Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by Piet - FINISHED - Midwest Products - length 15"

[Jack12477]

I echo what others said above. Very nice model. I love the color scheme you chose.

[Sjors]

Very nice Piet !

 

Sjors

[Piet]

Thank you, thank you, thank you - - - he says with a deep bow and a big smile   Very much appreciated!

 

Well, we have arrived at the end of this build.  There is actually one more detail left to do, Amateur Jan's lobster    But he'll have to wait till I catch a few 

 

I haven't made the final pictures yet for the Gallery, I'll do that tomorrow and post a few here.

 

I finally decided on a name for this special build.  It came to me Thursday night as was in bed waiting for the sandman to come.  I didn't want a "sissy" name or something mundane and how can I tie the name in with the purpose of this endeavor, Wounded Warrior?  There it was, Warrior!  Not Wounded anything, just Warrior.  

 

I cheated - - - I typed it up in green and 14 point and printed it out.  So, Friday morning I cut the name tags out and glued them to the hull using Liquitex medium.  

 

Just for fun, I made a coke bottle and two glasses to toast the successful completion of the build    In the second picture I put that bottle and glasses on the sliding hatch.  Any one for more will have to go into the cabin and raid the wet bar.  Sjors on the dock with the popcorn machine 

 

Then I thought, hey, we need an anchor.  I Googled anchors and found a nice simple one that was used on landing craft during WW II.  So, I cut some metal and made an anchor.  The blades are 0.1 mm brass shim, the post is 1 mm square brass stock that I soldered to a small piece of 1 mm brass tubing.  Put a piece of 0.5 mm brass rod through is and then soldered the blades to the rod, one on each side of the tube.  The blades can actually rotate to grab the sea floor.  Then a brass eyelet on the end of the post for the anchor rope.  Who would have thunk it, an honest to goodness workable anchor 

 

I hope I can post the final pics to the Gallery, have to read up on it.

 

Alright folks, here are a few pics of the last details.

 

This bottle was used for the "christening" of the boat. 

 

We are ready for a toast, cheers to all.

 

 

 

 

This shows the completed anchor on my work bench. 

 

This shows the anchor ready to be dropped and lashed to the samson post.

 

Cheers, 

[Dee_Dee]

Piet,

 

The rigging looks great and I love how you displayed our flag......Your MBLS looks fabulous!   

 

Dee Dee

[GLakie]

Piet you couldn't have come up with a better name than Warrior. I think it's a very fitting name. Nice touch on the details. The bow decoration, anchors, and lettering really set her off. I like the bottle with the cocktail glasses. Must be noon somewhere huh?   We can wait for the lobster on the half-shell. 

 

Cheers and congrats on a fantastic job!

[Omega1234]

Hi Piet.

I love absolutely everything about Warrior, the MBLS! You couldn't have done better than pick the name, either. A very fitting tribute to the cause.

As for the detail...absolutely fantastic. The coke bottle and glasses add a really nice touch. Inside and out, Warrior's detail, charm and character are amazing.

I bet secretly you really want to keep her; but the cause is greater and it'll go to a very deserving owner.

Well done and congratulations.

Cheers

Patrick

Edited February 1, 2015 by Omega1234

[dgbot]

Piet, now all you have to do is set some traps and bring in some very tasty morsels.

That is one nice lobster smack.

David B

[Remcohe]

Hi Piet, congratulations. Whoever buys it at the gathering has a fine model to display.

 

Remco

[cog]

Nice finish Piet, but watch out with those anchor's points!

[Piet]

Thanks to everyone for following this build, your input and kind words.  I really enjoyed i,t especially with all of you visiting.

 

This will be my last post for this build and will try to put her in the Gallery.

 

I still have a few months so I may continue fiddling with it some more, a little touchup here and there.

 

Here are a few pics i took this morning for the Gallery, I like to close this log with a few pics.  Come and visit me with the 019 and the VOC ship in the scratch build part.  And who knows - - - I may even start the Dutch botter or kotter in a lamp.

 

 

 

 

Cheers to all,

 

[GLakie]

Beautiful Piet! Nice job! 

[mtaylor]

Very beautiful, Piet.   The lucky buyer will a work of art.

[popeye the sailor]

very nicely done Piet!   rigging ,  sails.......look super!      congrats on such a beautiful vessel!

 

I had to look back to see how you made your decals.....interesting 

Edited February 2, 2015 by popeye the sailor

[cog]

Couldn't expect anything else but high standard after the O19! Still marvelous little lobster smack with great details.

 

You were saying ... fiddling here and there ...hmmm ... I know your fiddling, so does Gwen ... O19 ... dinghy v 1.0 => v 2.0 ... life raft ... lobster cages ... buckets ...

[Jack12477]

Nicely done.  Piet.

[captainbob]

Congratulations on a job well done. 

 

Bob

[Sjors]

I'm proud of you Piet !!!!!

 

She looks marvellous !

The buyer should be an happy camper   

 

Sjors

[Remcohe]

Congrats Piet!
 

Remco

[russ]

Very good job. It is a great looking model. Congrats.

 

Russ

[Adrieke]

beautiful model Piet

 

I love following your logs and see how you do things, helps me a lot

[JesseLee]

Very beautiful job Piet! looking forward to meeting you at the spring get-together

[Piet]

Thank you all for your very kind words and I'm glad to have been of some help and hopefully inspired a few.

 

There is one more item I'm going to add to this little boat, it's a Dutch thing   Will show when it's installed   

 

And here I thought she was completed  

 

Cheers, 

[cog]

 

And here I thought she was completed

 

 

I rest my case ...

[Piet]

Yeah Carl, I have to stop thinking of what else I can add.  This is the final thing - - - I hope 

Now I have to find out how to move the hot link to the completed part in my signature 

 

Well, I thought adding a pennon or pennant to the top of the mast.  This is an old Dutch tradition, especially on royal birthdays or other national festivals.  But then the pennants are orange in honor of the Royal House of Orange.  Some are in the National tricolor.

However, this being a true Yankee boat painted with green trim, I thought making a green pennant to match.  I could also have made in yellow for our troops but hey, green is a mix of blue and yellow!

 

Okay, here are two pics to show all yuns how the pennon looks.

 

 

 

Cheers,

Edited February 9, 2015 by Piet

[GLakie]

Nice touch Piet! Someone's going to score big time when they take possession of this beauty. 

 

Cheers

[cog]

Piet,

 

Go to your profile and look at your current signature. Just add this build log in the same way ... Often it can be done by just symply copy/paste actions. Probably best get the internet address (link) first, and then alter your dashing signature

 

Tie a yellow ribbon .................

[gerty]

Wow - somehow missed this terrific build - congrats on a beautiful model !

Edited February 23, 2015 by gerty