US Brig Syren by Gahm - Model Shipways

[Gahm]

Thank you so much Carl and Dirk! And thanks for all the likes.

- Carl, you are right, it takes a bit of patience to get all these hammocks done. But it is good practice for other repetitive tasks such as the ratlines 

- Dirk, complaints need to go to Jesse . . . he started this 

 

Thomas

 

[Tigersteve]

An amazing model, Thomas, and a great tutorial. 

Steve

[svein erik]

Its a beauty 😄 

I May have to do this my self😲

 

Svein.erik 

[HIPEXEC]

You have done amazing work on this model. Great job!

[Gahm]

After a break of about 2 months enforced by several unexpected events I finally found some time and built the 3 remaining hammock nettings. I already described that the ‘unframed’ sides of the nettings were attached via black 100wt silk thread and CA glue to the rope which spans from the boarding panel to the last hammock crane. I neglected to say that it was not quite easy to get a clean finish there. At least I was not able to cut off the net along the rope in a satisfactory manner using fine scissors (img 1, left side). Part of the net was always protruding beyond the rope. I finally ‘stiffened’ the protruding ends with CA glue and removed them via a rotary tool with a fine diamond burr (img 1, right side). After a little touch up with black paint the result turned out acceptable (img 2, 3).

 

Thomas

 

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[md1400cs]

Thomas,

 

Nice belated update - You hammocks are, as well as everything else, so beautifully scaled. Brilliant work.

 

Regards, 

[rafine]

Thomas, you are the gold standard for Syren builds.

 

Bob

[Blue Ensign]

Once again brilliant attention to detail, and one of the finest examples of stowed hammocks I think I have seen. 😊 👍 

 

Well done Thomas.

 

B.E.

[Gahm]

Michael, Bob, B.E., thank you so much for your kind comments! They are always highly appreciated! And thanks for all the likes!

 

Thomas

[Tigerdvr]

Greetings Gahm, I just caught up on your excellent log. Your hammocks are really outstanding as is the description and pictures of the methodology you used to create them. Having seven ties on the hammocks was the detail icing on the cake.

Thanks for sharing.

Harley

[Gahm]

Thank you, Harley! These hammocks due to their large number really are an endurance test 🙂

 

Thomas

[Gahm]

Hammocks are finally finished (see images below)!

Thomas

 

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[Beef Wellington]

Simply beautiful Thomas.  Hats off to you.

[Jim Rogers]

She is GORGEOUS. Love the hammocks. I wish I had your patience.

[cog]

Stunning mate, contrast of the colours really make her shine

[Blue Ensign]

I just love everything about your model Thomas.

 

B.E.

 

 

[Gahm]

Jason, Jim, Carl, B.E., thank you so much for your kind words! And thanks for all the 'likes'! After weeks of building nothing else but hammocks I am really happy to have them finished, and encouraged to get this kind of feedback! It is much appreciated.

 

Thomas

[Gahm]

Thank you, Dirk! Where the color is concerned the hammocks look whiter in the images than they really are. I chose an eggshell colored fabric, the silkspan is kind of yellowish too, and the white glue (in spite of its name 😉) did not really whiten up the end result either. I know, Mondfeld states that the hammocks should be brownish because of all the dirt. But then he also describes the making of a hammock as simply 'folding a little roll of fabric . . . ' ☺️

 

Thomas 

[zappto]

This is top class, loking incredible! 

[Richmond]

You are setting a very high bar, absolutley superb, top drawer.

Edited October 31, 2018 by Richmond

[Chuck]

Excellent!!!!!😊

[Gahm]

Thank you, Richmond and Chuck!

 

Thomas

[Dwight]

I think I'm gonna' throw my Syren kit in the river , box and all !

[el cid]

1 hour ago, Dwight said:

I think I'm gonna' throw my Syren kit in the river , box and all !

Yeah, I know what you mean.  The bar has been set pretty high.  Still fun to learn new techniques from the masters here and attempt to emulate.

[gerty]

Wow -amazing work !  - look forward to following along.

Edited February 13, 2019 by gerty

[Gahm]

I spent some time building a jolly boat prototype for the Syren. I wanted to find out what it would look like to hang a jolly boat from her rear davits, and also to experiment with a few techniques needed for some of the boat details (also applicable to the long boat construction). To build the jolly boat I bought the Master Korabel kit. This is a kit for a highly detailed jolly boat, which additionally is very similar to the jolly boat plans shown in the ‘Anatomy of the Ship – Frigate Diana’ book. However, the scale of the kit is 1:72 and therefore not directly usable. As the kit does not come with a useful plan I put the 3 sheets of laser cut pear- and ply-wood on a copy machine, increased the copy by a factor 1.25x to get to the correct boat dimensions and then built the boat according to this ‘plan’. The different boat building stages are shown in images 1 – 7. Images 8 and 9 present the finished result. Image 10 shows a direct comparison between the jolly boat built from the kit at scale 1:72 based on the kit provided laser cut parts and the scratch built ‘enlarged version’ potentially suitable as Syren jolly boat.

 

Thomas

 

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Edited August 7, 2019 by Gahm

[Chuck]

Looks fantastic.

[Stuntflyer]

Great job as usual, Thomas!

 

Mike

[JpR62]

Wonderful job. This jolly boat is a beauty !

[Beef Wellington]

Those are just stunning Thomas, well done, such precise work at a small scale.