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Help please. Rigging the Endeavour from Occre

Hallo - just a short tip reffering the recommended books by neptune - you can find the detailed book reviews of both books in our forum

Book review - The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860" by James Lees

An other cornerstone in each private library describing the mast, spars and the complex rigging work should be The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860 By James Lees Publisher: Naval Institute Press; 2nd Rev edition (October 1984) Pages: 212 ISBN-10: 0870219480...
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Book review - Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Intricacies of Square-Rig" by Lennart Petersson

Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Intricacies of Square-Rig by Lennart Petersson my copy Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Chatham Publishing; First Edition edition (1 July 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 1861760612 ISBN-13: 978-1861760616 Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 26.2...
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Book review - Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft-Craft" by Lennart Petersson

In the world of ship modelling, arguably one of the more arduous tasks is rigging of the miniature replicas. There are some old and new books available (see my other reviews), but there is nothing available like these books from Petersson, and these books can be fastly very helpful especially...
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Hi James,

Thanks for your book recommendations.
I read your post about 5 mins after I ordered the book from Lenarth Petersson. What a coincidence!
I chose the ebook method and converted it from the ascm file type to PDF using Adobe digital reader. Cheaper than buying it as hardcover and easy to read on the PC/Notebook.
Having gone through the file I too can thoroughly recommend this book. Rigging the ship may not be quite so daunting after all. I'll see.

Cheers, Trevor (Warren)

PS. I just read the book review of The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860
By James Lees. on this site and after perusing the pages offered in the review, it is a book, which is also in my estimation as one of the foremost pieces of literature on masts and rigging.
Have I gone over the top in this estimation?

Amazon are pricing this book as new at 676 €! Surely a misprint.
 
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LuigiSoft said:
Hi James,

Thanks for your book recommendations.
I read your post about 5 mins after I ordered the book from Lenarth Petersson. What a coincidence!
I chose the ebook method and converted it from the ascm file type to PDF using Adobe digital reader. Cheaper than buying it as hardcover and easy to read on the PC/Notebook.
Having gone through the file I too can thoroughly recommend this book. Rigging the ship may not be quite so daunting after all. I'll see.

Cheers, Trevor (Warren)

PS. I just read the book review of The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860
By James Lees. on this site and after perusing the pages offered in the review, it is a book, which is also in my estimation as one of the foremost pieces of literature on masts and rigging.
Have I gone over the top in this estimation?

Amazon are pricing this book as new at 676 €! Surely a misprint.
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G'day Trevor, some are at ridiculous prices, but you can still get one's around the $50 mark, it really is a great book,
Best regards John,
 
I see rigging is a major topic on this site, which is not surprising, given how difficult this part of the ship's build can be and that is certainly the case with me at the moment.
I have more or less finished the bowsprit and I am stuttering with tying the blocks to the masts and yards.
In the drawing below there are hearts and deadeyes to be fixed to the bowsprit. Letters F (3 off) and J (2 off) with 0,5 mm thread.
The books I have on rigging are otherwise excellent, but couldn't help me further on the following issue: What is the correct method to fix these blocks to the masts, that is what is the seasoned modellers way of doing it and would these ropes be served?
I fixed the blocks to the end of the boom by tying the thread around the boom and fixing with by a knot and applying CA glue.

Any help very much appreciated.
Trevor



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