george Posted August 9, 2013 #1 Posted August 9, 2013 Hello all, Thought it was about time I had a go at this. Not great with this sort of thing so hope this goes ok. Started my Agamemnon March this year, couldn't believe how big it was when the box arrived. This is my 3rd build, HMS Snake ( Caldercraft ) and Racehourse being the others. Followed Mobbsie and Decoymans Aggie builds and they have been a great help. Sjors, JerseyCity Frankie, Beef Wellington and 9 others 12
Richard50 Posted August 9, 2013 #2 Posted August 9, 2013 Hi George, Welcome to MSW where you will be able to get any help you need with your very impressive build. I look forward to viewing the rest of the build. Richard (Jimbob) Best wishes Jimbob (Richard) A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
WackoWolf Posted August 10, 2013 #3 Posted August 10, 2013 George, Welcome to MSW. Your doing an excellent job. People here will always help out any way that they can all you need to do is ask. Keep the pictures coming. Wacko Joe Go MSW :)
mobbsie Posted August 10, 2013 #4 Posted August 10, 2013 Hi George, Welcome to MSW mate, and an extra welcome to the Aggy club. I have a reputation for being a quick builder but I think you beat me hands down and your making a fantastic job on her as well. Holland-on-Sea, not far from me, might be good to hook up one day and compare notes. Keep up the good work and I look forward to further updates. mobbsie mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :-
PMG Posted August 10, 2013 #5 Posted August 10, 2013 Hi George, welcome in the club! What an impressive progress! And you started only in March? I think your are in a big race with Mobbsie. Lightspeed is the limit... Best regards, Pierre HMS Agamemnon by PMG - Caldercraft HMS Serapis by PMG - Aeropiccola
Kevin Posted August 10, 2013 #6 Posted August 10, 2013 very nice, well done, i will follow yr build with interest 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 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold 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
Sjors Posted August 10, 2013 #7 Posted August 10, 2013 Hi George, Also from me a welcome to MSW ! That's a real beauty what you've got there. As you can see in my signature., I want to build her also in the future. So…..before anybody else is going to tell you that I'm always yelling about pictures, a lot of pictures please !!!!! So I can see what I have to do in the future. Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre
Captain Slog Posted August 11, 2013 #8 Posted August 11, 2013 Hi George, A very clean and sharp build. Nice Cheers Slog _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic)
ZyXuz Posted August 11, 2013 #9 Posted August 11, 2013 Hi George, I've also just completed my Race Horse, and currently I've just ordered a display case as the final stage.. (planned to make my own, but gave up due to tight schedule of my work ) Nice painting job you've there! She looks so beautiful and Visit My Blog! http://malaysiamodelship.blogspot.com/ Previous Build: HMS Race Horse (Sergal) Current Build: HMS Unicorn (Corel)
george Posted September 5, 2013 Author #10 Posted September 5, 2013 Just a few more pictures of where i'm at, at the moment. Struggled a bit rigging the gun tackle, seemed to take an age. Then you cover most of it up with the top deck. Finishing of the head rail assembly now, can never seem to get that quite right. gieb8688, GrandpaPhil, riverboat and 1 other 4
Sjors Posted September 5, 2013 #11 Posted September 5, 2013 Hi George, Very nice rigging of the cannons ! It looks just great. Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre
PMG Posted September 5, 2013 #12 Posted September 5, 2013 Very impressive! Nice work, George. Pierre HMS Agamemnon by PMG - Caldercraft HMS Serapis by PMG - Aeropiccola
mobbsie Posted September 5, 2013 #13 Posted September 5, 2013 Hi George, You've made some great progress there mate and she's looking absolutely fabulous, well done on rigging the guns, it can be tricky and fiddly but I rig most of mine before putting on the ship. One word of advice, put the cavel cleats ( part 182 ) on before you place the top deck on, the manual calls for the top deck to be placed along with the 5 boat beams, this does make it difficult to place the cleats, I also placed a small block behind the cleat so that it lifted it away from the bulwark. Hope you don't mind me putting that in. keep it up mate and keep those pics coming in, we have to keep " he who cannot be named " happy, he sulks otherwise. mobbsie Sjors 1 mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :-
george Posted September 5, 2013 Author #14 Posted September 5, 2013 Cheers for that Mobbsie. Glued. the top deck on yesterday without the cavel cleats. I spotted that weeks ago when going over the plans but completely forgot about them. anything else that needs looking out for, advice would be more than welcome. Cheers George.
george Posted September 10, 2013 Author #15 Posted September 10, 2013 A few more pictures of my latest progress. Managed to fit the Cavel cleats in Mobbsie. Would have been easier if i'd done it at the right time though. Had to shift my HMS Snake the other day. Thought it was a biggy when I built it but as you can see the Agamemnon 's going to tower over it Beef Wellington, Michael.lehner, Brigg Fair and 7 others 10
riverboat Posted September 10, 2013 #16 Posted September 10, 2013 Another Welcome to MSW George....... great looking build you've got going.... be ck'n in now and then on your progress. Frank george 1 completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk)
Sjors Posted September 10, 2013 #17 Posted September 10, 2013 Hi George, Great progress and thanks for the pictures ! Your paint work looks fabulous Nice view those two ships. You can see the difference of size between them george 1 Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre
augie Posted September 10, 2013 #18 Posted September 10, 2013 You're building a beautiful vessel there George. And you're already in great company. mobbsie 1 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
mobbsie Posted September 11, 2013 #19 Posted September 11, 2013 Hi George, Head rails looks good mate, it appears to be difficult and I always approach it with some trepidation but you have mastered it with no problems, well done. Cavel cleats have gone in nicely even though they could be put in earlier, I'm surprised it's not been amended in the instructions, even if they put a footnote in it would be a help. How hard did you try looking for the safety netting, I looked all over the place for the right design but failed miserably, Grant saved my bacon and sent me some from Australia, like you all I could find was the honeycomb pattern which is not correct, I couldn't even find the right stuff online, apparently Grant got it from an occasion shop, they use it for decorating chairs and so on. You have made some really good progress mate and you should be well pleased. I look forward to more updates. mobbsie mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :-
george Posted October 13, 2013 Author #20 Posted October 13, 2013 Hears where I'm up to at the moment. Really enjoyed the upper deck. A few fiddly bits but no real problems. mobbsie, Bill Hime, mort stoll and 7 others 10
Sjors Posted October 13, 2013 #21 Posted October 13, 2013 Hi George, That looks fantastic ! You've been busy ! george 1 Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre
PMG Posted October 13, 2013 #22 Posted October 13, 2013 Hello George, your Aggie looks very very nice. I wonder who is the fastest, Mobbsie or you? Pierre george and mobbsie 2 HMS Agamemnon by PMG - Caldercraft HMS Serapis by PMG - Aeropiccola
mobbsie Posted October 13, 2013 #23 Posted October 13, 2013 You really have made some very good progress there George, she's looking really smart. Did you turn your posts for the companionways or buy them, they do look good. Keep it up mate. mobbsie mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :-
Richard50 Posted October 13, 2013 #24 Posted October 13, 2013 What a beautiful ship, and a great build! Best wishes Jimbob (Richard) A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
WackoWolf Posted October 14, 2013 #25 Posted October 14, 2013 Wow, she is looking Beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us. Keep the pictures coming. Wacko Joe Go MSW :)
george Posted October 14, 2013 Author #26 Posted October 14, 2013 Cheers everyone for the kind words. Mobbsie I bought the posts, caldercraft if I remember rightly. Turning something that small I think is beyond me. George.
Beef Wellington Posted October 15, 2013 #27 Posted October 15, 2013 Very nice build so far George, she really is huge compared to your Snake! Looking forward to seeing more. george 1 Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop)
george Posted October 15, 2013 Author #28 Posted October 15, 2013 A few more pictures. Just started to plank the poop deck mobbsie, Bill Hime, PMG and 2 others 5
mobbsie Posted October 15, 2013 #29 Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Hi George, Good progress mate, she's looking lovely. You may want to have a look at your Cavel Cleats ( post 28, picture 2 ) on the upper deck, 2 small points, 1, They are too close to the aft gun, when you come to put the steps in for the Poop Deck your going to be squeezed for space, 2, they should be at an angle forward to the right and not aft to the left. They are very small points mate but may cause you some grief later. I made the mistake of pinning and gluing mine to the deck but they are clear of the steps so didn't cause me any trouble. Hope you don't mind me mentioning it. Be Good mobbsie Edited October 15, 2013 by mobbsie mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :-
george Posted October 16, 2013 Author #30 Posted October 16, 2013 Hi Mobbsie, Thanks for that mate. I've remove the cavel cleats luckily came away easily ( didn't make a very good job of gluing them on). Do you think its better to fix them on now or after I've done the steps from the poop deck? Helps always welcome George.
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