Cazador Xebec 1750 - OcCre - scale 1:60 [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Uwek]

I like the eagle head very much - very good work
and he is looking very dangerous

 

[Ptèr]

I like the eagle head very much - very good work
and he is looking very dangerous

Thanks Uwe. Most eagles have that "mean" expression on their face. Very impressive birds (dinosaurs) they are....

 

[Steef66]

your drawing talent is also very nice

 

[Ptèr]

your drawing talent is also very nice

Thanks Stephan. The beginning of carving is to have a good drawing.

 

[Dean62]

I just wanted to warn you Peter, the Eagle may start talking to you! Because it’s his ship now, be warned!

 

[Ptèr]

I just wanted to warn you Peter, the Eagle may start talking to you! Because it’s his ship now, be warned!

She certainly developing an attitude allready.
I have "words" with the bird at the moment about polishing her feathers

 

[Ptèr]

Hello everybody,

The first quarter of the year has past. With my work (we work with quarter results) it's always a sprint to the end of the quarter. Not much modelingtime during these periods, however I did manage to lay some ropes here and there.
This means that the woodworking part of the build is coming to an end. Still there's some woodworking to do on the ship, but it's not that much work anymore. The new phase of rigging makes an entrance. It's the part of the build where I'm not at my strongest. I may need some help here and there on rigging this ship.

Second, I decided to discard the rigging plans of the kit. The rigging plans are great to follow, very detailed and helpfull, however not complete to rig this ship the way I want to. I have no other plans and so I have to do it with photomaterial of other Xebec's and reverse engineer the rigging. It's a nice task to learn to understand the working of the rigging and how to sail such a ship.

I start with all the standing rigging, which will be a dark brown collored synthetic rope. All ropes are made by Ben of ropesofscale. The running rigging will be tanned collored. The standing rigging holds the masts in place and I start with the Foremast. Normally I would like to start with the Main mast, however I like to attach the anchors and so the rigging of the Foremast has to be finished.

I reversed engineered the standing rigging with all the blocks and made a (terrible) draft how it should be. I use 9mm and 7mm rope.
In this update I only come to the upper part of the standing rigging of the Foremast. I had to figure out how to make the loops and attachment on the mast.
The upper blocks are bound to the mast by means of two bindings.

So far part 1.

regards,
Peter

 

[GrantTyler]

It's the part of the build where I'm not at my strongest.

Good morning Peter. I had to put this quote in after seeing your bindings as they are outstanding….your “not at my strongest” exceeds my perfect. Stunning work Peter. I am so grateful you are ahead of me as your detail and and how you log your progress is a massive help. Thank you indeed. Cheers Grant

 

[Peter Voogt]

Hello everybody,

The first quarter of the year has past. With my work (we work with quarter results) it's always a sprint to the end of the quarter. Not much modelingtime during these periods, however I did manage to lay some ropes here and there.
This means that the woodworking part of the build is coming to an end. Still there's some woodworking to do on the ship, but it's not that much work anymore. The new phase of rigging makes an entrance. It's the part of the build where I'm not at my strongest. I may need some help here and there on rigging this ship.

Second, I decided to discard the rigging plans of the kit. The rigging plans are great to follow, very detailed and helpfull, however not complete to rig this ship the way I want to. I have no other plans and so I have to do it with photomaterial of other Xebec's and reverse engineer the rigging. It's a nice task to learn to understand the working of the rigging and how to sail such a ship.

I start with all the standing rigging, which will be a dark brown collored synthetic rope. All ropes are made by Ben of ropesofscale. The running rigging will be tanned collored. The standing rigging holds the masts in place and I start with the Foremast. Normally I would like to start with the Main mast, however I like to attach the anchors and so the rigging of the Foremast has to be finished.

I reversed engineered the standing rigging with all the blocks and made a (terrible) draft how it should be. I use 9mm and 7mm rope.
In this update I only come to the upper part of the standing rigging of the Foremast. I had to figure out how to make the loops and attachment on the mast.
The upper blocks are bound to the mast by means of two bindings.

So far part 1.

regards,
Peter

Hi Peter. Such a serving machine is a good purchase. That's going to be fine. And if rigging isn't your strongest part………then I don't know what else we'll get to see……at least this looks great.
Regards, Peter

 

[Tobias]

As time flies, I had some catching up to do and I'm thrilled with your build. Really fantastic work Grant.

 

[dockattner]

Hmm. Looks like you have a new strength!

 

[GrantTyler]

As time flies, I had some catching up to do and I'm thrilled with your build. Really fantastic work Grant.

Good evening Tobias. I wish I could build like this . This is Peters Cazador.Cheers Grant

 

[Ptèr]

Thanks for all the cheers, likes and comments guys. Really helpfull and gives me strength to proceed. Still struggeling with the rigging so I won't go very fast.

 

[Tobias]

Sorry Grant, I meant Peter, with so many beautiful Chebecks it's easy to get confused.

 

[Dean62]

Looks great to me Peter!
I thought the rigging plans in the kit were pretty good, so I will be interested to see how you do the rigging.

 

[Ptèr]

Looks great to me Peter!
I thought the rigging plans in the kit were pretty good, so I will be interested to see how you do the rigging.

They are good and well explained, however, most kits leave some of the rigging out or take a bit of a shortcut here and there. With Cazador it's no exception, so I try to add / alter things a bit. Some are the same, some are a bit different and also new things will be added.

 

[GrantTyler]

They are good and well explained, however, most kits leave some of the rigging out or take a bit of a shortcut here and there. With Cazador it's no exception, so I try to add / alter things a bit. Some are the same, some are a bit different and also new things will be added.

Good morning....I am excited to see what you do here Peter. I love rigging my ships over the top....the more the better and kits tend to offer the most basic rigging plan. Cheers Grant

 

[Ptèr]

Good morning....I am excited to see what you do here Peter. I love rigging my ships over the top....the more the better and kits tend to offer the most basic rigging plan. Cheers Grant

As always I try to explain is as good as I can with pictures and drawings. However, I must say that I see a lot of different ways of rigging on Xebec's and so I decided to go follow the French.

 

[oldflyer]

Peter,
Bindings look awesome indeed. Superb work.
I may have missed it - where did you get those perfect looking blocks??

Cheers,

 

[Ptèr]

Continuation of the rigging

Hello everyone. It's always nice to mark a few completed tasks on my buildlist. Still plenty of to do's left tho...

Attaching the anchors
One of the tasks completed is the attachment of the anchors on the davits. For this I'm using a double pulley block, rope and a lot of patience.... This is done with beige colored rope and is part of the running rigging.
At the bottom of the outrigger, the rope is attached to an eyelet and then threaded through a double sheave block and finally runs over two sheaves from the davit to a cleat. There the rope is secured and the end is tucked behind a beam against the bulwark/side wall.
The anchor buoy is attached to the anchor. I thought it would be a nice effect to let it hang at both anchors. This means that the rope will lie rolled up on the deck. Not super neat as they sometimes do with cannons, but simply piled up like a coil of rope. I need to tidy up the latter a bit.
The anchor rope is also attached to the ring of the anchor. It was laid out neatly and it was not easy to imitate the weight of that rope. The rope eventually runs through one of the holes of a grate to the hold. This rope is very heavy and therefore it has been deliberately laid fairly taut.

Standing Rigging Foremast fixed
After 48 hours I tightened and secured the ropes.
The ends are tied together and tucked against the side wall / bulwark behind a beam. It's a very small space and you can't just get the loops in between.
To do this neatly and "quickly", I tied a thread around the ends of the bottom loops and used the thread to pull it behind the bar. This is going very well and with some dedication it is easy to get them behind the bar. When it's neatly behind it, I simply remove the string and that's it.

First set of rowing oars completed
The first set of 9 oars are made and placed on the deck. Each oar is built entirely by hand from different parts. They are very labor intensive to make. I have to make another set of 9 oars to do and that will also take some hours of work. That's for a next update.

That's it for this update. I hope you're still following and please leave a comment if you like. Thanks for all the interest!

Regards,
Peter