Pirate ship...yep, another Roger !

  I found it at Lowe's...it is listed as a "plastic hobby vise" # 212042  by Columbian Inc.   It has proved to be the best ship vise I've used !

        Thanks, Donnie ! Looking forward to your next build.

                      greg

  Harr Harr! The aft stays and standing is getting close to being done, as well as the jolly boat strung up on the davits:

look mighty fine. Sails or no Sails ?  I used gift wrapping tissue paper that was a light brown. I rolled mine up in a tube, then twitsted it, then moisten it, let it dry and unraveled it as I put them on the yards. I am sure that whatever you do will look great !

Donnie

ps I think that I am going to move on to the Linberg Captain Kidd aka Wappen Von Hamburg.

Based on the position of the yards, top and gallent, sails need to be fitted.  If the sails are furreled or not installed, the yards should be lowered to the caps.  

Model does look good.

steve

  LOL...yeah, but you are talking to a what-if builder !  I was tempted to mount a bofor's on the stern, but leaned towards doing it as an actual sailing vessel.

   Sails will be full on...bright crimson too...what else would Jack's Bloody B have ?

Bright crimson sails?  wouldn't they bleach out to a pink in the sun.  Somehow I think that Jack would regret sailing a vessel with brigth pink sails. 

I do look forward to the crimson sails though, and do go for the bofor, and some 50s for good measure, a pom pom, and some depth charges.  Now that would be a pirate ship that would be menacing.

LOL...nah, I think that Cap'n Jack would be assured enough to sail the seas even with pink sails...but these will be of a ruddier cast.

   One of the modelers on whatif said if I was going to mount a bofors on the stern, each gunport should have a torpedo tube.  Yikes.

  Arrrgh! For those of us who remember the sailors of steel, and the ships of wood , the sails are going up:

  Originally, I wanted to put red sails on some of the yards, but it was too overwhelming, so stuck with the linen look .  Now, to start on the running rigging:

  Well, thanks!  Usually, I don't put sails on the ships, but do them furled or not even there...but this one does have a life of it's own!

   I use regular typing paper, wet down and brushed into place over the vac mold...then oil it with Minwax golden oak, then spray it with clear acrylic...the light shines through it well, and it is stiff enough to take the needle and thread for rigging.

  get the paper soaking wet, and use a dry bristle brush to smash it down into the vac...let dry, and then use an oil based wood finish...it is amazing how clear it comes out !  Glad you like it so far.

              greg

   Arrrgghhh!  Try to figure out the rigging from this fuzzy sheet is like trying to make the venus de milo from wet toilet paper!

Check your e-mail for a better set of plans. Hope they help.

Great job on the Roger!

  Running is coming along well...jeez, these guys loved rope !  Arrrr!

Outstanding effort.

I can feel the wind at my back and the salt spray in my face.  This is what sails and ships are all about!

New member here, that's a very nice looking model!

I've just picked up a "Jolly Roger" myself, with plans to build it as an O'Brian/Aubrey "HMS Surprise" as it's by far the closest kit I can find in plastic to that ship.

I have a few questions on the build however, for you or anyone else familiar with the kit.  Specifically, do the decks and hull need to be assembled in the directed order?  Building as per the instructions would preclude rigging any of the gun deck cannon, and necessitates painting the hull in separate halves.

Ideally I'd like to assemble the hull halves first for painting, then drop in the gun deck, add and rig the cannon and all the other bits, then drop the spar deck on top of the completed sub-assembly.

Something tells me the hull shape is going to make this impossible w/o major modifications however, so perhaps I should not bother with it.  I'm doubting anyone but me will ever notice the gun deck rigging, or lack thereof on this small scale.

My second question deals w/ rigging.  Or rather, how to do it.  There seems to be rather a lack of pinrails on the model (I must admit I've not inspected it super carefully yet), let alone directions on what gets rigged where for the attachment points that do exist on the model.  The single picture on the back of the directions just isn't doing it.  I'm a long, long way off from this problem, but if I do need to bash more pinrails I'd rather do it during the initial assembly rather than at the end.

   That's actually some of the best model sails I've seen. I'll have to give that technique a try.

Scuplting with wet toilet paper is probably easier than figuring out those rigging plans!

cthulhu77 wrote:

I use regular paper for the sails...soak the paper heavily with water, crumple up into a ball, smooth out gently over the vaccuum formed sail with a bristle brush...let dry overnight.  Brush on an oil based wood finish, let that dry.  Spray with clear satin.  Once dry, the sail pops right off of the mold, retains the detail of the lines, but has all of the translucency of scale sailcloth.

Let me go back and say that Greg is a fantastic modeler and I do not want to steal his post by referring to my build. I am innocent in just trying to help the other modeler with his ship. Greg has helped ME alot in the process by encouraging me. Maybe Greg can chime in here and also offer some advice to this person trying his had at ships.

I hope that Greg is not offended by offering my link.

Donnie

  ARRRR ! Shiver me timbers ! Prepare to come about and repel boarders ! Mutiny !

                   No such thing as hijacking one of my threads...we're all in this for the info, after all, and your step by step thread was perfect !  I'm writing a full build up as we speak for an online site, but it will probably be a month or so before it's out (jeez, can you believe it, they like "aircraft" more than ships ! )

    The sail technique is super easy  once you get the hang of it.  Write  if you need more details.

                              greg

  Hey Hey !  Finished...article written...sails up and let's haul anchor, wish for a good tide and fast women! :