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"Flying Cloud " by Mamoli - kit bash

I've heard (or read) it posited that sharp bowed ships disappeared in storms with following seas and gale force winds, conditions which a ship lacking the buoyancy of full, or bluff bowed carriers, could be driven under. The fuller bowed ships were slower, but less susceptible to being driven under by a rogue wave.
 
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I'm just now searching for how the boats are strapped down to the main deck house roof, trying to find some of the "Glory" pics you guys posted on this log.
The pics you just posted are very helpful. (Have I told you what a knockout your model is? Okay)
I wanted to leave the tarp off to show off the structure of the boat. The little ZHL model is such a nice POF model with all the other interior details. So, I'm unconcerned as to any imaginary state of activity the ship is in, under way or at the dock. It's just a model to look at for the fun of it. It will be incomplete in a lot of ways. I'm running out of time for personal family reasons.

Thanks for posting these! Good timing! Thumbsup
Pete
 
They certainly could be driven under but the Clippers with their heavily flared bows gained buoyancy as they were pushed under. Hopefully this would lift the bow back up.

Another problem was the vessel broaching as she descended one wave and met the next. In this case the forefoot of the ship met resistance from the new wave while the wind continued to push from aft. The moment caused by this rotated the vessel until it laid broadside to to the wind, and was pushed on to her beam ends. Careful steering was required.

There are also many accounts of the boat hung in davits being lost in heavy weather.

Roger
 
Health issues, encroaching diminishing capacities, memory (My wife), cardio (me).
Up that river in Egypt paddling against the stream.
Having to change our living conditions. Not mentally or emotionally there yet.:confused:
All things must pass.
Reading aloud to my wife (mostly spiritual or funny stuff) gives us intellectual immediacy where conversation can happen undiminished by memory issues.
Having an open and critical discussion on my build log a very good exercise in the openness to letting go and change dept.
My "Flying Cloud "is a very different model than the one I thought I was going to build as a result. It may never be "finished" but then neither will I.

Thanks fer askin', Pete
 
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Peter Gutterman said:
Feels like oversharing, but we take it a day at a time. If we are present in the present, then a lot can be accomplished. It's cumulative.
Don't choke.
Don't freak out.
Be here now.
It is a lot.
"Flying Cloud" lives. Auspicious name!
Thanks for the encouragement,

Pete
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Peter, hi.

Your support for my recent 'adventures' is legend to me.
My thoughts are with you, my friend.
 
I've started mounting the ship's boats on the skids on the Deckhouse. I made split rings and fixed them into loops at either end of pieces of nylon fly fishing line that nicely approximates the fairly wide straps that hold the boats in place they are then tied down with "rope through the eyes at the ends of the straps and the eyebolts in the skids. Takes awhile to make all the parts and is very fiddley to tie off. Four more to straps go.20250518_112002.jpg 20250518_115853.jpg20250518_120957.jpg20250518_121206.jpg20250518_121459.jpg
 
Pete! One of my favorite things about your work, and there are many, is your creativity and audacity with materials that cause the eye to see in scale what it looked like. Here, again, nylon fishing line used to tell the eye to see wide straps. I looks just perfect, my friend!

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
Working on the hatches. The larger one will be partially covered by a tarp folded back. The forward hatch will probably have a livestock pen over it, which looks like fun to make and a nice detail. But I still felt compelled to make what lies beneath. Both are still dry fitted. I don't like to lock the door behind my until I can rest assured that I won't have to go back in.20250521_140236.jpg20250521_141451.jpg20250521_135312.jpg20250521_144107.jpg20250521_144200.jpg20250521_144250.jpg20250521_144838.jpg20250522_114442.jpg20250522_113941.jpg20250522_120820.jpg20250523_122729.jpg:oops:
 
Peter, I don’t mean that making rings individually is the wrong approach at all. Some time ago, I put together a tutorial on making eyebolts and rings (Part 2), and you might find it interesting. With a bit of practice :) , this method lets you make dozens of rings in just a few minutes. What do you think?

Making the Ringbolts - an introduction to metalsmith works

A bolt fitted with a ring through its eye, used for securing, running, rigging, etc. - called Ringbolt Greetings folks. This type of ship element freely available thru many different model builder suppliers, and included with every kit. For the most part, they are OK to use 'as is', but... some...
shipsofscale.com
 
I remade most of the rings on the main hatch. At 1/8" =1' 1/16" scale. Ring diameter is 1/16"=6", pretty tiny to employ the entire Jimsky technique. I did wind the wire around a drill bit (slightly smaller diameter as the rings expand when cut). I used wire nippers to cut the rings (too small for a saw and dowel). If I had used brass wire I would have used a single edged razor blade to cut between the coils, but the annealed steel wire is too hard for a razorblade. The nippers cause some distortion, but I flattened the rings with a tack hammer. and closed the gap with flat nosed pliers.
I'm leaving the forward hatch as is because I will probably make an animal pen that mounts over top of it.
Thanks for the bump alongside to steer me into better waters.;)

Pete20250524_154520.jpg20250524_160045.jpg20250524_160251.jpg20250526_115403.jpg20250524_160452.jpg20250526_121951.jpg20250526_122243.jpgOf course this only represents the one go 'round that succeeded (well enough to declare victory). Not the three or so initial attempts).:rolleyes:
 
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