You would have thought of it instantly if the rigging hadn’t obscured the corresponding hole aft of the gun.
And the wood wasn’t shining like brass.
You would have thought of it instantly if the rigging hadn’t obscured the corresponding hole aft of the gun.
And the wood wasn’t shining like brass.
Great work mate, very impressive.
Is that the diagrams you got with the kit ??
Occre have no rigging method/detail at all, just basically "this end here, this end here"
Welcome back Cat.
That’s very common. You will see even more differences between the kit instructions and the anatomy book when I turn my attention to the lower end of the forestay.
I suppose what I’m doing is the equivalent of superdetailing or enhancing a plastic kit, something I’ve been doing for so long that it’s become my way with any kit. There were time though, as I’m sure you guessed, when I’ve bitten off more than I could chew and made a mess of it. Still, when in doubt, have a bash, work it out. And so on.
Thanks mate, pretty much out of the woods from this last 2 plus weeks with a Flu virus I inherited.
Now Christmas / New Year is nigh though I fear there won't be many posts until new year I'd wager.
I’ll miss a day or two on Alert over the holidays too. I’m looking forward to some family events, even travelling away for a few days. However, in the intervals I’ll find time to complete the standing rigging.
Those shrouds and stays are fitted, but hanging slack, with loose threads trailing down from the shelf. Currently, Alert offends me as much as a recruit with his shirt hanging out and hands in his pockets ON MY PARADE SQUARE!
This will NOT do! We will NOT enter the new year looking like a sack of stuff tied up in the middle with baler twine!
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I've used the Tite bond brand liquid hide glue for years and restored probably more than a hundred pieces of antique furniture with it over about forty years. Very forgiving, adjustable before setting, durable and strong. Never had anything come back.I blame you @The Ships Cat. You asked what shellac was and three posts later the topic has shifted to bunny-boiling.
Incidentally readers, Titebond Original is not animal based but an aliphatic resin glue. Titebond do make a hide glue but I haven’t ever used it.
I attached the mainstay to the stem tonight.
My version is a bit more complex than the kit but not quite as complicated as the AotS drawing which I just can’t make sense of with these eyeballs of mine. Never mind, I’m happy with this.
My version is a bit more complex than the kit but not quite as complicated as the AotS drawing which I just can’t make sense of with these eyeballs of mine. Never mind, I’m happy with this.
The mast is rigid now with the mainstay and the two running backstays tightened. I turned my attention to the preventer stay. This is a back up to the mainstay and I’m not sure that it was normally rigged. I think it may have been something that was rigged immediately before action in case the mainstay was shot away? Whatever the case, I’m installing mine.
The kit provides two round beads either side of the lanyard marked E.
AOTS has two hearts in this position. I think that’s more interesting and decided to make some.
An off cut.
Groovy baby!
Drilled and the holes taking shape.
Finished.
Doctor Who vs The Simplified Bead.
Gettit?
The kit provides two round beads either side of the lanyard marked E.
AOTS has two hearts in this position. I think that’s more interesting and decided to make some.
An off cut.
Groovy baby!
Drilled and the holes taking shape.
Finished.
Doctor Who vs The Simplified Bead.
Gettit?
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I seem to be back on the daily update schedule. It’s so tempting when I can dictate the text through my phone as well as using it for taking and uploading the pictures, all of which takes only a few minutes.
The phone is no good for long and complicated updates, but a handful of photographs is so easy to manage. You see, I am not entirely opposed to 21st century technology even though I prefer to use hand tools.
The phone is no good for long and complicated updates, but a handful of photographs is so easy to manage. You see, I am not entirely opposed to 21st century technology even though I prefer to use hand tools.
Hi Smithy,
Just as an FYI and probably of little to no significance to most observers, according to James Lees open hearts replaced closed hearts on the forestays on ships built and rigged from about 1773 . Were there exceptions? Probably.
Sorry to go off topic but your photo brought back memories. Back in the good old days....... 'Twas great after plebe year, especially as first classmen when we could come down on anyone but classmates instead of being on the receiving end. Third Battalion Staff --- top right, guess who.
What does an open heart look like Allan? I guess it’s a simple V shape but I’ve never seen one.
Not at all! The topic is infinite.
You all look very smart. Where is that? And when?
Hi Smithy.
Below is a drawing from James Lees' The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, page 41. Note the rigging around the eyes was always served and varied over time as well.
The photo above was taken at the US Merchant Marine Academy. I do not recall when exactly it was taken but it was our senior year, so fall of '68 or maybe early 1969.
Allan
Below is a drawing from James Lees' The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, page 41. Note the rigging around the eyes was always served and varied over time as well.
The photo above was taken at the US Merchant Marine Academy. I do not recall when exactly it was taken but it was our senior year, so fall of '68 or maybe early 1969.
Allan
Good afternoon Smithy. Ahhh you are charging ahead with your rigging…..I’m at a similar stage with my Bounty but keep hitting the doldrums. For a cheat on making a Mouse check out a recent post in my log. Use some band aid and works pretty good. Enjoy your Christmas 
. Cheers Grant
. Cheers GrantBased on his result, his method is really something I want to try as well.
Allan
Good afternoon Smithy. Ahhh you are charging ahead with your rigging…..I’m at a similar stage with my Bounty but keep hitting the doldrums. For a cheat on making a Mouse check out a recent post in my log. Use some band aid and works pretty good. Enjoy your Christmas
It looks nice your way. Perhaps a little too fiddly for me. I’ll demonstrate my simple method when I do the preventer.
Happy Christmas to you all!
Hmm, maybe it’s the time of the year? I’m not as keen as I expected after all those months working towards the interesting part, the rigging. I’m enjoying it but not much and I’m so very easily distracted. That’s why I bothered to make the hearts - to put off doing another stay and to make it different and slightly more interesting. What will I do when it’s time for ratlines?
You know, now I think of it, I've had a model or two in progress for maybe 25 solid years and almost always with a build log on some forum or other. Perhaps I just need a break.
I will finish Alert for sure but the way I’m feeling, I won’t start another model of any kind until the urge compels me, as it always has before and surely will again. It might be a month or ten years but I’ll come wabbling back to the bench sooner or later.
Unless I change my mind again. Hohoho!
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What will I do when it’s time for ratlines?
. I share your apprehension…..It has been a long and challenging year for me and playing on my ship brings some peace and quiet together with plenty fun. Lately not so much. Maybe a good Christmas break and some “chill” time will recharge my modelling batteries as well.
I am looking forward to opening my new present though- maybe because it is a different type of build with no rigging
.If I don’t chat to you before Wednesday, Smithy, have an awesome Christmas- May it be a good one.
Cheers Grant
I am looking forward to opening my new present though- maybe because it is a different type of build with no rigging
Intriguing. Is it a boat?
My Xmas present does have a little rigging but only six strings.
It would have been interesting to build one of these so that I could have claimed to be performing open heart surgery.
I don’t believe it would be appropriate in this case because the preventer doesn’t rise from the bowsprit but from a simple iron eye on the top of the stem. It’s rather a lightweight vessel too, hardly a ship of war at all.
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RAF School of Recruit Training Swinderby is hardly a competitor for your academy, yet we were proud of ourselves at the time.
That’s me at the back, with the ears.