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HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48.

Good afternoon. This morning I did some more work on my tiller. I “rigged” the tiller cable via the tension block and tackle.

This cable will run around the drum on the ships wheel when I get to the upper deck.

Some pics:
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In the last pic you can see the block and tackle (3mm single and 3mm double configuration) tied off to the cleat.
Cheers Grant
Precision, precision, precision. Well done, Grant.

I got mine to work on my Medea build (Enterprise class) but I used rope that was too thin (trying to gauge scale and got it wrong). So now it is literally hanging by a thread around the drum and I don't demonstrate it to people any more...

I wish this kit had come out when I started blundering along with my scratch build nearly 6 years ago. So much is revealed that wasn't in the plans I was able to obtain.
 
Precision, precision, precision. Well done, Grant.

I got mine to work on my Medea build (Enterprise class) but I used rope that was too thin (trying to gauge scale and got it wrong). So now it is literally hanging by a thread around the drum and I don't demonstrate it to people any more...

I wish this kit had come out when I started blundering along with my scratch build nearly 6 years ago. So much is revealed that wasn't in the plans I was able to obtain.
Thank you very much Ian. To scratch build is at another level to where I am at the moment, although I do like to add and modify the kits a lot to achieve some more details. It is rather nice to have the rudder work when I pull the tiller cable. Cheers Grant
 
Good afternoon. I have not posted for awhile so thought I had better do so. I am busy “tiling” the main cabin floor.

I have kept with the theme of haphazard decking/tiling. You will see the tiller and rigging will be visible.

I stained half the tiles with oak stain.

WIP :
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The arrow show how on one side I planked the deck into the margin plank (notches) while the other I made it open to see some knees.

I have realised while my surname is Tyler, a tiler I am not….ROTF.
Cheers Grant
 
Good afternoon. I have not posted for awhile so thought I had better do so. I am busy “tiling” the main cabin floor.

I have kept with the theme of haphazard decking/tiling. You will see the tiller and rigging will be visible.

I stained half the tiles with oak stain.

WIP :
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The arrow show how on one side I planked the deck into the margin plank (notches) while the other I made it open to see some knees.

I have realised while my surname is Tyler, a tiler I am not….ROTF.
Cheers Grant
Looks great, Grant! The selection of colors for the tiles 'grants' you the title of artist.
 
Good afternoon. I have not posted for awhile so thought I had better do so. I am busy “tiling” the main cabin floor.

I have kept with the theme of haphazard decking/tiling. You will see the tiller and rigging will be visible.

I stained half the tiles with oak stain.

WIP :
View attachment 545702View attachment 545703View attachment 545704View attachment 545705
The arrow show how on one side I planked the deck into the margin plank (notches) while the other I made it open to see some knees.

I have realised while my surname is Tyler, a tiler I am not….ROTF.
Cheers Grant
great idea to leave it open. Quick question. Were you planning on rigging the ship?
 
Looks great, Grant! The selection of colors for the tiles 'grants' you the title of artist.
Ill grant you this, your tiled tiller cover looks fantastic.:D
I’ll Grant you that Tyler, the tiling is excellent. Be very apt when the crew have a “night on the tiles” ;).

(Dan beat me to the play on words but I’m posting anyway ROTF).
ROTFROTF. I won’t take your comments for granted…..so thank you kindly gentlemen.
great idea to leave it open. Quick question. Were you planning on rigging the ship?
Thank you Jack. It has posed plenty of head scratching with this open look and will continue to do so. I pretty happy so far tho.
No I’m leaving it with stump masts and no rigging.
the tiles Looks great, Grant!
Thank you Shota
Looks wonderful !
Thank you Jeff.
Cheers Grant
 
Good morning from a sunny Cape Town. Summer is coming:D. Some more rugby this WE - SA vs Argentina so braai vleis is happening.

I scratch built the base for my capstan. It had to have a small angle to adjust for the deck slope. I also added two gratings one which I left open.
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I had to include wedges to the deck planking which took a few attempts. My main problem was there are no planks wide enough for the wedge to be part of the whole plank so I added these separately and did not caulk them. The join is unfortunately visible but not too bad.
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The sheaves for the tiller cable is left open and the mast base is added.

How she looks at present:
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Cheers Grant
PS. You will notice I still have not added the stern counters etc. I don’t like the kit structure which is completely wrong and I am still head scratching the how I’m going to do this.
 
I am still head scratching the how I’m going to do this.
Sounds like a foray into scratch building :) You can use the contemporary drawings including the framing plan and body plan to draw up the stern timbers and counters and the deck drawings will give a guide on the curvature of the deck transom and lower transom shapes. There are books on the general construction for the cross pieces and counter pieces such as The Construction and Fitting of English Men of War. The original contract has all the scantlings and describes the stern timbers, counter timbers and transoms in a lot of detail that should help. If you do not already have a copy, please feel free to PM me if you would like a transcription of the contract. It is transcribed in Word so you can easily search the document for the various parts without having to read the entire thing.
Allan
 
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