trippwj Posted April 27, 2013 Share #631 Posted April 27, 2013 But will she fit on the shelf next to the paddlewheel mortar carrying behemoth or Sjors' quadrupel decker 174 gun floating fortress? mtaylor and augie 2 WayneNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.Epictetus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPett Posted April 27, 2013 Share #632 Posted April 27, 2013 Is it true Augie, will this be your next build "lol" On with the Show.... J.Pett “If you're going through hell, keep going” (Winston Churchill) Current build: MS Rattlesnake (MS2028) http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/45-model-shipways-rattlesnake-ms2028-scale-164th/ Side Build: HMS Victory: Corel http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/3709-hms-victory-by-jpett-corel-198/?p=104762 On the back burner: 1949 Chris Craft Racer: Dumas http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/939-1949-chris-craft-racer-by-jpett-dumas-kit-no-1702/ Sometime, but not sure when: Frigate Berlin: Corel http://www.corel-srl.it/pdf/berlin.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anja Posted April 27, 2013 Share #633 Posted April 27, 2013 Augie ....... Is this just the one in your avatar, or do you have more stashed away somewhere. Just want to know if I will have to upgrade my Half Moon. Take care, Anja mtaylor, augie and trippwj 3 Those we loved but lost are no longer where they were, but are always where we are. In the gallery: Albatros 1840 - Constructo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted April 27, 2013 Share #634 Posted April 27, 2013 Smart move Augie completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted April 27, 2013 Share #635 Posted April 27, 2013 Glad you are making a show of force there Augie, deterrence can work in some instances, just hope it doesn't start a buildup of arms that you can't keep up with. Ben Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted April 27, 2013 Share #636 Posted April 27, 2013 From what I hear, Anja, you don't have anything to fear from the Rocky Mountain fleet., or the Northern Lakes Guard, even the Mississippi Peacemaker or the Seaboard Fisheries Patrol. In honour your stabilizing effect on the European Block, your peaceful merchant vessels are granted free and safe passage. Andy Shazmira, Anja and mtaylor 3 Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted April 28, 2013 Share #637 Posted April 28, 2013 Augie, Can I make a pact with you? You are trowing have stuff into the battle……. If I had a tail I was running with that thing between my legs…. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share #638 Posted April 28, 2013 No running, Sjors! We have merely established an atmosphere of mutual respect for when certain 64 gunners begin to roam the Forum. I shall now return to rigging my 81 gun Syren. Oh wait ---that's a typo. 18 gun (but I can run like hell ). mtaylor, Sjors, lb0190 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share #639 Posted April 30, 2013 The reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. Work continues here at the Northern Colorado shipyard, albeit slowly. Yes, flying, fishing and gardening have taken their toll. But I'm happy to announce that the fore and main lower yards are aloft. Pinned, trussed and with lanyards fixed....can jeer blocks be far behind? No photos just yet.....I want to get them 'fixed' in position first so she doesn't look like a windmill run wild Soon Sjors (right after our next little snow coming in 24 hours). 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted April 30, 2013 Share #640 Posted April 30, 2013 Wait more snow!?!?! I'm &$^ sick of this!!! .......Ahem .... can't wait to see the pictures. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share #641 Posted April 30, 2013 OK, time for a proper (Sjors approved) update. As reported, the main and fore lower yards are now in place. I've added the brace pendants, trusses and lanyards between the thimbles . Here's what's really fun about this kit (thanks to Chuck). When you put in a thimble, block or sheave way back on page 6 [without any concept of why you're doing it], when you get to page 116 and go looking for that item, it's already there!!!!!! Really folks, these plans/instructions are the greatest thing since sliced bread. In addition, the inboard main couse sheets and braces have been fixed to the bulwarks with about a mile of line waiting to be attached later (see above). We've just hit 1300 hours into the build, adhering to my motto 'I may not be any good, but I am slow'. Will be finishing up jeers, lifts, leech/buntlines before moving on to the topsail yards. Between shoveling snow, planting tomatoes (unusual, but this is Colorado) and an upcoming family visit we may be somewhat becalmed here. But there's always time to do something. All stay well. Salty Sea Dog, popeye the sailor, realworkingsailor and 12 others 15 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippwj Posted April 30, 2013 Share #642 Posted April 30, 2013 She is looking absolutely fantastic, Augie. "You Know Who" should be pleased to see some pictures as well! Don't you just love the weather? Sunny and 79 F here today... WayneNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.Epictetus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPett Posted April 30, 2013 Share #643 Posted April 30, 2013 Ahoy Augie Nice pics You have really done a first rate job. On with the Show.... J.Pett “If you're going through hell, keep going” (Winston Churchill) Current build: MS Rattlesnake (MS2028) http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/45-model-shipways-rattlesnake-ms2028-scale-164th/ Side Build: HMS Victory: Corel http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/3709-hms-victory-by-jpett-corel-198/?p=104762 On the back burner: 1949 Chris Craft Racer: Dumas http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/939-1949-chris-craft-racer-by-jpett-dumas-kit-no-1702/ Sometime, but not sure when: Frigate Berlin: Corel http://www.corel-srl.it/pdf/berlin.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted April 30, 2013 Share #644 Posted April 30, 2013 That looks really great Augie, You are doing a great job with the rigging! And thanks for the pictures 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted April 30, 2013 Share #645 Posted April 30, 2013 Fantastic work Augie! I like your motto too! augie 1 -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...
texxn5 Posted April 30, 2013 Share #646 Posted April 30, 2013 Looks outstanding Augie....job well done. Thanks for the pictures, I know Sjors will be pleased. Sounds like you've got some good instructions.....glad to hear that.... John John Current Current Builds: US Brig Niagara on my website FINISHED BUILD LOGS: New Bedford Whaleboat - page on my Morgan Website: http://www.charleswmorganmodel.com/whaleboat-build-log-by-john-fleming.html C.W. Morgan - Model Shipways 1:64 http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1785-cw-morgan-by-texxn5-johnf-ms-164-kit/ USS Constitution - Revell 1:96 http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1796-uss-constitution-by-texxn5-johnf-revell-196-kit/ website US Brig Niagara Model http://www.niagaramodel.com website Charles W Morgan Model http://www.charleswmorganmodel.com website PROXXON DISCOUNT TOOL STORE http://proxxontoolsdiscount.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadchemist Posted April 30, 2013 Share #647 Posted April 30, 2013 Boy oh Boy your getting closer to the finish, day by day. Don't you just hate that last day of vacation feeling as you near a builds end. I felt it with the little peterboro, I can only imagine what its like with such a build as the Syren. There is the joy of completeing her and to be done but there has to be that bitter taste of Geez! Like the end of a good book, or movie, or that last day of a great vacation.... Have you considered whats next, Now that your spoiled by the instructions it could be a toughy... Nice job on the branching and rigging of the Masts. Masts give her height, Yards fill her out. Beautiful work. All the bragging on the Syren has me really considering her as a future build. When left with bad (or non-existent instructions like my old AL kit) I tend to wander of into some other direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garward Posted April 30, 2013 Share #648 Posted April 30, 2013 With a rigging here still there is a lot of work... Best regards, Garward Is under construction Montanes Ready models Golden Star Corsair San Francisco II Bronze 24-pdr canone Le Fleuron Bronze 24-pdr canone Le Fleuron (second version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafine Posted April 30, 2013 Share #649 Posted April 30, 2013 I'll join the chorus, Augie. Your work just gets better and better. Bob Current builds on MSW: HMS Winchelsea 1:48: Medway Longboat 1:24 Prior builds on MSW: Schooner Halifax: Lumberyard 1/48 semi-scratch; Cutter Cheerful 1:48; Granado: Caldercraft 1:64; Frigate Essex: Kitbashed Model Shipways kit; Triton Cross Section 1:48; Kingfisher from Lauckstreet kit; Syren: Model shipways kit ;Kitbashed Fair American: Model Shipways;Prince de Neufchatel: Model shipways 1:64 Civil War Picket Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share #650 Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) Thank you Wayne, JP, Sjors, Buck and Tex. Really nice to see the '3rd dimension' in play. But Garwood has hit it on the head ----- long way to go yet until she's done and in her home. So I'm not feeling melancholy about losing an old friend! Bob- my work has gotten better since the beginning because of the legacy set down by you and the other Syren builders. Edited April 30, 2013 by Augie 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garward Posted April 30, 2013 Share #651 Posted April 30, 2013 Augie, tell please, of what threads (or from ropes - on a photo it is badly visible) the rigging is made? Best regards, Garward Is under construction Montanes Ready models Golden Star Corsair San Francisco II Bronze 24-pdr canone Le Fleuron Bronze 24-pdr canone Le Fleuron (second version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j21896 Posted April 30, 2013 Share #652 Posted April 30, 2013 I hate to repeat myself, or 'beat a dead horse', or whatever you want to call it Augie, but that is one gorgeous model ship!!!! Robert Current Build: HMS Mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rameyke Posted April 30, 2013 Share #653 Posted April 30, 2013 Looking great Augie. If mine turns out half as nice...I will be happy. Ken Current Build: US Brig Syren by Model Shipways Previous Build: AL Swift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted April 30, 2013 Share #654 Posted April 30, 2013 Well done on some excellent work there Augie, the end is slowly getting closer. Ben Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share #655 Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) Robert --- you can keep whacking the horse Garwood- The beige line is what was supplied with the kit. It's a nylon twist. For the standing rigging I used Morope. All lines have been stretched and dressed with beeswax. And thanks also to Ben and Ken! Edited April 30, 2013 by Augie 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted April 30, 2013 Share #656 Posted April 30, 2013 superb job there Augie...you've done a fine bit of work! although I think your motto needs a bit of sprucing up........you may be slow as you say.......but your good 'n slow! augie 1 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted April 30, 2013 Share #657 Posted April 30, 2013 Oh my; she's looking brilliant, Augie! Shovelling snow and planting tomatoes? And some people say that Australia is a strange place! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share #658 Posted April 30, 2013 Thanks, Popeye John- Glad you approve. As for the strange weather, yes.....this has been quite a Spring. But not unusual for up here. We have a saying --- 'if you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes'. By the way......did you see Chuck's latest project that's taking shape...... a 1/4" scale cutter? Love to see she and your 'Stag' side by side one day! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garward Posted April 30, 2013 Share #659 Posted April 30, 2013 Robert --- you can keep whacking the horse Garwood- The beige line is what was supplied with the kit. It's a nylon twist. For the standing rigging I used Morope. All lines have been stretched and dressed with beeswax. And thanks also to Ben and Ken! Thanks, Augie! Best regards, Garward Is under construction Montanes Ready models Golden Star Corsair San Francisco II Bronze 24-pdr canone Le Fleuron Bronze 24-pdr canone Le Fleuron (second version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garward Posted April 30, 2013 Share #660 Posted April 30, 2013 Oh my; she's looking brilliant, Augie! Shovelling snow and planting tomatoes? And some people say that Australia is a strange place! John Australia - the beautiful country, there live as well Ukrainians. Best regards, Garward Is under construction Montanes Ready models Golden Star Corsair San Francisco II Bronze 24-pdr canone Le Fleuron Bronze 24-pdr canone Le Fleuron (second version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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