HMS Victory Mantua 1:78 (first build) by Grant Tyler
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Some very fine work on the rigging!
Wow, three cups of coffee, one jelly donut and I’ve managed to catch up. What a beautiful ship. I haven't a glue about all that rigging terminology but boy oh boy it looks incredible. Super job.
Good morning- a quick post, off to the office and I will catch up with all the activity on SOS- guys have been busy.
More of the same- sorry guys -foremast top forestay and preventer:
These run from a mouse on the top mast down through the bowsprit walk (should have a sheave on each- no sheaves on Grants Victory) to a 6mm violin block (very few on the Victory) and tackle to a 3mm single block on the knight head (for port and starboard).
Tying the falls off to the knight head while keeping tension was a mission for no finesse Grant and I broke the boomkin. I am used to it by now
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I am so Happy I have no Bling on my hull anymore however the Admiral is giving me a “rev” .....Arlene liked it way more- I keep reminding her this is The HMS Victory not an ornament.
Cheers Grant
More of the same- sorry guys -foremast top forestay and preventer:
These run from a mouse on the top mast down through the bowsprit walk (should have a sheave on each- no sheaves on Grants Victory) to a 6mm violin block (very few on the Victory) and tackle to a 3mm single block on the knight head (for port and starboard).
Tying the falls off to the knight head while keeping tension was a mission for no finesse Grant and I broke the boomkin. I am used to it by now
.I am so Happy I have no Bling on my hull anymore however the Admiral is giving me a “rev” .....Arlene liked it way more- I keep reminding her this is The HMS Victory not an ornament
.Cheers Grant
Hello Mark - Thanks.Keeps looking good Grant, great photos
The scale not too large however the Victory was a massive ship of the line- it is a big model. The rugby was good (well for SA). Was exciting see some of the youngsters starting to perform. Some depth in SA rugby at present.Good stuff there Grant. I never realised how big the model is until seeing it with the chairs in the background. - Cheers and well done vs the Wallabies.
Thanks Jeff
Thank you.
Jan much appreciated. Thank you for attempting to decipher these posts and terminology- took a while to come to terms with all this. And to think I’m on the easy part of the rigging
. Cheers Grant
Well, she married YOU so she has had moments of good judgement. But I happen to disagree with her on this point. The bling just didn’t fit with the look of the rest of your ship.Good morning- a quick post, off to the office and I will catch up with all the activity on SOS- guys have been busy.
More of the same- sorry guys -foremast top forestay and preventer:
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These run from a mouse on the top mast down through the bowsprit walk (should have a sheave on each- no sheaves on Grants Victory) to a 6mm violin block (very few on the Victory) and tackle to a 3mm single block on the knight head (for port and starboard).
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Tying the falls off to the knight head while keeping tension was a mission for no finesse Grant and I broke the boomkin. I am used to it by now
I am so Happy I have no Bling on my hull anymore however the Admiral is giving me a “rev” .....Arlene liked it way more- I keep reminding her this is The HMS Victory not an ornament
Cheers Grant
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Beautiful build Grant. Looks like I have found next weekends study thread. I've only went back 10 pages so far. Lovely rigging. I'll start from the beginning soon.
Hello Paul. Agreed- Thanks for the challenge. Cheers Grant
Good evening Jamie. Thank you. You will have to skip over all the banter and non ship building post or it may take a while. I have made good on line friend on this site. Cheers Grant
Just read through the last few pages Grant, beautiful job as always. Your doing a great job on that complicated rigging and I still need a nautical dictionary close at hand 
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Thanks Roger - appreciate it. Cheers GrantJust read through the last few pages Grant, beautiful job as always. Your doing a great job on that complicated rigging and I still need a nautical dictionary close at hand
Good morning. The foremast top gallant stays. With these stays I had to start redoing the bowsprit configuration.
1. The fore top gallant stay. A collar with 3 pendants was made using 1mm rope and whipped each pendant. The is attached to bowsprit at top of jibboom and the stay runs through the top pendant. The running end runs through 3mm blocks tied off to the knight head under the Marine wall. (It is not tied off yet)
2. The jib stay. Runs from a sliding collar with a hook and “U bolt” on the end of the bowsprit up through the hounds on the foremast. I made the collar, hook and “U bolt” from 0.6mm wire and needle nose pliers. A 5mm thread is whipped to the u bolt which moves the slider to tension the jibstay. This runs through a 3mm block system attached to the cap and tied off at the forecastle.
The blue arrow is the collar with the hook etc. The red arrow the triple pendant collar.
Red arrow -The block at the cap for sliding collar tensioner.
Red arrow - the fore top gallant stay through the triple pendant.
Blue arrow the top block for the collar tensioning.
You can also see the double horse lines with knots (rope walk) .
Again all these terms are confusing- sorry guys. I think when I have done the whole bowsprit and stays the overall pictures will make sense.
Cheers Grant
1. The fore top gallant stay. A collar with 3 pendants was made using 1mm rope and whipped each pendant. The is attached to bowsprit at top of jibboom and the stay runs through the top pendant. The running end runs through 3mm blocks tied off to the knight head under the Marine wall. (It is not tied off yet)
2. The jib stay. Runs from a sliding collar with a hook and “U bolt” on the end of the bowsprit up through the hounds on the foremast. I made the collar, hook and “U bolt” from 0.6mm wire and needle nose pliers. A 5mm thread is whipped to the u bolt which moves the slider to tension the jibstay. This runs through a 3mm block system attached to the cap and tied off at the forecastle.
The blue arrow is the collar with the hook etc. The red arrow the triple pendant collar.
Red arrow -The block at the cap for sliding collar tensioner.
Red arrow - the fore top gallant stay through the triple pendant.
Blue arrow the top block for the collar tensioning.
You can also see the double horse lines with knots (rope walk) .
Again all these terms are confusing- sorry guys. I think when I have done the whole bowsprit and stays the overall pictures will make sense.
Cheers Grant
I dont know how the last photo crept in. Here you can see the 3mm blocks for the Martingales which run through the dolphin strike through these blocks and will be tied to the knighthead through another 3mm block and tackle system- this is WIP. WHEW this bowsprit is insane complex!!Cheers Grant
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Man, you took the words right out of my mouth. I have some time now to study the pictures that you have posted and tried to work out what you are saying. It is simply unbelievable to think of how complex that bowsprit is - I have seen some similar rigging in builds of the Royal Caroline, but nothing that has the sheer enormity of rigging that is involved here. When you have nailed all of this (and I purposely use the word "when" not "if"), I am sure that no ship's rigging will ever pose a problem to you. Well done Grant - this is some seriously intricate work.
Real tight work Grant, I love it!
You should have built the Vasa - it's simple by comparison. Brilliant work my friend!
Impressive rigging work. Well done.
