Superb mate, really.
She looks brilliant mate, Marilyn and Sophia have blended in perfectly
She looks brilliant mate, Marilyn and Sophia have blended in perfectly
Superb mate, really.
She looks brilliant mate, Marilyn and Sophia have blended in perfectly
OopsSsssh!
Marilyn and JAYNE! They don’t know about Sophia!
Interesting reading Smithy mate, but waaaaaay over this Aussies head.Any thoughts? Cautions? Suggestions?
Interesting reading Smithy mate, but waaaaaay over this Aussies head.
Maybe a few gun ships down the track......
And I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to make the rigging for the guns. The recoil ropes are definitely yes, but the other ropes with blocks, in my scale... most likely not. On the lower deck there won't be much to see, there are 18 of them. But on the upper deck there are 10 of them, I'll think about it. Thick recoil ropes are one thing, but thin ones with 2mm blocks are, personally, too small.Cannon Query
I read everywhere that everyone hates everything about cannon rigging. Having never done it, I don’t know why that should be except for the obvious repetitive nature of the job on a big ship. I have only 12 to deal with and the first two or three will at least have the novelty factor to keep me cheerful.
I plan to do the first gun from start to finish and then reconsider my method, sequence of operations, materials etc. If I’m happy with all that, I’ll do the rest production line fashion, one step at a time on all of them, then the next and so on.
I have thought of a number of different sequences to try with the intention of not getting in my own way too much.
First possible sequence.
Tie breeching to cascabel.
Glue gun down. (Open deck with good access so no need for a jig?)
Rig breeching to bulwark and arrange neatly around the gun.
Rig tackles on the gun from carriage to bulwark.
Second possible sequence ‘dreamed up’ overnight.
Tie breeching to bulwarks.
Glue gun down. (Open deck with good access so no need for a jig?)
Rig breeching to cascabel and arrange neatly around the gun.
Rig tackles on the gun from carriage to bulwark.
The third possible variation that I want to try is to make the side tackles off the gun on a simple jig and clip them on at the end. (I’ll strop the blocks with hooks.) The jig would be adjustable in length to account for variation in gun / bulwark distance.
Any thoughts? Cautions? Suggestions?
And I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to make the rigging for the guns. The recoil ropes are definitely yes, but the other ropes with blocks, in my scale... most likely not. On the lower deck there won't be much to see, there are 18 of them. But on the upper deck there are 10 of them, I'll think about it. Thick recoil ropes are one thing, but thin ones with 2mm blocks are, personally, too small.
If you forgo the hooks
Here is a 1:64 sample. You can't really see the hooks unless you look for them:
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Not all guns were rigged in the British/English fashion... Continental (sometimes referred to as oriental) rigging has the breech run through the carriage.I can see the hooks but I'm puzzled where the breeching rope goes?
I read everywhere that everyone hates everything about cannon rigging. Having never done it, I don’t know why that should be
Veey nice build. She looks great.
recommend you a thread from the company Guttermann or Amann. I took Amann 120/2. They have no pile at all, these are continuous threads. They are very good.