Mary of Norfolk 1790 by KenW - Finished - Pilot Boat

[KenW]

December 20, 2023

 

I’m now working on the foresail.  The unique feature here is the bonnet.  It should be attached by a lacing, not the crazy sewing shown on the photo (see the first entry).  I found the proper way in the book, “Historic Ship Models”, by Wolfram zu Mondfeld (see photo below on left).  The method is shown in the photo on the right.    My attempt is in the last picture. Still need some shaping of the sail.

 

           

 

[KenW]

The mainsail and foresail have been rigged to the boat.  I’m having problems getting the sails to flare out from the hull so it looks like it's sailing in the wind.  Of course, there is no wind.  Therefore there is no force pushing the sails out and when I tighten the sheets, the lines keep pulling the sails closer to the boat.  And the sheets never look tight, always loose. Not the look I want.

 

 

 

Also the stove and some jars have been added to the forward locker.  There is a small jar heating water for tea.

[KenW]

I’ve set the jib sail and completed all the rigging.  There just remains tying off and gluing the lines at their cleats and adding some coils.  I also need to raise the flag.  

 

   

[KenW]

Well, everything is done except for the little sea men I created with the help of Amazing Models by Snapdragon.  The guy whom I worked with was excellent. And although the price was high, I'm happy with an early birthday present.

Watch this space.

[Pirate adam]

Ken,

 

I've been watching this log from the beginning.  It turned out great.  Very cool little ship.

 

Adam

[KenW]

Thanks Adam.

Another photo:

[FriedClams]

Nice work, Ken.  The sails look great.  Look forward to seeing your crew creation.

 

 

Gary

[KenW]

Thanks Gary.

I see you've been busy.  Just looked at your current build and find I have a lot of reading to do.

I know your build will be a masterpiece since I know your modeling abilities.

Cheers.

[KenW]

I haven’t been modeling for the last few months due to my recovery from surgery.  But I have acquired some 1/48 scale sailors.  I added three to the boat so the model looks like the photo from the book on Pilot Boats shown in my first posting.  The little men seem very small and they will break if I’m not careful.  I attached some photos below.

 

                         

                             

     

       

 

[druxey]

Nice! Glad that you are recovering now and can play again. From where did you get those 1/48 figures?

[KenW]

Druxey:  Thanks. 

Unfortunately I got them created for me by "shapeways.com" which I now learn that they went out of business.

Chuck has a great source of models (from the UK, I think), but I don't know if they will create figures based on your personal requirements.

Cheers.