New Bedford Whaler - circa 1835

[papa 695]

Not too bad Ron

[spanner570]

Thanks Derek and Ian. Good to see you're still hanging on in....


Last night I fitted and painted the five sets of boat davits and added the anchor - minus any rope work for them all.










The anchor.






Next I will fit out the five cutters with oars and harpoons plus ropes.


Cheers,


Ron

[Guest]

Hats off to your attention to detail Ron! I'd never have the patience or skill

[Bigfoot57]

Following this one closely Ron I have 5 boats in my stash to do so will be using some of your techinques on these when I eventually get round to doing them


Colin

[spanner570]

Thanks Patrick. Patience is being sorely tried and as for skill, there's plenty of that on S.M.


Colin, Don't take too much notice, this is my first attempt at a 'proper' sailing vessel, so I'm learning as I go along......


O.K., I've started fitting out the 5 cutters.


For the oars I used thin electric wire and flattened the ends in a vice, then filed the oar blades to shape.


The harpoon is done in the same way.


The rudder is thin plastic card.


The harpoon rope is sewing cotton wrapped around a cocktail stick, glued, then quickly removed from the stick!


You will notice the paintwork is a bit hit and miss...I figured that after a couple of years at sea, the gear would be a bit worse for wear, to say the least.


Here is one of the wee cutters.










Cheers all,


Ron

[takeslousyphotos]

Blimey Ron........... That is absolutely, a real cracker mate. A superbly rigged ship. I love it.

[Guest]

Ha-ha you're just kidding us Ron! That finger is really the size of a tree trunk

[Guest]

Wow Ron my eyes hurt just looking at this! Amazing the detail you are pulling off in such a tiny scale.

[spanner570]

Thanks for your input boys. All good stuff....

[spanner570]

I don't know what has happened to the above, but there should have been more pictures with it!


The previous single picture shows one of the cutters in position with it's ropework for lowering and hauling back up again...


Here are the two starboard cutters - fixed and rigged.






The three port ones - only the middle one is permanent.






A seagull's view.






Nearly there now. Just a few bits and bobs to do. On reflection, I think I might touch up the gear in the cutters. They are possibly a bit too shabby and worn.


Thanks for looking.


Ron

[eddiesolo]

Cracking work Ron, had to call back and see this. Glad I did, so small, so much detail, soooooooooo good.


Top work.

[Gern]

Ha-ha you're just kidding us Ron! That finger is really the size of a tree trunk

Have you not met our Ron then Patrick? In reality he's 250ft tall with fingers the size of tree trunks! That's what makes his builds look so marvellous - he just puts his hand down on the lawn of a real building and Justine takes a picture from a helicopter. That's obviously a real rowboat he's picked up from somewhere.

[spanner570]

Thanks for your great comments Si. Good to see you are able to wander in here and post. I hope this means you are feeling a bit better old mate?


Dave, thanks for your input too. Whilst we were up in the helicopter, we joined the 'Mile High Club' too!!!!!


Right, I need a break from the titchy boat, and as the weather here is awful, I've made a start on the harbour.


Here I have stuck three pieces of scrap polystyrene packing together. Because I need the full hull I had to double thickness the water to accomodate the extra depth. The other piece is obviously the harbour wall.






I marked around the hull and then scribed around the lines with a scalpel.






I try and get as big pieces out as I can - It makes clearing up so much easier for the wife!






The whaler let in and up against the harbour wall.






I then simply slurried some cheap acrylic paint all over the base.






Next up?.....I really haven't a clue, I never plan, just have a starter idea in my nut and see what comes along. Your guess is a good as mine, but I have had one heck of a pleasant 'Happy Accident! More about that later......


Cheers,


Ron

[Guest]

Great work Ron, here comes the creative bit. Derek

[Guest]

Ron mate all I can say is WOW, the rigging is amazing.


Scott