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Looking at the five shrouds to the right of the yellow arrow, they appear to be the correct tension. I would recommend that you attach some material to your metal base supports, you don't want to mare that hull finish.
Seeing belaying pins on a British built ship in the 16th century brings up a question. Does any member have any definitive information on when they came into common use on British ships? The only information I could find is from James Lees where he puts the year at about 1745 for British ships, nearly 200 years after the Golden Hind was built. When they did come into use, the pin racks were secured to the ratlines according to Lees.
TIA
Allan
TIA
Allan
Make the shroud lines taut with a tad of stretch. It doesn't take much, and you can judge when they are tight enough. The trick is to make the tightness as close as you can by feel to the other shrouds. Install the shrouds in pairs, one port and one starboard, so the lines don't bend the mast to one side. As you add more shrouds, the force on the mast increases, so that's why it is important to balance the line tensions, and NOT rig all the shrouds on just one side of the ship.
The lanyards between the deadeyes should not be slack, but taut as well. As you add shrouds, try to keep the upper deadeyes at the same vertical height as the other deadeyes. If the shrouds are taut, there is enough spring each shroud to allow you to adjust tension of the lanyards between the deadeyes to adjust and set the vertical position of the upper deadeye.
The shrouds on your foremast look perfect!
The lanyards between the deadeyes should not be slack, but taut as well. As you add shrouds, try to keep the upper deadeyes at the same vertical height as the other deadeyes. If the shrouds are taut, there is enough spring each shroud to allow you to adjust tension of the lanyards between the deadeyes to adjust and set the vertical position of the upper deadeye.
The shrouds on your foremast look perfect!
Dear Sir...Thank you for your advice...
Dear Sir... I am grateful for your information and advice.
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Your welcome, that is what we all are here for. Best wishes on your buid.
Any time! Glad to be of help.
Kaya, welcome to the forums and greetings from Texas! Magic Mike
Get well soon (geçmiş olsun) Kaya61
The attachments may also be helpfull to you.The ratline-stiks improve the rigidness and homogenity of the shrouds and ratlines.mostly wood sticks covered with rope or yarn.
By my model i made them using a thick yarn (0.8-1.2 mm ) treatead with CA glue in a straight , stretched out position
The attachments may also be helpfull to you.The ratline-stiks improve the rigidness and homogenity of the shrouds and ratlines.mostly wood sticks covered with rope or yarn.
By my model i made them using a thick yarn (0.8-1.2 mm ) treatead with CA glue in a straight , stretched out position
Just as an FYI, according to James Lees in The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War page 42, these stiffeners were called sheer poles on English ships and were usually 2 inch diameter iron bars lashed on the outboard side of the shrouds just above the deadeyes and came into use in the mid 19th century. It may have been different on ships of other nations.
Allan
Supplementary info to Allan's thread: The so called sheer poles (in german language ''wurst '' meaning salami) are also used in 16th and 17th centuries according to the attached Handbuch der Modelbauer page 300, either as a single in back or frontside of the shrouds or as in a sandwich form doubled.
