"Flying Cloud " by Mamoli - kit bash

I had written a post covering the following pics and somehow lost it! the following is progress thus far. I hope the pics will be self-explanatory because I don't feel like writing the whole treatise again. Upward and onward, finally having fun. The portion below the forecastle deck needs to be completed first with templates for the holes in the forecastle deck for Samson post, bitts, pushrods for the windlass. The railings are cut out of mahogany plywood veneer left over from a long ago furniture project. The picture of a forecastle deck without the mahogany is actually a photo from another model I am using as a template for my project. 20240408_114633.jpg20240407_170043.jpg20240408_115015.jpg20240408_114546.jpg20240408_115326.jpg20240408_122107.jpg20240408_150125.jpg20240408_155244.jpg20240408_155449.jpg20240408_155524.jpg20240408_155646.jpg20240408_160540.jpg20240409_131957.jpg20240409_132032.jpg20240409_132323.jpg20240409_132431.jpg



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I think that brings things up to date, if in no apparent logical order. I finally like the way the hull came out. No egregiously glaring flaws. As I say, this is the stuff I like doing best. The following are mounting the hawse hole rims, drilling for the anchor chain, threading annealed brass wire through the holes to attach the chain to and pull it through at the appropriate time; making the water closet doors; wall panels; attaching the main rails; and making the fore castle deck templates to account for the Samson Post , bitts and windlass rods that need to go through20240404_141342.jpg20240404_141603.jpg20240404_142725.jpg20240405_120632.jpg20240405_121308.jpg20240405_123947.jpg20240405_130805.jpg20240405_130636.jpg20240405_150608.jpg20240405_150558.jpg20240405_150735.jpg20240406_112430.jpg20240406_112040.jpg20240406_112632.jpg20240406_112836.jpg20240406_151050.jpg20240407_153740.jpg20240407_153807.jpg20240407_153823.jpg the fore castle deck to the windlass below.

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Thanks. :D
Individual planks of clear white pine milled into scale planks, nicely seasoned old boards that I got a decade ago. The original Flying Cloud deck was white pine, so I thought "Why not?" Then I discovered there are some subtle color striations that don't scale well. :( Basswood strip Is more realistic at scale. So, I gave the decks a whitewash "pickle" to tone down the color striations, which works pretty well. Thumbsup This is the stuff I like doing the most. Like making a big doll's house with sails.:)
 
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Thanks. :D
Individual planks of clear white pine milled into scale planks, nicely seasoned old boards that I got a decade ago. The original Flying Cloud deck was white pine, so I thought "Why not?" Then I discovered there are some subtle color striations that don't scale well. :( Basswood strip Is more realistic at scale. So, I gave the decks a whitewash "pickle" to tone down the color striations, which works pretty well. Thumbsup This is the stuff I like doing the most. Like making a big doll's house with sails.:)
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"Big doll's house with sails" - Hysterical! Lot's of work went into the decking. Nice works on the nibs BTW. I wish I had been thinking about nibs when I was working on my Harriet Lane's. Next time.
 
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I think that brings things up to date, if in no apparent logical order. I finally like the way the hull came out. No egregiously glaring flaws. As I say, this is the stuff I like doing best. The following are mounting the hawse hole rims, drilling for the anchor chain, threading annealed brass wire through the holes to attach the chain to and pull it through at the appropriate time; making the water closet doors; wall panels; attaching the main rails; and making the fore castle deck templates to account for the Samson Post , bitts and windlass rods that need to go throughView attachment 441025View attachment 441026View attachment 441027View attachment 441028View attachment 441029View attachment 441030View attachment 441031View attachment 441032View attachment 441036View attachment 441037View attachment 441038View attachment 441039View attachment 441040View attachment 441041View attachment 441042View attachment 441043View attachment 441046View attachment 441047View attachment 441048 the fore castle deck to the windlass below.

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Good morning Peter. Looking good. Lovely detail - the wood choice for the decks works really well. Cheers Grant
 
The last couple of weeks I have added all the brass brads to anchor the deadeye chains, the upper channels, the pin rails and begun the upper bulwarks that affix to the main railing. Most of the tools involved are pictured. I used the Model shipways soldering iron bending tool for shaping the upper bulwark pieces. The piece that goes around the counter I started with the bending iron, then soaked in warm water briefly, bent it around a form, taped it in place, nuked it in the microwave for a couple of five second shots, then let it dry overnight still taped to the form. It held its' shape nicely. I tack glued it in place, then traced off the pattern onto a piece of mahogany ply veneer. I glued the veneer railing to the top of the counter upper bulwark piece. When dry I separated the tacked glue spots. The railing now held the curve of the bulwark securely and I sanded the excess of the edges to achieve the desired width. The water-based wood hardener makes a good sealer for priming the absorbent basswood.
I made the pin rails in two equal 1/16" widths of basswood, the first strip glued to the top edge of the bulwark and the underside of the railing. Then the second strip along the edge of the first. I then drilled out the holes for the belaying pins after laying out and marking the pattern along the centerline of the rails. The square cross section basswood strips bent easily in place and glued with Loctite CA gel. Judicious application and handling minimize crusty finger syndrome.
I'll try to maintain some logical order posting my pictures. Alas, this aspect of the editing is not my strong suit. In future I will post shorter entries between operations.
 
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Addendum: The winch that came with the kit was too large, so I got another to scale from BlueJacket. But that needed two sets of gears for the pair of rods from the hand crank. So squirreled away in my stash I had a couple of plastic gears, that, with some careful filing, slid right into place, and voila!:D Also included tools and instruments required for laying out the belaying pin patterns.
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Pete! Looking super cool! Thank you for the wood bending tutorial. I will take advantage of it on future builds. Something occurred to me looking at the "nail" pattern on your decks. It's too late for you (probably but maybe not with your level of woodworking skill), but I use a method from Masitini to simulate the nail heads that would work well in 1:96 scale that I wish I had remembered to do on my Harriet Lane. You make the "nail" holes with a pin or shar small gauge awl, sand the surface (decks in this case) and without removing all of the wood dust, wipe on you finish. I use tung oil. The oil makes the dust in the holes look like "nail" heads.

Awesome progress! Lovely to see your Flying Cloud taking shape!

Blessings.
Chuck
 
I agree. That would have been the better approach. If I ever get that far again on another build, I'll probably use it. Also, basswood for the deck would have been a better choice than the white pine despite its' authenticity it didn't translate to scale. :rolleyes: Thanks for checking in!
 
Peter Gutterman said:
I agree. That would have been the better approach. If I ever get that far again on another build, I'll probably use it. Also, basswood for the deck would have been a better choice than the white pine despite its' authenticity it didn't translate to scale. :rolleyes: Thanks for checking in!
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Love seeing your progress Pete. Since I am so busy with the end of the semester I haven't had the room to do much more that look at my Harriet Lane. Soon! In the meantime, I need to look at your stuff to keep me motivated :D So, keep up the great work my friend and keep posting the pictures!

Blessings. Chuck
 
Peter Gutterman said:
The last couple of weeks I have added all the brass brads to anchor the deadeye chains, the upper channels, the pin rails and begun the upper bulwarks that affix to the main railing. Most of the tools involved are pictured. I used the Model shipways soldering iron bending tool for shaping the upper bulwark pieces. The piece that goes around the counter I started with the bending iron, then soaked in warm water briefly, bent it around a form, taped it in place, nuked it in the microwave for a couple of five second shots, then let it dry overnight still taped to the form. It held its' shape nicely. I tack glued it in place, then traced off the pattern onto a piece of mahogany ply veneer. I glued the veneer railing to the top of the counter upper bulwark piece. When dry I separated the tacked glue spots. The railing now held the curve of the bulwark securely and I sanded the excess of the edges to achieve the desired width. The water-based wood hardener makes a good sealer for priming the absorbent basswood.
I made the pin rails in two equal 1/16" widths of basswood, the first strip glued to the top edge of the bulwark and the underside of the railing. Then the second strip along the edge of the first. I then drilled out the holes for the belaying pins after laying out and marking the pattern along the centerline of the rails. The square cross section basswood strips bent easily in place and glued with Loctite CA gel. Judicious application and handling minimize crusty finger syndrome.
I'll try to maintain some logical order posting my pictures. Alas, this aspect of the editing is not my strong suit. In future I will post shorter entries between operations.
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Good morning Peter. I appreciate you describing your process- I have learned a few tips from this : as an example:
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nuked it in the microwave for a couple of five second shots, then let it dry
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Wow your stern rail is fantastic. It is always a good feeling to find those small parts we can modify to improve our model as your gears. This is going to be a wonder Fly Cloud. Lovely work. Cheers Grant
 
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