dgbot Posted March 28, 2013 Share #31 Posted March 28, 2013 Marvelous work as always Greg. David B Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the learner Posted March 29, 2013 Share #32 Posted March 29, 2013 Thanks, Is it any particular type/brand of paper? The paper I use is thin, acid free paper. I'll see if I can thickness it later. Quote Cheers, GuyThe LearnerCurrent Member NRG,SMA Current Build: HMS Triton 1:48 on line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archjofo Posted March 29, 2013 Share #33 Posted March 29, 2013 Hi Greg, a very accurate and admirable performance that you show here. This is the construction of a model in its highest form. I apologize for my bad English. Quote Best regards Johann Video: La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette of 1827 - naval artillery La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - Construction of long boat La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - Construction of the masts La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - 2019 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 1 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 2 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 3 See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelshipwright Posted March 29, 2013 Share #34 Posted March 29, 2013 Lovely work Greg, Bill Quote Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley Current build: Sovereign of the Seas 1637 My Book: Carving Ornamentation for Ship Models Website: Http://carvingbook.weebly.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share #35 Posted August 17, 2013 Speedwell's framing has finally been completed. Note the various shifts and casts of the toptimbers as they frame the ports. There are many more of these on this vessel than on a Swan class ship and they can be challenging at times. My plan is to plank her from the ports up and rig her. aviaamator, avsjerome2003, Dubz and 24 others 26 1 Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Matson Posted August 17, 2013 Share #36 Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) Great Job Greg. I noticed on your build board there is nothing holding the keel straight. Is there a reason for this? I was wondering if it screwed from below. Edited August 17, 2013 by Geoff Matson Quote Geoff NRG member #2666Current build : USS Constitution Finished builds: Armed Virginia Sloop (in gallery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted August 17, 2013 Share #37 Posted August 17, 2013 She is very impressive Greg, I've been looking forward to an update. Are you and David still going to offer her on your website alongside the Swan and Echo?? Ben Quote Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share #38 Posted August 17, 2013 Geoff - there are four 6-32 threaded bolts securing the model to the baseboard. Ben - we will be offering the plans just as soon as I finish her. She's make a nice follow-up to a Swan, Echo or Triton and is not nearly as large. archjofo, paulsutcliffe, alangr4 and 9 others 12 Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted August 17, 2013 Share #39 Posted August 17, 2013 Sweet work on the framing. Boxwood, I assume? Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlevine Posted August 18, 2013 Share #40 Posted August 18, 2013 The update was definitely worth the wait. She's beautiful. You said she is smaller than a Swan class...approximately what is her length? How much internal detailing are you planning? Quote Toni Chairman Nautical Research Guild Member Nautical Research and Model Society Member Midwest Model Shipwrights Current Builds: NRG Rigging Project Completed Builds: Longboat - 1:48 scale HMS Atalanta-1775 - 1:48 scale Half Hull Planking Project Capstan Project Swallow 1779 - 1:48 scale Echo Cross Section Gallery: Hannah - 1:36 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share #41 Posted August 18, 2013 At 1:48 scale, from counter timbers to the knee of the head she's a very sweet 22". Just for laughs, I've attached a rejected Swan bow for comparison. It makes our little sloop of war look huge doesn't it? So far only box has been used but holly wales are next with Fiebings leather dye to blacken. Jorge Diaz O, avsjerome2003, Elmer Cornish and 18 others 21 Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxboat Posted August 18, 2013 Share #42 Posted August 18, 2013 Awesome work as usual, Greg. I know the black leather dye you use for your wales gives an awesome finish but aren't you concerned about the UV stability of the dye? Best, Jaxboat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted August 18, 2013 Share #43 Posted August 18, 2013 You're a class builder Greg, she looks wonderful. B.E. Jaxboat 1 Quote Current Build: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-164-scale Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ finished 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ finished HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted August 18, 2013 Share #44 Posted August 18, 2013 Jaxboat: I've used Fiebing's dye - both brown and black - for some years now, with no apparent fading. Of course, the models are never exposed to direct sunlight. Jaxboat, SawdustDave and mtaylor 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronprinz Posted August 18, 2013 Share #45 Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Hello Greg, I look very interested, because I'll start the sister of Speedwell with her Snow rigging - the Wolf - in the next week.But I will do it in PoB - and hope to find some help in here. It's great to know how it could be built as PoF... As far as I could see you scaled her to 1/48 - is that right? Looking enranced, Christian P.S.: And please be well prepared for a well filled number of stupid beginners questions... Edited August 18, 2013 by Kronprinz botra288, Roman, wyz and 5 others 8 Quote How lucky onshore whilom you have been you will remake whensoever the ship is sinking. Seneca __________________________ Building:HMS Wolf 1752, 1/48 snow-rigged Sloop 6pfd - 10 guns Breton Thuna fishing boats 1/125 (plastic) & 1/50 (wood)Reconstruction:HMS Flying Fish 1806, 1/48 Baltimore Schooner 12 gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share #46 Posted August 18, 2013 What a lovely illustration! Yes, my model was built at 1:48 scale (1/4" - 1'). Your choice of Wolf, a snow rigged sloop, is fortuitous. It's sister ship Cruiser was also snow rigged and the subject of Ron McCarthy's Building Plank on Frame Ship Models. The rigging in on his model is exceptionally well done and should help you immensely when the time comes. I also love the unusual parallel trysail mast behind the main mast. wyz, robin b and granta 3 Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronprinz Posted August 18, 2013 Share #47 Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Hy Greg, thanks for your answer. till now I haven't decided if I went to 1/48 or 1/50 or if I try to think in the future towards larger younger Sloops and paddlewheelers by choosing the "three-sixteenths scale", since 3/16-inch represents a foot = 1/64 (or the old S-Scale for the modelrailroaders between us -> http://www.s-scale.org.uk/history.htm). Yes "my" choice was fortuitous: my wife brought the plan to me as a consolation for the downfall of my royal prussian Kronprinz by costs of the absolutly essential documents. I was still looking for a nice ship but with a completly drawn plan... so she "overtook" me... ...she has had choosen it because of the name - my nickname is the persian word for "Wolf" - as my cote of arms is. That's very haphazardly - and she was lucky, wasn't she? Looking over your shoulder, Christian Edited August 18, 2013 by Kronprinz Quote How lucky onshore whilom you have been you will remake whensoever the ship is sinking. Seneca __________________________ Building:HMS Wolf 1752, 1/48 snow-rigged Sloop 6pfd - 10 guns Breton Thuna fishing boats 1/125 (plastic) & 1/50 (wood)Reconstruction:HMS Flying Fish 1806, 1/48 Baltimore Schooner 12 gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxboat Posted August 19, 2013 Share #48 Posted August 19, 2013 Thanks, Druxey . I just ordered some via Amazon for the wales on my Confederacy. Best Jaxboat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share #49 Posted August 19, 2013 Christian, I can't locate plans for Wolf on the NMM site. Is that where your wife purchased them? Did you do the lovely illustration? Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex M Posted August 19, 2013 Share #50 Posted August 19, 2013 Hi Greg, avesome build you have started here! Looks like a little fine ship compared with Pegasus! Will follow your build with interesse. About HMS Wolf, it's paper Kit from Ship Yard: http://www.model-shipyard.com/html/40de.html Alex Quote Current build: HMS Sphynx, 20 gun ship launched in 1775 at Portsmouth, Hampshire. On the drawing board: HMS Anson, 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Plymouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury S Posted August 19, 2013 Share #51 Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Greg, I'm happy to see you are progressing on Speedwell. I still think she's on my list once you get the plans ready. Maury Edited August 19, 2013 by Maurys wyz 1 Quote Current diversion: Anchor Hoy c 1815 - 1825 1:48 scale Recent Builds: Fair American: 18th C. Longboat: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/2284-longboat-18th-c-by-maury-modelshipways-by-chuck/ Echo Cross Section: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/513-echo-cross-section-by-maury/ Emma C. Berry http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/203-emma-c-berry-132-pof-by-maury/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronprinz Posted August 19, 2013 Share #52 Posted August 19, 2013 Christian, I can't locate plans for Wolf on the NMM site. Is that where your wife purchased them? Did you do the lovely illustration? No its from the developers homepage a cutoff out of the frontpage Quote How lucky onshore whilom you have been you will remake whensoever the ship is sinking. Seneca __________________________ Building:HMS Wolf 1752, 1/48 snow-rigged Sloop 6pfd - 10 guns Breton Thuna fishing boats 1/125 (plastic) & 1/50 (wood)Reconstruction:HMS Flying Fish 1806, 1/48 Baltimore Schooner 12 gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share #53 Posted August 19, 2013 Thanks for the link Alex! Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper Posted August 21, 2013 Share #54 Posted August 21, 2013 Hi Greg, lovely build. please forgive a newby question but I have never heard the term "snow rigged" before. What does this mean and how does it differ from what I would call the normal way of rigging a ship Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doreltomin Posted August 21, 2013 Share #55 Posted August 21, 2013 Hi Tony, just take a look at the picture above. You will notice the ship actually has three masts: two "normals" as for a brig and then there's a third, a thinner one. It looks as if a normal "ship" with a mizzen mast put VERY close of the main mast. That was called a snow, a kind of rig which gradually dissapeared, being transformed into the two-masted rig called "brig" Jorge Diaz O and clipper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted August 21, 2013 Share #56 Posted August 21, 2013 Greg Finally tuned in to your current build. Every bit as precise and beautiful as Pegasus. Will she be fully rigged? Allan Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper Posted August 22, 2013 Share #57 Posted August 22, 2013 Hi Doreltomin thanks for that I would never have noticed that smaller mast. My apologies Greg for temporarily hijacking your build log. Thank you for showing us your fantastic build log Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted August 22, 2013 Share #58 Posted August 22, 2013 Shes a beauty Greg !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share #59 Posted November 24, 2013 It's been a few months since I've posted an update to my build log of Speedwell. All four platforms are now in place, as are the shot locker and galley stove. Besides the wales, there will be very little external planking in order not to cover those wacky, fun to make shifted and cast toptimbers. The single wale was made of holly and stained with Fiebings black leather dye (off the model). The two completed fore platforms The very small shot lockers accommodate the three pound cannon balls The very small shot lockers accommodate the three pound cannon balls The galley stove was made of brass over a holly plug Jeronimo, jaerschen, pete48 and 35 others 38 Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remcohe Posted November 24, 2013 Share #60 Posted November 24, 2013 Absolutely marvelous Greg! What did you use to 'fixate' the Fiebings dye, I noticed mine is water soluble even to the touch of a damp finger. Remco Quote Treat each part as if it is a model on its own, you will finish more models in a day than others do in a lifetime. Current build HMS Kingfisher MSW 1.0 log click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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