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  1. Blue Jacket Shipcrafters have 3/8 inch casks, which would be a 3 foot tall barrel in 1/96 scale. Look for Deck fittings in their fittings list on their web site.
  2. Blue Jacket Shipcrafters and Model Expo both carry those items. Both have websites.
  3. Have you tried selling on ebay? If anyone wants to super detail this model, I highly recommend that you get the Endevour volumn of The Anatomy of the Ship series of books. You can find them for sale used (i.e. cheap).
  4. Thanks for the reply. I kept looking in my own library,which includes Lee and Marquart. I found a good deal of what I,m looking for in Anderson's " The Rigging of Ships...".
  5. I should have been more specific. I have Steel's " Elements of Masting, etc" as well as some other masting books, but what I need is something for ships other than English or American. I am hoping there is something out there that would be similar to zu Mondt, but readable. Or can someone teach me how to read the chart in zu Mondt?
  6. Could anyone suggest a reference book for determining mast and yard dimensions? I found a chart in zu Mondfeld's "Historic Ship Models", but there are no instructions on how to read it. Thanks.
  7. I am building "Sea Witch", and have a question. What was the purpose of the buckets in the bucket rail? It seems I have seen another clipper with bucket rails, but I can't remember for sure. Were they unique to clippers? Thanks.
  8. For anyone still following this topic, I found an excellent article in NRG's very own "Ship Modeler's Shop Notes" (Vol. 1). It begins on page 196 , and is entitled "French Man-Of-War Belaying Gear", by D.L. Dennis. Despite the title, the discussion goes beyond that of the man-of-war, and went a long way in answering many of my questions. Thanks again to all who replied to my original post.
  9. Of the ships that I have built, this is the first that I have rigged with lines for the sails and it seems that all of the belaying plans I have available that show lines leading to the deck to be lines for sails. Hence my first time dealing with this subject. I am becoming convinced that, as has been mentioned by several others, these lines belay to a shroud cleat or similar device. I looked at the illustration in Lees' book, but it seems the fisherman's bend used tied to a ring would not be suitable for the quick release needed for sheets, braces or jib down-hauls and sheets, all of which are shown as the majority of the lines leading to the deck. FYI...I am currently rigging 1/8 scale Sea Witch, which only shows jib down-hauls and jib sheets leading to the fore deck. But the more I got into the subject, and the more belaying plans I studied, the more questions I had. Thanks to all who replied. Jay
  10. I think you have hit on the answer. I have been researching some more, and found information in Underhill's book "Masting and Rigging the Clipper Ship and Ocean Carrier". In Appendix I he writes of "Purchases and tackles in common use on running rigging", and illustrates a number of arrangements for tackle that is attached to a deck ring. Frustratingly enough, he ends each description with "belayed as required", "belays as convenient" and "so down to the belaying point". The belaying plan included in the book shows those lines belayed to the deck, but does not show the belaying point, which, as you have suggested, must lead to a shroud cleat or some similar point. I suppose this is an instance of using best judgement to belay the running end of the line. Thank you for your comments.
  11. I get the point about using tackle hooked to the ring. I have illustrations of that. frustratingly enough, the ends of the line are not shown. They disappear into thin air. So, where do yo belay the line? All of the belaying plans I have seen show some lines running to the deck or to the rail, exclusive of the pin rail. They don't show what the line is belayed to. Is there a usual way modelers have for installing these lines? I can't possibly be the only person to have asked this. How do YOU do it? PS would that half hitch hold in a gale?
  12. I don't think the anchor bend would allow for a quick enough release when dealing with sheets or braces. I don't have a problem with cleats. It's those pesky rings that have me stumped.
  13. I appreciate the reply, but I am a little confused with your use of the word 'belay'. In "A Marine Glossary for the Ship Modeler", Schairbaum defines "belay" like this: "To make a line fast to a cleat, belaying pin or other device for securing a line. Also spoken as a command to resend a previous command". Dean King defines the word in "A Sea of Words" thus: To make fast, or secure, a running rope, especially one of the small ones used for working sails, around a cleat, belaying pin, or kevel. Also, to disregard, as i "belay the last word" ". So, I thought I was using the term properly. In any event, none of my reference books show how to tie off a running line to a ring set in the deck. I couldn't even find a knot in "The Ashley Book of Knots". It may be I didn't look hard enough.
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