HMS Vanguard 1787 1:72 a Victory Models kit

Chestcutter said:
Sorry to those interested in my build, as there has been a lull caused by the loss of my most loyal and loving companion who is pictured on my Avatar.
Her name was Ginger and she loved to watch me build my ships and never said a bad word about my building skills. I miss her tremendously.
Only just managed to get back to the shipyard now and have completed the Part 2 of rigging and everything shown on Tavola 8 of the plans.
I mounted the figurehead and the top rails, and rigged the longboat tackles.

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The next order of business is backstays and shifting stays followed by the lower yards.

In the meantime I made a woodworking bench for larger projects.

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Thanks for stopping by.
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Good morning. Very cool bench and lovely progress with the rigging. Always sad to loose a companion like Ginger. I love German Shepards and also lost one a few years ago so know how they steal your heart. Condolences. Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning. Very cool bench and lovely progress with the rigging. Always sad to loose a companion like Ginger. I love German Shepards and also lost one a few years ago so know how they steal your heart. Condolences. Cheers Grant
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Thank you Grant. They are a special breed, and Ginger was special amongst them all. She made it to 14 but time ran out.
 
Chestcutter said:
The ship is the Vanguard but is very similar to Victory so an easy mis-identification.
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My apologies! She's big, yellow and black with lots of guns and I even glanced up at the url to make sure I was correct. I saw "victory" in the title and ... well ... I stand ashamed. Redface Regardless, you've build a beautiful model - one to be proud of.
 
Chestcutter said:
Cats have a strong historical presence on tall ships,
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I have mentioned elsewhere that my Grandfather was a ship's baker. When he retired from the sea he brought home the galley cat from his ship.. a burly tabby with ripped up ears and a bizarre liking for fruit cake and bits of banana. He was my childhood companion, scary-looking but totally fearless though very gentle with anyone he knew. I saw him go for a man who threw a stone at him one day. Ran up his front, slashed his cheek. jumped off his shoulder and disappeared like a puff of smoke. On another occasion my brother saw him riding a big fierce dog down the road, hanging on his back like a jockey. What little kid could not be in awe and love a cat like that?
 
I have finished doing the backstays and the fore and main shifting back stays (see close up photo of channels).

It was difficult to understand from the plans the path the backstays are to take from the top mast through the trestle trees. After coaming through Petersen and Lees I was none the wiser. After some trial an error, I broke one of the main trestles , I settled on all but the aftward most stays running between the second and third cross trees, and the aftmost ones between the trestles at the rear. I have tried to show this in the photos but its very hard to see what’s going where as its pretty busy up there now.

Next job is to apply the shroud cleats and make some rope hanks. Then i plan to put all the blocks on the yards in preparation for their hoisting.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Chestcutter said:
I have finished doing the backstays and the fore and main shifting back stays (see close up photo of channels).

It was difficult to understand from the plans the path the backstays are to take from the top mast through the trestle trees. After coaming through Petersen and Lees I was none the wiser. After some trial an error, I broke one of the main trestles , I settled on all but the aftward most stays running between the second and third cross trees, and the aftmost ones between the trestles at the rear. I have tried to show this in the photos but its very hard to see what’s going where as its pretty busy up there now.

Next job is to apply the shroud cleats and make some rope hanks. Then i plan to put all the blocks on the yards in preparation for there hoisting.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Awesome
 
dockattner said:
I've said it before, and I'll likely say it again: rigging is your gift...
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You are too kind Paul. I am certain my rigging is not gifted standard like Sasha and Grant and yourself, but I am certainly doing this build to a much higher standard than previous ones.
I suppose practice does help.
Thanks for checking in.
 
I love that you served the standing rigging lines where they pass around the mast head, they look great. Sorry to nitpick but in photo four, are the blocks upside down with the line running under the would-be sheave instead of over it? Easy fix, if you want, just drill a hole in the upper part of the block and re-run the line through the new hole. :)
Allan
 
I have started rigging blocks and foot ropes on the yards. The fore and main topsail yard and Lower yards all have stunsail booms. What I have done is lashed the heel of the booms to the yard.

I would be interested to know if anyone can point me to some more detail or images on the fixation of the stunsail booms other than the boom irons. I am not certain of the practice of lashing but it looks sound. There is only one drawing in Peterson.

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Chestcutter said:
I have started rigging blocks and foot ropes on the yards. The fore and main topsail yard and Lower yards all have stunsail booms. What I have done is lashed the heel of the booms to the yard.

I would be interested to know if anyone can point me to some more detail or images on the fixation of the stunsail booms other than the boom irons. I am not certain of the practice of lashing but it looks sound. There is only one drawing in Peterson.

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Hi Tagliacastani, sorry to point out that these blocks should not be mounted like this but upside down.Frank

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Chestcutter said:
fixation of the stunsail booms
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Lower studding sail booms have a hook at the inboard end so it can pivot into place when in use.. From page 18 of Lees' Masting and igging English Ships of War, up to 1810 the upper stunsail booms had a hole bored through the inner end one diameter in from the end. After 1810 an eye was secured in the inner end. From page124 of Antscherls The Fully Framed Model, Volume IV, the upper booms were lashed to the yards at their inboard ends, The line passes through the hole in the inboard end. There is a stopper knot so it will not pass through the hole. The loose end gets five turns around the yard and boom followed by two or three cross turns and hitched off.
Allan
 
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