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Ray got a reaction from JerseyCity Frankie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Some photos below showing the yards, with stun-sail booms, on the masts, not fixed just in the pin holes. Next job make the remainder of the yards and gaff booms.
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Ray got a reaction from Bettina in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Some photos below showing the yards, with stun-sail booms, on the masts, not fixed just in the pin holes. Next job make the remainder of the yards and gaff booms.
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Ray got a reaction from fake johnbull in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray reacted to jim_smits in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
They look excellent Ray. I'm right at this stage on my Snake build so they will be a great inspiration for me.
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Ray reacted to Blue Ensign in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
A great set of yards Ray, you've made a great job of the studding booms, nice and fine relative to the yards, so often they look over-scale.
B.E.
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Ray reacted to dgbot in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Be careful you do not trip over them. Good job.
David B
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Ray got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from GuntherMT in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from Beef Wellington in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from robdurant in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from Timmo in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from Barbossa in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from drtrap in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from jim_smits in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the main and lower yards with stun sail booms and the mizzen cross jack are now finished, I will next take some photos with them on the masts.
Stanchions used for the stirrups
Completed yards
Stun sail booms
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Ray got a reaction from JerseyCity Frankie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Next two coats of dull black paint was applied to the yard before all the blocks and rigging tackle was added. The lower main yard also had the yard slings added, also the slings with a block to support it made and added to the tops , all the lifting tackle blocks were also fixed to the yard finishing with the pendant lines and blocks, lastly the stirrups and foot-ropes completed the yards, the stirrups were made by using stanchions left over from the quarter deck conversion they looked better than my bent wire test stirrups. Lastly the stun-sail booms were made and fitted and lashed down,I must say there is a considerable amount of work, and time and effort, that goes into each yard and I am very pleased with the results.
The main yard and cross-jack are done, now its back to the others.
Cross-jack
pinned to mast
Main yard with some blocks
Main yard fully rigged without stun-sail booms
Main yard sling
Finished main yard
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Ray got a reaction from Foultide in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Next two coats of dull black paint was applied to the yard before all the blocks and rigging tackle was added. The lower main yard also had the yard slings added, also the slings with a block to support it made and added to the tops , all the lifting tackle blocks were also fixed to the yard finishing with the pendant lines and blocks, lastly the stirrups and foot-ropes completed the yards, the stirrups were made by using stanchions left over from the quarter deck conversion they looked better than my bent wire test stirrups. Lastly the stun-sail booms were made and fitted and lashed down,I must say there is a considerable amount of work, and time and effort, that goes into each yard and I am very pleased with the results.
The main yard and cross-jack are done, now its back to the others.
Cross-jack
pinned to mast
Main yard with some blocks
Main yard fully rigged without stun-sail booms
Main yard sling
Finished main yard
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Ray got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Next two coats of dull black paint was applied to the yard before all the blocks and rigging tackle was added. The lower main yard also had the yard slings added, also the slings with a block to support it made and added to the tops , all the lifting tackle blocks were also fixed to the yard finishing with the pendant lines and blocks, lastly the stirrups and foot-ropes completed the yards, the stirrups were made by using stanchions left over from the quarter deck conversion they looked better than my bent wire test stirrups. Lastly the stun-sail booms were made and fitted and lashed down,I must say there is a considerable amount of work, and time and effort, that goes into each yard and I am very pleased with the results.
The main yard and cross-jack are done, now its back to the others.
Cross-jack
pinned to mast
Main yard with some blocks
Main yard fully rigged without stun-sail booms
Main yard sling
Finished main yard
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Ray got a reaction from Bettina in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Next two coats of dull black paint was applied to the yard before all the blocks and rigging tackle was added. The lower main yard also had the yard slings added, also the slings with a block to support it made and added to the tops , all the lifting tackle blocks were also fixed to the yard finishing with the pendant lines and blocks, lastly the stirrups and foot-ropes completed the yards, the stirrups were made by using stanchions left over from the quarter deck conversion they looked better than my bent wire test stirrups. Lastly the stun-sail booms were made and fitted and lashed down,I must say there is a considerable amount of work, and time and effort, that goes into each yard and I am very pleased with the results.
The main yard and cross-jack are done, now its back to the others.
Cross-jack
pinned to mast
Main yard with some blocks
Main yard fully rigged without stun-sail booms
Main yard sling
Finished main yard
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Ray got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The completion of the standing rigging
The top gallant masts were added next,plus the jib boom and martingale and then rest of the standing rigging has been done.
Top gallants fitted
Jib boom & Martingale fitted
Standing Rigging
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Ray got a reaction from drtrap in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Part 2
The yards with the stun-sails booms have domed end brackets with legs, these do require some fettling, I first thinned the legs both inside and outside as they are way to thick to start with,they were glued to the end of the yard, and reshaped (see photos) I then added the rope lashings, I then made a dummy stun sail boom ( the real ones will made from hard wood dowel) to allow the brackets to be aligned, next the mid yard boom brackets were fixed to the yard in conjunction with the outer boom brackets which are not yet glued in, both brackets were set up so that the the rear edge of the boom is over the front edge of the yard which allows the 3mm blocks to be added later, and for them to be in the centre of the top of the yard. I then drilled a hole to the rear of the yard at the centre and added a 1-2mm pin to allow the yard to be fitted to the mast.
Yard end bracket as supplied
After rework
Yard brackets on with dummy boom
All brackets and cleats added
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Ray got a reaction from Timmo in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Next two coats of dull black paint was applied to the yard before all the blocks and rigging tackle was added. The lower main yard also had the yard slings added, also the slings with a block to support it made and added to the tops , all the lifting tackle blocks were also fixed to the yard finishing with the pendant lines and blocks, lastly the stirrups and foot-ropes completed the yards, the stirrups were made by using stanchions left over from the quarter deck conversion they looked better than my bent wire test stirrups. Lastly the stun-sail booms were made and fitted and lashed down,I must say there is a considerable amount of work, and time and effort, that goes into each yard and I am very pleased with the results.
The main yard and cross-jack are done, now its back to the others.
Cross-jack
pinned to mast
Main yard with some blocks
Main yard fully rigged without stun-sail booms
Main yard sling
Finished main yard
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Ray got a reaction from capnharv2 in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Next two coats of dull black paint was applied to the yard before all the blocks and rigging tackle was added. The lower main yard also had the yard slings added, also the slings with a block to support it made and added to the tops , all the lifting tackle blocks were also fixed to the yard finishing with the pendant lines and blocks, lastly the stirrups and foot-ropes completed the yards, the stirrups were made by using stanchions left over from the quarter deck conversion they looked better than my bent wire test stirrups. Lastly the stun-sail booms were made and fitted and lashed down,I must say there is a considerable amount of work, and time and effort, that goes into each yard and I am very pleased with the results.
The main yard and cross-jack are done, now its back to the others.
Cross-jack
pinned to mast
Main yard with some blocks
Main yard fully rigged without stun-sail booms
Main yard sling
Finished main yard
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Ray got a reaction from msberkman in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Next two coats of dull black paint was applied to the yard before all the blocks and rigging tackle was added. The lower main yard also had the yard slings added, also the slings with a block to support it made and added to the tops , all the lifting tackle blocks were also fixed to the yard finishing with the pendant lines and blocks, lastly the stirrups and foot-ropes completed the yards, the stirrups were made by using stanchions left over from the quarter deck conversion they looked better than my bent wire test stirrups. Lastly the stun-sail booms were made and fitted and lashed down,I must say there is a considerable amount of work, and time and effort, that goes into each yard and I am very pleased with the results.
The main yard and cross-jack are done, now its back to the others.
Cross-jack
pinned to mast
Main yard with some blocks
Main yard fully rigged without stun-sail booms
Main yard sling
Finished main yard
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Ray got a reaction from Mirabell61 in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Next two coats of dull black paint was applied to the yard before all the blocks and rigging tackle was added. The lower main yard also had the yard slings added, also the slings with a block to support it made and added to the tops , all the lifting tackle blocks were also fixed to the yard finishing with the pendant lines and blocks, lastly the stirrups and foot-ropes completed the yards, the stirrups were made by using stanchions left over from the quarter deck conversion they looked better than my bent wire test stirrups. Lastly the stun-sail booms were made and fitted and lashed down,I must say there is a considerable amount of work, and time and effort, that goes into each yard and I am very pleased with the results.
The main yard and cross-jack are done, now its back to the others.
Cross-jack
pinned to mast
Main yard with some blocks
Main yard fully rigged without stun-sail booms
Main yard sling
Finished main yard
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