Would this ship be equipped with rudder chains?
ZHL Soleil Royal
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They didn’t include them in the directions, but I would like to think so. Your new lanterns look pretty impressive.
Do you mean chains to secure the rudder against loosing?
YES - I think this was a usual and common way
Try to install some, although not included in the kit - it is a nice and important detail making the model more special and unique
I agree, she is getting some
My first attempt at rigging cannons. Got one half way done . I’m sure my scale is all over the place. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated!
I think I used 3.5mm blocks: double sheaves in front ant single in rear. I looped the ends of the recoil rope through the eyebolts and wrapped the rope with serving near the eyebolts. When it was time to install them, I drilled holes in the side of the ship and inserted the eyebolts. For the other lines, I used hooks.
I may have made the recoil ropes too long.
Looking good, but you made one mistake with the blocks.
They should be turned by 180° so that the holes for the ropes are on the oposite sides
Imagine a real block with inside a roller
see my green line would be the rope, the red dotts are the holes of the block
They should be turned by 180° so that the holes for the ropes are on the oposite sides
Imagine a real block with inside a roller
see my green line would be the rope, the red dotts are the holes of the block
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Ahh yes, I was wondering this as I was putting them in. Thanks!
I’ve got one rigged up….not real happy with it. All the rigging is jammed up and can’t pull it any tighter because it’s all two blocked. Are my blocks, hooks, eyes too big? If so, how do I make smaller hooks and where can you buy smaller eyes? These are 3.5mm blocks
Good morning. I just played a little catch up with your log. A beautiful SR ! Rigging cannons is one of those fiddly jobs- makes a huge difference to get them right tho. The last pic has it looking great.
Awesome decision to change your lanterns they look beautiful with all the bling of the SR. Cheers Grant
Your blocks and hooks are too big, in my opinion. I got smaller blocks from Dockyard. Also, the wrapping on the strop between the block and the hook seems big. They take up a lot of space. The train rigging behind the carriage is like the ones the British used, not the French. The French had a double train instead of a single train. There's been some discussion of whether they used the train rigging separately. They might have used the front rigging by unhooking them from the eyebolts on the side of the ship and hooking them to two eyebolts or rings in eyebolts that were behind the carriage. I didn't do it very well myself. I attribute it to 74-year-old arthritic hands.
Don't take this as a criticism as you are doing a great job. Let me allow some remarks though:
- This is a French ship, so it is a continental one. The breaching ropes are rightly going through the carriage, this is OK. But the continental guns have 2 pullback ropes (at the rear of the carriage), not one. And then the eyeballs for this rope is too close to the carriage, this is why the carriage can not be pulled back enough at the loading position. The hook is also a bit too big here, as is the eyebolt in the carriage.
- The hooks for the adjusting ropes (mounted on the planks) are to long and the blocks are just a touch too big - this is why the cannon can not be pulled forward enough into the runout-position.
- You already turned the blocks around by 180 deg, this is OK then.
Some of these are problems with the kit, so they would be difficult to rectify them - unless you start manufacturing (or buying) new accessories.
Don't give up, it will look beautiful!
János
It's easy to make mistakes when you're new and don't understand the purpose of some of the features on a ship. It's good that some members on this forum have the courage and interest to comment on where corrections need to be made. Beginning builders, myself included, rely on this in order to learn. If someone points out that something is going in the wrong direction on a build, one shouldn't be afraid of the rework necessary to fix it. It's parts of learning shipcraft. I am very grateful when a member questions a feature on my model, or points out an error, or tells me a better way of doing something. Learning that way is much faster that pouring through hundreds of pages in books doing research to learn such lessons, often found long after one had the opportunity to fix them.
Thank you all for taking the time to teach me something. I appreciate constructive criticism. I want this to be as close to accurate as possible and that can only be accomplished with all of your insights. I have only rigged up one so far, so changing things is no big deal. I will order new blocks, make new hooks, shorten my seizings up, and move the eyebolts. Great advice! It would bother me to the end of time if I had to look at it the way it was, being incorrect.Your blocks and hooks are too big, in my opinion. I got smaller blocks from Dockyard. Also, the wrapping on the strop between the block and the hook seems big. They take up a lot of space. The train rigging behind the carriage is like the ones the British used, not the French. The French had a double train instead of a single train. There's been some discussion of whether they used the train rigging separately. They might have used the front rigging by unhooking them from the eyebolts on the side of the ship and hooking them to two eyebolts or rings in eyebolts that were behind the carriage. I didn't do it very well myself. I attribute it to 74-year-old arthritic hands.
This attitude will result in a fantastic model! Bravo!