mtaylor Posted November 10, 2013 Author #361 Posted November 10, 2013 No pressure on this site, is there? I'm going to bow to pressure, even though it's against my better judgement. I guess don't want Sjors to hit me up for piccy's. Here she sits with various implements of destruction lying about... The black square is where the broken frame was. Still have a lot of sanding and some re-working of joints before I cut gunports and lay in the ebony wales. The black X's, in case you're wondering, are for the frames I can remove after the chain wale goes on. A top rail fits in there. I'm thinking about removing those early just in case she decides to implode/explode/self-destruct when I start removing the build board down the road. gjdale, texxn5, Piet and 24 others 27 Quote 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)
popeye the sailor Posted November 10, 2013 #362 Posted November 10, 2013 wonderful progress Mark........nice to see a full view.........she's big! mtaylor 1 Quote 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
Jim Lad Posted November 10, 2013 #363 Posted November 10, 2013 Wow! Love that overall view, Mark! John mtaylor 1 Quote
augie Posted November 10, 2013 #364 Posted November 10, 2013 Wow......that's an impressive piece of work. mtaylor 1 Quote 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
rafine Posted November 10, 2013 #365 Posted November 10, 2013 Lovely work, Mark. Now it's time to spend some serious post-retirement time on her. Bob mtaylor 1 Quote 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
Shazmira Posted November 10, 2013 #366 Posted November 10, 2013 Looking great Mark, I really like the look of these framed ships, going to have to give that a try one of these days! mtaylor 1 Quote 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)
AnobiumPunctatum Posted November 10, 2013 #367 Posted November 10, 2013 Very nice progress, Mark mtaylor 1 Quote Regards Christian Current build: HM Cutter Alert, 1777; HM Sloop Fly, 1776 - 1/36 On the drawing board: English Ship Sloops Fly, 1776, Comet, 1783 and Aetna, 1776; Naval Cutter Alert, 1777 Paused: HMS Triton, 1771 - 1/48 "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." Salvador Dali
mtaylor Posted November 10, 2013 Author #368 Posted November 10, 2013 Thanks for the nice comments and likes everyone. Lovely work, Mark. Now it's time to spend some serious post-retirement time on her. Bob Bob, I have every intention. Looking great Mark, I really like the look of these framed ships, going to have to give that a try one of these days! Shaz, I really think you should. You have the skillsets. Shazmira 1 Quote 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)
gjdale Posted November 10, 2013 #369 Posted November 10, 2013 Great photo Mark - really shows both how big she is, and how much work you've put into her already. Looking forward to some "serious" build time now - just as soon as the "honey-do" list is complete. mtaylor and augie 2 Quote 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
src Posted November 10, 2013 #370 Posted November 10, 2013 Mark looks great! Is it really possible for her to "explode" when you remove from the frame board? Chain Wale is a new term for me; is that the wale the chain plates are anchored to? Sam mtaylor 1 Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise
mtaylor Posted November 10, 2013 Author #371 Posted November 10, 2013 Thanks Grant, John, John, and Sam. Honey-do's are almost complete..... I hope. Sam, I've heard of it but only one time. If the planking wants to "unbend", there's really nothing to stop it. And the chain wale is the one at the top of the ports that chainplates anchor to... yes.. you're correct. Auvergne 1 Quote 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)
michael mott Posted November 10, 2013 #372 Posted November 10, 2013 Looks good Mark it is great to see the overall view of her. Michael mtaylor 1 Quote Current builds Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8; Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8; Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8 Other projects Pilot Cutter 1:500 ; Maria, 1:2 Now just a memory Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8 Finished projects A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100 Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.
Landlubber Mike Posted November 11, 2013 #373 Posted November 11, 2013 Wow, that's very impressive Mark! Now that you're retired (congratulations by the way), you'll have even more time to admire your handiwork mtaylor 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
NAZGÛL Posted November 11, 2013 #374 Posted November 11, 2013 Enjoy your new life. Building looks great! /Matti mtaylor 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa
kiwiron Posted November 11, 2013 #375 Posted November 11, 2013 Great job Mark,how long is your hull at the moment? mtaylor 1 Quote Current builds: HMS Victory - Caldercraft 1:72 Completed builds: HMB Endeavour - OcCre 1:54 HMS Supply - Caldercraft 1:64. Fishing boats, Bremen, Palamos.
Sjors Posted November 11, 2013 #376 Posted November 11, 2013 So Mark, This is what you are doing when you are retired....... And I'm not calling you old ! ( maybe Senior ) Looks great and what happened when I dig out one of those crosses ? Normally there is a treasure behind it...( at least at some maps... ) And you know how you can make me happy...PICTURES !!!! mtaylor 1 Quote 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
mtaylor Posted November 12, 2013 Author #377 Posted November 12, 2013 Thanks everyone for the nice comments and likes. Ron (and anyone else interested), She's 28 inches (711mm if I did my math right) long currently from stem to stern. Sjors, I'll keep doing pictures as I go... :D I guess things will get interesting when I cut out the X's. Probably not treasure, though. Sjors and kiwiron 2 Quote 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)
ChrisLBren Posted November 12, 2013 #378 Posted November 12, 2013 Looking good Mark !!!! mtaylor 1 Quote
hamilton Posted November 16, 2013 #379 Posted November 16, 2013 Hi Mark: Jast catching up on your build - thanks for posting the profile shot - she looks a beauty! hamilton mtaylor 1 Quote 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
Auvergne Posted November 16, 2013 #380 Posted November 16, 2013 Awesome Mark!!! Simply Awesome!! John E mtaylor 1 Quote Creativity Heart & Soul! Happy Model Ship Building Friends! John E.
Mirabell61 Posted November 17, 2013 #381 Posted November 17, 2013 I got the cracks filled using Chris's method of finish and sawdust and then sanded with 400 grit. I'm holding on the 600 grit sanding until the whole outside is planked. All the gunports have been squared up per the drawings. So far, so good in my estimation but it can be better. I'll turn her and do the "not the wall side" and see if I can improve. I'll probably revisit some of this side after the other side. I'm re-thinking my main wales. Only the top one will be ebony, the rest are blended in to it and the regular planks so I'll go with the swiiss pear and leave it natural for that. At least the ebony that's there will help set the tone for the sheer. A darn sight easier to work with. 40-10.JPG I got the cracks filled using Chris's method of finish and sawdust and then sanded with 400 grit. I'm holding on the 600 grit sanding until the whole outside is planked. All the gunports have been squared up per the drawings. So far, so good in my estimation but it can be better. I'll turn her and do the "not the wall side" and see if I can improve. I'll probably revisit some of this side after the other side. I'm re-thinking my main wales. Only the top one will be ebony, the rest are blended in to it and the regular planks so I'll go with the swiiss pear and leave it natural for that. At least the ebony that's there will help set the tone for the sheer. A darn sight easier to work with. 40-10.JPG Beautifull model Mark, Ilike the lines of that ship and your acurate, neat work in achieving this build so far... Nils mtaylor 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
mtaylor Posted November 19, 2013 Author #382 Posted November 19, 2013 I'm going to pause this log while I clean it up. If you lose some post count, I apologize. I'm basically only removing the off-topic stuff that I generated and the responses to it as well as some of the early stuff when we came back on line. I hope you understand. Piet and BANYAN 2 Quote 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)
mtaylor Posted November 19, 2013 Author #383 Posted November 19, 2013 Pause over... Sjors, Dubz and Wintergreen 3 Quote 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)
src Posted November 23, 2013 #384 Posted November 23, 2013 Mark, I dont think post count is important to most, I know it isnt to me. Keeping MSW alive an well however is. Looking forward to your next post. Sam NAZGÛL and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise
riverboat Posted December 20, 2013 #385 Posted December 20, 2013 Hi Mark ,just wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Frank popeye the sailor 1 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk)
mtaylor Posted December 21, 2013 Author #386 Posted December 21, 2013 I just realized it's been quite a long time since this has been updated. So here goes.... Gunports have cut out, final shaped and the cracks between planks filled and sanded. The whole thing has been sanded with 600 grit. I've cut the wales, shaped the bends and will, I hope, get them on by end of this weekend. I'm testing some JB Weld "Wood Weld" epoxy to see how it holds. As a backup, I have regular epoxy just in case. I also found a source locally for MinWax Wipe On Poly which I'll use for a finish instead of the varnish I was planning on using. Here's the pics.. an overall shot and close up just for kicks and grins. (Click the pics to enlarge). If I don't get a chance to update this before then, here's wishing everyone a wonderful holiday no matter what you celebrate. We'll be doing a quiet, low-key Christmas. Just the three of us... and a fire in the fireplace. freewheelinguy, WackoWolf, Barbossa and 25 others 28 Quote 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)
augie Posted December 21, 2013 #387 Posted December 21, 2013 Good to see her again Mark. Best of the Holidays to you and yours. mtaylor 1 Quote 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
Jim Lad Posted December 21, 2013 #388 Posted December 21, 2013 Looking really good, Mark! Have a very happy Christmas, mate! John mtaylor 1 Quote
gjdale Posted December 21, 2013 #389 Posted December 21, 2013 Looking good Mark. Best wishes for a very Happy Christmas to you and yours. mtaylor 1 Quote 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
popeye the sailor Posted December 21, 2013 #390 Posted December 21, 2013 that what we're doing as well......kids are all grown your build looks fantastic Mark........hope you have a great holiday season as well ! mtaylor and Jeronimo 2 Quote 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
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