ZHL Black Pearl Golden 2021 - 1:64 - JeffT [COMPLETED BUILD]

can you tell me the measurements of the yardarms, my kit is very vague. by the way your black pearl is real nice. You have good pics but i need the sizes
 
Odin said:
can you tell me the measurements of the yardarms, my kit is very vague. by the way your black pearl is real nice. You have good pics but i need the sizes
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I also had some difficulties with the yard dimensions. In the end I based them on the sail size as much as the instruction sizes. Here what I used based on the best measurement that I could get off of the fully rigged ship (in mm):
Fore: 255 Fore Topsail: 200 Fore Topgallant: 160
Main: 283 Main Topsail: 205 Main Topgallant: 170
Mizzen Crossjack: 210 Mizzen Topsail: 145

Ther may be 1 or 2 mm of difference in my measurements from the actual dimension since I measured on the rigged ship.
 
Jeff T said:
I added the gun port covers. I initially installed a couple with brass colored hinges, but later removed them and put all of the hinges into Brass Black to take off the shine in keeping with the dark color scheme on the ship. I also added a rope to each gun port cover.
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Next, I added the bowsprit to the front of the ship.
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With the hull mostly done, I began working on the masts. I tapered according to the plans as best I could, but I ran into some issues with the sizes of the precut mast caps and trees and the diameters called for in the plans. I made a trip to the store for some more dowels of various sizes and I ended up with what I needed to make the mast parts according to actual pieces supplies in the kit vs. the actual dowels supplied. It also looked like I might not have the sizes I need for the spars, so I made sure I got (extra) dowel for the spars. I find getting spars correct to be somewhat challenging as you have to taper then from the middle to each end. I stained the masts dark walnut and the tops, trees and caps black. The wooldings were wrapped around the lower masts according to the plan and the rails added to the back of the of the tops. Note that the capstan on the main mast was slipped on before the top and wooldings were secured, otherwise it would not have fit right due to tapering of the mast.
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I assembled the masts in 2 sections so that I can place the lower masts into the hull and get the shrouds in place before adding the rest of the masts. The fit is tight enough that the upper portions stay in place as a dry fit. In the picture, the mast are just fit into holes and not yet aligned or glued.
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How did you attach the deadeyes to the tops (platforms) on the masts? I think I would use wire around the deadeye and then run it through to make loop where the plans say to put an eyebolt. Or should I use those long eyebolts and run them up from the bottom and attach to the deadeyes??
 
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