STS Leeuwin II by Tallshiptragic - 1/56 - as she appeared in 2015

[Tallshiptragic]

That's one heck of a career, Anton.

(I envy you !!)

   

Haha thanks Steve. It's not a bad career I suppose. I get to work on a tall ship, but as I'm supply, I don't have to stand watches don't miss that at all!

 

Just to let you know, we have our last day sails of the year tomorrow arvo and over the weekend then that's it for the season. We're off to Monkey Mia and shark bay for two months next Thursday and once back, pretty much straight into refit for three months over winter.

[BANYAN]

Great job indeed Anton! With too many years in as an OOW and Ops Room Watch keeper among other duties myself, I can empathise with (and feel envious about) the no watch keeping - That would be an unforgettable and life changing experience on a true sail ship and as you say, what a great asset to your modelling.

 

Winter? in WA??? (HA!) but a great chance to recuperate and many more hours to apply to your model   Enjoy the cruise to those wonderful sites.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Tallshiptragic]

Hi Pat, honestly it does get cold enough over here we need to actually wear pants, and rumour has it there might be that vertical water falling from the sky again, can't remember what's it's called again, bee so long

[CaptainSteve]

Winter ???

Isn't that scheduled for three weeks from next Thursday ... ??

Sometime around 2pm, as I recall !!

[Piet]

Quick question Anton, where did you get those white dry transfer letters from?  

 

Cheers, 

[Tallshiptragic]

Hi Piet, the ones I have are actually from the Netherlands. I'll have a look when I get home as they have a company name on them. These I've had for years but I'm pretty sure they came from Cornwall model boats.

[Tallshiptragic]

Quick question Anton, where did you get those white dry transfer letters from?  

 

Cheers,

 

Hi piet, they're model graphics MG747 US gothic stencil. I've done a quick goggle and this US website

http://www.hobbywarehouse.com/Woodland-45-Degree-USA-Gothic-RR-Numbers-White-1-16-5-16

Came up right away.

[Tallshiptragic]

Made up some more decals. These are for the life rafts, the raymarine gauges, yanmar engine gauges - these are on the helm station - open shut arrows for the hatches plus compass roses for the gyro repeaters on the helm station and two yet to be made up which are on either quarter of the poop deck.

[Tallshiptragic]

Added decals to the four West offshore SOLAS and RFD SOLAS life rafts, ray marine rudder angle, wind angle, COG - course over ground / knot speed, depth in feet gauges plus the two yanmar engine gauges and gyro compass to the helm station. Oh and the red arrows for the hatch dogs.

Edited April 10, 2015 by Tallshiptragic

[Jim Lad]

Those decals certainly bring the rafts to life, Anton.

 

John

[Omega1234]

Oh come on, Anton!!! That's not possible. I shake my head.....not in disapproval, but amazement!! Those life rafts with their stickers, just bring a whole new reality to your brilliant model.

 

I'm just sitting here wishing I could do that as well as you.

 

I think the Doctors call my affliction a serious case of "Over-Antonitus"....a newly discovered disease characterised by these symptoms - envy, admiration and overall being gob smacked". The only known cure, says the Doctor, is more photos please!!!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Piet]

Thanks for the URL on the decals Anton.  Adding the decals you made is like icing on the cake, sweet.

 

Cheers,

[Tallshiptragic]

Not a problem Piet. I've still got the 's' and 'O' for the shut and open next to the arrows to add.... That won't be fun. Though with captainsteve saying he's wanting to critique my accuracy to the real ship... Hahaha

[CaptainSteve]

Not a problem Piet. I've still got the 's' and 'O' for the shut and open next to the arrows to add.... That won't be fun. Though with captainsteve saying he's wanting to critique my accuracy to the real ship... Hahaha

 

Hahaha ...

Anton, I'll be certain to bring my camera along when I do visit.

 

Meantime, I can absolutely confirm that your RFD decals are exact renditions of the logo of Survitec ... suppliers of life-rafts and safety equipment.

Nice touch !!

Edited April 11, 2015 by CaptainSteve

[Tallshiptragic]

The RFD ones go in for service during refit so the ones we get will probably be WEST offshore like the four midships. But I'm not going to change them haha

[*Hans*]

Stunning details! I very much like that!!!

 

(btw - I like baking bread as well - its always nice when you put some effort in mixing up stuff and a good tasting bread comes out of it  )

[Tallshiptragic]

Just for you Hans, chic chip hot cross buns I made onboard for Easter last weekend.

[Tallshiptragic]

A close up of the helmstation, showing all gauges, compass and the red plaque shows the recommended rpm for engine speed - dead slow, slow, half and full ahead/astern.

 

Also added the ships builders plaque which is on the vent hatch of the chart house and a memorial plaque which is on the starboard fcstle bulwark. The memorial plaque is in honour of one of our original volunteers Norman Shorrocks who would act as a custodian when we were at our home port in Fremantle. He would act as duty officer for the ship when in port to give the permanent crew time at home - currently we use a roster between us for duty when alongside - and was always full of stories and would also do anything for anyone.

[captainbob]

Fine detail work.  And the hot crossed buns look god too.     Good enough to eat.   

 

Bob

Edited April 12, 2015 by Cap'n'Bob

[Tallshiptragic]

Another little touch before it gets difficult to attach. Tied to the edge of the main companionway hatch and the chart house hatch, we have small 'watch your head!!!' Signs

 

Even with these signs it's still surprising how many people try knocking themselves out.

[captainbob]

It reminds me of one placed where I worked the speed limit sign on the parking lot was, " 7.5 MPH" Because it was so strange it caught your attention every time you drove in.  You need to do something similar to the "WATCH TOUR HEAD" sign like misspell one word or print one word upside-down.

 

Bob

[*Hans*]

Just for you Hans, chic chip hot cross buns I made onboard for Easter last weekend.

Jummy! Looking good!  With rasins and sugar icing on top?

[Tallshiptragic]

Deck penetrating tubing have now been added to the gunwales.

 

These are the bent over shaped rod which allow electrical cables to psd through a water tight grommet through the deck. I've also added the two fire hydrants, grey water tank goose neck vents, fuel filling points - the grey painted tube, fresh water filling points and release goose neck vent - the blue painted items, and the black water tanks pumping out points - white with black tips.

[Jim Lad]

She's really coming along, Anton.

 

John

[Omega1234]

Really nice work, as always, Anton.

 

Well done.

[Tallshiptragic]

It reminds me of one placed where I worked the speed limit sign on the parking lot was, " 7.5 MPH" Because it was so strange it caught your attention every time you drove in.  You need to do something similar to the "WATCH TOUR HEAD" sign like misspell one word or print one word upside-down.

 

Bob

  

 

We've actually attached bright red nylon line which drops down around the sign. Still doesn't work. What's really odd is as you step onto the step your looking straight at the sign as the hatch sits at eye level. Common sense prevails.... Haha

Jummy! Looking good!  With rasins and sugar icing on top?

Chocolate chips and icing sugar

[Tallshiptragic]

She's really coming along, Anton.

 

John

  

Really nice work, as always, Anton.

Well done.

Thanks guys. Just attached a couple more shots of the painted pipe work along the bulwarks.

 

For those not in the know of the colour coding for marine pipe work. Brown is fuel oil (diesel), grey is grey water (sink water and showers), black is black water (sewerage - both treated and in treated) and light blue is fresh water.

 

Also found out, during refit we will be getting a completely new helm station... Damnit haha All new internal components and the station itself. Hopefully it will be to the same design so I won't have to change mine - though I can just date the model to after 2014 refit but if it is different I'll most likely change it. The current one is the original as when built and a little nackered.

[Tallshiptragic]

Pins now added to pin rails you will notice some blank pin holes forward. This is because they are spare slots. Currently we don't set either the flying jib or flying staysail and neither of these two sails are rigged. Also the pins for the jib sheets can be moved further back depending on trim and well the bosun.

[NAZGÛL]

Wow, very skilled work!

 

/Matti

[Tallshiptragic]

Not that you can see most of the new updates with the overall photos, here are some anyway.