Elizabeth Howard by Jond - 1:48 - The White Ghost - Schooner

[Rick310]

Looks great!!

Rxk

[KeithAug]

All looking very neat Jon.

 

On 8/1/2024 at 7:26 PM, Jond said:

It is all amusing as the real decks of fishing schooners were really a mess

Yes it is a pity that most of us are unwilling to lower our standards to match reality.

[Jond]

Thank you Rick and Keith for you comments.   

 

I just had a set back as I was reminded that haste may cause waste.   I had hurried up to get to a point to move the model to the garage while summer quests were here so I could continue and install the decking .  In that rush I made a big oops.  I had mis located both masts.  I am part way through the fix and I must say it is an ouch.    I will post in a few days when I figure where I went wrong.    My not having drawings did not help but I do have enough pictures , so it was me in a hurray  

 

cheers

Edited August 8 by Jond

[Jond]

10   oops rework the deck based on review of photos

 

I mentioned above a dumb move / oops.  I was in a hurry and somehow laid out both masts incorrectly.  Based on that layout, I shaped the rails and included the pin rails.   I took the model to the garage, so I could peck away each day a bit while summer guests made working in the shop not convenient. I posted the installed decking.    I should have just waited.

 

Here is the sequence…..

 

01   returning to the shop, I proceeded to carry on and installed all the chain plates.   Dumb!

 

Back at my shop computer, which coincidentally I replaced my long-gone computer at this same time.  We all know that resetting a new computer means another week that I should have waited.    I finally resumed studying all the available images to figure out how the deck was laid out.  As I mentioned earlier through the net I found the several collections in both Gloucester and Boston Library collections.  I “borrowed thumbnails” and blew them up, scaled spars etc.  I had previously shared the sail plan that I did in cad months ago based on a broadside racing image.  Why did I not use that drawing when I located the Mast?   Who knows

 

02-05 In these photos one can see the relocated masts and re-laid decking.    The foremast wrong hole is amazingly close enough to the round fish loading hatch with which I will plug the hole. The main mast hole was plugged and covered in new decking.  The pin rails and chain plates were all relocated and are back together.  At some point I need to do more remedial work, especially the outer hull where the chain plates were removed.  The pin rails will be mostly covered with coiled lines so they will work out.

 

Going forward

 

Photos 6-8 To plan the deck work, here are two cropped images that come from different internet images and sites.   When blown up, they give a reasonable sense of what was on deck and where.  I also have one of our Historical Society photos of the sister schooner Louise Howard.  The similarities carry through after scaling and measuring the sail plan. So they both confirmed the error made and after the fix I am ready to move forward.