New design 1/96 WYOMING

[alross2]

I'm currently developing a 1/96 scale plank on bulkhead kit of the six-masted schooner WYOMING for BlueJacket. When completed, it will be 56.25" boom tip to boom tip. The hull is about 44" on deck. The deck is planked with 1/16" square bass (about 150 pieces). There are a lot of pieces in laser-cut ply, basswood, and laser board.

This is where I am at the moment. The chock rails are four laser-cut pieces of 1/8" bass with all of the locating holes for the 250-odd stanchions cut through. Should be a time-saver for the modeler! The houses and lower masts are incomplete and just sitting on the deck here to provide a sense of her eventual appearance.

 

[Gregoryhoran312]

gorgeous!

 

[Uwek]

Very interesting model - hope to get soon some more information

 

[Bryian]

Hope you can post some of your other prototype builds here that you have been working on.

 

[alross2]

Very interesting model - hope to get soon some more information

Here are some of the laser drawings on .015" laserboard and one of the many assembly drawings that will be on 11" x 17" paper.

 

[alross2]

Hope you can post some of your other prototype builds here that you have been working on.

Besides WYOMING, I have two more in progress and a few recently completed. The two in progress are the USS OREGON (BB3) solid hull in 1/128 scale and the NS SAVANNAH solid hull in 1/192 scale. I just completed ELLIE MARA, a generic centerboard schooner in HO scale (resin hull). The last two before ELLIE MARA were the 1845 brig USS PERRY (solid hull) and the 1/24 C.W. MORGAN cross section (POF).

 

[Bryian]

Thank you, fabulous work.

 

[3rdJerseyman]

Have you ever visited the USS Olympia in Philadelphia?

 

[alross2]

Have you ever visited the USS Olympia in Philadelphia?

No, but I developed a kit of her in 2006.

 

[Bluemaxone]

I like your Oregon. I specialize in predreadnoughts at 1:160, love that period. What is its length going to be?

 

[alross2]

I like your Oregon. I specialize in predreadnoughts at 1:160, love that period. What is its length going to be?

Like MAINE, she was 1/128 scale, so it was around 33" long. BJ offered it as a limited edition of 200 and they're long gone. They offered MAINE as a limited edition of 100 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the company. Those were gone in less than a year.

 

[Uwek]

I'm currently developing a 1/96 scale plank on bulkhead kit of the six-masted schooner WYOMING for BlueJacket. When completed, it will be 56.25" boom tip to boom tip. The hull is about 44" on deck. The deck is planked with 1/16" square bass (about 150 pieces). There are a lot of pieces in laser-cut ply, basswood, and laser board.

This is where I am at the moment. The chock rails are four laser-cut pieces of 1/8" bass with all of the locating holes for the 250-odd stanchions cut through. Should be a time-saver for the modeler! The houses and lower masts are incomplete and just sitting on the deck here to provide a sense of her eventual appearance.

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Hallo Al, alias @alross2
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Enjoy your special day

How is your develpment of the schooner Wyoming going?
You know, that we are everytime interested in new developments of kits, so please do not hesitate to show us more.....

 

[alross2]

I'm currently developing a 1/96 scale plank on bulkhead kit of the six-masted schooner WYOMING for BlueJacket. When completed, it will be 56.25" boom tip to boom tip. The hull is about 44" on deck. The deck is planked with 1/16" square bass (about 150 pieces). There are a lot of pieces in laser-cut ply, basswood, and laser board.

This is where I am at the moment. The chock rails are four laser-cut pieces of 1/8" bass with all of the locating holes for the 250-odd stanchions cut through. Should be a time-saver for the modeler! The houses and lower masts are incomplete and just sitting on the deck here to provide a sense of her eventual appearance.

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Nic will be bringing the WYOMING in her current state to the New London show this weekend.

 

[Uwek]

Nic will be bringing the WYOMING in her current state to the New London show this weekend.

When someone is visiting this event, please make some photos of the model and sho them here !!!!

 

[alross2]

When someone is visiting this event, please make some photos of the model and sho them here !!!!

This is WYOMING as of last week. The chock rails, top rails, and cap rails are all laser cut from 1/8" bass, 1/32" bass, and .015" laserboard, respectively. The two lower rails have the stanchion holes already cut into them, so fitting the 250+ stanchions is less tedious.






Gangway is four lasered pieces of .015" laserboard.

Forward companion on the aft house. There are ten lasered pieces just in the companion. Still to come: final filling and painting, skylights, and deflection rails.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Such nice details in a good size scale.

6 masts will be a lot of fun to get the rigging done.

 

[Uwek]

Such nice details in a good size scale.

6 masts will be a lot of fun to get the rigging done.

Yes - a lot of masts, but these ships, esp. the schooner had already very reduced rigging, so I think much less work like on a 3-masted HMS Victory

The Wyoming had only 13 seamen on board, incl. captain, cook and cabin-boy.
She had 22 sails: 6 gaff main sails (No. 1 to 5 of equal size, spanker sail of larger size), 6 gaff topsails, 5 staysails, 5 foresails with
Wyoming was equipped with a Hyde anchor windlass and a donkey steam engine to raise and lower sails, haul lines and perform other tasks. The steam engine was not used to power the ship, but permitted it to be sailed with a smaller crew of only 11 hands.

Do you remember these minature models with the well known pencil in front?

 

[alross2]

I've finished building the WYOMING and have given it to Nic to rig (I hate to rig). This is what she looked like when handed over. That's a 48" table, BTW.

 

[Uwek]

I've finished building the WYOMING and have given it to Nic to rig (I hate to rig). This is what she looked like when handed over. That's a 48" table, BTW.

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WOW - she will be huge..... better, she is already huge
Looking very good

 

[MrBlueJacket]

Here's where the Wyoming rigging stands so far.