SS Vinal Haven by TBlack - FINISHED

[steamschooner]

You can allways leave one of the pilot house doors open. 

[michael mott]

Good to see you back at the workbench Tom, I agree with Druxey, you know it is furnished, now if you had the door open you could have the captain with his hand on the door, either stepping out or stepping in.

 

Michael

[popeye the sailor]

good to see your doing well Tom..    yea,   I hated that as well.  when I did the Cux,  you couldn't see crap because of how small the windows were.   when I did the Mary Ann,  I saw the pilot house,  and said  "not again"!   it was made from scratch with larger windows and the doors were made to open and close.   the M&M ship has large windows.....fitting for a stern trawler pilot house........the Boulogne will sport the same concept,  when I get to that point

 

I'm not one for doing detail that you can't see.....I like to better spend my time on what you can see.   you've done a very nice job with the interior......it is a shame.   but as said,  you know it there.......you did it........an' we saw it!    now you'll be able to hand folks a mini mag light,  and they'll be able to look in the windows and see some of your handi-work.  at least,  you didn't do like I did in my Nordkap.....I have two pictures on the wall in there........Popeye and Olive Oyl dancing and a picture of Poopdeck Pappy.   you can see them.......but you have to l :) k

Edited July 19, 2013 by popeye the sailor

[Adrieke]

it looks good wheel and all

[captainbob]

It's looking good and we like it.

 

Stay well.

 

Bob

[TBlack]

I've gotten the boat deck shaped and fitted; it's 1/32" plywood. I'm assuming the decking would have been canvas which I'll simulated with painted card stock, overlapping the edges to create seams.

 

The second photo shows that the edge of that deck had a wooden border laid over the canvas around the edge.Pretty straightforward.

 

Tom

[captainbob]

Glad to see you back, Tom.  I’ve missed the updates on the Vinal Haven.  She’s looking good.

 

Bob

[TBlack]

Thanks Bob, I've had some health issues that side-lined me for a while, and I'm working on a restoration of a clipper ship "Amanda" that is giving me fits and taking its own sweet time (I'll up-date that later). And Robbyn isn't the only one who went to a wedding this August. Here are me and my daughter:

[Jim Lad]

Tom,

 

The Vinal Haven looks really sweet with the extra deck added - and that's a great photo of you and your daughter.

 

John

[TBlack]

John, Vinalhaven is starting to look like something. This deck shouldn't be too hard to put together. It all seems to fit OK.

 

In that picture I'm actually in tears and she's trying to comfort me. It's the first time I've seen her in that dress..."my little girl" has disappeared and this young woman has taken her place; what the heck happened!?

 

Tom

[popeye the sailor]

Hi Tom.........you've really made some progress with your build.......she looks fantastic!   love the pictures of the bow......are there any of the stern?    congrats on your daughter's wedding........I can agree that they grow too fast.   I have one more at home still......one of these days, he find his calling.....and then leave the nest......I'm not pushing.

[TBlack]

Hi Tom.........you've really made some progress with your build.......she looks fantastic!   love the pictures of the bow......are there any of the stern?   

Popeye,

For you, anything always! My fellow yankee inspiration:

 

I'm in the middle of applying "canvas" to the boat deck.

[michael mott]

Nice to see some progress Tom.

 

Michael

[popeye the sailor]

AWESOME!!!!!   she looks super Tom........you've really done some fine work there!  really nice lines and curvature.  oh crap!  now I have a tooth ache from all this eye candy  .............where's the advil     I hope your happy with your results......you deserve to be!

[captainbob]

she's a beauty.

 

Bob

[TBlack]

Michael, Popeye, Bob,

Thanks for the thoughts and sentiment. For me, this project has been a new frontier, at least above the hull. A squared rigged ship doesn't have a superstructure as such. It has deck furniture. Maintaining the sweep of the sheer line for several decks, and knowing that it would be a visible feature of the model had me pondering. how to go about it. I chose to extend the bulkheads up through to the 01 level which seems to have worked. The other new area was my use of styrene in various places on the model. It has its pluses and minuses, but is a helpful medium especially around the pilot house.

 

The only area yet to do that has me in a quandry is the eagle on top of the pilot house. I'm hoping to produce something that passes. We'll see.

 

Tom

[Jim Lad]

Tom,

 

That photo from the starboard quarter really shows of the beautiful sheer.

 

John

[captainbob]

Michael, Popeye, Bob,

Thanks for the thoughts and sentiment. For me, this project has been a new frontier, at least above the hull. A squared rigged ship doesn't have a superstructure as such. It has deck furniture. Maintaining the sweep of the sheer line for several decks, and knowing that it would be a visible feature of the model had me pondering. how to go about it. I chose to extend the bulkheads up through to the 01 level which seems to have worked. The other new area was my use of styrene in various places on the model. It has its pluses and minuses, but is a helpful medium especially around the pilot house.

 

The only area yet to do that has me in a quandry is the eagle on top of the pilot house. I'm hoping to produce something that passes. We'll see.

 

Tom

 

It's always a challange to figure out how to build a scratch build and you've done a great job. 

 

Bob

[TBlack]

Except for some stain on the moulding, I've finished the boat deck. It's not secured yet, as I have to install support pillars along the edge and I thought it might be easier to fit them before securing the deck.

 

The moulding is basswood subjected to scraping with a razor blade. Pretty straightforward except at the forward end. There's an "S" curve that gave me fits. But we came through it largely intact.

[popeye the sailor]

like it............I love it!   superbly done!  

[Jim Lad]

Looking good, Tom.  I think you're right that the pillars will be easier to fit before the deck is finally secured.

 

John

[Adrieke]

beautifull

[TBlack]

Thanks, guys, for the support. I'm getting there!

 

Tom

[michael mott]

Tom, that shot of the stern shows just how well you have got this solved. The mouldings look wonderful.

 

Michael

[TBlack]

Thanks, Michael, the hard part of the mouldings is cutting the razor blade properly.

 

If everything lines up, it's a miracle. If I knew how to use a CAD program, it might have been simpler.

 

Tom

[popeye the sailor]

you seem to have done quite well without it...........but I can agree,  I don't have any knowledge of it either.  I was looking at some of the plans....from the links that Bob has on his thread.  I mentioned to the admiral that it would be nice to know.    it started her digging around looking......"what do they use on you ship site?"..........."I dunno".........."well........don't you think you ought to find out!"   she's a real peach, Tom.........she loves what we do......I show her pictures 

[TBlack]

Popeye,

Isn't it great when the admiralty has an appreciation for our art/craft/science/hobby?

 

I have a brother who is an architect and who tried to give me a "simple" CAD program to use. The manual is 1.5" thick!.....too much information! The program resides on my computer gathering dust (pixels?).

 

Tom

[popeye the sailor]

sounds like you would have a good teacher      by some stroke of luck,  I've stumbled onto one...but I need to figure out the registration........I don't want to fib....I'm as green as the grass

[rwiederrich]

Slick build..

 

Rob

[mtaylor]

Well done all the way around, Tom.  The moldings set it off nicely.