riverboat Posted April 30, 2013 #661 Posted April 30, 2013 nice go'n Augie....... she looks beautiful !, amazing what a few threads will do .... they'll turn a nice looking hull into... a gorgeous lady!! augie 1 completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk)
Jim Lad Posted April 30, 2013 #662 Posted April 30, 2013 Augie, at 1:48, the Cheerful could carry my Stag as the ship's launch! John
augie Posted April 30, 2013 Author #663 Posted April 30, 2013 True but what a sight to see two top notch builds with cutter rigs as high as the sky and long as the horizon! Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
MD11pilot Posted April 30, 2013 #664 Posted April 30, 2013 The yards looked really good on a paper towel. They look fantastic suspended on the masts! Keep the pics coming, Augie. Those of us that are far back in your wake appreciate the motivation. Salty Sea Dog 1 Eric O.<p>Current Build: US Brig Syren, kit
Blue Ensign Posted April 30, 2013 #665 Posted April 30, 2013 Hi Augie, I like what you've done with the standing rigging, I like what you've done with the yards, I like what you've done on the deck detail as per your last photo, I guess I'm just a fan of your build Augie Well done. B.E. Salty Sea Dog 1 Current Build: Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-1:64-scale 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/ 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ 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.
augie Posted April 30, 2013 Author #666 Posted April 30, 2013 Well, BE, when I can come up with something that can hold it's own with that last photo you posted of your newly masted Pegasus, I shall be a happy man. Be that as it may, I am smiling just a bit. Thank you. Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
mtaylor Posted April 30, 2013 #667 Posted April 30, 2013 Great work, Augie. She looks like a ship. A very beautiful ship at that. augie 1 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)
DSiemens Posted May 1, 2013 #668 Posted May 1, 2013 Very very nice Augie. She's a very pretty ship. The rigging looks great. Your tedious work is paying off. Daniel We're ship in bottle builders, it's an occupational hazard. www.siemensbottlingco.blogspot.com http://www.bottledshipbuilder.com Current Builds: Bermuda Sloop Wood Krafters Pirate Ship Completed: 20 Gun Frigate Olympic 470 Bermuda Sloop Super Mini Queen Anne's Revenge German Cutter Mercury Santa Maria
augie Posted May 1, 2013 Author #669 Posted May 1, 2013 Thanks Mark and Daniel. Hey Daniel ---- batten the hatches! It just started up here as a combo of gale force wind, rain and ice. DSiemens 1 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
realworkingsailor Posted May 1, 2013 #670 Posted May 1, 2013 Hey Augie... Seen any groundhogs your way lately? Last trip down the seaway, passing through one of the locks near Montreal.. Saw a whole field full... Darned near a dozen or more! Wanted to go all "North Korea" on their @@@es (euphemistically speaking)... Andy augie, Sjors and mtaylor 3 Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy
Kevin Posted May 1, 2013 #671 Posted May 1, 2013 Augie your built look lovely well done i lived in Scotland for 25+ years, you could tell it was summer, the rain was warmer And for info the wabbit fleet is on operations in the Med, waiting to pick a fight, Hms Victory, Royal Caroline, and Amerigo Vespucci - All battle ready Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat
hamilton Posted May 1, 2013 #672 Posted May 1, 2013 Beautiful work, as usual, Augie! hamilton current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780); Admiralty models Echo cross-section (semi-scratch) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch); Off-Centre Sailing Skiff (scratch) under the bench: MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy
Gahm Posted May 1, 2013 #673 Posted May 1, 2013 Excellent work, Augie! Your Syren looks very good! Thomas Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864)
augie Posted May 1, 2013 Author #674 Posted May 1, 2013 Thanks Andy, Frank, Thomas, Dirk, Kevin and Dr. Hamilton. As John (Jim Lad) says.......time to put the spiders back to work Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
Shazmira Posted May 1, 2013 #675 Posted May 1, 2013 Very beautiful work!!!! I will be referring back here often I know. But as we both know, I am not ready to begin her yet, despite someone's pushing me in that direction trippwj and augie 2 Robbyn If you risk nothing, you risk everything! Current builds Syren (Model Shipways) version 2.0 AL San Francisco II Mordaunt (Euro Model) Completed Builds 18th Century Longboat designed by Chuck Passaro In the closet Battle Station Al Charles Morgan (1980s version)
Sjors Posted May 1, 2013 #676 Posted May 1, 2013 Who is that guy Robbyn. Tell me and I give him an warning….. trippwj, Salty Sea Dog, augie and 1 other 4 Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre
DSiemens Posted May 1, 2013 #677 Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) Thanks Mark and Daniel. Hey Daniel ---- batten the hatches! It just started up here as a combo of gale force wind, rain and ice. You aren't even kidding. Got the hatches down but now I got to pick up my sister from the airport in this icy mess. Guess I better reef the sails and take it steady as she goes. I'm of tired of this bipolar weather. Edited May 1, 2013 by DSiemens augie 1 Daniel We're ship in bottle builders, it's an occupational hazard. www.siemensbottlingco.blogspot.com http://www.bottledshipbuilder.com Current Builds: Bermuda Sloop Wood Krafters Pirate Ship Completed: 20 Gun Frigate Olympic 470 Bermuda Sloop Super Mini Queen Anne's Revenge German Cutter Mercury Santa Maria
mtaylor Posted May 1, 2013 #678 Posted May 1, 2013 You aren't even kidding. Got the hatches down but now I got to pick up my sister from the airport in this icy mess. Guess I better reef the sails and take it steady as she goes. I'm of tired of this bipolar weather. Push the weather man into the rubber room and feed him Thorazine. The bipolar weather should mellow out. That's my story and I'm sticking with it. augie, Salty Sea Dog and realworkingsailor 3 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)
newbuilder101 Posted May 1, 2013 #679 Posted May 1, 2013 I haven't checked in for a while, but now I see I've missed a lot. She's really looking wonderful! augie 1 Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower
gjdale Posted May 2, 2013 #680 Posted May 2, 2013 Augie, Seems I neglected to post my admiration for your update a couple of pages back. Please accept my belated congratulations - the addition of the yards looks just fantastic! Can't wait to see the rest in place. 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
augie Posted May 2, 2013 Author #681 Posted May 2, 2013 Good heavens, Grant. There's nothing belated about it. I just appreciate you stopping by. You and everyone else! There's so much progress here on MSW that it's hard to keep up. Especially on 'certain threads' where saber rattling, groundhogs and the weather seem to constantly creep in gjdale and mtaylor 2 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
Kevin Posted May 2, 2013 #682 Posted May 2, 2013 LOL - hope you are not referring to me and Andy Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat
augie Posted May 2, 2013 Author #683 Posted May 2, 2013 LOL - hope you are not referring to me and Andy Heck no! You've got me fanning the flames :P Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
realworkingsailor Posted May 2, 2013 #684 Posted May 2, 2013 Watch out Augie! I can attest.. wabbit thumbscrews are very very painfull... They'll make you confess all sorts of past misdemeanors and misdeeds.... Andy Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy
popeye the sailor Posted May 2, 2013 #685 Posted May 2, 2013 where's Elmer Fudd when you need 'em I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
augie Posted May 2, 2013 Author #686 Posted May 2, 2013 Watch out Augie! I can attest.. wabbit thumbscrews are very very painfull... They'll make you confess all sorts of past misdemeanors and misdeeds.... Andy That, sir, would make for a VERY long thread! popeye the sailor, Kevin, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
patrickmil Posted May 3, 2013 #687 Posted May 3, 2013 Well, now that I'm all caught up Augie, your Syren is looking awesome! I'd like to see an overall picture when you next post some progress pic's. JPett and augie 2 Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Current: Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-5
Padeen Posted May 3, 2013 #688 Posted May 3, 2013 Hi Augie, I finally got to read your log! (... and very nearly missed loosing my keyboard in the process! ) Well done, sir! She is looking really good... 'makes me want to add the Syren to my future builds list (next century maybe, at my building rate! ). Padeen (Adeline) "When there is a will, there is a way" Completed build: Le Camaret - Constructo - static wood 1:35 (build log, gallery) Current build (very limited modelling time at the moment...): HMS Fly - Amati/Victory Models - static wood 1:64 (build log) Projected build: HMS Victory - Chris Watton's design - static wood 1:64 (when available..., no rush!)
Kevin Posted May 3, 2013 #689 Posted May 3, 2013 Well, now that I'm all caught up Augie, your Syren is looking awesome! I'd like to see an overall picture when you next post some progress pic's. might find it in the build profile thread Patrick, the link under my signature Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat
augie Posted May 3, 2013 Author #690 Posted May 3, 2013 Thank you, Adeline. No need for you to rush!!!! There goes, Kevin, plugging his 'Latest Full Profile Photograph' thread again. It's actually a fun idea Ferit 1 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
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