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Thx for all the likes...got the pre-rigging of the main mast done all the lines are loose until the mast are secured to the deck

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thats it for now...thanks for looking in

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Thanks for all the likes, another small update...got the masts permanently mounted and the ship itself mounted to the base, also got the running rigging tightened up and run to the belaying pins

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for now everything is just looped off and held with a drop of ca, I'll create some loops to simulate additional line and slip it over pins...still have to work up the shrouds and stays, slow but sure

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look'in good J.........super rigging job  ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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well summer is upon us again (you may have noticed there have been no updates for awhile) and the shipyard is closed again for the season, I'll pick it back up when I return, for now I've been lazing around the campground all season, catching up on my reading and enjoying retirement, I decided to pull the plug last month...so far so good...more to come in the fall

THX

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Well fall is upon us and the shipyard is again open...the HL shrouds are going up, I hope to post pics tomorrow...once I can get the camera and the laptop to get along. J 

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Finally got the pics off my stupid camera

I decided to make a few jigs to help with the dead-eye/shroud install, just some cardboard with double face tape applied, added some slots at the top to hold the shroud line

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the top piece of tape holds the dead-eyes and the bottom sticks to the rail

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here you can see all four jigs in place, each dead-eye is popped off one at a time to finish the rigging

 

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This is the mainmast, I've added some small clips to help the tape hold...sorry for the poor pic quality and focus, this is a different camera then I normally use, just a small point and shoot as opposed to my dslr rig...we'll have to see, it is more convenient but so far I'm not convinced the convenience is worth it...time will tell

Well that's it for now, thanks for looking in, more tomorrow

 

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the mizzen isn't glued in is it?   seems like quite a bit of rake there.   usually,  the fore stays and main stays are installed first to help set the rake.  the shrouds are done next.....not to the same tension of the stays.   they will help keep the masts perpendicular until the back stays are added.....they will take over and render the shrouds with hardly any tension at all {a tiny bit of slack is allowed}.   the mizzen looks good with the boom and gaff...got it painted and detailed quite nicely.   your jig idea is pretty cool too  :) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Hi Denis...ya it is but it will pull forward a bit, the angle in the pic is pretty severe, I'm back *** wards with the rigging...to many starts and stops, am in the process of adding the stays 

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I'm glad your back  ;)    I was just wondering.........I know....I take a picture,  then I end up from another angle,  because the first one looks wonky for one reason or another.   I should have known........your just getting warmed back up  :D  :D 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Not much to add today...bad day at the table, spent more time braking stuff then adding line, danger of working in small scale, hope to make progress tomorrow

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Got a bit more rigging done today...stays and braces and lifts, oh my!!  pics follow:

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That's all for now...thanks for the likes and for hanging in there...plan to finish the shrouds tomorrow and start the ratting

THX

J

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Shrouds are all complete...not perfect in any way shape or form, but done and the running rigging is routed and tied off, only the rats and small details remain...pics later

J

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Thanks for the likes...a few small things completed...first the pics I promised yesterday

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battens or rat-1726421526_325-battensorratboardsmounted-Copy.JPG.f6025b5ab55d60ba91762d71508bdc1b.JPGboards were added and painted out  904459312_326-andpainted.JPG.d590c14db4342cdc5bfccf935c34c003.JPG

started making coils...4047576_328-makingcoils.JPG.55a7a536df89ddc5d7d8de36a15678c4.JPG 

they will be added before the ratlines are installed, just makes reaching the pins easier.

And began adding wave to the flag, drooped over a paint brush handle and diluted white glue added to stiffen the curve, I'll reverse the direction and add more tomorrow

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That's it for this point and shoot, going to the bottom of my camera bag or the trash, better pics in the future...promise.

That's all for now, thanks for looking in

J

 

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quite a bit of progress there!........she's look'in really good  :) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Thank everyone for the likes and kind comments, a small update...

First my attempt at inducing waves into the flag failed miserably...

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as you can see it just straightened out...made of nylon, I think, so the white glue didn't penetrate the fibers...soooo I thought I'd try to heat set it...unfortunately there are no photos of the resulting failure and no flag left to photo anyway...the flare up and resulting flames were quite lovely though🙄 not a technique I could recommend, I will make the replacement from paper

 

T made the fore splash shield out of card stock and got it mounted and painted out

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the anchors are hung from their chains...still not sure how I'll mount them, may just lash them to the cat-heads

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ships boats are prepped to hang

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and the mandatory fun known as ratting has begun

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thanks for looking in, appreciate it

j

 

 

 

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Thanks for the likes

Another update...I decided to do a little more then just tie off the ships boats, so some rudimentary tackle was made and used to hang the boats...8622087_333-boattackle.JPG.5c40e85a6b1b9e74e59259f230e13064.JPG

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once those were complete I was studying the ratlines and was really unhappy with them, they were all uneven, and I could not keep the shrouds straight and the hitches were really out of scale...so I stripped them to start over.

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That's when I remembered Hubert Sicard had an alternate technique on his Wooden Ship Modeling for Dummies site...he called them Express ratlines.

The process starts with a fixture made of sheet plastic with notches cut-in  and spacers applied, the jig goes in behind the shrouds and then the rats are locked into the notches and glued down...all is trimmed when the glue sets
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This process worked really well...Thanks Hubert, you are missed...I'll include pics of the finished ratlines in my next post, thanks for looking in
J
 
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that method you showed to make ratlines looks really neat.   it looks like it would be just the ticket for smaller scale ratlines,  since clove hitches would look out of scale.   very nice progress......she's looking super  :)        too bad about the flag.

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Looking great I wish there were more wood kits of sidewheelers, neat vessels. Looking forward to the finish

John Allen

 

Current builds HMS Victory-Mamoli

On deck

USS Tecumseh, CSS Hunley scratch build, Double hull Polynesian canoe (Holakea) scratch build

 

Finished

Waka Taua Maori War Canoe, Armed Launch-Panart, Diligence English Revenue Cutter-Marine  Model Co. 


 

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Thank you gentlemen for the kind comments...the technique or the ratlines worked really well, super happy with the way the turned out...I'll post some pics of the finished rats latter..., been fussing with the anchor lashing today

Thanks again

J

 

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Thanks for the likes...first up a pic of the finished ratlines I promised...

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I'm happy with the way they turned out...if I were to do it again I would reduce the spacing a bit...set to 1/4 in and i think 3/16 may have been better.

next up is the reworked flag, printed one 1509137705_343-newflag.JPG.daccf9cc3554c5cf0c772839352df67b.JPG

and set the waves before gluing the sides together

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and finally raised

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after that I finished the bow tackle by securing the anchors, just tied them off to the catheads and lashed them to the rail, each will be finished with a deck coil...speaking of which here is a pic of my coil jig, same process many others have discussed on the site.

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and one of the finished coil ready to install, stuck to a piece of tape to keep it from walking away

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It was at this point that disaster struck...I was reaching to set the camera down and my sleeve caught the the boom...

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she snapped right at the point where the cleats were mounted...I think drilling to mount them seriously weakened it, so a repair is in order.

After strengthening the ends with CA I drilled holes in the center of each section into which a pin is inserted effectively holding the two halves together, its a technique I've used successfully before, so all should be well...

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That's it for now...

J

 

 

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now you know why they call it a boom.........snag just didn't have the right ring to it  ;)   she's look'in good though........you've done some amazing progress since you got back to the table.  gee........you should be almost done :D    hope your fix goes according to plan.

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Thank you both...ya closing in on the finish a couple more touch ups and that should be it...baring any further unforeseen boom incidents... 

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Well here we are...at the end of another build, this one full of its own challenges...many self imposed😛, pics of the completed build follow, thanks for all the likes and the support throughout

J

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Dramatic bow shot

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dramatic stern shot

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bow detail

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midships detail shots

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the stern...boom repair

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Some rigging shots

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Well that's all thanks again for the continued support, not sure whats up next but whatever it is I'll be sure to start a log

THX

J

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we must have posted at the same time  :D     I was asking if your boom repair went OK.........you answered my question!   very nicely done......she looks great :)    I do notice though that the horse isn't rigged.........instead of tying off at the cleat........rig the horse and then tie off at the cleat.

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Sharp eye Denis...the horse rigging got hosed up during the boom repair...didn't notice till I posted the pick, she'll get repaired

thx for following along

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