Alert by riverboat - FINISHED - Krick - 1/25th scale

[Scoot]

Looking good Frank.  Glad your well.

I will need your advice on weathering when I start my Morgan.

 

Scoot

[Sjors]

Thanks for the Pictures Frank !!!!!!!

You really make my day !!!!!    

And a great update.

I'm happy that you feel better now and stay better please.......

 

Sjors

[riverboat]

 Scoot....... Nice to hear from you.... When you get to your Morgan, will be glad to help you out with messing her up. :D

 

 

Sjors.........  Glad you liked the pictures... I was hoping you'd be pleased    . Hows the Stage coach doing??

[kiwiron]

Good news you are feeling better now,sounds like the bug was trying to put some weathering on you.Great job on your boat,nice details the pumps aren't easy are they.The stove pipe is real good.

[riverboat]

Hi Ron....... I think that bug aged me more than weathering me.. , Yeah the pumps were a little time consuming , They kind of look a little over sized to me, they're as tall as the deck  house, but that's the way they're going to stay. Thanks for looking in Ron.

 

Frank

[riverboat]

Up Date time again....... I think I left off showing the water pumps installed, well I uninstalled them. I think that's going to be one of the last items I will install along with the railing posts with the rope. I'm pretty sure they'll be a nusance when the rigging starts if installed now,

Most of the work done up to this time has been on the rest of the deck pc's. I've installed the rear railings, which I had to improvise on,

cleats ,oar locks, channels, and the gun rigging.  The following pictures will show whats been done. Thanks again for looking in!!

 

Frank

 

 

 

we'll start with the floats.I shaped them out of some basswood so they were pretty easy to form , these will also be attached later .

 

 

These are Chucks cleats. He made some 12mm for me. They came out real nice , If anyone needs some wood cleats try his out, you wont be dissapointed.

 

 

This picture shows the start of the rear rails. There was some bending involved  on these and unfortu nately one of them snaped on the end so I could'nt use them The brass was2mm , you'd think they would give you a little longer pc. of brass knowing they might snap with the twisting they need, but no way. The only brass rod I had was 1.5  mm , but it worked out ok. OH yeah!, not only did the brass rod snap, the pc's that the ends set into also got messed up so,  I made a basic pc. to set the ends into.As it turned out I liked the way it looks better than the way itwas supposed to.

 

 

 

 

I just want to show this picture , because it shows the rear doors on the cabin. I was thinking a bout some figures for this build and I'm thinking this cabin looks small for this scale. A man at about 5'7"

woiuld be approx. 2.6 inches at  1/25th scale. This cabin is just1 inch tall !!! How could this person get thru the Door???? any comments??

 

 

The following pictures are of the oar lock and channells installed and the rigging of the cannon, also the fore mast eye bolts installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks again!!!

 

Frank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

looking very nice Frank......the deck is really coming along!   it's hard to say whether kit manufacturers maintain scale throughout the development of their kits.   ...and of course,  most of us aren't going to sit there with calipers and slide rules,  checking each aspect or structure,  to insure that they are.   I guess if you really wanted to get a person down there.......just tell 'em that they're serving rum 

Edited June 1, 2015 by popeye the sailor

[riverboat]

Hi Denis....   I think you are absoluetly correct about them maintaining scale, so if I decide to put a crew on, I'll just have to hire some smaller people!!

 

frank

[popeye the sailor]

that's the spirit!!! 

[mtaylor]

Frank!!!!!!!!!!  It's great to see an update.  Looking really sweet.

 

As for the doors.. look again at the cabin.  Half of that cabin is below the deck.  There's a handle and sliding panel on the roof where the rails are.  It would be pushed forward and then the doors opened.  A short ladder would lead down to the cabin deck.  Hope that helps.

[augie]

Looking good Frank.  And Mark is absolutely right.....  that cover slides back and you climb right down.  I had a sailboat that had a 2 foot 'door' just like that.

[riverboat]

Ah So!!!!!....... very intersting, Mark and Augie.. I learn something new everyday.

 

frank

[mobbsie]

Nice work Frank, I like the railings even if they were a pain to do they've come out well and their housings.

 

I have just one comment mate, you need a new cannon, the one you have is rusty.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[Mirabell61]

Hi Frank,

 

your "Alert" is looking very good, you must be nearly ready for masting / rigging.

Was it your Intention to have that weathered look on the wooden rails, that makes it look so real

 

Nils

[md1400cs]

Frank,

 

Catching up--Impressive work. Nice details. Your weather deck stern railings, and your excellent rotating cannon look great. Getting there!!

 

Regards,

 

Michael

[riverboat]

Tony........ you are too funny!!!...... you have to remember mate, this is 2015, that gun has been around a long time now!! :D

 

 

 

Hi Nils.... thanks for looking in....... and yes, it was intentional to weather the railings, I'm pleased that you like the result.  Deck work is pretty much finished. Getting ready for the masting.

 

 

Michael.......  Thanks for the comment, next step are the masts!!!.... I'm a little aprehensive about the rigging , there is really no belaying plan to go by. maybe I can find some cutter rigging I can use.

 

 

Frank

[dgbot]

Frank as for a rigging plan are you doing it as a cutter or a sloop?

David B

[riverboat]

Hi DavidB....... Good question...... I'm not that much of a seaman,so could you please tell me the difference between the two.I have Petersson's book on Fore and Aft, but there is nothing there that looks like this one I'm doing. Dirk did this same kit and he did an amazing job. His rigging is just awesome. I don't know where he got his info from, I don't think it was from the plans included .

 

Frank

[edmay]

Hello Frank, nice progress,glad you are feeling better,Edwin

[riverboat]

Thanks Lawerence and Edwin for looking in........ I'm really not adding anything to this build that is'nt already on the plans. The only thing lacking with the plans is a decent rigging plan, but I'm sure I'll come up with something.   

 

frank

[augie]

Have a look at the first page of Chuck's cutter Cheerful log.  Might give you some ideas.

 

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8131-hm-cutter-cheerful-1806-148-scale-by-chuck/?hl=cheerful

[riverboat]

Hey thanks Augie... I ckd it out , looks like a different configuration, when I get the masts set I'll ck with Dirk, The rigging he did on his Alert is just awesome!!! thanks for the lead , it might come in handy.

 

Frank

[kiwiron]

Coming on great Augie,I like your details.

[Kevin]

Frank - good afternoon 

 

another build i have caught up on - love the weathering  -hope you are fully fit again now - even though that was a few weeks ago

[riverboat]

time  for an update........ I've been adding blocks and rope to the yards and was starting to get a little frustrated  .... I guess most of us know how that goes..... so  i decided to post my whereabouts on my build ........ nothing fancy goin on. just the finishing of the mast tops and yards...... thanks for looking in.....

 

 

 

 

Mast tops completed

 

 

yards completed 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's it.... Like I said nothing real exciting but it brings yo up to date .. I'll follow up with another update as soon as I finish installing all the blocks to the yards. Thanks again

 

Frank

Edited August 3, 2015 by riverboat

[dgbot]

Your yards look great.

David B

[DenPink]

Looking good Frank.

 

Keep up the good work.

 

Denis.

[augie]

Nice work Frank.  Take your time.

[Mirabell61]

Very nice looking parts for masting and rigging Frank,

 

trust you will be Setting the masts and stays in the next days...

 

Nils

[Sjors]

         Frank

 

Sjors