Blue Ensign Posted August 7, 2019 Share #541 Posted August 7, 2019 Just beautiful, a worthy addition to the main build. B.E. cog and Gahm 2 Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted August 7, 2019 Share #542 Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) Jolly good, Thomas. The details really look very sharp and clear. Beautiful work. Edited August 7, 2019 by cog Gahm 1 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share #543 Posted August 8, 2019 Thank you so much for your kind comments! They are highly appreciated! Building these little boats is really a lot of fun . . . so Dirk, masts and rigging probably still have to wait a bit longer until the 'little Syren fleet' is finished 😉 Thomas Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted August 8, 2019 Share #544 Posted August 8, 2019 wonderful rigging of the guns Thomas, you did a good job there ! Nils Gahm 1 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankr Posted November 27, 2019 Share #545 Posted November 27, 2019 Hello all. I am currently building Syren and am at the point of constructing the capstan. Looking ahead, I am confused about the longboat being carried on deck. I'm thinking that a 25' long wooden boat must have weighed over 1000 lbs. How was this boat lifted over the bulkwarks to be launched and even more difficult, how was it retrieved from the water and repositioned on deck. There doesn't appear to be any equipment on the ship to accomplish this. Regards Frank Peta_V 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowmer Posted November 27, 2019 Share #546 Posted November 27, 2019 Frank, They rigged tackles from the yard arms and stays that facilitated getting the boats or cargo over the side. JesseLee 1 Quote Able bodied seaman, subject to the requirements of the service. "I may very well sink, but I'm damned if I'll Strike!" JPJ My Pacific Northwest Discovery Series: On the slipways in the lumberyard Union, 1792 - 1:48 scale - POF Scratch build 18th Century Longboat - circa 1790 as used in the PNW fur trade - FINISHED Future Builds (Wish List) Columbia Redidiva, 1787 HM Armed Tender Chatham, 1788 HMS Discovery, 1789 Captain Vancouver Santiago, 1775 - Spanish Frigate of Explorer Bruno de Hezeta Lady Washington, 1787 - Original Sloop Rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJMarine69 Posted March 14, 2020 Share #547 Posted March 14, 2020 Are you done posting now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share #548 Posted March 15, 2020 Thank you for your interest! Don't worry, I will finish my Syren, every little detail of it, and will continue posting as well. In the moment only 'a lot of life' is getting in my way and progress is very slow. This hopefully will change again in the future, at the latest once I retire from work 😉 Thomas Ryland Craze, Tigersteve, JpR62 and 2 others 5 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJMarine69 Posted March 20, 2020 Share #549 Posted March 20, 2020 Thanks for the response; I am done with the Syren's hull and looking for some help with the masts and rigging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share #550 Posted March 22, 2020 Well, it has been a while since my last update . . . Currently progress is very slow. I built a nicer stand for my model (images 1 – 3) following Chuck’s initial example on his Syren. I also experimented with hanging my jolly boat from the rear davits and noticed a few things: - If I hang the jolly boat ready to be lowered it does not cover up the stern carvings and its details are displayed best (images 4 – 8). - Although I have some pear wood accents on my Syren model, building the whole jolly boat out of pear wood does not match the color scheme of my Syren and looks far too dark (images 4 and 5). So I had to rebuild the jolly boat a second time using bass wood with box wood accents. Image 9 shows the work in progress. Thomas Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 Image 6 Image 7 Image 8 Image 9 Tigersteve, John Cheevers, J11 and 27 others 30 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svein erik Posted March 22, 2020 Share #551 Posted March 22, 2020 its looking grait, wondeful work and am looking to se all the mast and rigging!😊 svein-erik Gahm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigersteve Posted March 22, 2020 Share #552 Posted March 22, 2020 Excellent work as always. I’ll take the extra jolly boat off your hands. 😎 Steve Gahm 1 Quote Current: Mayflower- Model Shipways Completed: Lowell Grand Banks Dory- Model Shipways English Pinnace- Model Shipways 18th Century Longboat- Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntflyer Posted March 22, 2020 Share #553 Posted March 22, 2020 Looks just great, Thomas. I'm amazed that you were willing to make another one. Looking forward to seeing it in final finish. Mike Gahm 1 Quote Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF) Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB) Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share #554 Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) Thank you very much for your kind comments and all the likes! I wasn't aware that there was so much demand for jolly boats 😊! Thomas Edited March 24, 2020 by Gahm Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted March 23, 2020 Share #555 Posted March 23, 2020 Makes me want one on my Syren Jesse Pogy647 and Gahm 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...
rtropp Posted March 23, 2020 Share #556 Posted March 23, 2020 Looking great. I am close to the point of restarting my Syren after a few years away and would look to yours as well as Jesse's to help move forward. Richard Gahm 1 Quote RichardMember: The Nautical Research Guild Atlanta Model Shipwrights Current build: Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwvolz Posted March 23, 2020 Share #557 Posted March 23, 2020 Jolly boat looks great and love the stand Thomas. Gahm 1 Quote Joe Volz Current build: Model Shipways "Benjamin W. Latham" Completed builds on MSW: Caldercraft HMS "Cruizer" Caldercraft HMBV "Granado" Model Shipways "Prince De Neufchatel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niwotwill Posted April 21, 2020 Share #558 Posted April 21, 2020 Thomas your work is an inspiration to me of how to make a kit artwork. Many things you've done have shown me how to improve a kit. Thanks for your posts Will Gahm 1 Quote Current Build: Erycina 1882 Fishing Trawler by Vanguard Models 1:64 scale Syren by pearwill Model Shipways 1:64 scale On Hold: HM Cutter Cheerful Syren Shipmodel Scratch 1:48 scale 1776 Washington Row Galley scratch scratch from NRG plans #121 1:48 scale Completed Build: Charles W. Morgan by Artesania Latina circa 1988, Lowell Grand Banks Dory 1:24 scale by Model Shipways, Norwegian.Sailing Pram 1:12 scale by Model Shipways, Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack 1:24 scale by Model Shipways Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share #559 Posted April 21, 2020 Thank you, Will! Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaStorm Posted May 3, 2020 Share #560 Posted May 3, 2020 Woohoo it is so great to see you back at it Thomas. Such an outstanding build and a real inspiration for me with mine. Hey maybe I inspired you to get back at it (pats self on back) Thank you for sharing and all the help. Cheers ~ Gahm and egkb 2 Quote ... I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett's Privateers ~~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share #561 Posted May 20, 2020 And here is my final version of the jolly boat. It was built pretty much the same way as its pear wood predecessor. The major difference is the choice of wood: the planking and floor was built out of bass wood to match the color scheme of the Syren, the framing, seats, oar locks, and knees consist of box wood. Unfortunately as Chuck’s Syren shop did no longer sell box wood I had to mill the necessary boxwood strips (1/32”x1/32” and smaller) on my own. Images 1 and 2 show the framing and planking, the construction of the floor and the mounting of the breast hook. The straight edges of the seats were “premilled” (img 3) before I cut out the seats with a hack saw. Curved edges were done with a metal profile (img 4 shows the making of such a profile) or by cutting out the curved part, reducing it in size a little bit and tracing it (img 5). In images 6 and 7 the construction of the gratings and the milling of the needed parts can be seen. Image 8 depicts the making of the oar locks and the boat hook. And the last 2 images show the finished boat with oars, rudder, and boat hook. Thomas Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 Image 6 Image 7 Image 8 Image 9 Image 10 egkb, Sgt_Hoser, JpR62 and 22 others 25 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowmer Posted May 20, 2020 Share #562 Posted May 20, 2020 Wow, truly outstanding! It had been quiet for a while, I was wondering what you were up to. Fantastic looking jolly boat. One of the best I've seen at that size. What does it scale to. Is it supposed to be 16' in full scale? What did you use for plans/formers? cog, JesseLee and Gahm 3 Quote Able bodied seaman, subject to the requirements of the service. "I may very well sink, but I'm damned if I'll Strike!" JPJ My Pacific Northwest Discovery Series: On the slipways in the lumberyard Union, 1792 - 1:48 scale - POF Scratch build 18th Century Longboat - circa 1790 as used in the PNW fur trade - FINISHED Future Builds (Wish List) Columbia Redidiva, 1787 HM Armed Tender Chatham, 1788 HMS Discovery, 1789 Captain Vancouver Santiago, 1775 - Spanish Frigate of Explorer Bruno de Hezeta Lady Washington, 1787 - Original Sloop Rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Wellington Posted May 20, 2020 Share #563 Posted May 20, 2020 Just in awe of your work Thomas, and thankyou for showing the details. These would be amazing at twice the size, what you've achieved at 1:64 is just incredible. Definite eye-candy, pleasure to watch your continued progress. VTHokiEE, Gahm, cog and 1 other 4 Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted May 20, 2020 Share #564 Posted May 20, 2020 That is amazing. Such perfection on a small boat.... Pure jewel. Yves JesseLee, cog and Gahm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwvolz Posted May 20, 2020 Share #565 Posted May 20, 2020 Fantastic work Thomas. Gahm, JesseLee and cog 3 Quote Joe Volz Current build: Model Shipways "Benjamin W. Latham" Completed builds on MSW: Caldercraft HMS "Cruizer" Caldercraft HMBV "Granado" Model Shipways "Prince De Neufchatel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JpR62 Posted May 20, 2020 Share #566 Posted May 20, 2020 Fantastic ! A little gem ! Thank you for sharing the steps of the build. Gahm and cog 2 Quote Jean-Paul 'You are not carving a bear with a chain saw here folks', Chuck Passaro, ´Queen Anne Style Barge´ manual of instructions Current builds : Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model - 1:24 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 - Syren Ship Model Company - 1:48 Santa Maria boat 1492 - Korabel (Ukraine) - 1:24 Captain John Smith's shallop - Korabel (Ukraine) - 1:32 Finished build : Queen Anne Barge - Syren Ship Model - 1:24 Armed Virginia Sloop - Model Shipways - 1:48 Batelina - MarisStella - 1:10 Next on list : HMS Winchelsea 1764 - Syren Ship Model - 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaStorm Posted May 20, 2020 Share #567 Posted May 20, 2020 Love it, looks ready to pop right in the water. cog, Gahm and JesseLee 3 Quote ... I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett's Privateers ~~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted May 20, 2020 Share #568 Posted May 20, 2020 Beautiful work Thomas, a great addition to your build, love that boat👍 B.E. Gahm 1 Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share #569 Posted May 21, 2020 Thank you so much for your kind comments and all the likes! And Dowmer, yes, the boat would scale back to 16' full scale. The basic design goes back to a jolly boat kit from Master Korabel, which only has the disadvantage to come in the wrong scale (1:72) and the wrong wood (pear veneer). I described this in some more detail in my contribution of August last year. I first built the boat from the kit as prototype, followed with the correct-sized scratch-built pear wood version (too dark) and finally finished up with a scratch-built version of correct size and correct wood. There should be a simpler way to do this 😉 Thomas Dubz, JesseLee, egkb and 1 other 4 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntflyer Posted May 21, 2020 Share #570 Posted May 21, 2020 Beautiful work there, Thomas. Your attention to detail is inspiring. Mike Gahm 1 Quote Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF) Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB) Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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