HALF MOON By Jerry - FINISHED - Corel Scale - 1:50

[Glenn-UK]

Atleast there are not as many ratlines compared with your last build.

Edited March 18, 2015 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Hey Glenn..Ya got that right!  Have a great night.

Best,

Jerry

Edited March 18, 2015 by Jerry

[jct]

Hey Jerry...the rats and the futtocks look good, are you planing to leave them natural or "tar" them?  I drill the lions heads off the ship then mounted them then drill the gunwales worked pretty well...good luck with your technique

J

[Jerry]

Hello J.

Good to hear from you and thanks for your good words.  I don't plan to change the color of the ratlines.

I know that Popeye is concerned about drilling the lion's heads and I don't blame him.  Truthfully, I'm concerned also.  I remember you said that you drilled them off the ship but I thought I'd try it differently.  I probably made a mistake and may have to remove them and drill them on the bench.  I do have a very high variable speed drill but it may be difficult to get a starting point because of the polished surface and convex shape.  I'll try but like i said, we'll see.  Thanks for your comments; I sincerely appreciate them.

 

GO RANGERS....

 

Jerry

Edited March 18, 2015 by Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello Everyone..

The ratline process continues at a very slow pace in order to ensure that the lines are knotted  (clovehitches) properly and that the spacing is uniform.  I expect this procedure to take several days as the spacing of the shrouds at the top is very small and therefore more difficult to tie proper clove hitches.  To date I have completed the ratlines for the three port side lower masts and have decided to take a break in order to bring my eyes back into focus.  Some pictures follow:

Best,

Jerry

Edited March 20, 2015 by Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

I notice the difference with my eyes when I've been working at close quarters with my reading glasses or head magnifier, seems my distance vision takes time to readjust. It's a time consuming task, but you're well on the way, it will not be long before you start the running rigging. Has you wife selected a boat to build?

Edited March 20, 2015 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Hello Glenn..

Charlene hasn't picked a model yet.  As she explained to me, her spring break isn't over until Monday.  I'll believe it when i see it.  My eye trouble goes a lot further than magnification vision.  I don't wear glasses as I don't need them since I had cataract surgery.  However, I have other problems because of glaucoma.  in fact, i'm almost blind in my left eye.  I will be seeing a new specialist Monday to see if whatever vision I have left can be saved by special surgery.  I don't believe the model building is harmful.  Have a great night..Best to you,

Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

I had laser eye surgery a few years ago which was great. I'm tempted to have lens replacement to avoid glasses for reading and for better defined long vision but can't justify the expense to the admiral.

Edited March 20, 2015 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Glenn.........You will probably need cataract surgery when you get older and at that time you will have your lens replaced.  When I first could see after the cataract surgery I couldn't believe what i had been missing for several years.  As mentioned before I threw my reading glasses away; didn't need them anymore for anything, including reading.  Colors were unbelieveably bright again and there was no more glare whenever I saw bright lights approaching as when driving at night.  Most people don't need cataract surgery until they're in their 70's so you have a long time to go.

Jerry

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Jerry

Well done Jerry you are buzzing through the rat lines with no probs. it looks like this build will be soon over the way it is going. I have bought the Caldercraft DIANA, and will build it along side the Caroline, with the emphasis on the making and fitting of all the Caroline windows fitted before starting any work at all on the DIANA. Keep up the good work, running rigging next . DAVID

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[Jerry]

Hello David.

 

Yes, I heard that you bought or were going to buy the Diana and build it simultaneously with the Caroline.  Now that you will be building two ships at once, I guess  that you have joined the trend that Glenn started  The Caroline looks like a decent project and one that seems to require good thought and expertise.  In fact, I may end up working on two models simulataneously also as the Admiral now has in her possession a brand new kit, the HMS Bounty by Amati.  I believe she'll have some trouble because I have never seen her read Italian before.  However, there's an interesting story as to how she came in possession of this kit.  Only last night she mentioned that she liked the HMS Bouinty.

 

I attended The Naples Models ship Club met this morning which usually meets  the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month.  A visitor brought along with him to the HMS Bounty kit to donate to the club as he felt it too difficult for him to attempt.  He was extremely generous since he decided to donate it free to our club for disposal anyway the club felt fit.  I quickly suggested that I would make a donation to the club's treasury if I could have the kit for my wife to build.  We now have the kit in our home.  Stay tuned for Chapter 2.

Best regards,

Jerry

Edited March 21, 2015 by Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello Brian and many thanks for your visit to my log.  You're going to be a busy man soon and I wish you and your Admiral a very Bon Voyage for the five week cruise.  That's even longer than the couple of 24 day cruises we have taken and enjoyed every minute of them.  

 

The American health system, when one is past the age of 65, is excellent and reasonable.  One may pick any doctor ot his choice and have a medical procedure completely free.  I didn't have to pay one penny for the cataract surgeries, which were done for each eye, 10 days apart.  However, I do pay a monthly premium for the policies that allow this and they are well within reason.  My back surgery that I had last July would have cost me about $65,000 but this, too, was covered so I paid nothing besdes the same monthly premium.

 

I have decided that I do not want to darken the ratlines.  I made them the same as I did for Victory.  The shrouds are black and the ratlines are tan.  And when it comes to sails, I shudder as I have always felt that they cover up enough of the rigging that I feel should be seen.  This is just my opinion.  And thank you very much for your compliment regardig the crow's nests.  They came out okay but if I were to do it again, I would have made them more parallel to the deck than they are now.

 

Take care and enjoy your weekend and please come visit again.

Best,

Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

Look forward to watching the progress of HMS Bounty. It was one of the ships I have contemplated building

Edited March 21, 2015 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Hello Lawrence...

You are right; there are a lot less ratlines to worry about, at least a lot less than HMS Victory.  Still, they're one part of the build I don't enjoy.  But I have completed 3 sets of shrouds and have 7 more sets to go.  I hope to finish those in a few days and then it's onto the running rigging.  I will look for you on Skype as I am eager to see how much more you have accomplished with Annie.

Best,

Jerry

[Jerry]

Hello Glenn..

It will be a stunning victory the day Bounty gets completed.  I hope I live to 90, because that my friend is how old I predict I'll be when Bounty is finished.  One of my fellow club members got up at today's meeting to say that now that the Admiral is going to build a model, he hopes she'll attend the club meetings since she is prettier than me.  I pray i haven't ripped open a hornets nest.

Best,

Jerry

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Jerry

I built the billing boat bounty a lot of years ago, but I passed it onto my father to finish as I thought the rigging was beyond me, so he completed it. Your wife herself should enjoy building the Bounty, and I bet you will enjoy watching the progress. Did I tell you what happened when I started building the bounty which was my first build.??? This is honestly true. We had a Springer spaniel (spangles) which always got lots of attention and exersise, then the bounty build started and took over the attention and walkies. I came home from work one day and the wife announced that spangles had wrecked my ship. The figurehead was chewed off plus other various damage. One of the chaps at work had decided to write a log of my progress during the build, and the next morning he asked me for the progress report on the build. I told him the xxxxxxxx dog had chewed it up. The entry in the log was.......ship wrecked by sea dog... Keep up the good work on your half moon, and don't forget the admiral needs to now join MSW...............regards.....DAVID

[Jerry]

Hello David...

Dog gone it!!!!! That's a funny (and sad) story..

I will do my best to get Charlene to start a log.  I know she likes photography also so maybe her pics will be a lot better than anything I have ever submitted.  She only has the summer and little time during school weeks since she has lesson plans, grading, rtc. to most evenings.  I am not to touch the kit...only give verbal assistance.  this will be something to see.  I CAN wait.

Best,

Jerry

[popeye the sailor]

she may surprise you Jerry......we have quite a few accomplished female builders here.  wouldn't it be cool to add her name to the list!

 

    you've done better than I have......my admiral will have nothing to do with the hobby.......she won't even do my sails for me.  she tells me that there is room for only ONE crazy person in the house   I'll look forward in seeing the start of her build.......has she got a user name yet?

[Jerry]

Hello Popeye..

Charlene is aching to begin building her Bounty.  Trouble is she nor I can read Italian too well.  There may be a few words that I can translate since I can speak Spanish and some words in Spanish are similar to Italian.  I called Premier Models and they were very nice and said that there is an English verison of the instructions available and they will email it to me when they receive it from Italy.  I don't think my Admiral will surprise me as she is quite mechanically inclined as she has picked up a hammer many times....I always ran away in time.... Maybe the next time you tie a clove hitch rat line you can get your Admiral to try it.  Tell her it's like knitting or something like that.  Just kidding...I am really lucky.  She has no user name yet but I will suggest "Olive oyl." Best to you,

Jerry

Edited March 24, 2015 by Jerry

[popeye the sailor]

can't read it either........although I have done a few Heller kit,  and I had to translate them too!  it must be a daunting task though to distribute kit in the language folks are accustomed to.......glad to hear your able to get an English set of instructions.

 

my admiral helps out wherever she can........she love to go on my scavenger hunts with me,  and is very good in the common sense dept,  helping me rationalize some of my ideas.   she never balks at what I do.......she loves the boats and like to see how they look as I build them.   she likes the wood over plastic....but for whatever reason,  the last two kits she's picked out for me,  have been plastic.

 

I'll look forward in seeing 'Olive'  on the site 

[jct]

Hi Jerry,

Glad to hear Charlene has decoded on a build, I agree with Popeye...many accomplished female builders here! I too look forward for following along.

J

[Jerry]

Hi J.

 

Here I am struggling with rat lines.  I can't tell you how many times I have begun a knot and decided it was wrong and looked like crap.  So I started again and again.  I must be spending as much time on these rat lines as I have on the entire previous construction of the build; at least it seems that way.  I can't wait to see what happens when Char starts her build.  I hope she begins a log and as I mentioned to Popeye I'm going to recommend she take the name, "Olive Oyl."  But knowing her, she won't because she is basically a very shy person and will probably rebel against going on site.  Meanwhile, i'm waiting for English instructions to be emailed from the UK who are waiting for these instructions to be emailed from italy.  You know how that goes.... Hope you have a great evening...Best,

Jerry 

[Jerry]

Hello Everbody and greetings from the Half Moon Dry Dock located in Naples, Florida. 

The ship has had all its ratlines completed and is getting set for the running rigging.  The yards will be prepped with blocks, eyelests, etc. and then attached to their repsective masts at the proper time.  I believe in roughly following the directions and plans so whatever is called to be shipped next will be done.  In the meantime here are a few pictures of the model in its present stste.  I wish everyone a great weekend and a lot of fun.

Best,

Jerry

Edited March 27, 2015 by Jerry

[Glenn-UK]

Congratulations on completing the clove hitch marathon, it's a major milestone in any build. I plan to split my free time this weekend so I can complete Pegasus gun deck planning and Victory's channels, just waiting for the epoxy to set on the foreword channel before attaching the chain plates.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Glennard

[Jerry]

Many thanks, Glenn.  There was a huge difference in the number of clove hitches in Half Moon than on Victory.  I don't envy you having to complete that phase on Victory.  If I remember I calculated that there were 2600 clove hitches on Victory or was that the number of copper plates?  Nope, it was the clove hitch knots. Oh well, there's always a lot of repitition when building these models.  I see you have taken more precaution then I did when securing the channels by using epoxy.  I just used CA and so far they're still attached.  I hope you enjoy your modelling this weekend; I have a ship model club party to go to tomorrow night.  Meanwhile, the admiral obtained English instructions for her Bounty so she's happy again.  She can't start building yet since we have to rearrange the room to fit her in.  She mentioned something to the efeect that we need to discuss that.  Talk to you soon, Best,

Jerry

[jct]

Looking good Jerry...almost time to start planning your next build...lol

[Jerry]

Hello J..

Thanks for the good words.  I'm a bit torn as to the next build since the Admiral is going to build HMS Bounty and I'll have to mentor her.  Does that mean I can share my tools and workbench?  This ought to be a kick.  

By the way, did you pin your yards to their respective masts?  I pinned all the yards with a thin piece of wire when building Victory and it helped tremendously.  I'm giving it serious though with the Half Moon.

Best,

Jerry

[jct]

Hi Jerry,

 No I didn't pin them, I tied off one side of the spar and then just working it around the mast and tied the other side of the spar.  I wasn't sure how I want to pose the spars and wanted to option of moving them.   So are you planning to just let Char build while you look over her shoulder?

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Jerry

And now onto the running rigging and more enjoyment.,the build seems to have gone well, and I like the view looking down the port side from the stern. You were about right on the clove hitches on the victory, I had approx 1060 on the foremast. I am having a go at some sculpy work, and will post soon. Good luck with you rigging. Regards DAVID

[Jerry]

J..

I think I'll be looking over a lot more than shoulder..

Jerry