Niagara by Bahamas Diver - Model Shipways

[Ryland Craze]

David,

 

I am glad to see your build log back online.  Your Niagara is really looking nice and I will be following your build.

[Sjors]

Hi David,

 

You are not the only one who is demoted.

I was Commodore and I know that there are a few Admirals…..

Now we can make a fast career .

Great pictures of the anchor!

 

Sjors

[aliluke]

Hi David

Looks like we'll all be back soon. Great work on the Niagara - followed you on MSW 1. It also great that we are all re-populating this site. It would be good to have your AVS build photos back too!

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[mtaylor]

Hi David,

 

Great to see you re-posting this and carrying on with the build here.  I'm looking forward to it.

[blueyes]

Glad to see you up and running again. What a mess they made of the server transfer. Did you have any warning?

 

Edd

[riverboat]

Hi David..... your Niagara is looking good...... nice to see you up and posting again.... Have fun with your fellow jurors!!!    

Frank

[augie]

Hey David-  thanks for re-posting.

 

I like your replacing of the anchor stocks with wood.  I'll be doing that as well in a few months.

[lb0190]

Count me in also on the wood anchor stocks. The wood adds the detail that gives lookers the OMG look on their face as they see your ship for the first time.

[Bahamas Diver]

Patrick,

 

Sorry this took so long.  My PC crashed and I had to purchase a new one and then rebuild everything.  In any case I now have it all completed.  I will add the picture you requested of the method the current Niagara uses for storing the anchor line.

[Bahamas Diver]

Now that I have most of my PC rebuilt I will again begin adding the rest of the pictures from my old build log.

[Timothy Wood]

David,

 

Very nice work, I'll be following your build.    

 

Tim

[lb0190]

Don't you just hate it when a PC crashes, especially when it's one you use frequently. My current desktop is @7 years old and starting to act up from time to time. Nothing serious, but enough to make me think maybe I should replace it soon. I'll probably procrastinate and wait until
it dies. I would like to keep it running until the end of year holidays to see if I can pick up a new one for a hard to ignore price. A few years ago I installed a NAS with 4TB, set up for RAID1 so hopefully it would not be too painful for a recovery.

 

I'm anxious to see the rest of your build log photos.

Edited March 3, 2013 by lb0190

[patrickmil]

David, a good question from Larry... Where were the cannon balls for the Niagara kept? Were there any provisions for keeping them on deck?

[Bahamas Diver]

Continuing with the pictures from my old build log are the pictures of the building of the bowsprit .

[Bahamas Diver]

Here are some miscellaneous pictures that I happen to like 

[Bahamas Diver]

Here the bowsprit is painted black and positioned through the bow.  You can also see the anchor line chocks and the placement of some of the eye bolts glued to the waterway.

[Bahamas Diver]

Detail of the capstan.  I used drops of CA glue to replicate the bolt heads on the top of the capstan.

[lb0190]

Thanks for posting the pictures David. She looks excellent. I always enjoy seeing and learning from your progress.

[Bahamas Diver]

Here the spritsail mast and dolphin striker are temporarily placed on the bowsprit.

[Bahamas Diver]

Here the chains to hold the dead eyes.   The picture is of one of the 32 need for this ship.  I started out trying to silver solder the links closed but the black coating of the annealed steel wire would not accept the solder.  I ended up locking the links closed using CA glue.

[Bahamas Diver]

Once the chains were completed, the chain channels were completed.

[Bahamas Diver]

The channels are glued to the hull.  Because the whole hull had been painted, I had to scrape off the paint and poly coating were the channels were glued.  To add strength to the channels I also used metal wire dowels inserted into the channels and then into the hull.  I did not drill holes for the nails yet, waiting until the masts are placed to be sure the angle of the chains is correct.

 

You can see in the first picture the long boat davits were also installed.

Edited March 6, 2013 by Bahamas Diver

[Bahamas Diver]

I think I forgot to add the pictures of the water pump so here they are.  I won't add the pump until after the rigging is completed so that it is a bit easier to add all the rope loops.  The iron straps are made of manila folder blacked with a black Sharpie.

[Bahamas Diver]

Here the davits are placed and rigged.

[Bahamas Diver]

The bowsprit collar and hearts completed.

[Bahamas Diver]

The collar and hearts attached to the bowsprit

[Bahamas Diver]

Here the flying jib is lashed to the jib boom.  I also added the required blocks before adding the entire bowsprit, jib boom and flying jib to the model.  It is so much easier to add the blocks now than once the mast is added to the hull.

[Bahamas Diver]

Next came adding the yard and the walking ropes.  I painted the walking ropes with a mixture of white glue and water and then hung clamps on them to give them the shape I wanted.

[Bahamas Diver]

The rest of blocks are added to the bowsprit.  The jib boom is lashed to the bowsprit and the yard is attached.  All is ready now for the entire set of masts to be permanently set in place.

[Bahamas Diver]

Finally the whole thing is permanently added to the boat.  One note.  It is not possible to glue the  cleats into the bowsprit and then run the bowsprit through the opening in the bow.  Instead I drilled the holes for the cleats and then once the bowsprit was in place (but before glued down) I glued the cleatss in place.