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Tern schooner "James Miller" (1854) (scratch POF on 1:48 scale)

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Gene Bodnar

Tue May 31 2016, 05:55PM

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JAMES MILLER, Three Masted Schooner (Model)

Hayden, Nehemiah

Description

Plans used by William S. Quincy for building the rigged model of the tern schooner JAMES MILLER. The lines were drawn from the offsets furnished by Nehemiah Hayden, the designer, to J.W. Griffiths for publication in the Nautical Monthly Magazine, November, 1854. The sail plan was developed from information contained in a journal kept by Nehemiah Hayden, contemporary paintings of other three-masters of the period, discussions with Capt. Carl Anderson and Capt. Francis Bowker and the usual practice of the period. Plans drawn by Mystic Seaport staff in 1976.

Type
Schooner

Designer
Hayden, Nehemiah

Plans drawn by
Quincy, William S.

LOA
130'

Beam
30'

Draft
13'

Plans include
3 sheets: lines and deck, spars and belaying detail, sail plan, rigging

Source
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library, Mystic Seaport Vessels & Small Craft Collection

The plans are also found in a 38-page booklet published by Mystic Seaport Museum entitled "The Three-Masted Schooner James Miller: A History and Model Maker's Source Book, by William S. Quincy.

As usual, I will be building the model out of basswood that has been either painted or stained. In a few instances, such as for pinrails and belaying pins, a harder wood will be used.

So far, the keel, stem, sternpost, about 2/3 of the frames, and the keelson have been installed. Bamboo trenails have been used on the floors and futtocks of each frame, as well as the keelson. The frames are 1' sided (1/4") with 27" (5/16") spaces between each frame.

Mike 41

Tue May 31 2016, 08:40PM

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Hi Gene,

The blue building board makes the framing easy to see and looks great.

It looks like you are using single frames consisting of five pieces each. What kind of joints are you using between the pieces?

Mike

Gene Bodnar

Wed Jun 01 2016, 10:32AM

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Mike,

Right, no double frames. I've used simple scarf joints held together with glue and bamboo towels. There were supposed to be more futtocks for each frame, bug since the frames won't be visible on the finished ship, I decided to simplify them a bit.

Gene

Gene Bodnar

Thu Jun 09 2016, 04:47PM

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Progress includes finishing all framing and starting work on the bulwarks.

ToddM

Sat Jun 11 2016, 11:52AM

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Gene, Looks very good...fast. Now I know what Santa's elves do in the off-season!

Todd

Mike 41

Sun Jun 12 2016, 12:57PM

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Hi Gene,

The framing looks great. It looks like you are staining the waterways and painting the bulwarks white as you go along. I am going to try using a little more paint on my models but I am not a very good painter I seem to get more paint on my hands than the ship. Hopefully a little practice will cure that problem.

Mike

Gene Bodnar

Sun Jun 12 2016, 05:09PM

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Thanks, Todd.

Mike, I like to stain or paint most items before installing them on the model. It makes everything look neat.

Gene

Gene Bodnar

Fri Jun 17 2016, 04:38PM

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The deck planking and pinrails have been completed, and the hull planking has just begun.

Gene Bodnar

Wed Jun 29 2016, 06:23PM

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The hull planking was completed, and the main rails have been installed. The copper sheathing is half finished so far, using 1/4" copper tape inscribed with rivets produced by a pounce wheel.