John Ruy Posted January 21, 2023 Author #31 Posted January 21, 2023 (edited) Found a short video of the Corsaro II and captured some stills that will help with placement and finish of the deck furnishings and fittings. Onwards 🍻 Edited January 21, 2023 by John Ruy G.L., yvesvidal, BobG and 1 other 4 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
John Ruy Posted January 21, 2023 Author #32 Posted January 21, 2023 Turnbuckles and other deck fittings. Now for the placement of her jewelry. That’s the fun part. 🤪 Knocklouder, BobG, Prowler901 and 3 others 6 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
rshousha Posted January 22, 2023 #33 Posted January 22, 2023 Hi John, One thing that stopped me in my tracks when I was building the model was that I broke the bow pulpit. Can you let me know how you fixed that? Quote Rick Shousha Montreal
John Ruy Posted January 22, 2023 Author #34 Posted January 22, 2023 49 minutes ago, rshousha said: Hi John, One thing that stopped me in my tracks when I was building the model was that I broke the bow pulpit. Can you let me know how you fixed that? You must mean this break right on the tiny hole for the hand rail wire. Should be interesting 🧐 May have to build a new one from scratch. I will certainly post the fix when I get it done. That piece should be coming up soon. Unless I work the deck fittings from stern to stem. LOL 😆 Truth is I will probably put this off for it but to give it some real thought. 🤨 yvesvidal and rshousha 2 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
John Ruy Posted January 24, 2023 Author #35 Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) Deck House and Cockpit… Trivit mounted in the cockpit… Wheel pedestal in cockpit… Deckhouse and Wheel mounted… Details added to Deckhouse Hatch, etc… Progress on Deck Furnishings/Fittings… Onwards 🍻 Edited January 24, 2023 by John Ruy Prowler901, Knocklouder, G.L. and 5 others 7 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
hof00 Posted January 25, 2023 #36 Posted January 25, 2023 Hi John, Very nice Fittings indeed!! Cheers....HOF. John Ruy 1 Quote Completed Builds: A/L Bluenose II A/L Mare Nostrum Sergal/Mantua Cutty Sark A/L Pen Duick A/L Fulgaro Amati/Partworks 1/200 Bismarck A/L Sanson
John Ruy Posted January 26, 2023 Author #37 Posted January 26, 2023 Progress on the deck… Cheers 🍻 BobG, G.L., rshousha and 5 others 8 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
John Ruy Posted January 26, 2023 Author #38 Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) Bow Pulpit… @rshousha Note repair of Bow Pulpit as follows. I found the Bow Pulpit provided by Corel to not be a proper fit and needing quite some bit of adjustment (bending). I’m sure this how you found yourself breaking the part. In fact I had planned to fit the original part and cement the broken piece in place on the bow. Unfortunately, I too broke the other leg of the bow pulpit. So, I came up with a plan B and custom fitted the Pulpit into the railing. 🧐 I have found many of the parts provided needing to be “adjusted”. I personally am not impressed with the quality of the kit. I certainly would not recommend this kit for a beginner. 😆 Used my finger clamp method to hold in place while the CA glue cured. Successfully installed the busted Bow Pulpit. Onwards 🍻 Edited January 27, 2023 by John Ruy gsdpic, yvesvidal, hof00 and 7 others 10 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
Papa Posted January 28, 2023 #39 Posted January 28, 2023 Gorgeous boat. Fantastic paint work. Ron John Ruy 1 Quote
rshousha Posted January 29, 2023 #40 Posted January 29, 2023 You've gotten through the two biggest hurdles I had; using "finger clamps" on the bow pulpit and installing the cap rail. I think you will enjoy the rest of the build. I can't wait to see your work on the main mast. The spar they supplied is very nice and should look awesome. John Ruy 1 Quote Rick Shousha Montreal
John Ruy Posted January 30, 2023 Author #41 Posted January 30, 2023 Progress… Cockpit complete… Cheers 🍻 G.L., Prowler901, Knocklouder and 2 others 3 2 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
rshousha Posted January 30, 2023 #42 Posted January 30, 2023 I love the destroyer wheel. Do you know that it was Briggs Cunningham who invented that? John Ruy 1 Quote Rick Shousha Montreal
John Ruy Posted January 31, 2023 Author #43 Posted January 31, 2023 58 minutes ago, rshousha said: I love the destroyer wheel. Do you know that it was Briggs Cunningham who invented that? Rick, I have no idea who Briggs Cunningham is, or that he invented the Destroyer Ships Wheel. 😆 All I know is I look for details that the model manufacturer has overlooked. It’s pretty easy to bash this kit. Here is a video I found on an Italian Site. https://www.nauticareport.it/dettnews/barche_e_navi_depoca/corsaro_ii_1961-4808-6020/ Very interesting video to watch the crew working the sails. It’s also a great way to pick up on those extra details. LOL Next up: I will be changing up the Cowl Ventilators to be more accurate. yvesvidal 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
rshousha Posted January 31, 2023 #44 Posted January 31, 2023 Hi John, You should have a look at how those Dorade boxes work. They're quite an interesting piece of engineering. Briggs Cunningham was a great yachtsman and auto racer. He is remembered for the "Cunningham" and item of gear that pulls the luff of a sail down, adjusting the draft position much more easily than using a halyards. One can use a Cunningham on any sail and allows you to change sail shape in seconds. I am not sure what his relationship is to automotive history but I think it is even more impressive than what he did with yachting. John Ruy 1 Quote Rick Shousha Montreal
John Ruy Posted February 1, 2023 Author #45 Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) Dorade Boxes… As I have said, I am not impressed with Corel’s supplied fittings and precut parts. These Dorade Boxes and Cowl Ventilators supplied in the kit are just not acceptable to me. I am replacing the Corel supplied Ventilators with fittings from Bluejacket Shipcrafters. These will look more like what I am seeing in this photo of The Corsaro in Italy. I have started building the new Dorade Boxes as I continue with the deck furnishings. Onwards 🍻 Edited February 1, 2023 by John Ruy rshousha, Prowler901, yvesvidal and 6 others 9 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
BobG Posted February 1, 2023 #46 Posted February 1, 2023 This is such a beautiful sailboat! The fittings provided are impressive too. This seems to be a high quality model kit. John Ruy 1 Quote Bob Garcia "Measure once, cuss twice!" Current Builds: Hms Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 - Vanguard Models Pen Duick - Artesania Latina 1:28 Completed: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Co. Member of the Nautical Research Guild
John Ruy Posted February 1, 2023 Author #47 Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, BobG said: This is such a beautiful sailboat! The fittings provided are impressive too. This seems to be a high quality model kit. Yes it is beautiful… Quality is good, for the most part. Just a few adjustments needed for my own OCD. 😉 Edited February 1, 2023 by John Ruy BobG 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
BMT Posted February 2, 2023 #49 Posted February 2, 2023 This is wonderful! I look forward to your continued success with you. BMT John Ruy and Knocklouder 2 Quote
Roger Pellett Posted February 2, 2023 #50 Posted February 2, 2023 John, I’ve been following your resurrection and outstanding completion of this kit with interest. You’re doing a great job. As I read your posts, something about this model looked familiar so I looked Corasro II up on the Internet and discovered that although she is a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy, she was designed in the early 1950’s by Sparkman and Stevens, the renown New York Naval City yacht design firm. Corasro resembles an older Sparkman and Stevens design, the iconic 1930’s era yawl Bolero. Bolero’s design, very long history, and 2001 restoration is beautifully recounted in the book “In a Class by Herself” by yachting historian John Rousmaniere. This is a well written, large format book full of color and black and white pictures of the boat. There is even a quote about someone forgetting to put drain holes in the Dorade vent boxes. The book was originally published by Mystic Seaport. It would be a great resource for anyone building a model of one of these boats. Roger John Ruy 1 Quote
John Ruy Posted February 2, 2023 Author #51 Posted February 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Roger Pellett said: It would be a great resource for anyone building a model of one of these boats. Thanks Roger… I will look into that book, sounds interesting. I am enjoying building this model, it is different than others I have completed it’s large scale certainly lends to much more attention to the details. 😎 John Roger Pellett 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
John Ruy Posted February 3, 2023 Author #52 Posted February 3, 2023 Deck Furnishings and Fittings complete (I think 🤔)… Dorade boxes installed waiting for Ventilators. Kudos to Rick @rshousha His support is invaluable regarding rigging, Corel “Instructions” are useless, the drawings are good. I just need technical support to understand what I am looking at so I can make sure I have everything in place to rig these mast I am about to build. Thanks Rick @Roger Pellett bought that book used that should help too. Cheers 🍻 Roger Pellett, gsdpic, yvesvidal and 4 others 6 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
John Ruy Posted February 3, 2023 Author #53 Posted February 3, 2023 Here’s a drone shot. LOL 😆 Pardon the mess, it’s how I work. 😆 gsdpic, yvesvidal, Prowler901 and 2 others 5 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
John Ruy Posted February 3, 2023 Author #54 Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) Some more carpentry performed to build the Dorade Boxes and hatch covers for the deck. Cheers 🍻 Edited February 9, 2023 by John Ruy BobG, yvesvidal, rshousha and 4 others 7 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
John Ruy Posted February 11, 2023 Author #55 Posted February 11, 2023 Mizzenmast… cut spreader out of 2x4 mm fir. paint booth… hardware for shroud attachments… back in the paint booth… shroud fittings w/ heat shrink… Turnbuckles fitted… backstays attached… Mizzenmast complete with shrouds and stays… Cheers 🍻 hof00, Ryland Craze, Prowler901 and 4 others 7 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
rshousha Posted February 12, 2023 #56 Posted February 12, 2023 Some great work there. Well done! Again, I am so impressed with the speed at which you are working. I am curious to see how this will play out when you put the mizzen boom on. I suspect there are some issues with the plans. We will have to discuss the technicalities of that part of the running rigging off-line. The little heat-shrink tapes looks especially realistic. At some point you should drop a tiny roll of electrical tape on the deck somewhere. There's always one hanging around while a boat is getting rigged. John Ruy 1 Quote Rick Shousha Montreal
John Ruy Posted February 13, 2023 Author #57 Posted February 13, 2023 Found some interesting research materials in the magazine rack at the grocery store. yvesvidal 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
yvesvidal Posted February 14, 2023 #58 Posted February 14, 2023 What a gorgeous yawl, on that cover. Nothing can be more perfect than this.... Yves John Ruy 1 Quote
John Ruy Posted February 26, 2023 Author #59 Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) Mizzenmast running rigging… Inspiration photo from the book “In a Class by Herself”, the Bolero Browns out for an afternoon sail. (circa 1950) This photo and lots of PMs with my friend in Montreal @rshousha , got this mizzenmast rigged. Shout out again to Rick and the lessons in seamen ship. I replaced the kit supplied wood blocks with these beauties from Bluejacket Shipcrafters @MrBlueJacket Ready to rig that Mainmast… Cheers 🍻 Edited February 26, 2023 by John Ruy Prowler901, rshousha, Roger Pellett and 4 others 6 1 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
John Ruy Posted February 28, 2023 Author #60 Posted February 28, 2023 Ventilators… I replaced the kit supplied ventilators with these from Bluejacket. Carefully drilled out the Dorade Boxes Ventilators installed and the deck is now ready for installation of the Main Mast. Cheers 🍻 gsdpic, BobG, hof00 and 3 others 6 Quote Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
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