Charles Morgan photographs of the deck Plan. Does anyone happen to have a picture? I would appreciate.. thank you in advance.

[Ronald Smith]

I need to know the coloring or stains of the tops of the companion ways I think they’re supposed to be gray and I think they should be weathered a light gray. just guessing.

 

[BugDoc]

I took these images on the Charles Morgan in 2018:

 

[Bob Cleek]

I need to know the coloring or stains of the tops of the companion ways I think they’re supposed to be gray and I think they should be weathered a light gray. just guessing.

At what point in her career? Today, her decks are relatively pristine with slight weathering. Photos, as above, appear as if they are occasionally bleached. On the other hand, during her working career, when covered with whale oil, they'd have been practically black, at least anywhere amidships around the cutting stage and tryworks.

 

[BugDoc]

The images were taken in Mystic Seaport in 2018. I am sure in her working day she was nowhere as pristine. Rendering is a messy process.

My colours are fairly accurate. I adjust in post processing and use a calibrated monitor.

 

[malmacfl]

 

[Jefp0rt]

I need to know the coloring or stains of the tops of the companion ways I think they’re supposed to be gray and I think they should be weathered a light gray. just guessing.

I have some older photos. I'll have to find them. I think they were taken before the full restoration.
I found them, they were taken in 1998, but not seeing anything that you need.

 

[Spars]

At what point in her career? Today, her decks are relatively pristine with slight weathering. Photos, as above, appear as if they are occasionally bleached. On the other hand, during her working career, when covered with whale oil, they'd have been practically black, at least anywhere amidships around the cutting stage and tryworks.

I will never visit this vessel in person so I am a photo hound. Her life reminds me of Melville's Moby Dick.

 

[Quint]

In the Mystic Seaport Whaling Museum Exhibit there is a model of the Morgan which I understand represents the ships original look. I never found any actual documentation in Mystic that details the original paint colors.
Coincidentally the colors on the museum model exhibit match the paint colors listed in my old Marine Model Morgan kit instructions. In my kit, the copyright for the plans is dated 1939. So, I'm assuming the colors used on this model are reasonably accurate.

 

[Jefp0rt]

I have some older photos. I'll have to find them. I think they were taken before the full restoration

They were taken in 1998, but they don't include any campanion way tops. I have some photos of a half scale model of a whaler, but I don't remember for sure where they were taken, but probably New Bedford.

 

[Spars]

They were taken in 1998, but they don't include any campanion way tops. I have some photos of a half scale model of a whaler, but I don't remember for sure where they were taken, but probably New Bedford.

I would appreciate if you would post them. How the ship was built/repaired is revealed in such photos.

 

[Roger Pellett]

The Morgan is a bit like the Constitution, she’s old enough that her appearance has changed several times during her long life. The painted gunport appearance is not original. It is instead what her conservers thought that she had originally looked like when they took possession of her in the 1930’s.

In the not too distant past, she underwent a major structural repair at Mystic Seaport’s shipyard to prepare her to sail. She visited several New England ports. At that time, unlike Constitution care was taken to restore her to what historians call her “period of significance.” I saw her during the NRG Conference held at Mystic in 2015. I recall that her inboard works were buff.

There should be copious information at Mystic, Including books published to document her restoration. Also WoodenBoat Magazine published several articles at the time.

Roger

 

[Ragnar]

Here is my exterior photo collection. Hope it helps.

Ragnar

 

[Jefp0rt]

I would appreciate if you would post them. How the ship was built/repaired is revealed in such photos.

These photos were taken on a 35mm camera and scanned from the old prints that have faded. I did the best I could to improve them, but they are stilll good for reference.

 

[Jefp0rt]

I have some older photos. I'll have to find them. I think they were taken before the full restoration.
I found them, they were taken in 1998, but not seeing anything that you need.

These were taken on a 35mm camera and scanned from prints that had faded over time. I did my best to restore them. They are still good for references

 

[Spars]

he pictures you posted are clear enough for my purposes. They provide the smaller details which can make a difference in a ship model. I am no expert modeler but In want to get things as right as I can.

 

[Bill-R]

Those are some nice pictures of the Morgan. The one picture posted by Jefp0rt shows the area forward of the windless with the anchor deck missing. Interesting, I have never seen a picture with the anchor deck missing, except when repairs were in progress. That is also a great picture of the windless.

Bill

 

[Jefp0rt]

These were taken on a 35mm camera and scanned from prints that had faded over time. I did my best to restore them. They are still good for references

Many years ago I bought the Artesania Latina kit of the C W Morgan on sale and planned to convert it to the Pequod from Moby Dick. So I took a vacation trip to Mystic Seaport and New Bedford to do some research on the Morgan, and the Model Shipways New Bedford Whaleboat kit which I had already started. I bought the Mystic plans for the Morgan, had them reduced to what I thought matched the scale of the kit. The position of the 3 masts matched. I started on some of the deck fittings that I show here, from the reduced Mystic plans, but when I placed them on the Artesania Latina deck plans, they didn’t fit because the position of the roof over the try works and the wheel were both too far forward and there wasn’t room for the try works, workbench, skylight or wheel. So it was either move the roof back, which would screw up everything else including the position of the fore shrouds or rebuild the deck fittings. Obviously the kit wasn’t designed from the Mystic Morgan plans as they claimed. I really didn’t want to do either, so the kit has been sitting in the box for the past 45 years. BUMMER!

 

[Roger Pellett]

Nice work. Build a hull to fit the parts!