HMS Royal Caroline kit ZHL 1/30

Next is to add the locks on the riding bitt. I see this detail on a lot of great models. In the sots drawings it is not shown but I love this detail and add them.

I made these from burnished brass nails, bending around round nose pliers.
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And after soldering the eyes.
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Unfortunately I already glued the riding bitt to the deck a while ago. but to drill the holes for the eye bolt my small drill is now very handy.
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And fitted in place.
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The last post for today. Adding a lantern in the focsle. For this I already layed a lacquered wire in the hull construction. This wire runs through a hollowed part of the deck beam with the lantern at the end.
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The lantern is a flickering candle light mini LED for which I etsched a brass lantern housing which is folded around the LED.
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The wiring I glued into the beam with some dots of hot melt.
 
Hallo my friend.......

The locks on the riding bitt are looking very good (red arrows) - One question: due to the fact, I am not aware about it: What was the technical reason for such hooks or locks?

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and one comment to the detail marked with the green arrow : GREAT WORK !!! looking fantastic
 
Uwek said:
Hallo my friend.......

The locks on the riding bitt are looking very good (red arrows) - One question: due to the fact, I am not aware about it: What was the technical reason for such hooks or locks?

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and one comment to the detail marked with the green arrow : GREAT WORK !!! looking fantastic
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Hi Uwe,

Thx for the comments. The hooks were to attach the beam to the bits, so the beam could easilly be removed. From what I have seen also on Vasa the beam is loosely fitted on two knees to the bitts. I don't know if this was only on warships to make space during battles, maybe somebody else knows?
 
After finishing another 4 hooks for the riding bitt time to start on the bullwark railing.
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The railing contains a lot of curves which are fabricated by lasered pear which is doubled to create proper thickness.
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Fitting the flat parts of pear strip blackened with Ecoline and when finished oiled with turpentine dilluted tung oil.
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Fitting the curved parts.
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And finally oiled.
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The next is some steps to get onboard.

On the inside a stairs is providing acces over the bullwark. This stairs is a nicely curved with cnc milled sides and lasered steps.
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All parts, filed, sanded fitted polished and oiled.
I added two pins to fit it into the deck.
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And dry fitting on deck.
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At the top of the bullwark two pillars provide a hand helt when stepping over the bullwark.
These pillars are from lasered brass. To create a nice 3D pillar I milled the non lasered flat sides.
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Drilled a hole in the top polished and placed on top of the bullwark.
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Now we can jump over the side and start on the outside. The steps on the outside are made from a square and a rectangular strip.
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After making 4 steps for the SB side I milled the steps thinner and milled a profile in the lower part of the step. Angled the sides and rounded the steps. The steps I fit with pins to the side, for this I drilled first the holes in the steps.
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Then a hole is drilled in the side and the pins fitted.
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The steps are then oiled before fitting them.
The lower step is also blackened with ecoline before oiling as it is fitted on the black wale.
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The last item is as we call in Dutch de valreep, a rope with knots to climp up the side.
I make small knots at every cemtimeter, or 30 cm in reality.
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The rope is to my knowledge only in place when people boarding the ship, at sea it will be stowed so it is easily removable and tight to some rings on deck and looped through some rings on the upper wale. The rope I will only fit on SB side as I dont expect it was fitted at the same time on both sides.
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As mentioned looped through the holes in the pillars and loosely fitted with a knot to the deck rings.
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Most probably the royal guest were never using this as they were tackled with a chair lift to the sloop outside.
 
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Maarten said:
Now we can jump over the side and start on the outside. The steps on the outside are made from a square and a rectangular strip.
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After making 4 steps for the SB side I milled the steps thinner and milled a profile in the lower part of the step. Angled the sides and rounded the steps. The steps I fit with pins to the side, for this I drilled first the holes in the steps.
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Then a hole is drilled in the side and the pins fitted.
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The steps are then oiled before fitting them.
The lower step is also blackened with ecoline before oiling as it is fitted on the black wale.
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The last item is as we call in Dutch de valreep, a rope with knots to climp up the side.
I make small knots at every cemtimeter, or 30 cm in reality.
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The rope is to my knowledge only in place when people boarding the ship, at sea it will be stowed so it is easily removable and tight to some rings on deck and looped through some rings on the upper wale. The rope I will only fit on SB side as I dont expect it was fitted at the same time on both sides.
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As mentioned looped through the holes in the pillars and loosely fitted with a knot to the deck rings.
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Most probably the royal guest were never using this as they were tackled with a chair lift to the sloop outside.
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Again jut wauu...another level. I can not say anything, I just want to learn that. :D
 
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