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Hello everyone. Got the Bumkins & the Bumkin Shrouds completed.
Onwards....................................................
Hello everyone. Got the Bumkins & the Bumkin Shrouds completed.
Onwards....................................................
Hello everyone,
Been a little slow going but wanted to give a quick update. I started working on the lower main mast, mast cheeks, side & front Fish, six metal mast bands and the 6 Woolding grooves cut out & shaped accordingly.
As I previously mentioned in a earlier posting, some of the plans that came with the kit are not scaled correctly. I believe the manufacture just scanned & printed out copies without double checking. This issue causes a HUGE headache because they are not a true 1 to1 copy that you can use. The printout for the Topmast is way to big compared to the drawing on the large Sail Plan.
Been a little slow going but wanted to give a quick update. I started working on the lower main mast, mast cheeks, side & front Fish, six metal mast bands and the 6 Woolding grooves cut out & shaped accordingly.
As I previously mentioned in a earlier posting, some of the plans that came with the kit are not scaled correctly. I believe the manufacture just scanned & printed out copies without double checking. This issue causes a HUGE headache because they are not a true 1 to1 copy that you can use. The printout for the Topmast is way to big compared to the drawing on the large Sail Plan.
Such nice modeling!
Thank you
Thank you
Truly precise cutting on the mast parts!
Good evening Rick. Quality work. Cheers Grant
The model is turning out beautiful, congratulations. I think the rigging will be fascinating.
Thank you. Rigging is my favorite part of model ship building.
Hi Rick,
Great work, must be very a joy to work on all the detailed masts.
Great work, must be very a joy to work on all the detailed masts.
It's nice to have something totally different to work on.
Hi Modelshipbuilder65
Your work is SO good I hate to ask this of you. Can you explain the purpose of the grooves in the cheeks and front fish? This would substantially weaken them so it is hard to understand why this is done. I looked at Lees, Anderson, Antscherl, and Steel and cannot find anything that mentions the cheeks or front fish being grooved like this. I thought it might be for the wooldings but I am guessing one or more of the sources mentioned would have described this and every contemporary model I studied has the wooldings and hoops standing proud of the cheeks and front fish as there are no grooves.
Thanks!
Allan
Your work is SO good I hate to ask this of you. Can you explain the purpose of the grooves in the cheeks and front fish? This would substantially weaken them so it is hard to understand why this is done. I looked at Lees, Anderson, Antscherl, and Steel and cannot find anything that mentions the cheeks or front fish being grooved like this. I thought it might be for the wooldings but I am guessing one or more of the sources mentioned would have described this and every contemporary model I studied has the wooldings and hoops standing proud of the cheeks and front fish as there are no grooves.
Thanks!
Allan
G'day Rick, where did you get the information to use iron band's with the rope wooldings inside them,
Best regards John,
G'day Rick, it does look like some of your plans are out of scale, maybe I can help a bit, I dug out my mast plans and here are some comparisons that might be able to help you make a decision,
This is my main top mast plan laid next to the full rigging drawing and as you can see there is definitely a difference to yours, mine fits exactly,
and this is the made up mast sitting over the full rigging plan, nearly exact,
this is the main top mast and this fits the wooden parts supplied in the kit, so hopefully if the parts supplied in your kit match this, then you should know which plan is wrong, hope this is helpful, is it only the main top mast that is different, if you need any more measurements from my kit or plans just ask,
best regards John,
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