Ray

Hi Ray, very nice mate but aren't those coils a complete pain to do.
 
I have made loads and am still trying to find a system I like and which will give me a uniform finish, who knows, maybe one day.
 
Cannon and Carronade's look fantastic.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

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



 
 

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



 
 

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 Mobbsie
                  The stops in the carronades were part of the moulding I just painted the ends red so as to highlight them. I have added a photo of the original casting of one of the two I will not use.
Carronade as supplied in kit.

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



 
 

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



 
 

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



 
 

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



 
 

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



 
 

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



 
 

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 Rigging looks great, hope your health issues are behind you now.
Best regards

Hi Peter,
 
I do have that book and it will be a great source of information, I do fancy the Jack Aubrey version but I also like the carronades of the original.
 
Never had a carronade before and I quite like them, I may go for artistic licence and just play a little, we'll have to see, it's not out yet.
 
Your not wrong about Parrel's mate, to me they are one of the worst parts of the rigging, I hate them. The air in my workroom is not a shade of blue but more a shade of deep purple and I don't mean the group. Still, it wouldn't be right if we enjoyed every aspect of our builds would it.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Hi Mike,
 
Thanks for the good word mate, coming from you that's a real compliment.  
 
I just hope CC are true to their word, I've been so frustrated with them in the past over this ship that I'm not holding my breath waiting.  
 
There are a lot of guys who want to build Surprise so I think it's going to be very interesting when we get a chance to start.
 
I have the book " The Frigate Surprise by Brian Lavery and Geoff Hunt " and there is a whole lot of information and drawings which makes my decision a little easier.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

The next step was the making of the spanker.
There was not much reduction in size possible. I just made a sail similar to a mizzen with the back edge vertical. I rather like the look of the finished sail and think it would be possible to make full sails with all the details that way for a future project.
 
Two clamps were added to the boom. One is below the jaws to belay the spanker sheet; the other was bolted sideways onto the boom, above the taffrail, to belay the flag line.
The flag line will be set up between two small blocks attached to ringbolts on the ends of boom and gaff. I think the flag line must be belayed on the boom otherwise (e.g. if belayed on the taffrail) you would have to reset it on every tack.
 
Then I fixed the spanker to the gaff, set up the gaff and fixed the spanker to the mast. Then the spanker was furled. It still looks a bit untidy but will do as it shall not represent a harbour stow but a ship ready to make sails on short notice – at least that’s my excuse.
 
Now the boom was mounted and I was glad to have that saddle.
Vang pendants and boom sheets will be rigged when all the other work on the rigging to the mizzen mast has been finished. (Of course the very last lines will be most sheets and braces.)
 
Then the crossjack was fixed with sling, parrel and lifts and now I’m about to hoist the mizzen topsail yard with its furled sail.
 
 

Finished sail. On the boom are the two additional cleats visible.
 
 
 
Gaff with attached sail mounted.   
 
                                                                       

Sail bent to the mast and furled.  
 
 

Boom attached and spanker sheet set up.
 
 

Crossjack in place
 
 

Detail of crossjack and gaff
 
 

Work is in progress on the topsail yard.

Ray, your coils look great, very natural. I was on the fence as to whether to do coils or not, and didn't go down that route myself - but maybe next time.  The training tackles make a big difference as well.

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

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




 
 
 
 
 
 

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




 
 
 
 
 
 

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




 
 
 
 
 
 

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




 
 
 
 
 
 

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




 
 
 
 
 
 

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