US Brig Syren by Augie - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64

[popeye the sailor]

I thought of a poem for that Daniel......but I won't post it......don't want to be accused of being a cross-dresser.......LOL!

 

I've heard of the oysters as well.......I'm good with that........thanks anyway 

[Sjors]

Ok,

So those oysters you can eat them but it's not taste good…….

Why do they eat them then ??????

Strange people in the USA...

 

[augie]

Their lack of widespread popularity has nothing to do with the taste.....but rather their point of origin.  I believe the following link will enlighten those not well versed in the culinary arts:

 

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/RockyMtnOyster.htm

 

Royal yards are now aloft.  Photos is a few days once the rigging is sorted out.

[texxn5]

Looking forward to seeing pictures.  Nice work Augie.  Old Texas Cowboy Proverb:  be careful if someone says it tastes like chicken!

[Sjors]

Thanks for the link Augie…..

I think I don't eat that also

I leave that to others…….

 

[Mecheleir]

Thanks for the link Augie…..

I think I don't eat that also :D

I leave that to others…….

 

Yep ,give us the real one fresh fishing up from the seabottom...

 

ive like that...njam.

[popeye the sailor]

I don't even need to see them........I know what they are.   there are dog treats called  'bully sticks'  .......do you know what they are?

[texxn5]

Hmmmmm.....Cowboy Caviar...

[popeye the sailor]

hint:   it's stretched and dried.

[lb0190]

I keep biting my fingers in effort not to comment on this topic. One time I was at the National Muzzle Loading meet in Friendship Indiana and..... NO, NO I cannot do it, must run as fast as possible form this topic.... 

[popeye the sailor]

you've come this far Larry............comm'on....put your toe in this water........Hee....Hee....!

[lb0190]

I wrote it and erased it two times... Mabe after I finish this beer. 

[popeye the sailor]

choose carefully.......remember the gray area.........just sit back and smile quietly to yourself..........LOL!

[DSiemens]

Popeye must admit I haven't heard of bully sticks.  I had an idea but sis a google search anyway.  Good thing there only made for dogs but I don't see giving my dog one any time....ever.  

 

Oh yea there's a build log here.     Can't wait to see the pictures Augie.  

[realworkingsailor]

Come on Larry.... you can't dangle that unfinished anecdote in front of us and then run and hide....

[popeye the sailor]

my other dog used to love them......thankfully Gibbs doesn't.......the smell is terrible

 

pictures....did I hear pictures!    more eye candy,  please! 

[augie]

HOLY SMOKES.  I had to go back 3 pages to see how THIS got started.  One of the usual suspects.  And now we've gone completely to the dogs.

 

OK, it's gonna take me two days to stop laughing enough to get back to the rigging.  Then we'll see about photos.

[fnkershner]

Augie - I am out of town for 3 days and now I have just returned. My first act (after kissing the Admiral) is to check up on new posts in MSW. And I come here and there are no new pictures!

[mtaylor]

Augie,

 

Pics when the laughter dies down and lets you focus the camera. 

[Adrieke]

tsk I come back after a few days see pages of new posts and no progress pics

[gjdale]

To hell with progress pics - this thread is far too entertaining for that! :P

[Sjors]

Augie my friend……I'm with you 

 

Can we not make a topic that calls ….fun or something like that?

And now it's said by someone else……pictures???????????      

 

[riverboat]

Augie..... you definitely have a motley crew on board here !!  

[texxn5]

Looking forward to some pictures.....ship's of course and rigging

[janet bode]

Janet b

        Great build cant wait to see the rigging.

       

        how did you go about cutting the rabbet.

 

                                               Regards

[augie]

Hello Janet and welcome aboard!

 

On Syren, a basswood strip (which is narrower than the bulkhead former) is glued down the centerline of the bulkhead former and also down the stern.  It's thin so soaking it allowed it to be bent up around the stem.  Again, this 'rabbet strip' is narrower than the former.

 

Then the former itself is thinned from the bearding line to the edge of that rabbet strip.  So you wind up with a gradual taper from the bearding line down to the rabbet strip.  This I roughed out with a sharp blade in a hobby knife and finished off with sanding. 

 

The keel was then fitted, centered, along the tapered former/rabbet strip.  It was the same width as the original former so you now have a nice place for the planks to sit.

 

A little hard to explain but I hope this helps.

[fnkershner]

All I can say is that after seeing this method of creating the Rabbit. I hope to never have to carve a rabbit again. It is so much cleaner and more precise. And the big advantage is that you really are not cutting a rabbit. My biggest fear on my Bluenose was cutting too far and going thru the wood. This is just one of the Excellent features of this kit.

[augie]

I have to agree Floyd.  I didn't know a rabbet from a corned beef sandwich when I began and Chuck's method made it a breeze.  In fact , that's the real beauty of the Syren kit.  The instructions can darned near get you through anything.  Wait until you get to the rigging.  EVERY   block, sheave, order of addition and belaying point is clearly presented and can serve as a basis for almost any ship. 

 

I think the best decision I ever made with regard to modeling was to start with this kit.  And kudos to Model Expo as well for putting it all together.

[augie]

Rigging continues.

 

The rigging of the main and fore mast yards has been completed...with the exception of the braces.

 

Here are the t'gallant and royals

 

 

 

 

 

Looking forward to getting on with the braces which are strewn about the deck waiting to attach to the yards.  It will be a pleasure to get away from belaying on and around the deck as it's been really tough sometimes getting to the belaying points.  The # of lines is impressive !

 

After that it will be on to the spritsail yard

[popeye the sailor]

superb looking build Augie..........absolutely amazing!