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Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper


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Great work, as usual, Ed.  Hand- shaping the whisker booms must have been difficult.  I'd love to see any holding device you used while working on the booms.

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Thanks, Guys.  Now, if I can just keep from snagging my shirt cuff on them.

 

No special holders Frank - just the vise shown in the pictures.   I may have used a small hand vise shown in an earlier post to finish the cleats.  The pieces were not too difficult to make.  I suppose they could have been milled to make very precise shapes, but I am trying to use hand methods where feasible in the interests of non-machinist future readers of the book and also because the originals were probably manually forged and would have that look.

 

Ed

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It's all in the details....

 

Great job Ed...and glad you're back.  I was just telling my wife that since I just finished the bath remodel...I'm getting back to working on the Great Republic myself.

 

I did have one question....I'm assuming these and some earlier  details will be outlined in your next follow-up book on the subject?

 

Rob

Current build:

Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196

 

 

Finished build:

Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/#

 

Current build(On hold):

Build log: 1/96  Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/

 

Completed build:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/

The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts."

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Ed, Short-sleeved shirts only!

Maury

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Thank you all.  Good advice, Maury - climate permitting of course.

 

Rob, everything after Volume I before starting masts and rigging will be included in Volume II - with of, course, all the drawings for that work.  Only a few tasks now remain to get to that point.  Stream anchor, mounting the anchors and chain, swinging boom brackets are about it.   If you have Vol I you will be aware that the level of descriptions in the book are far more complete than the overviews given here in the build log.

 

Ed

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Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 177 – Mounting Bower Anchors

 

The plan has been to suspend the wood stocked bower anchor from the starboard cathead as depicted in the picture of the ship docked at San Francisco.  The iron stock anchor is to be placed in its storage position on the port side of the forecastle.   The first picture shows mounting chocks and two securing eyebolts for anchor storage.

 

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The next picture shows the iron-stocked bower anchor in position, secured by a rope lashing to eyebolts on the margin plank.

 

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The positioning and means of securing the anchors is somewhat speculative, but typical.  In the next picture, eyebolts have been installed below the arms and a lashing is being touched with thinned white glue to secure the seizing.

 

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In the next picture, the starboard anchor has been suspended from the trip chain on the cathead. 

 

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The cable chain is also threaded on to the shackle.  This shackle has a threaded bolt which will be trimmed to size later.  A hooked brass rod can be seen inserted from above the windlass through the hawse hole to fish the chain under the forecastle.

 

The next picture shows the chain pulled through over the top of the windlass.

 

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The string shown in the picture has been threaded over the windlass so the chain can be taken over for another turn.  In the next picture the chain has been wound over the windlass and dropped through the chain tube to the hold.

 

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The last picture shows the suspended anchor ready for release.  The shackle bolt remains untrimmed at this stage.

 

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The next step will be to make and install the smaller stream anchor.

 

 

 

Ed

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Ed,

 

You continue to bring smiles to many faces here at MSW, not to mention a high bench mark for all to reach for. Is there a future home already determined for this beauty?  

 

Next time someone asks for a definition of museum quality on one of the forums here, I will respond that they should look at your build log as a prime example. 

 

Allan

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Amazing work Ed...... :P

 

Rob

Current build:

Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196

 

 

Finished build:

Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/#

 

Current build(On hold):

Build log: 1/96  Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/

 

Completed build:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/

The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts."

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Usually I just check the like button but every now and them I have to comment on a particularly nice detail. Well done, Sir!

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E&T - A better question is did Ed smelt the iron to make the chain!

 

Ed - unbelievably fantastic. You not only set the bar but give us tools, steps, and instruction on how someday we might hope to achieve something close. You have my KUDOS!

 

Thanks,

John

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Thank you everyone for your very generous comments and for all the likes.  They keep raising the bar for me.

 

No, E&T, making chain is above my pay grade.  The purchased, studded, copper chain used is particularly nice, 10 lpi from Caldercraft in Cornwall.

 

Allan, I'm overwhelmed.  Thank you.  No, there is no home for the model, except to say that one must either be found or one of us will need to move out.  She is going to be big.  Fortunately, that problem is a couple years off - at least.

 

Thank you, Greg.  Likes are very welcome but comments are always better - and especially questions.

 

The last tasks to complete the work needed for Volume II is finished except for a dozen or so of those pesky belaying pins.  Stream Anchor and swinging boom iron work were completed this week and will be posted soon.

 

Thanks, again,

 

Ed

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Wunderbar Ed,  !!

 

beautiful work, a pleasure to look at....

 

Nils

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-Lightship Elbe 1

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- Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild

"Zeesboot"  heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB  clinker scratch build scale 1:24

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Hi Druxey,

 

I'm a bit behind in responding.  I rounded the wood stock slightly.  Have seen many different examples.

 

Ed

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Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 178 – Stream Anchor

 

Ships like Young America carried several anchors.  The two bower anchors for the model were covered in an earlier post.  One stream anchor, one-third the size of the bowers was also modeled.  These anchors were used for warping or sometimes for short mooring in very calm waters and winds.  Obviously these would be much easier to handle than the large heavy bowers.  There were other smaller types but I settled on just the three.

 

The stream anchor was cut in one piece from a .032" thick plate of hard brass.  The outline was drawn on a blackened portion of the plate and cut with a jewelers saw as shown below.

 

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The larger anchors were made in two pieces and soldered to save material and for the straightness of the bar shank, but with the smaller anchor this method made sense.  The next picture shows the anchor and two oversized flukes cut from a thinner sheet.

 

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These were oversized realizing the clamping for soldering would not be precise.  They would be filed to the final size after soldering.  The soldering set upis shown below.

 

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The next picture shows the fabricated anchor.

 

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The stock and the shackle on this anchor are soldered on.  The last picture shows the anchor being secured on the starboard side in the vacated space used by the suspended bower anchor.  With all anchors stored, this small anchor would probably have been lashed to the shank of one of the bowers.

 

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Next chore:  Making and fitting the supports for the swinging booms, that is, the fore lower studding sail booms.

 

 

Ed

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Ed

 

Your metal work is every bit as exceptional as your wood work.  

 

Allan

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Doing a little catching up Ed. As always it is such a good thing to visit your build. A nice touch on the milled cleats, and also the pins in the tiny shackles. The thing that always gets me is how clean you manage to keep everything looking.

 

Wonderful workmanship.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

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Thank you all for the posts and likes.  Allan, you're giving me a complex.  Micheal, nice to see you back online.

 

Ed

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