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04-25-2012, 07:13 AM
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Update and help needed
A while since I visited and since then my Barque Queen Margaret is arising from the stocks. My first scratchbuilt vessel since childhood. I have sourced plans and lifted the lines via templates to ply. Currently the framing is complete - over 30 frames (given her hull lines) in ply and she is square and true - you can begin to see why she was thought of as such an attractive vessel. I'll post some photos. I have built on a ply keel but constructed an internal triangular beam running from stem to stern to prevent flexing. A very exciting stage.
Currently the decision is how to finish the hull - I could plank and skim it but really i want to replicate the appearance of her steel hull. Has anyone has experience of how to convey this? Secondly I still really need to find photos as to details of rig, though I do have a sail and rig as well as a deck plan and elevation. Any sources others have tried? All comments and ideas gratefully received |
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04-25-2012, 01:38 PM
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Re: Update and help needed
Paul, here in the states we have "Reynolds Wrap" an aluminum foil for cooking. They also sell a heavy duty variety which is about twice as thick. I've used it in a couple of cases where I wanted to simulate metal. Just cut rectangles out the scale size of the metal plates you need and glue on. Only word of caution is the surface you put the foil on must be perfectly smooth because it exaggerates any bumps. Just paint the appropriate color after gluing in place.
You can also use a ponce tool (round wheel on a handle looks like a cowboys spur available at most sewing shops) to simulate the rivets. Good luck Tom |
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04-25-2012, 06:07 PM
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Re: Update and help needed
Hi Paul,
I found this answer to a similar query which might steer your research: "One such publication The Last of the Windjammers, Volume II which is a first edition, published during 1929, makes reference to the four masted barque Queen Margaret owned by John Black & Co. This vessel is described as “one of the fastest and most beautiful of the carriers of the 1890’s”. A description of her, several illustrations and a record of some of her voyages, together with an account of her stranding (and loss) at the Lizard are contained within the book. One illustration - a photograph - would indicate that she shares the same paint scheme as that of the photograph of Queen Elizabeth as contained within your letter, and there is good reason to suggest some form of ownership link between them. Regrettably I can find no record whatsoever of Queen Elizabeth in the four out of a total of 13 Basil Lubbock authored publications covering sailing vessels over the 18th to (early) 20th Centuries. In spite of their vintage, and if you are interested, Basil Lubbock’s books are still available from their original publishers – Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd of Glasgow, and a full listing of them, plus many other maritime subjects, is available on their website www.skipper.co.uk." I've used Brown, Son and Ferguson for some of my own projects and they have a good range of source material. Good Hunting! Regards, Rudeau (Chris) 
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