edmay Posted January 14, 2015 Share #541 Posted January 14, 2015 Jesse, Despite the odds you have overcome,your modeling is masterful,brilliant in fact, an inspiration,well done ,Kind regards to your Admiral.Edwin. JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #542 Posted January 14, 2015 Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement Things are moving along a little better now. Made the holes in the sails for the mast rings. Rolled the tip of a steel pick in gel CA. When you punch the hole the glue seals the edge of the hole similar to how heat would seal nylon. Makes clean neat holes. Started attaching sails to spars anywhere I could because it is more difficult for me to add them after the spars are added to the masts. Adapted some parrel sets I found from 3 line to 2 line parrels. Began adding gaffs with sails to the masts, attaching mast rings & working on the rigging in these areas. clearway, Piet, popeye the sailor 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted January 14, 2015 Share #543 Posted January 14, 2015 Wow, Jesse, those sails look amazing on the spars. Thanks for sharing the tip about how to get nice clean holes in sailcloth. Steve JesseLee 1 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted January 15, 2015 Share #544 Posted January 15, 2015 Looking very realistic, great job you have done Jesse. And also my thanks for a good tip about the CA gel to seal the holes and My guess is other things as well. Cheers, JesseLee 1 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share #545 Posted January 15, 2015 You have to be careful. Most of the time CA glue is disaster for cloth. It makes it too hard & brittle & cracks apart but if you use it carefully like with the holes it is very helpful. The reason for using gel is so it wont soak up into the cloth any farther than the rim of the hole. Then you don't have any of the normal problems with it. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearway Posted January 15, 2015 Share #546 Posted January 15, 2015 looking great jesse- i always bend my sails to the yards before attatching to the masts as well. I use cross-stich beads for parrell beads Keith JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share #547 Posted January 15, 2015 Worked on the gaff halyards & the yard braces. I usually like to tie onto the pin & form the rope coil with the same line like is in reality but I'm having a very hard time reaching it- too much stuff in the way. So I'm tying off & forming rope coils separately & laying the coil over the pin. dgbot, clearway, JerseyCity Frankie 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor1234567890 Posted January 16, 2015 Share #548 Posted January 16, 2015 Incredible the work and patience that goes into these ships. Beautiful work. JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearway Posted January 16, 2015 Share #549 Posted January 16, 2015 Looks good- i use a piece of metal rod "jammed" beneath the pin to wind the rope around if using the same rope as the rigging method and use needle nose pliers and a piece of brass wire with a hook and flat bent in it to work it. Keith JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share #550 Posted January 16, 2015 Trying to get started on the clew lines but have run into a problem. The kit instructions told me to rig the block on the yard & not on the sail corner like the first photo shows. Now that I'm on the rigging page it shows the block on the sail corner which changes how the clew lines go a little bit. I'm confused. Do I change my blocks or do I just try to make it work like it is? tarbrush and popeye the sailor 2 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share #551 Posted January 16, 2015 I think I figured out the blocks are supposed to be on both. These instructions are so vague & there are gaps in them. Anyway I'm going with that & moving on with it. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevKB Posted January 17, 2015 Share #552 Posted January 17, 2015 Jessee, this is an amazing build , she is beautiful and I found some really nice points to look forward to doing on my build. JesseLee 1 Quote "Smooth seas make for poor sailors" "Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast..." In His Dust RevKB RattleSnake Build http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8288-rattlesnakecormorant-by-revkb-1780-1786/?p=246048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share #553 Posted January 17, 2015 Thanks Rev! Rigging has come to a stop- my lyme infection has flared up with a vengeance leaving me feeling deathly sick. Right when things were moving along a lot quicker too! Oh well, this will pass- soon I hope. I really want to finish this ship. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted January 17, 2015 Share #554 Posted January 17, 2015 Oh !!! Well, no like for THAT post, I can assure you !!! Hope you are feeling better and back to your ship-yard as soon as possible, Jesse. JesseLee and Salty Sea Dog 2 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted January 17, 2015 Share #555 Posted January 17, 2015 Likewise Jesse, hope you're feeling better soon and able to move on with this - the finish line looms ever closer! dgbot, Salty Sea Dog and JesseLee 3 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted January 18, 2015 Share #556 Posted January 18, 2015 Hang in there Jesse, we are all rooting for you. Cheers, JesseLee 1 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted January 18, 2015 Share #557 Posted January 18, 2015 WOW! The sail pictures you posted these last few days are great! My thoughts are with you and I hope this latest wave leaves soon. Hang in there. JesseLee 1 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmay Posted January 18, 2015 Share #558 Posted January 18, 2015 Wishes of wellness,hope your feeling better soon.Edwin JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted January 18, 2015 Share #559 Posted January 18, 2015 I hope you get better very soon. 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack12477 Posted January 18, 2015 Share #560 Posted January 18, 2015 Ditto on the well-wishes, Jesse. Sail look great. Nice job. JesseLee 1 Quote Jack "No one is as smart as all of us" - Is ón cheann a thagann an cheird The craft comes from the head --------------------------------------------- Current build: US Constellation Non-ship builds: USCG UH-65A Dolphin M16 Multi-gun motor carriage diorama M4A3 Sherman Tanks dioramas 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II JSDF Light Armor Vehicle Figures: The Last Bridge: Raider Reaper Edge of Universe: Ianis The Last Bridge: Vadim with cart Completed build log(s): 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne, Willie L Bennett 1888 50 ft Gaff-rigged Ice Yacht Scratch Build The Sullivans (DD 537) Liberty Ship SS John W Brown USS England (DE 635), Artesania Latina Titanic Lifeboat Gallery: Swift , Armed Virginia Sloop, Santisima Trinidad Captain's Launch , 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne Other: Rhinebeck Aerodrome Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share #561 Posted January 21, 2015 Doing a little at a time. Rigging sheet & clew lines. Added the stay & flying jib sails. popeye the sailor, KevinR, Beef Wellington 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share #562 Posted January 23, 2015 Very near finishing the Scottish Maid. Wishing Keith was around to see me complete it. Since I'm so near to the end I'm taking another look at the details around the ship. I noticed the reef points on the port side of the Main Mast Boom Sail. I have the sail catching wind from the starboard side, billowing out on the port side. The way this makes the sail shaped the reef points should not be laying sloppily against the sail on that side. I painted each one with watered PVA & clipped them to dry so they would hang down. KevinR, SawdustDave, CaptainSteve 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted January 23, 2015 Share #563 Posted January 23, 2015 Yup, those reefing lines at these scales are always a problem but you are doing okay with the thinned PVA ! It's looking really very nice! Cheers, JesseLee 1 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbrush Posted January 24, 2015 Share #564 Posted January 24, 2015 great job on your sails and rigging Jesse, really inspiring JesseLee 1 Quote John future build: to finish Mary Rose http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8507-mary-rose-by-tarbrush-scale-172-1545/?hl=%2Bmary+%2Brose completed builds: Constructo Steam Launch Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share #565 Posted January 27, 2015 Some of my sails looked whiter than others after some water/PVA washes for shaping. I wanted to show weathering so I did some more washes with tea. This time I added baking soda to the tea. It fizzed a little at first so I added more until it stopped fizzing. Hope this works- never did it this way before. Also borrowed an idea from CaptainSteve. I dry brushed some paint & smeared it with my finger to look like water staining running down from the grommets. I like the way they turned out. CaptainSteve, clearway, SGraham 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmay Posted January 27, 2015 Share #566 Posted January 27, 2015 Hello Jesse, The word is WOW,a spectacular effort and job well done, I'm sure Keith is on the sideline for now,as he is feeling similar.Edwin JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 27, 2015 Share #567 Posted January 27, 2015 Beautiful Jesse.... Just beautiful. You're a hell of an artist my friend. Are you planning to bring the SM to Fayeteville? edmay and JesseLee 2 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share #568 Posted January 27, 2015 Yes I think I will Dave KevinR 1 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted January 27, 2015 Share #569 Posted January 27, 2015 Magnificent! 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share #570 Posted January 27, 2015 One last sail, a few lines & the flag is about all that is left. KevinR 1 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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