JesseLee Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Thanks for that Alan. I have always loved Scottish history. (this turned out successful too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Got a set of Christmas bulbs made by different company from a different store this year. Began the process over again. glued the bottom label disc in. Painted the space between, got the sea bed base in. The Rouse Simmons carried Christmas trees so I wanted to show some on this build. Made some Christmas trees to put on deck by trimming the tip of a pipe cleaner- (being a pipe smoker I've got these laying around). Clipped them off & painted them. They were shipped bundled by tying them up with ropes so I rapped some very thin thread around them. John Zuch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Another thing I did different was I didn't make any kind of jig or base to hold the ship down while I worked on it. Just wanted to try it to see easy or hard it would be this way. I was able to do it but I highly recommend not doing it this way It was much more irritating- especially doing the rigging. After gluing the sea baser in. The !st bulb out of the pack of 4 bought this year was found broken open one morning much like the picture before showed. That was now 5 bulbs broken. Got the 6th one out & for the 6th time started it all over again. Began to wonder if this would be possible at all, Repeated all these steps again & was now needing to figure out what I would do for the sea. After test fitting the ship in the neck - you guessed it- another break. This time it was just the neck itself. Very frustrated I was about to give up. Then I looked at the thin metal decorative cap that goes over the neck that holds the wire for hanging the ornament. When this piece is on it would completely hide this break. I decided I would finish this build & epoxy the neck back on & hide it all with the cap afterwards. The opening was still the same except it had a sharp edge I would need to be very careful with. I went with it...... John Zuch and Landlubber Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted October 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Got a lot of the rigging done. Tried adding ratlines after looking into it. It just about drove me crazy. I used Fray Check to hold them all in place then went back & used very tiny amounts of CA on the ends of each one so that nothing would come loose when folded down to put through the neck. As I posted before my silicone sea didn't work out. I have been told that you can mix the color in it when applying. If I had know that then I would have used that method but since I didn't know it at the time I used Platalina modeling putty. I used as thin a layer as possible for 2 reasons. 1: in the past I found out that the pressure of putting it in & wave forming was enough to break the thin glass sides, 2: Weight. Putty is heavy for a Christmas Tree ornament so I wanted to keep as muck weight as possible out of this. Got a thin layer laid in. Put it in between our double paned windows on a sunny day The sun melted the putty down to the base & softened it so I could form the waves, ripples without much pressure so I wouldn't break through the thin glass sides. I did a lot of white aps because this ship sailed in the rough waters of Lake Michigan & these waters even sunk the ship in the end. John Zuch and Gwyl Blaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Everything is looking great! Waiting to see the finished build. JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 She's looking good Jesse. Gwyl JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Made the lifeboat & added it to the back of the ship. Added the flag. Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Folded everything down to go through the neck opening. Inserted into Christmas ornament, glued down, masts raised, sails straightened, pulled all lines tight & glued them. Taped a narrow hobby knife blade to one of the tools to cut the lines off after the glue dried. Gwyl Blaser and John Zuch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Nice work Jesse. How are you planning to seal the opening of the bulb? Gwyl JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 That looks great. I love the Christmas trees on deck. They really look like Christmas trees. The ratlines are very nicely trimmed and the lines in general are nice and tight. Great work. JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Thanks Daniel & Gwyl. Funny you ask Gwyl, the next posting is just about that! Used epoxy glue to repair the broken neck then added the cover & hanger wire back on. The glued seam is completely hidden. Completed project pictures to follow...... Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 View of the bottom label with ship info, a finished shot & close-up of Christmas trees on deck. More finished angle shots coming.... John Zuch and Gwyl Blaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 This looks awesome Jesse. Very nice build. It should look great hanging on a tree. Gwyl JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bellinger Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Nice job Jesse. Did you ever hear of the bark delivering Christmas trees to Philadelphia, but didn't arrive until February? Her name was "Tarry Not". Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Never heard of that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Different angles of the finished build...... Gwyl Blaser, exwafoo and John Zuch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Very nice finished product Jesse! This looks great. I like the sea too! Gwyl JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Thank you Gwyl. I wasn't sure about the sea. Thought maybe I overdid the white caps but it is supposed to be rough seas. Jesse Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Really like the finished project. I think I could find a spot for it on our Christmas tree when we put it up. JesseLee and Gwyl Blaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Turned out really nice Jesse. Speaking of Captain Santa I believe I seen his brother yesterday. I was walking back to the office and this guy said hey Jeff how is it going? To keep his identity confidential I'll use the name Doug. I recognized the voice but when I turned and looked I was completely startled. He had snow white hair which was really long tied in a pony tail and a big white beard. I couldn't believe my eyes. I thought I was looking at Santa Claus. LOL. Man did Doug age! Anyway I love the build and the trivia. Jeff JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bellinger Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Never heard of that one I found it in Christopher Buckley's "Steaming to Bamboola". a good read about modern merchant marine. The not too hasty bark is in the chapter on ships' names. JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Zuch Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Very nicely done with weight restrictions. It is nice to see a Great Lakes boat being done. These ships sailed on the most dangerous waters in the world, in 450 years over 6000 ships have be wrecked on the lakes. In 1987 while living on my boat in Victoria I did a Great Lakes boat. John Zuch Courtice Ontario Gwyl Blaser, Chasseur and JesseLee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 John what ship is that. It's very similar to a great Lakes schooner some one in my local modeling club built. I forget what the name of his was though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Zuch Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 The schooner name was the Lucia A Simpson built in 1879 John Zuch JesseLee and Gwyl Blaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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