HMS Pegasus 1776 by Knocklouder - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64

[aliluke]

Add that Chris Watton designed it, And that's why it is a quality kit and why you should try his ship boats from Vanguard Models or anything else they make!

[Knocklouder]

Well the port side friezes are done and I painted the Pegasus  white. Was it ever britle, I broke both wings off lost a foot to the bling but added a bit of white paint to look like a foot. Ya it will do lol.I can see the foot missing, 

But with a drop of white paint it looks ok I guess. Might order a new one but will see.

 The rest of the bow went together  pretty well, I can't  find peice # 288 and 128. They don't show up anywhere on the sheets. But I see them on the plan.

 

On to the starboard side, it's so much fun lovein it this is what I came up with I like it. I know Cris designed it, most likely  why it is  going together  relatively  easy . I just hope I don't butcher his ship too badly.  I really have to  finish the models that I have in my stach  before  they will let me  order anymore. Lol

 So time to turn the ship to the starboard side and get busy  lol.

 Thanks for the help and @aliluke please feel free to point out my errors and I will try to fix if I can lol. Thanks.

And as you can see I lost the tail on this side but I will  fix it lol.it went the way of the foot bling , gone forever lol.

That's it for now.  Thanks for all the help and likes. Feeling good about my model today  

 

Edited December 17, 2023 by Knocklouder
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[Richard44]

36 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

I can't  find peice # 288 and 128

Good morning.  You've already put pieces 128 onto the hull (or at least some of them) - they're the timberheads, and are shown on one of the ply sheets on Sheet 2. Piece 288 is a strip of white metal. Both pieces are identified in the list at the end of the manual.

 

Keep going, you'll have a very nice model when you've finished.

 

Cheers

[John Ruy]

On 12/9/2023 at 3:28 PM, Knocklouder said:

Feeling good about my model today 

Excellent progress there Bob. She’s really starting to take shape. She will be sliding down the ways ready to be rigged, before you know it. Cheers🍻

[Glen McGuire]

On 12/9/2023 at 2:28 PM, Knocklouder said:

I really have to  finish the models that I have in my stach  before  they will let me  order anymore. Lol

That's no fun!!  But I guess it's motivation to get to the finish line.  

 

You are doing a great job on this build, Bob.  Love the way she looks so far.  

[Knocklouder]

Small update, When I went to put the decorative pieces on the streen it was yellow and faded away so much you could not see it , so I painted it gold . Then I said I might as well paint the window gold  as well. One side was easy , just spray it on, but I had to hand brush the port side window. It turn out ok. 

 This is what it looked like

And this is what I dd to it.

 

 

Now I have to assemble the other window, put the timber heads on and the freizes will be done. More later.

[Knocklouder]

Well I found peice 288, if we go back to post #39  when I build the ships boat they were in there with the bell. I could not figure out were they went on the boat. Well I guess I just put them away and forgot about them. I was looking at @vulcanbomber log, thanks for posting,  and the light switch came on. I can fix it now, to make it look like the pictures.  I knew I was doing something wrong but c' est la vie. I just found it tonight, so I will fix it tomorrow. 

 

Now I am in to the fun part , all the deck furniture  and mast, which  leads to rigging  lol.  I even started to think about doing the masts but there is just so much to do and it all fun stuff.

That's it for today.  Thanks  for looking. 

                              

[Knocklouder]

Well this was my first attempt to put the timber heads on

After looking @vulcanbomber log , and finding peice # 228 this is what I came up with, it's a little shakey  but for me it will do.

I need to do some paint thouch ups on some of the black, that's the easy part  lol.

So now it's  the hull steps, a couple of walnut strips and sheet 4 is finished. Then time to do the stairs and hand rail. And I will finish all on sheet 5 next.

 Thanks for all who post logs I find them very helpful as my reading skill are not my best quality  🙂. But hey I love my ships lol. 

 Thank you everyone    

 

Edited December 12, 2023 by Knocklouder
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[Gabek]

On 12/8/2023 at 12:59 AM, aliluke said:

...Manitoba - been there, Winnipeg at minus 15C - 

Hello Alistair,

What brought you to our fair (and frigid) province?!  And you only got -15C?  Come at the end of January/early February and we can give you -35! 🥶

Stay cool,

Gabe

[Knocklouder]

Well in my haste to get the Pegasus on the bow of the ship, ya you guess it I am a neanderthal lol its in about four peices.  Lol.

So my daughter said she will buy me one for Xmas. I ordered it today lol. Won't be putting it on till much later lol.

  So this is what I did to the tiller housing , copper roof lol. Then coppered the Bincale assembly as well.  I was not sure if I wanted the skylight red, so I went with black  with gold windows.

CM says it's time to start glueing things in place, before I lose them.lol.

And this is how it will look when she is  all glued in place. I have to drill all the eyelet holes, and make a few blocks for the tiller tackle.  I fitted all the swivel guns, now I will blackin them and paint them up a bit. But tomorrow  is another day lol . 

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by Knocklouder

[Bryan Woods]

Looks great Bob! We know things are going to happen, finding humor in them shows a good example for us to follow.

[Glen McGuire]

7 hours ago, Knocklouder said:

Well in my haste to get the Pegasus on the bow of the ship, ya you guess it I am a neanderthal lol its in about four peices.  Lol.

OH NO!!  So painful to see Pegasus in that condition and I'm sure it was even more painful to watch it happen.  But you cannot keep a good man down, so I know you'll get her back in order shortly.  

[Knocklouder]

Today I rigged the tiller tackle, and blackin the swivel guns as well as painting the brass on the holders , for a lack of knowledge as to what the are lol. I think  the look ok, better in real life than the pictures lol 😆 

So knowing  myself I took all the swivel guns off and put them away for safe keeping. 

So nowI want to build the stairs and hand rails around them. Hopefully  I will get to the Mid deck bulkhead details as well as the bell tower today as well. 

 Having the time of my life, rigging is just around the corner  lol. Oh yes I have to build the masts first  lol. 

 Stay save my friends. Talk to you latter. 

                    

[John Ruy]

1 hour ago, Knocklouder said:

Having the time of my life, rigging is just around the corner  lol.

That’s what it all about… Looking real good. 👍 

John

[Knocklouder]

Well what can I say, it just looks so bare with out a figurehead now. Lol

On top of that Vikings have raided the ship

Lol

But they left no stairs. Lol As soon as they  did I got  busy  and made one set of stairs.

I was going to do the mid deck assembly  but I need to place the cannons  before I do that. Now I have to make a choice., option one with just the breaching tackle 

Or option two fully rigged . I can't decide. Nothing is glued , just waiting to make up my mind about the cannons  .

So I will make up the lower deck stairs, the Bell tower is finished, added a peice of copper for the roof, I have gone copper crazy  🤪  lol.

I  all so needed a quick  peek  at the ships boat,  it will do. 

Talk to you all later 

 

Edited December 15, 2023 by Knocklouder
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[Glen McGuire]

Did you say auditions for a new figurehead???  You knew this was coming...

[Knocklouder]

We may have a winner, but the tail is up not down, looks good but not sure will wait till I get  the replacement from Amati .

So I have finished the mid deck assembly, had to do little improvising but I like it. The .5 black line did not go through the little holes  on the brass peices  but I drilled them out with a  small bit and it went well.

 All the guns are on, the swivel guns look good, cannons are ok. So now just a few things left on sheet six, some blocks, eyelets, cleats and the channels left to pin on. Soon it will be just masts and rigging. Lovein it.

Thanks for helping build my ship, I definitel would be lost without MSW/NRG   to help guide me through it.  

Thanks for looking  in.   

 

[John Ruy]

She is really starting come alive now, with all the details. The fun is about to begin with rigging.  
 

Looking good! Cheers 🍻 

[Knocklouder]

Well Anchors away, they turn out not bad. I have made four Amati  anchors on previous builds, and I learnt that if you round  off the Shank and don't drill the hole in the stock any bigger  , it works for me. 

My bottle of Blacken it, is getting  low, you can't get it here anymore so time to start conservation  lol.  

  So I got all the parts together, blacken-it what I need to and put them on.

  I came to the realization that I used the wrong rope on the tiller, so I am going  to redo it . If you zoom in you can see the difference. I think I will redo the ropes around the stair wells as well. I used .07 were I should have used  .25 natural  thread. It does looks  better. It will give me a chance to reposition some blocks for the tiller as well, that I said it will do lol.

Cap. Marvin says get the stairs done, don't  worry  about the masts. I have so much to do lol. I am loving it.

 

I don't remember where I saw this, the builder made the mast off the ship. Being  a neanderthal lol I decided to give it a try. There is more room to move around  now lol.

  There is so many great logs for the Pegasus, you should have a look at @giampieroricci wow, looking through  his log makes me laugh at mine lol. But I am having just as much fun as he is building mine . This modeling is so fun, she may not look pretty  but she's a beautiful ship to me. Thanks for looking in. And thanks for the logs MSW.

 So with so much to do and Christmas  🎄  coming  and a whole house full of sick kids  we will  see how it goes lol. Take care all and in case I don't get a chance to post again lol have a Merry Christmas . 

Edited December 19, 2023 by Knocklouder
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[Glen McGuire]

12 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

a whole house full of sick kids  we see how it goes lol. Take care all and in case I don't get a chance to post again lol have a Merry Christmas . 

Hang in there with all those sick kids and take care of yourself, Bob!!  And have a Merry Christmas too!  No white Christmas here in central Texas, maybe a suntan!       

[mtaylor]

Sorry to hear about the family getting sick.   Take care of yourself while caring for them.    

 

As for the blackening....  You can use Birchwood Casey Brass Black.  Works very well.  

[Knocklouder]

Ok so I could not wait to fix the tiller, it was bugging me to much. So I repaired  it, it does look better  😏.  Lol 

 

  Before 

after

Merry Christmas.   lol

Edited December 20, 2023 by Knocklouder

[aliluke]

Hi Bob

Key point, you're enjoying yourself!!! That's all that counts! I enjoy your log for you having a laugh, at times, at yourself, and always look forward to your posts. 

 

You asked me to be free about pointing out errors - these are for future reference rather than change what is now:

- Your anchor stocks are the wrong way around. The tapered sides should face the flukes, the straight side should be on top. Yours are the other way around.

- The Amati anchors have the wood grain running in the wrong direction on the stocks. It should be along the stock, not up and down - which makes logical sense. An up and down grain is going to see the stock snap. Blue Ensign captures this       in his Pegasus log.

- Your wheel rig is incorrect and the rope size is better, to my eye, in photo "One" than the next. The right rope size is about 0.4 mm. I'm amazed that you re-rigged this as, blimey, that must of been hard.

 

Plus sides, and lots of them, your model all comes together and the details mesh. Your anchor cables are of fit size to my eyes and lots of people underestimate their scale. From TFFM, I reckon them at 1.4 mm.

 

If you're going full hog on rigging I urge you to look at Blue Ensign's log. There is a hell of lot of stuff going on around the main mast that is going to be really fiddly later but can addressed now to simplify.

 

Look it doesn't really matter, there are things you can improve and there is always someone out there who knows more than you do. I'm only halfway there and I get pulled up on things that I didn't know - planking widths on ship boats - who would know? Someone does. The trick is enjoying it and you are motoring through this and clearly enjoying it!

 

[Knocklouder]

 

10 hours ago, aliluke said:

Your anchor stocks are the wrong way around. The tapered sides should face the flukes, the straight side should be on top. Yours are the other way around.

 Thank You @aliluke, I fixed them this morning , just had to take the ring off and turn them around.

[Knocklouder]

Well I finished up all the stairs, now just have to tie a safety rope around them to complete them.  Tomorrow.  

Also tomorrow I will finish up the tiller. Yes I re did It again. Added two more blocks, now she looks just like the instructions.  Lol. I switched the rope again and went with a .75 natural  rope. Don't matter  I won't be doing it again even  if it is wrong lol.

 

 So now it's time to black-in all the chain plates.  And the mast look really  fun to do . I can't wait lol.

 I ordered  a new Pegasus  figure head, it took 9 days to get here from Italy  , not bad this time. I open the bag and dumped it all out, and would  you know it. I broke a wing right off the bat.

I was so carful about the rest of it. I fitted it and painted it, Marvin told  her back in the box till we are done for you lol.

 

Merry Christmas my friends,  thanks for looking.   

 

[Knocklouder]

Well I finished the tiller , again. I am calling this time great for the tiller, looks good to me lol. I also finished the safety ropes around the stair wells.   

But I am afraid the sickness has got me. Lol. I was the last hold out , now the entire family has it. Everyone gets a box of kleenex for Xmas. Lol.  

  

 

 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

 

 Bob M. And Captain Marvin. 

  

 

Edited December 22, 2023 by Knocklouder

[Bryan Woods]

Rest up, you have a few days. I use those days just  setting in front of the build and looking at it:-) You’ve got a lot going on, on that deck that looks great! I could set and look for a few weeks at her:-) Merry Christmas 

Edited December 22, 2023 by Bryan Woods

[Keith Black]

 Bob, sorry to hear you and all yours are sick, get well and have a Merry Christmas.

[Glen McGuire]

Your job on the tiller is a killer and a thriller!!  Well done!  Hope those kids are taking good care of you!  Merry Christmas to all!!

[Knocklouder]

  Abandon  Shipyard !!!  Had to move all my builds upstairs.   Due to pests moving into the shipyard I have to shut it down, for several months. The family has been sick, but we are feeling better  all around. So I settled in on making the masts, and heard some scratching from the ceiling.  Yep , pests. Darn and I wanted to try and get my Pegasus done by the end of May. I was shooting for the end of May because that will be Three years that I have been a member of NRG and  MSW.

 I have been having the time of my life. It is  just so much fun. I can hardly wait to get  better at this. I have learnt so much. At least I will be able to follow along with logs, it will give me time to catch up on some reading lol.

 The first Mate  says to picture the enemy like this . 

But it's not working , I am so depressed about not building models, if I did not have so much to do I would go crazy  lol. Talk to you all when I can , Sea ya.  

 

Edited January 14 by Knocklouder
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