CaptainSteve Posted October 19, 2014 #481 Posted October 19, 2014 Nice save !! JesseLee 1 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve
SawdustDave Posted October 19, 2014 #482 Posted October 19, 2014 Most of us have been there and done that JesseLee. The good thing is the fact that no man has ever actually " had a cow". That really would be quite painful indeed. Looks like a great recovery....solid fix. Now you've got a neat story to tell. Dave JesseLee 1 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com
themadchemist Posted October 19, 2014 #483 Posted October 19, 2014 I had a cow, but it was for DINNER with mushrooms and zucchini. I understand the Lyme issue problems unfortunately. That last storm pressure front caused a bloom. Nice save Jesse. There really isn't nothing quite like that feeling in your gut when that happens. Luckily only you and us will know. I know what you mean with the CA, seems once it doesn't work, it then won't stick to it's self. I bought some fast acting epoxy for just such occasions, the hour stuff wasn't cutting it on unclampable stuff, so I found some 5 minute. Luckily I haven't needed it. YET! JesseLee 1 Quote
gjdale Posted October 19, 2014 #484 Posted October 19, 2014 Great save Jesse - and welcome to a very large club! The fore Topgallant mast on my Victory has TWO breaks in it. I would certainly recommend using epoxy if you have the misfortune to do something similar in the future. The epoxy will be stronger than the original wood! This is how I fixed the second break on mine. JesseLee and themadchemist 2 Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout
aliluke Posted October 20, 2014 #485 Posted October 20, 2014 Hey Jesse Well fixed. I smacked the stern of my Fly against the wall the other day. Fortunately only paint came off. You just forget sometimes and do in a second what takes hours to fix. We all belong to this club! Quote Cheers Alistair Current Build - On Hold - HMS Fly by aliluke - Amati/Victory Models - 1/64 Previous Build - Armed Virginia Sloop by Model Shipways Previous Build - Dutch Whaler by Sergal (hull only, no log)
NAZGÛL Posted October 20, 2014 #486 Posted October 20, 2014 Love your model Jesse, the rope work is top notch! Sorry to read about the bowsprit, but you managed to repair it well! I would have prefered CA, as in my opinion its easier to hide the seams with some gentle sanding. /Matti Vivian Galad and JesseLee 2 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
Vivian Galad Posted October 22, 2014 #487 Posted October 22, 2014 Nice u saved it. I usually don´t say about it, but cracked some pieces of my junk and had to fix them, so, if ppl do put a critic eye to her, will notice some lines here and there. U´r doing a great job. ^_^ tharris and JesseLee 2 Quote Current: Red Dragon (modified) by Vivian Galad - Artesania Latina - 1:60 Oseberg (modified) by Vivian Galad - Amati (1:50)Cocca Veneta by Vivian Galad - Corel - 1:70 Finished 15th Century Latin Caravel kit model from Artimanha models
ScottRC Posted October 22, 2014 #488 Posted October 22, 2014 Nice repair, I know that feeling well, since I'm Kap't Klutz when it comes to moving my ships. Knocked the bowsprit clean off both my mother's Thermopylae and my Alabama. After all the rigging was done of coarse. JesseLee 1 Quote Current Builds: Revell 1:96 Thermopylae Restoration Revell 1:96 Constitution COMPLETED Aeropiccola HMS Endeavor IN ORDINARY Planned Builds: Scientific Sea Witch Marine Models USF Essex
JesseLee Posted October 23, 2014 Author #489 Posted October 23, 2014 You built the CSS Alabama? I think that is my #1 dream build! Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
edmay Posted October 29, 2014 #490 Posted October 29, 2014 PHEW good fix job,the pump must have had some extra beats,? the sails are coming along real good. Nice work Jesse. Edwin Quote
JesseLee Posted October 30, 2014 Author #491 Posted October 30, 2014 I was debating whether to go on & rig the shroud lanyard lines or to wait & do them later as I think I will have trouble tying the running rigging to the pins that are behind the shrouds but decided to go on & do the lanyards & hope for the best later. When I went to start the shroud lanyard rigging I noticed that even though I had jigs on the shroud deadeyes I still some how didn't have all the shroud lines the right length. Some were too long making the space between the deadeyes where you rig the lanyards too close. Seems half of my build is figuring out how to fix problems. I really didn't want to completely re-do tying the deadeyes. That would have been a lot of undoing & re-doing! I figured out a trick that works very well. I found that if you twist the rope with it's natural twisting that makes up the rope (it tightens itself) the deadeyes raise up some. Do this till your deadeye is where you need it & then loop rig lanyard line. When the lanyard is looped through the deadeye holes this holds the shroud line & keeps it from unwinding back. Note: this only works for very small changes in line length- in this case only a few mm each. CaptainSteve, themadchemist, dgbot and 1 other 4 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted October 30, 2014 Author #492 Posted October 30, 2014 I also found that no mater how snug the previous rigging was, after I add more & it tugs at different angles it seems to change how everything is. Lines that once were snug become slack as things are pulled on in different ways as more rigging is added. This frustrates me to no end. As before, I don't want to keep undoing & re-doing lines every time I turn around. As always, another problem to solve. The answer came from another interest of mine. I love flags. I fly various flags around my house: National, State, POW?MIA, Historical, etc. I have always noticed that when it rains & the rope on the flagpole gets completely soaked the line gets very slack as if the water stretches it. BUT, whet it dries it is even tighter than before it got wet, so much so it is hard to undo the line as if I had tied it way too tight. Seeing this I turn to Google to research it. YES! line will shrink some from getting wet just like washing & drying clothes can shrink then sometimes. I experimented with this & found it does work. It works better if the water is very hot & even better if you dry it faster. I used a steamer (the same one I used to bend my planks for the hull) & then a hair dryer. This can also be done with a mug of boiling water & brushed on the line with a paintbrush. This can be done as many times as necessary as you have line go slack as you do your work. dgbot, clearway, themadchemist and 5 others 8 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
NAZGÛL Posted October 31, 2014 #493 Posted October 31, 2014 That's really clever! The model looks great. /Matti JesseLee 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
themadchemist Posted October 31, 2014 #494 Posted October 31, 2014 Now that's a clever trick Jesse. I've removed dimples in wood left by clamping wet wood and it dries with a dimple from the clamp. I add water and the wood re-expands and the dimple is lessened or gone. Sometime warmer water and several applications work best. I would have never though that lines could be adjusted just like clothes shrunk in the wash though, Plus dryer dried clothes are typically tighter then air dried so the heat make perfect sense. So many great ideas are floating around here, I just love it. Another great tip as I prepare to rig. JesseLee 1 Quote
dgbot Posted October 31, 2014 #495 Posted October 31, 2014 Nice trick. That is thinking outside the box. David B JesseLee 1 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/
JesseLee Posted November 5, 2014 Author #496 Posted November 5, 2014 Before sewing the folded edges down on my sails I put a thread along the inside edge all the way around. Where it met I overlapped it a few inches. My reasoning for this is to have a reinforced line for when I sew the bolt rope along the outside edge. The inside thread is small enough to not show when sewed in but a big & strong enough to hold the bolt rope & also I wont have to worry about the sail edge pulling through. guillemot, dgbot, michael mott and 6 others 9 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
aliluke Posted November 5, 2014 #497 Posted November 5, 2014 Hi Jesse Nice work on tightening the lines. The problem you had is one reason I like Morope.. Being very springy it will look tight at a wide variety of tensions. The lines on my AVS are still as taut today as when I laid them. The downside is making a line look slack! Near impossible with Morope... JesseLee 1 Quote Cheers Alistair Current Build - On Hold - HMS Fly by aliluke - Amati/Victory Models - 1/64 Previous Build - Armed Virginia Sloop by Model Shipways Previous Build - Dutch Whaler by Sergal (hull only, no log)
CaptainSteve Posted November 6, 2014 #498 Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) Before sewing the folded edges down on my sails I put a thread along the inside edge all the way around. Where it met I overlapped it a few inches. My reasoning for this is to have a reinforced line for when I sew the bolt rope along the outside edge. The inside thread is small enough to not show when sewed in but a big & strong enough to hold the bolt rope & also I wont have to worry about the sail edge pulling through. WoW !! Brilliant idea !! I've made my own sails before ... and I've hand-sewn bolt-ropes ... But, I'd never even considered doing this until now !!! Thanks heaps, Jesse. I'll definitely be using this tip in the future. Edited November 6, 2014 by CaptainSteve JesseLee 1 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve
dgbot Posted November 6, 2014 #499 Posted November 6, 2014 Excellent tip. That makes it easier to keep the sail in shape. David B JesseLee 1 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/
JesseLee Posted November 11, 2014 Author #500 Posted November 11, 2014 Hand stitching the lines for the sail cloths will not be easy. How in the world will I get all those line straight? I pined the sails to the sail plan sheet. Used a ruler to mark the lines in pencil. Used the penciled lines as my guide & very slowly over many days I stitched the line in keeping the stitching as close as I could, keeping the line as straight as I could. GuntherMT, CaptainSteve, clearway and 7 others 10 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted November 11, 2014 Author #501 Posted November 11, 2014 Washed the pencil marks out of the sails. Hung them on the front door on a sunny day. The sun coming through the glass storm door heats the space between the doors & dried them very quickly. The stitched lines turned out looking fine to me. I am now working on the reef bands & other cloths sewed on the corners for extra strength in the high stress areas where the sail was pulled on by ropes/rigging. Pics coming soon......... clearway, Beef Wellington, Vivian Galad and 10 others 13 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
themadchemist Posted November 11, 2014 #502 Posted November 11, 2014 I have nothing to say but.... WOW. JesseLee 1 Quote
gjdale Posted November 11, 2014 #503 Posted November 11, 2014 Very nicely done Jesse! JesseLee 1 Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout
CaptainSteve Posted November 11, 2014 #504 Posted November 11, 2014 Great work, Jesse. (And, for me, very, very timely !!) JesseLee 1 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve
JesseLee Posted November 13, 2014 Author #505 Posted November 13, 2014 Very frustrated with computer problems. On someone elses now to post this. Don't know how much I will be able to do my build log- my computer is pretty screwed up Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted November 16, 2014 Author #506 Posted November 16, 2014 Bummer!! :( The hard drive is failing on my computer & I cant Add pics to my build log :( Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
edmay Posted November 16, 2014 #507 Posted November 16, 2014 Hello Jesse,Sent you a parcel ie Admirals skirt needs re- hemmed and my pants need taken in a little,Ha "just kidding" What a great successful sewing job on the sails. WOW 10 out of 10.Edwin JesseLee 1 Quote
JesseLee Posted December 2, 2014 Author #508 Posted December 2, 2014 Been working on making & sewing on extra cloths & the reef bands. Used the Fray Check & a hair straightener to form & press them into shape. Making all this on has taken weeks but it turned out to be good timing- my computer crashed & I am now sharing one with my daughter. Things were different & getting all my stuff & info & programs onto hers so I could get back to posting pics on my build log has taken me a while to work out. The reef bands are formed & ready to sew on. themadchemist, clearway, GuntherMT and 4 others 7 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted December 2, 2014 Author #509 Posted December 2, 2014 Sewed the reef bands & extra cloths. Next time I do sails I will not use anything thicker than thin handkerchief material. The sails look real good with these details but ended up a little too thick where extra cloth was sewed on. Next will be the reef points & boltrope. michael mott, clearway, dgbot and 11 others 14 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
CaptainSteve Posted December 2, 2014 #510 Posted December 2, 2014 A beautiful addition indeed !! The only prob is that, with you making reef-bands for your 1/50, now I gotta go start making some up for my 1/16. Arggeth !! Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve
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