The Mayflower by Knocklouder- FINISHED - Amati - 1:60

[Knocklouder]

 Thanks  @Bryan Woods, I owe it all to MSW/ NRG  for all the info on how to build ships.   But thanks.

 Today I have to thank @Isaiah for his tip on how to make rope coils.

I took them same dowel, cleaned it up, notch the top with a dremal. Soon I was turning out coils like crazy.  I soon had enough  for the Mayflower.  

 

Today the coils will be in place, then the 8 Bowlines and 5 double blocks, they have to be added.

Started scratching  the  rock , I want to use on the display case.  Not sure where that will fit in but will figure it out.

I went outside today at the bottom of the stairs I found my Plymouth Rock. Picked it up and ran back to the shipyard to work on it. Lol. All that fresh air for the minute  I was out side gave me so many idea lol had to get working on them lol.

Thanks so much for all who liked it, it just the most fun you can have lol. 

 I took the Mayflower upstairs to peek. lol 

Going to have move the Sea of Galilee  Boat but that's OK.

I wanted to leave it here with the angel but the First  Mate  says NOT  😢  So it got to go in the case .

I may have to sand a little off the top it looks close lol.  And just look at the dust on the top of the case. A great example of the need to protect your ships.

Onward to the rock .                                     

 

Bob M.

 

 

 

Edited April 23 by Knocklouder
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[Keith Black]

 Congratulations, Bob. Job well done. 

[Isaiah]

Glad it’s useful for others as well. Once I made this jig I made about 40 of them in just a few hours.

[LCdr Dave]

Bob, you did a fantastic job and in a short period of time! 
onwards and upwards. I look forward to following your next build. 
Dave

[mtaylor]

Congratulations on a very well done model, Bob.   I too am looking forward to your next model. 

[Knocklouder]

Most of the rope coils have been installed.  I have 11 coils to make ,10 for the Bowlines and one for the flag.

Looks like I might have past inspection. Captain Marvin says it'll do. But he was quick to point out I was missing  3 coils on the starboard side.  Lol  😆. 

Captain  Marvin  also says that the corners of the sails needs  to be sized with black rope they look to shabby.  He being  picky because he got his two week notice, he is being transferred. 

After all we been through, your replacing ME with Pilgrams !!!!! .

   Also today I made my frist Bowline , one down 9 to go.  First I made up the double blocks, then attaching them to the ship I made a Bowline  Looks not to bad. I can't get an opinion about it from Captain Marvin  lol he's  such a moddy little  fellow.  😂 

The rock is in site , really  lol. I made this for the display case, I will see if I keep it, I like it, the first Mate says find a nicer rock. Beauty  is in the Eye of the beholder. I think it fits the ship .

 So 9 Bowlines 2 flags to go. Oh yes and 11 coils lol. 

Thank you very much everyone 😊 😀. 

Bob M.

 

 

Edited April 24 by Knocklouder

[Keith Black]

 I so enjoy your builds, Bob. You bring life to ship and log. 

[Baker]

A very nice model Bob.

Congrats 

[Knocklouder]

Well Captain Marvin says he is done.

He left in a huff, said something about getting his little brother and coming back.  Yeah what  ever. Lol. 

Fellow Ship mate @Gabek came over to help out. He brought me out a most appreciated gift. A full set of Pilgrims, and a few Vikings.  

 

Captain  Christopher  Jones, is now in charge. 

I think it looks so cool. The figures are amazing!  He made four children, two Quakers and thier wives,  and eight sailors doing work and climbing. They are so nice they bring the ship alive.

This guy is my favorite, he is just along for the ride. Safe and sound up here on the Mizzen sail  lol 

He's afraid of heights. 

As you can see I spent the rest of the day playing Pilgrims and where I should  place them . What a gift from my freind Gabe! I had to force him to take his cut of potatoes, and threw in a pumpkin and a squash  lol. 

The whole ship justs seems to come alive. Lol. What a wonderful visit. Thank you my friend.  Before he left, I started negotiating with him on figures for my Viking  boat and The Sea Of Galilee Boat lol. He said Bob, whoa whoa I can't  eat that many  potatoes, we're going to have to up the price to include corn, tomatoes, beets and carrots too and I might have to up the price more . You guessed it...Shipping fees. 

  The ship is alive with Pilgrams and I still have 9 Bowlines to do  lol. I have the flags on , and two rope coils have been finished.  8 more to go.

Also, while Gabe was here, he gave me a quick lesson on how to paint the figures.  I actually painted the two Vikins with axes. He explained everything.  It's pretty easy, but this will be something that gets better the more you do. So now I'm going to order new paint, and putting in my order with  Gabe for all kinds of figures  lol.

So you can see why progress is slow lol. But she be up to speed in no time , all the figures are back in the case.  

 Turning out the lights  going  to watch NHL  hockey tonight, tired from all the fun two modelers could ever have. And just another fantastic memory I hope to retain for ever. 

 This is how the Mayflower looks tonight.  With just 9 Bowlines left to do.

Take care my friends.  More pictures soon as she sails up to the show room. Lol.

Will I ever get my Bowlines done lol. 

Bob M.     ..

 

[Paul Le Wol]

Bob! Congratulations on finishing your beautiful Mayflower. Excellent!

[Bryan Woods]

Bob, your log was so well written, it made me feel like I was right there wearing a big grin:-) oh yeah, your build looks great too:-)

[Knocklouder]

Today is the day my friends, I am going to mark this ship Finished. Lol. What a journey  .

Bow lines are on. @Gabek sent me a message on how these are done. One look at his plans , Neanderthals don't rig. So I came up with this , it will do. Lol. 

 Then I moved on to  seizing the bolt rope on the sails. After that I needed 10 rope coils, whipped them up pretty fast, on my  Isaiah  coil jig.

So I am closing the book calling her done.

 I am going to put all the figures on  and put it in the display case  in the near future.  I will post some final pictures and thoughts of  the build then. 

  Here she is , and I love it. Grinning 😀 😅 .

I have so many to thank, I am pleased  😄.  I wonder if I can enter this for the October  page on the NGR calendar  next year lol. It will be MSW first  Finished log for the Amati Mayflower model.  I am going to have to  to let them know I am finished so they can mark it in the Data base, it will be neat to see the  Finished  marked  beside Knocklouder's  log lol . One more done 3 left to go, I have to pick one,

  but dreaming of   the Duchess of Kensington  by Vanguard Models.lol

 Ok, like I say up to the case she gos 

Thanks for putting up with my typos and humor  lol.

Bob M.

Edited April 29 by Knocklouder
Guessing typos lol

[Glen McGuire]

Congratulations on a fantastic build, Bob!  She looks truly magnificent.  Job well done.  

 

And Choco Taco gives it 2 wings up and says he can't wait to see it in next year's NRG calendar!!  

Edited April 29 by Glen McGuire

[mtaylor]

Coingrats, Bob.   Very well done.

[Keith Black]

 Congratulations again, Bob. A huge thumbs up! 

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Well done!

[LCdr Dave]

Congratulations! Quite an achievement!

Dave

[John Ruy]

Congrats Bob, great job on finishing your Mayflower. 👍 

 

Are you ready to get back to Pegasus?

 

Cheers 🍻

[Knocklouder]

Thanks so much @John Ruy    , no I am not ready to finish the Pegasus  Neanderthals don't rig.  Ĺol. I tried to make the ropes look good and I looked into serving the lines . But my lack  of reading and understanding how things work, lead to a Canadian foot stomping of a serving machine I bought. Lol . Oh well what can you do. I really need to improve  rigging skills before I attempt  the Pegasus.  So I am just going to model things with no strings for awhile. But I may buy another  model to brush up on my rigging skills  .

Edited April 30 by Knocklouder

[Moonbug]

Great work Bob!  

[John Ruy]

9 hours ago, Knocklouder said:

But I may buy another  model to brush up on my rigging skills  

I understand Bob… you did a great job rigging the Mayflower. Maybe rigging a schooner would be good practice. 
 

Carry on, Sir. 🍻

[Knocklouder]

The Mayflower has sailed up to the display case.  It was fun putting it  all together.  Standing back and looking at three years of modeling, and two are not there that I gave away as well.

It was a little  crowded but they fit, I may change-up the look later on in life but for now it will look like this

I am glad I took a half inch off the top of the main mast. After the case went back on less than a eighth of an inch clearance  whooo whoops that was close . 😬 

So some more pictures of the casing of the Mayflower.  Thank you all who help on this build. I am learning lots just have a problem retaining it  lol.

That's it for this journey, after all is said and done this was a fun kit to put together.  It looks good right out of the bow and you can upgrade things.

  After the Mayflower sailed, guess who showed up.  Captain Marvin. 

And he brought his little brother  Stev with him. He was not happy about the Mayflower sailing away before he could talk to Capt Christopher Jones about his recent lay off. Even madder still that he now has to find a way to sail on up to the case. Lol  He told his brother  Stev fire up the old " llludium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator"  it time to make some fish and chips with you know who lol.

LOL. Back to reality.  I like thus ship because of the simple look and not a lot of colours. This is only my preference of course. I ready wanted to do better on tieing off things.  The rigging is fun to do, just had to do a lot of guess work in regards to the colour of the line and the size. But it was a great learning experience, and looking forward to get beck to my Pegasus.  But I want to do a couple of quick builds then a bigger one.  After that I will return  to the Pegasus. 

 I was mistaken about my renewal date it's at the end of June not May. But I did start my first log here on May 21st  2021. And the two members who said hello for the first time still talk with me today . Although one my be banging his head against the wall , because  I going to start yet  another Viking  boat log lol. But @Louie da fly don't worry I won't bug you to much. You have already answered almost every question one could have about vikings  so I will  just reviewe all the Drakkar logs. Then when it is finished, I will put it underneath  behind the curtain, but will put a plexiglass in front. 

I would be amiss  if I did not thank NRG and MSW for all that they do for us members.  And thanks to all the members  as well . I have had so much fun. Learning  everything.  And then get to learn it a0ll over again lol. There IS a lot to ship building, and I know you have to be patient, let the paint dry lol. But so many members have gave me idea on how to do things. Plus our data base. @Chuck fantastic  planking videos. I really  did watch them many times. Thanks for the help. Thank you all who helped along the way , there are so many I can't  list them all for fear of forgetting one member. 

 I join to learn how to build ships, I am doing that but also having  so much fun. Every model is a journey  looking forward  to talking to you on my future  builds.

 Thanks for the memories  Bob M.

 

                                   

I only try to be as accurate as I can, but when Neanderthals have fun they only want to make it look pretty  😍  lol 😆 

Sea you  on the next one.

This is the first Amati Mayflower log on MSW to be mark Finished .😁

Edited May 3 by Knocklouder
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[Glen McGuire]

Job well done, Bob!  You are a helluva lot better at ship modeling than you give yourself credit for!

[Scottish Guy]

Congratulations to that well done build Bob looks amazing.

 

Micha

[John Ruy]

Truly amazing!🤩 

[Keith Black]

9 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

You are a helluva lot better at ship modeling than you give yourself credit for!

 Amen to that. 

[Louie da fly]

You've done a beautiful job. Congratulations on completing - a lot of work, but well worth it.

 

Steven