on thinner printer paper, identical on both sides. The last photo shows all the control rigging lines exiting beneath the upper hull. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III archjofo, Snug Harbor Johnny, mtaylor and 12 others 9 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted April 24, 2022 Share #44 Posted April 24, 2022 John: Is the lightbulb an actual lightbulb or something specially made? Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share #45 Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Roger Pellett said: John: Is the lightbulb an actual lightbulb or something specially made? Greetings Roger, Yes, it's a sodium vapor street light bulb. I had a friend who changed them for the city, and got a dozen or so used ones. Opening the bulbs is a bit tricky as the glass is relatively thin. I wrap fine fiberglass cloth around the portion of the "neck" that I wish to cut through, then saturate it with epoxy glue. When fully cured I use a Dremel and thin abrasive cut-off wheel to carefully cut through the glass. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III FriedClams, Ian_Grant, mtaylor and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted April 24, 2022 Share #46 Posted April 24, 2022 John, amazing work. How do you make your deadeyes? FriedClams, mtaylor and Ian_Grant 3 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen McGuire Posted April 25, 2022 Share #47 Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) Brilliant work, John! Love the creativity for the mast hinges and the laminate spars. I just finished up a much cruder version of the Aurora in a bottle. The Antarctic exploration vessels from the heroic age are fascinating ships with incredible stories! Edited April 25, 2022 by Glen McGuire mtaylor, Keith Black and FriedClams 3 Quote Current build: TBD Gallery: Mamoli CSS Alabama; Amati Hannah-SIB; Charles W Morgan-SIB; Aurora-SIB; Independence-SIB; Zheng He Treasure Fleet-SIB; Adventure Galley-SIB; Oseberg/Kraken-SIB; Roman Quinquereme/Archimedes' Claw-SIB, Wa'a Kualua-SIB, Ghost Ship Jenny-SIB Completed build logs: Alabama; Hannah; Morgan; Aurora; Independence; Zheng He Treasure Fleet; Captain Kidd's Adventure Galley; Oseberg/Kraken; Roman Quinquereme/Archimedes' Claw, Wa'a Kualua, Ghost Ship Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuda1949 Posted April 25, 2022 Share #48 Posted April 25, 2022 John, Absolutely fantastic as always. Glad to see you posting your work here. Seems I lost contact with you over the years. Al Keith Black 1 Quote Al Current Build The President by Sergal Completed Build Cutty Sark 1:75 SIB Hannah Opium Smuggler SIB Pride of Baltimore II On Deck Pride of Baltimore II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share #49 Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 6:10 PM, Keith Black said: John, amazing work. How do you make your deadeyes? Greetings Keith, Will attach a few photos of how it's done. Wish I had some better ones, but will look around to see if I do. Basically, circular punches are made, shown, in an appropriate dia.. Circles are punched out of stained card stock, or construction paper of the right color, and these are placed on top of threads on a jig, then glued with CA glue. The jig was made from sections of a 71 dpi. razor saw blade, and screwed to a hardwood block. A piece of paper with deadeye spacing lines is slid beneath the threads. The threads were saturated with CA glue before adding the circles. A second layer of threads is rigged in the same tooth gaps, so they are directly over the threads beneath the circles, then glue applied again. The deadeye pairs are then cut from the jig, then trimmed to the outside edges of the deadeyes. If they are large enough, saturated thread pieces can be added between the ones already on the deadeyes, They are surprisingly strong, though it took a while to figure out exactly how much glue to use to make them. I can pull the shrouds quite tightly without them separating, at least most of the time. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Ian_Grant, Snug Harbor Johnny, FriedClams and 7 others 7 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted April 26, 2022 Share #50 Posted April 26, 2022 Great work John. That last photo on post #43 is amazing. Clever process on the deadeyes - thanks. Gary Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Build Pelican Eastern-Rig Dragger Completed Scratch Builds Rangeley Guide Boat New England Stonington Dragger 1940 Auto Repair Shop Mack FK Shadowbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share #51 Posted April 26, 2022 20 hours ago, Glen McGuire said: Brilliant work, John! Love the creativity for the mast hinges and the laminate spars. I just finished up a much cruder version of the Aurora in a bottle. The Antarctic exploration vessels from the heroic age are fascinating ships with incredible stories! Greetings Glen, Thanks! Part of the reason for the creativity for those parts is having to make many of them. I often built 2 or 3 models when I was building them for sales, so always tried to find ways to make things better/easier. I love the ships/boats of that era, I did a static display model of Amundson's Gjoa a few years back too. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Keith Black, mtaylor and Glen McGuire 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share #52 Posted April 26, 2022 20 hours ago, Cuda1949 said: John, Absolutely fantastic as always. Glad to see you posting your work here. Seems I lost contact with you over the years. Al Greetings Al, Thanks! Not sure about the "always", but I do try! <Grin> Been lurking around here nearly as long as you have, but been posting a bit more lately. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share #53 Posted April 30, 2022 Greetings All, First off, thanks for all the "likes" and "wows"! This is the last of the Endurance log. First off I have a photo of the light bulb ready to use on it's stand. Then I have the lower hull part inserted and glued in place. Finally the model with all the control lines tightened and ready to glue. Next two show the special holder I made to keep the lines straight, and with openings allowing me to put CA glue right on the exit points of the control lines. Next I have the upper hull ready to glue to the lower hull, there are pegs to align it. That is probably the trickiest part of the finishing of the model, need to rest the upper hull at an angle, with the pegs near the holes, and then apply white glue to the holes and push the upper hull down. Lastly I have the completely finished model. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Keith Black, Snug Harbor Johnny, mtaylor and 12 others 8 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted April 30, 2022 Share #54 Posted April 30, 2022 An amazing little model, crisp, clean work at 1:275 scale. Sticking it in a bottle (light bulb in this case) is the wow factor. Congratulations. FriedClams and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 30, 2022 Share #55 Posted April 30, 2022 Love it. A beautiful build and a unique display. FriedClams and Keith Black 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen McGuire Posted April 30, 2022 Share #56 Posted April 30, 2022 Superb work, John! Congratulations on a job very well done! mtaylor, Keith Black and FriedClams 3 Quote Current build: TBD Gallery: Mamoli CSS Alabama; Amati Hannah-SIB; Charles W Morgan-SIB; Aurora-SIB; Independence-SIB; Zheng He Treasure Fleet-SIB; Adventure Galley-SIB; Oseberg/Kraken-SIB; Roman Quinquereme/Archimedes' Claw-SIB, Wa'a Kualua-SIB, Ghost Ship Jenny-SIB Completed build logs: Alabama; Hannah; Morgan; Aurora; Independence; Zheng He Treasure Fleet; Captain Kidd's Adventure Galley; Oseberg/Kraken; Roman Quinquereme/Archimedes' Claw, Wa'a Kualua, Ghost Ship Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted May 1, 2022 Share #57 Posted May 1, 2022 What a beauty! Very nicely presented and a well constructed Model John. You should be proud of this one. cheers Pat FriedClams, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share #58 Posted May 1, 2022 23 hours ago, Keith Black said: An amazing little model, crisp, clean work at 1:275 scale. Sticking it in a bottle (light bulb in this case) is the wow factor. Congratulations. Greetings Keith, Thanks for the kind words! I like making people's eyes pop out! <Grin> Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Keith Black 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share #59 Posted May 1, 2022 12 hours ago, mtaylor said: Love it. A beautiful build and a unique display. Greetings Mark, Thanks! Glad the model pleases you! Those large light bulbs offer so many possibilities for models. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share #60 Posted May 1, 2022 11 hours ago, Glen McGuire said: Superb work, John! Congratulations on a job very well done! Greetings Glen, Thanks! There's a certain level of satisfaction that is hard to beat when I get one right. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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