dancat Posted March 1, 2013 Share #1 Posted March 1, 2013 Hi All, I am starting the rigging for a 3 masted square rigged English ship from around 1800. In have looked in a few books and other internet ressources about the subject, but I cannot figure out how the blocks that are fitted under the masts' tops are called, how many of them are there and what are they used for. Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted March 1, 2013 Share #2 Posted March 1, 2013 Hi Dancat, The blocks you refer to are the lead blocks for the Buntlines and Leechlines. The configuration can vary slightly from ship to ship but there were usually two pair each side one pair forward and one pair to the rear. The strops of these blocks passed thro' holes in the top and were secured by toggles. B.E. Quote Current Build: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-164-scale Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ finished 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ finished HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancat Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted March 1, 2013 (edited) Hi Dancat, The blocks you refer to are the lead blocks for the Buntlines and Leechlines. The configuration can vary slightly from ship to ship but there were usually two pair each side one pair forward and one pair to the rear. The strops of these blocks passed thro' holes in the top and were secured by toggles. B.E. Thank You very much for the answer B. E. Now that I knew the right terms to ask Google is returning very useful images and I should be able to continue. I sort of misread in one book and I was looking for girt-lines ... I am trying to figure out now all the blocks that have to be fitted on the mast before attaching the mast on the ship with the shroud and deadeyes. Edited March 1, 2013 by dancat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted March 1, 2013 Share #4 Posted March 1, 2013 Volume IV of The Fully Framed Model details all this for you, if you have a copy. Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted March 1, 2013 Share #5 Posted March 1, 2013 Sounds like you could do with a good book on masting and rigging,what ship are you modelling? One on line reference you may find of use is this. http://hnsa.org/doc/steel/index.htm This is the contemporary work by Steel on the subject of masting and rigging, which is the basis of most of the modern works on the subject. Cheers, B.E. Quote Current Build: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-164-scale Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ finished 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ finished HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancat Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted March 1, 2013 Sounds like you could do with a good book on masting and rigging,what ship are you modelling? One on line reference you may find of use is this. http://hnsa.org/doc/steel/index.htm This is the contemporary work by Steel on the subject of masting and rigging, which is the basis of most of the modern works on the subject. Cheers, B.E. Thank you, I was looking on it right now. It is my first attempt so I am a bit confused right now. The safest thing seems to take some while, research the subject a bit and then when I have a better understanding of what I am dealing with to 'make a plan' and do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted March 2, 2013 Share #7 Posted March 2, 2013 For clear descriptions on these kinds of rigging details found on a British ship and then actually doing it on a model, seriously consider, Lees' Masting and Rigging and David Antscherl's The Fully Framed Model Volume IV. Allan Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancat Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share #8 Posted March 3, 2013 Thanks a lot to everyone for all the information. I have read most of the things I could find on the internet about the subject (this also included some reviews about the suggested books). Now all it is left is start doing it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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