Newport by Jolly Jo - Mamoli - Scale 1:57

[SaltyScot]

It does look good, Jo. Just a point on painting the bulwarks instead of planking them though - I was always under the impression that putting those inside planks on the bulwarks strengthened them somewhat and that gave the gun ports a little more stability, structurally. This is not based on fact buddy, just my opinion.

[Jolly Jo]

2 hours ago, SaltyScot said:

It does look good, Jo. Just a point on painting the bulwarks instead of planking them though - I was always under the impression that putting those inside planks on the bulwarks strengthened them somewhat and that gave the gun ports a little more stability, structurally. This is not based on fact buddy, just my opinion.

 

That sounds reasonable on a real boat but, as I see it, in this case the second planking is most of all intended to cover the naked lime wood from first planking with walnut for a nicer appearance. Therefore, as it visually wouldn't really make a difference when painted, I skipped this step.

[SaltyScot]

3 hours ago, Jolly Jo said:

Therefore, as it visually wouldn't really make a difference when painted, I skipped this step.

 

That makes perfect sense sir.

[Jolly Jo]

Planking is done.

The deck has been sanded and oiled.

[SaltyScot]

A fine looking deck, Jo. Your patience and determination certainly paid off on this one buddy.

[Coyote_6]

Beautiful work on this.   I will be following!

 

I am especially intrigued by your build as my current build is in the "odd" 1:58 scale, yet here is your beautiful schooner in 1:57!  Close enough.  It would be fun to see them side by side.

 

This build looks set, but regarding guns in post 18, for future reference the privateer "Grecian" takes an interesting approach to gun ports with lower bulkheads and the effect looks wonderful to my eye.

 

(Borrowed from a Grecian build on MSW)

 

Anyway - great work.  I'll be following.

[Jolly Jo]

1 hour ago, Coyote_6 said:

Beautiful work on this.   I will be following!

 

I am especially intrigued by your build as my current build is in the "odd" 1:58 scale, yet here is your beautiful schooner in 1:57!  Close enough.  It would be fun to see them side by side.

 

This build looks set, but regarding guns in post 18, for future reference the privateer "Grecian" takes an interesting approach to gun ports with lower bulkheads and the effect looks wonderful to my eye.

 

Anyway - great work.  I'll be following.

 

Steve,

 

thank you very much for your encouraging words!

 

Seeing our schooners side by side would be nice but as yours will be a privateer mine should better keep a distance... 😄

 

I've seen plans and models of the Grecian but honestly I don't like the look. I think it was made in this special manner to reference to columns in classical Greek architecture and hence named Grecian. Nevertheless I am already working on a solution...

 

Thank you for following. I'll follow your build too.

 

[Jolly Jo]

Hello all,

today's work was making a mockup for playing around with bulwark proportions and different aspects of armament.

 

My plan is to raise the bulwarks. At first I thought I put the deck to high but I didn't. Checking other build logs again I saw that all of them had about two and a half planks above the false deck whereas I put on just two. Therefore I will top them up with two stripes of 1.4mm oak wood of my stash I already bent to shape. The mockup represents the new height.

 

Next will be cutting two additional gun ports aft. I couldn't shake the feeling that just two 3-pounder guns per side wouldn't have been enough, even for self defense. Therefore I contacted @Daniel Dusek, the new owner of Mamoli, who generously sent me 6 barrels of his new designs for this ship. The barrels are a bit longer and better made - all muzzles got the same, evenly centered bore now.
Thanks again Daniel!

 

I was also thinking about the gun port dimensions which are currently 8x8mm like stated in the manual. I tried 7mm square on the mockup and like it better so I will change the existing gun ports accordingly.

 

Next will be scratch building carriages (the one on the pictures is an original cast metal one for the small guns) and then gun port covers.

Edited 22 hours ago by Jolly Jo

[SaltyScot]

21 minutes ago, Jolly Jo said:

Next will be scratch building carriages

 

Scratch building eh.... Good for you buddy. That can only be beneficial for your future builds! Those mockups look great and are a good idea to get dimensions correct before moving on with the actual build. Good call.