Ray

Love the shot of the guns along the Quarterdeck  rail.
 
B.E.

Quarter Deck 9 Pounders
 
The nine pound carriage guns were made up the same way as the eighteen pounders were, and added to the quarterdeck, I have added a couple of photos of the blocks with hooks fitted I make these like this to give as much space between the rigging blocks as possible, they just have a .7mm hole drilled in the end and an opened up and cut down copper eyelet inserted.
 
Cannon rigging blocks


 
Cannons made up

Starting to fit

First one done

All done one side



 
 

Hi guys   Flemish Coils
 
Yes Mobbsie the Flemish coils are a real pain, but they do give best look to rigging the guns in my opinion, I have added a few photos of how I make them, and I wish I could find a more efficient way of doing them. This way works but is slow and tiresome, sometimes it takes several goes to get one started,I lay out the masking tape sticky side up and just stick the rope down wrapping it around the starting loop under my finger and when done paint them over with diluted pva and remove when dry.
Two coils

a strip of coils

A batch done

Carronades
 
The first photos show the first carronade fully rigged, next photos show the stages in which they have been rigged, I tied up all the tackles first and then just hooked them on and set them up, glued down the end of the rope and added the rope coils, they look a bit shiny in the photos but not in real life,they just need the paint touching up on the hooks and eyes, next I will add the nine pounders to complete the deck guns on one side of the quarter deck.
 
The first one being set up

 
The first Carronade rigged


 
The second one being rigged




 
 
 
 
 
 

Hi guys   Flemish Coils
 
Yes Mobbsie the Flemish coils are a real pain, but they do give best look to rigging the guns in my opinion, I have added a few photos of how I make them, and I wish I could find a more efficient way of doing them. This way works but is slow and tiresome, sometimes it takes several goes to get one started,I lay out the masking tape sticky side up and just stick the rope down wrapping it around the starting loop under my finger and when done paint them over with diluted pva and remove when dry.
Two coils

a strip of coils

A batch done

Carronades
 
The first photos show the first carronade fully rigged, next photos show the stages in which they have been rigged, I tied up all the tackles first and then just hooked them on and set them up, glued down the end of the rope and added the rope coils, they look a bit shiny in the photos but not in real life,they just need the paint touching up on the hooks and eyes, next I will add the nine pounders to complete the deck guns on one side of the quarter deck.
 
The first one being set up

 
The first Carronade rigged


 
The second one being rigged




 
 
 
 
 
 

The nine pound carriage guns were made up in the same way as were the eighteen pounders. The caronades were made up in stages as shown in the photos, I first looked for the tackle arrangement and used the one that seems most common, the issue was the fixing of the front carriage pin it shows it pinned through the bulwark on the bottom of the gun port, the problem with this would be, in lowering the bottom of the port to keep the cartridge level, it would be to low and look wrong, so I looked at every photo of caronades I could find, on models, and as mounted on H M S Victory, and most had the front swivel pin going through a block mounted on the deck in front of the port, so that is how I built mine.I am just starting to rig them in place.
 
Carriage parts

 
assembling carriages


Carriages built up minus barrels and some rigging eyes

Extra rigging brackets from spruce and 3mm rings

Made up and painted

On deck working out how the rigging will run

Hi guys   Flemish Coils
 
Yes Mobbsie the Flemish coils are a real pain, but they do give best look to rigging the guns in my opinion, I have added a few photos of how I make them, and I wish I could find a more efficient way of doing them. This way works but is slow and tiresome, sometimes it takes several goes to get one started,I lay out the masking tape sticky side up and just stick the rope down wrapping it around the starting loop under my finger and when done paint them over with diluted pva and remove when dry.
Two coils

a strip of coils

A batch done

Hi how can you add text to a picture to describe it have tried but failed so far.
Ray

Last Update:  
 
I have made an executive decision and am nixing the rigging this build with option to at a later date.  This month marks the beginning of my fourth year on this build and I just need to start something new.  I have added stubs for the masts and bow (not glued in).
 
Since my previous update, I have added the stunsail booms to the channels, repainted and mounted the figurehead, bumpkins and safety rails, assembled and mounted the three stern lanterns.
The figurehead I have deviated from the plan suggested colors and tried to duplicate the colors of an actual Bellerophon figurehead from a web site that shows the head.
The stern lanterns needed an addition modification.  The cast cap was too small to cover the five sides therefore I added 1/32" piece of wood and trimmed.  The bottom cast piece was ok.  I also cut clear plastic windows on each side. 
There's a few additional details I wanted to add, but not at this time.
It's been a long mostly enjoyable ride and not sure I could ever attempt such a long build again.
Thanks for all those who looked in and will in the future.  Hopefully, something useful was picked up positive or negative on how to.  Will probably post additional pix in the gallery.
 
Mark this project as complete.
 
Take care and happy modeling,
Len

Great work on the snaking and nice photos

Ok it is finished. Here are the final photos.

Quarter Deck 9 Pounders
 
The nine pound carriage guns were made up the same way as the eighteen pounders were, and added to the quarterdeck, I have added a couple of photos of the blocks with hooks fitted I make these like this to give as much space between the rigging blocks as possible, they just have a .7mm hole drilled in the end and an opened up and cut down copper eyelet inserted.
 
Cannon rigging blocks


 
Cannons made up

Starting to fit

First one done

All done one side



 
 

Hi guys   Flemish Coils
 
Yes Mobbsie the Flemish coils are a real pain, but they do give best look to rigging the guns in my opinion, I have added a few photos of how I make them, and I wish I could find a more efficient way of doing them. This way works but is slow and tiresome, sometimes it takes several goes to get one started,I lay out the masking tape sticky side up and just stick the rope down wrapping it around the starting loop under my finger and when done paint them over with diluted pva and remove when dry.
Two coils

a strip of coils

A batch done

Quarter Deck 9 Pounders
 
The nine pound carriage guns were made up the same way as the eighteen pounders were, and added to the quarterdeck, I have added a couple of photos of the blocks with hooks fitted I make these like this to give as much space between the rigging blocks as possible, they just have a .7mm hole drilled in the end and an opened up and cut down copper eyelet inserted.
 
Cannon rigging blocks


 
Cannons made up

Starting to fit

First one done

All done one side



 
 

Still working on hatches, and waiting for parts. Nothing really photogenic at the moment. Hopefully sometime over the next week something may show up.....
 
Andy

Hi Guys,
 
Thank you all very much for the very kind words and your concerns, and of course the like buttons, I really do appreciate it.
 
John, great to see you again mate, you've been missed, thanks for the kind words buddy.
 
Kevin, You have been side tracked by a small plastic matter I believe, You'll soon catch up mate.
 
I do have a small update, the ratlines for the Fore Lower Mast are completed now, for a while it seemed 3 steps forward and 2 back with me ripping out completed rows, mainly because they looked like jungle vines rather than ratlines, more droop in them than a bloke on the booze for a week.
 
Some Pics
 

       
 
So that's a small stage completed now, next step is to make the Bowsprit and Jib Boom, with all the accompanying tackle, I want to have a go at making a slider for the Jib Boom which will be a first for me,  there are some very good ideas on site so as long as I don't have to do any welding I should be ok.
 
I have to practice with my micro wood chisel's I bought a week or so ago, with the 2 foot long handles and 18 inch blades I will have plenty to get hold of, my mistake of the year so-far, hopefully I will be able to work with them, if I cant then they didn't cost a lot so little lost.
 
OK guys that me done, your all up to date, most of you will be way ahead of me knowing what's going to happen but still, I need to find out for myself.
 
Be Good
 
Stay Warm / Cool, depending on your hemisphere.
 
mobbsie
 
 

Hi guys   Flemish Coils
 
Yes Mobbsie the Flemish coils are a real pain, but they do give best look to rigging the guns in my opinion, I have added a few photos of how I make them, and I wish I could find a more efficient way of doing them. This way works but is slow and tiresome, sometimes it takes several goes to get one started,I lay out the masking tape sticky side up and just stick the rope down wrapping it around the starting loop under my finger and when done paint them over with diluted pva and remove when dry.
Two coils

a strip of coils

A batch done

Quarter Deck 9 Pounders
 
The nine pound carriage guns were made up the same way as the eighteen pounders were, and added to the quarterdeck, I have added a couple of photos of the blocks with hooks fitted I make these like this to give as much space between the rigging blocks as possible, they just have a .7mm hole drilled in the end and an opened up and cut down copper eyelet inserted.
 
Cannon rigging blocks


 
Cannons made up

Starting to fit

First one done

All done one side



 
 

Carronades
 
The first photos show the first carronade fully rigged, next photos show the stages in which they have been rigged, I tied up all the tackles first and then just hooked them on and set them up, glued down the end of the rope and added the rope coils, they look a bit shiny in the photos but not in real life,they just need the paint touching up on the hooks and eyes, next I will add the nine pounders to complete the deck guns on one side of the quarter deck.
 
The first one being set up

 
The first Carronade rigged


 
The second one being rigged




 
 
 
 
 
 

Hi guys   Flemish Coils
 
Yes Mobbsie the Flemish coils are a real pain, but they do give best look to rigging the guns in my opinion, I have added a few photos of how I make them, and I wish I could find a more efficient way of doing them. This way works but is slow and tiresome, sometimes it takes several goes to get one started,I lay out the masking tape sticky side up and just stick the rope down wrapping it around the starting loop under my finger and when done paint them over with diluted pva and remove when dry.
Two coils

a strip of coils

A batch done

Quarter Deck 9 Pounders
 
The nine pound carriage guns were made up the same way as the eighteen pounders were, and added to the quarterdeck, I have added a couple of photos of the blocks with hooks fitted I make these like this to give as much space between the rigging blocks as possible, they just have a .7mm hole drilled in the end and an opened up and cut down copper eyelet inserted.
 
Cannon rigging blocks


 
Cannons made up

Starting to fit

First one done

All done one side



 
 

Hi guys   Flemish Coils
 
Yes Mobbsie the Flemish coils are a real pain, but they do give best look to rigging the guns in my opinion, I have added a few photos of how I make them, and I wish I could find a more efficient way of doing them. This way works but is slow and tiresome, sometimes it takes several goes to get one started,I lay out the masking tape sticky side up and just stick the rope down wrapping it around the starting loop under my finger and when done paint them over with diluted pva and remove when dry.
Two coils

a strip of coils

A batch done

Quarter Deck 9 Pounders
 
The nine pound carriage guns were made up the same way as the eighteen pounders were, and added to the quarterdeck, I have added a couple of photos of the blocks with hooks fitted I make these like this to give as much space between the rigging blocks as possible, they just have a .7mm hole drilled in the end and an opened up and cut down copper eyelet inserted.
 
Cannon rigging blocks


 
Cannons made up

Starting to fit

First one done

All done one side



 
 

Top work Ray. I think I'll be making some similar blocks with hooks now.