Ray

Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid  me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding  the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
 
Tac toggle in the making

Toggle through rope loop

Toggle through a block

Fore main yard


Main yard


Main & Mizzen

Mizzen



 

Running rigging
Part 1
   The last job before the running rigging was to add the shroud cleats.
The yards, I added the two main yards  first and then the cross-jack, I first made and fixed the Truss Pendants to the yards,I then fixed the yard to the mast held in by the pin, then tied the jeers, then after making sure the yard was horizontal and square cynoed the yard into the mast,and after giving it time to set,set up the blocks and tackle to complete the rigging of the Truss Pendants and the the main slings.
 

 
fitting the yard to the mast

 
truss pendants and jeers

 
Main yards rigged



 
Deck view

Just a small update
The next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds.
Mizzen lift

Main & mizzen lifts


Main yard lift

Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid  me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding  the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
 
Tac toggle in the making

Toggle through rope loop

Toggle through a block

Fore main yard


Main yard


Main & Mizzen

Mizzen



 

Thanks for the ticks and comments guys.
Jason
          Firstly I still have a long way to go most likely many weeks or months on the rigging which will include all the rope coils, which took a time to do on Pegasus, there are also the ships boats to build, which I may build and use as a break from the rigging at some point.
        Secondly my next build will be something completely different,it will be a WW2 Hunt Class Destroyer a Deans Marine kit built as a static model. My reason for building the Destroyer are two fold one she was the favourite ship my father served on, he served on her a the time of the D Day landings at Omaha Beach, she was one of the destroyers that closed the beach to 800 yards to silence the shore guns that were decimating the US troops landing that day. Secondly it will be nice to build something different.
 
HMS Tanatside

I decided to plank the gun deck top and but as the pattern in the Anatomy of the ship “The Frigate Diana” although the book does not show the gun deck planked in this way, this method of planking was done to strengthen the deck, so it seems the book is most likely flawed on this point on page 52 as on page 108 it shows the deck underneath an 18 pounder top and but planked.
To get my head around how to set this pattern I made a paper pattern of the deck and thin cardboard planks. Normally I would start planking from the deck centre line and work out to the bulwark but this method would not work here, I would have to work out from the bulwark to the centre of the deck, but needed to have a straight line where the top and but planking ends to make the rest of the planking look right, as there will be about 8 or 9 widths of 3mm planking, and the 2 widths of 5mm up to the gratings and 4 or 5 3mm planks in the centre.
 
  THIS WILL BE MY COMPROMISE I know the top and but would be the same width from bow to stern but you can only see a smallish length of it, when the quarter, and fore decks are on, and in the same way, I will not fully rig the guns that cannot be seen.
 
The ply deck was glued in place, this method also requires a waterway tight up to the frames so a 7mm plank was cut and shaped to fit.
 
Paper deck plan

 
setting out with card planks

 
waterway being set up

 
ply deck marked out and glued on


 
water way shaped ready to fix

Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid  me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding  the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
 
Tac toggle in the making

Toggle through rope loop

Toggle through a block

Fore main yard


Main yard


Main & Mizzen

Mizzen



 

Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid  me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding  the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
 
Tac toggle in the making

Toggle through rope loop

Toggle through a block

Fore main yard


Main yard


Main & Mizzen

Mizzen



 

The right upper tool-head is for pushing lines. So if you have a stubborn string that keeps popping out of a space you need it to go into, you can use that to push it into small spaces your fingers might be too big for.

Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid  me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding  the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
 
Tac toggle in the making

Toggle through rope loop

Toggle through a block

Fore main yard


Main yard


Main & Mizzen

Mizzen



 

Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid  me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding  the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
 
Tac toggle in the making

Toggle through rope loop

Toggle through a block

Fore main yard


Main yard


Main & Mizzen

Mizzen



 

Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid  me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding  the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
 
Tac toggle in the making

Toggle through rope loop

Toggle through a block

Fore main yard


Main yard


Main & Mizzen

Mizzen



 

Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid  me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding  the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
 
Tac toggle in the making

Toggle through rope loop

Toggle through a block

Fore main yard


Main yard


Main & Mizzen

Mizzen



 

Thanks for the many likes and positive comments, the photos are getting harder now the rigging is taking place, taking photos of the rigging is more problematical, close-ups are ok but when showing a rigging run, it is hard to get all the run in, and in the longer shots the runs are hard to see, and not just looking like mass of ropes,but as the photos seem popular I will try to keep them coming.
Part 3
Lastly the topgallant yards have been fitted to the mast in the same way as the topsail yards. The Parallels definitely go on better when tacked to the mast.

All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
 

Build Report 03 - Decking Detail in progress and 95% complete:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Thought it wise to protect all these small and delicate parts
 

 
 

Lower shrouds rigging finished.
Now I'm about to start the lower ratlines.

Just a small update
The next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds.
Mizzen lift

Main & mizzen lifts


Main yard lift

Thanks for the many likes and positive comments, the photos are getting harder now the rigging is taking place, taking photos of the rigging is more problematical, close-ups are ok but when showing a rigging run, it is hard to get all the run in, and in the longer shots the runs are hard to see, and not just looking like mass of ropes,but as the photos seem popular I will try to keep them coming.
Part 3
Lastly the topgallant yards have been fitted to the mast in the same way as the topsail yards. The Parallels definitely go on better when tacked to the mast.

Just a small update
The next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds.
Mizzen lift

Main & mizzen lifts


Main yard lift

Just a small update
The next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds.
Mizzen lift

Main & mizzen lifts


Main yard lift

Just a small update
The next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds.
Mizzen lift

Main & mizzen lifts


Main yard lift

Just a small update
The next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds.
Mizzen lift

Main & mizzen lifts


Main yard lift

Just a small update
The next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds.
Mizzen lift

Main & mizzen lifts


Main yard lift

Just a small update
The next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds.
Mizzen lift

Main & mizzen lifts


Main yard lift