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Thank you Patrick! I really appreciate that you like it! thanks to a lot of spare time, today I proceeded very fast with the standing rigging of the main mast. As can be seen, I connected the main stay to the main mast, too. I installed the two triple blocks where the first sail will be connected. Now I must stop and "study" more carefully the rigging of the mizzen mast, in order to install the blocks and cables that are needed around the main mast, before it became too much filled with ropes. Now the spare time is finished and my fun is over...for the moment!
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I always wondered how can be possibile making "extraordinary maintenance" in the higher part of the main mast in such polacre, since the shrouds arrives only just to half of the mast. Well, the answer came out just checking better the various imges that I found in the past. As can be seen in this photo from the Musee de la Marine of Paris, in this "La Singe" model there is a rope ladder that arrives stright up to the blocks that sustain the main topsail. Red arrows indicate that ladder. Luckily I found the same rope ladder in the painting of the "Beata Vergine". Again are indicated by arrows. Surely I will add it to the model! Again I want to remark that the venetian ships that I showed in my posts are "ship portraits" and not generic "maritime paintings", and that it is very important, since the artist didn't used its own imagination but simply painted real details. So I believe that really there was a rope ladder in that "Beata Vergine".
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Thank you Carl! Always nice comments!
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I completed to prepare the main mast sails and related yards. It was mandatory to do that now, since otherwise I cannot evaluate where to place them in terms of height. Since the polacre main mast is a single piece mast, there are no reference points for placing the standing rigging. So the reference became the position of the three sails. as can be seen in the photo, I placed them temporary with clamps. Now I know which is the main mast point where the shrouds should logically terminate. Life is more complicated if you build a polacre.... In other photos can be seen the three sails of the main mast. Note that their shape is not completely correct. the main topsail is of wrong shape (too short) if compared with the ones of the paintings that I showed in the past. But well, it's too late... They resemble a bit the sails of the French chebec/polacre Le Singe. Now I will start with the main mast shrouds and related deadeyes. Another boring step....
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Thank you Carl! I kept some small items for the future steps...just like like a squirrel that keeps aside the nuts for the winter! The "main mast standing rigging chapter" is approaching and it will be another boring step, so some small "accessories" will be made during that chapter... Next days will be dedicated on preparing the three yards of the main mast.
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This weekend has been focused on completing some accessories leaved behind. First of all, since I completed the cannons installation, now I can install the cabin's door. -I prepared it with walnut strips and completed it with copper sheet properly modified and painted, a can be seen in the photos. -Then I installed the belaying pins support for the ones that are needed for the main mast. -I installed permanently the main mast. -I prepared the mizzen mast, which now need a bit of holes and rings before installing it. In the meanwhile I am attaching all the blocks and the sails to the yards of the main mast. that must be done now, since I must "study" the effect of the sails on the mast, for evaluating the correct installation's height. So, apparently...many small news!
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Thank you Carl! the service boat need still all its accessories, like six oars, the related oarlocks, a coil of rope (always useful ), the rudder... eventually a small barrel of water and a small sail with its own mast. the last two accessories I have not yet decided if adding them or not. You should consider that the service boat is 11 cm long, so the scale is big and it became "mandatory" to fill it with accessories... Before blocking it to their support with the ropes, I need to add all the accessories. But now I must take care of the big lateen sail's rigging...
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Great! The "cannons chapter" is finished! :cheers: Well, I have not yet installed the last two gunports, but that not a problem. As can be seen in the photos, I am proceeding with the service boat, but it is not yet finished. The key step of this weekend has been the installation of the big lateen sail of the foremast. The rigging is not yet completed, but the main cables have been connected. Finally, I started to install the cleats on the main mast.
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Regarding the statenjacht, you can explore the plans made by Chapman, where various complete plans ships like the statenjacht are drawn. Various ship kit manufacturers have taken "inspiration" from these drawings. Below were you can download directly them (the museum that owns them): http://www.sjohistoriska.se/en/Collections/Archives/ChapmanNet/ChapmanNet/Drawings/ to complete them, eventually you can find in internet the sail plans of the "De Utrecht", or buy the plans of the Corel "Leida". Regarding the xebec, there is no doubt that the best drawings available on market are the ones made by Ancre and related to the "Le Requin" which was a French xebec of around 1750. they are sold jointed with the book, but are extremely expensive: http://ancre.fr/en/monographies-en/18-monographie-du-requin-chebec-1750-.html Since exist a good detailed ancient model of "Le Requin", the drawings are very accurate. As an alternative, there are available original plans of spanish and venetians xebec, but must be completed with the rigging and sail plan. to complete them, you can buy the Amati plans of their xebec, which are rather good. If you want to see the above mentioned spanish and venetian plans, let me know and I will answer by PM. But beware, since are original, the visual informations provided must be completed. Probably if you ask that in the chapter of the forum dedicated to kit discussion, you will be submerged by a lot of interesting answers!!
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Thank you Hartmut, I think that both are attracted by "alternative" type of ships, since a pinco and a polacre are not so diffused in this forum...
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Hello Angarfather, you are doing a great job! I recently found this painting of a genovese pinco, dated around 1700 and I remembered your WIP. It represent the pinco named "Nostra Signora dell'Acquasanta" (more or less: "Our Virgin Mary of the holy water") during a fighting against two Ottoman ships (possibly an ex-voto?). I thought that it can be of interest, since you are in the rigging step and since it is an original source of informations. In addition (but it is too late to be of interest for you) the other two photos represent an original model dated around 1780-1820 of a pinco. This model is owned by the Naval Engineering Dept. of the University of Genova. I hope that the provided material can be of interest for your model building.
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Thank you Carl! I think I succeded on comunicate my frustration to you regarding the cannons installation... One additonal problem that is present is that due to the limitated thickness of the bulwark, I cannot make deep holes for the installation of the block's nails of the cannons. So the holes cannot sustain the blocks. The blocks installation is made only with cyanoacrilate (because has a fast effect) and the simultaneous use of both the hands. Probably there are better ways to install them.... but now is too late!
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I (slowly) continued with the cannons rigging making and installation. I decide that I cannot proceed further on the masts and sails if I don't finish first the "cannon chapter". I installed other four (!!!!! !!!!) cannons. Only two remains... As it can be seen in another photo, for installing each cannon the model must be laterally strongly tilted, otherwise I cannot attach the blocks to the bulwark. So the mast and sail cannot be placed at the moment. During this week I think that I will prepare the last cannons. In the meanwhile I started to prepare the service boat. The old one was plastic made. Since I have not enough patience for making a new one, I will modify heavily the old one. I scrapped everything and I leaved it naked. I covered the external hull with thin walnut strips, arranged to simulate a clinker construction. Internally I glued thin strips of cardboard, which simulate the internal frame. Later I will add the decks and all the accessories. The service boat will be painted white. It is not so smart, but when it will be finished the largest part of the errors will be hidden.
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Thank you Carl! A wooden ship model needs ABSOLUTELY to be made only when you are in the right mood, otherwise the results are not good...
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First of all I want to thank my favourite "tool" (see first photo), which is of great help on saving time and on preserving my mind sanity...which can be loose sometimes rather fast when dealing with small objects! the updates now will be make less frequently. the reason is that I need to install I think almost all the remaining cannons, before proceeding with the main mast. And since I hate to install them, I must do it when I am with the right mood. And so the work will slow a bit. Returning to the update: I installed the supports for the service boat, which can be seen in another photo. I placed the service boat on them, but just to show the overall view, since it is not yet been rebuild (it is the old boat, so it must be completely modified). I added two more cannons to the ship. 10 done, 6 more to install.... :cheers: Before next Christmas I think I will complete the "cannon chapter"... I failed to shorten the cannon installing and preparing time: each cannon needs always more than two hours to be installed (including the gunport), so each time my patience is stretched to the limit....
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This week-end I made the capstan and other minor accessories. The capstain is more or less like the ones that I saw on some venetian drawings and models. I must admit that is not so detailed, so I am not happy of it. In some photos can be seen the pieces that compose it. I added a wooden basament, to compensate the deck sloping. I added a blocking system for the capstan, as can be seen in the original drawing. To complete the weekend I added two more cannons, too. I added the miniature to show the scale. The capstan is not yet glued, since it will make interference during other cannons installation. the program in next weekswill proceed with the following: -make the service boat support and install it; -install partially the big lateen sail of the foremast; -install other cannons.......... :( at least four are needed......... :( -finally install the main mast, in order to start to thinking about its rigging...
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Due to various problems, I was forced to slow the model making. This weekend I focused on adding more running rigging to the foremast and making some accessories made of wood. I have positioned the two "baranzine" and the related double blocks, up to their belaying pins. In addition I added the hanks of ropes to the belaying pins. to do so, I prepare them before glueing to the pins, with a wooden block provided with nails, as in the first photo. In other photos can be seen those hanks attached to the belaying pins. Since the working scale of the model is quite large, I need some additional multiple block of large scale, so I prepared them. It is time to prepare the "trozza" for the foremast lateen sail. I think in English the term can be "Gooseneck" but I am not sure. For making the "trozza", I avoided the plastic components that are provided usually in some kit, since I found some wooden spheres that fit the purpose (other photo). I prepared the mizzen mast, but it is not complete, so it doesn't worth a photo. The other photos are various views of the two baranzine and the multiple block where is connected the Main-top-gallant-stay (hope the term is right), which can be identified by the black rope. None of these ropes are tight, as can be seen by the various loose ropes at the top of the foremast.
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Thank you Buck! A tiny update. I prepared two more cannons for the installation (which will be done maybe in the weekend) Finally I decided some additional detail of the running rigging of the foremast. In the drawing can be seen some of them (only some). Now, before proceeding further I need to attach the cables and related blocks named 35A and 35B to the mast basement. later the basement will be too much complex to be reached with fingers, so I must do it now. I will stop to the hooks at the moment. the cables 35A and 35B should be called in Italian "baranzina della penna" (35A) and "baranzina del carro" (35B) but absolutely I don't know how to translate in English! The Penna is the higher part of the lateen sail "antenna" and the Carro is the lower part of it. The "antenna" is the lateen sail yard. I need to prepare more toggles to complete it, too.
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Another update. I finished the standing rigging of the foremast. In one of the photo I placed a dark paper behind one side, in order to let understand better the type of arrangement that I made (otherwise it can appear a little confusing). In another photo there are the terminal points of the rigging, on the deck, using the toggles (and it can be clearly seen what a mess of cables surround and cover the cannons!). I made other photos from other views, since by PM I know that there is some modeller that is interested on building this model. Since later can be difficult to reach with the fingers the base of the foremast, for blocks placing, I am installing them now. Some will be involved in the running rigging of the main mast and some for the foremast, but in anycase I must place them now. I prepared a drawing ( I modified a drawing taken from a book), that explains how the lateen sails of this ship must change their side. This is very important for making this model from scratch, since I am projecting the possible rigging, and that cannot be made without understanding how those sails must be controlled. The following are the key points: -From all the drawings and paintings the big lateen sail results OUTSIDE of the standing rigging; -The small lateen sail fo the mizzen mast usually is INSIDE the standing rigging; -This is a polacre, so some of the running and standing rigging of the main mast will "produce interference" behind the foremast; -This polacre is of mid XVIII century, so the rigging is more standardised. So all the rigging is made accordingly to the above points. I want to remark that everything related to the rigging of this model is just my approach, based on my knowledge. So it can be partially wrong. But surely I am trying to stick as much as I can to the possible real configuration of the rigging of this ship.
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My shipyard is open again! Now I am focusing on the standing rigging of the foremast. -I installed two other cannons (10 more to be installed). In one of the photos can be seen the single, double and multiple blocks that are needed for this section (one side only), in addition to the toggles for securing them to the deck. -In other photos is shown how the cables of the standing rigging are secured to the top of the foremast. I followed the various xebecs and galleys ancient drawings and models. In the other photos are showed some of the them already installed. In order to do so, I needed to prepare the ropes and blocks almost completely, before glueing them to the deck (other photos), otherwise the space available for making the various knots was not enough. More will follow in the next days.
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Thank you Carl! I usually proceed on building from bow to stern, in order to have more "free space" for my hands. So for completing the rigging of the foremast, the first six cannons (three for each side, starting from the ship's bow) must be already in place. The other cannons must be placed before starting the main mast rigging. So I am slowing the cannons installation (and the related boring parts) for the above reason.
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Due to various other matters, I slowed a bit the ship construction. Below the photos of this update: -I added two more cannons (still 12 to be installed! ); - I added the main mast stay, which is intended only the first part of it, since the main mast has not yet installed. But due to the various components that will be added to the foremast zone, I must made this operation now. I stopped to the second "heart". -I added the multiple block of the foremast lateen sail, which it needed a more complex study than it seems, since I tried to be more likely to the Venetian "approach", which is different than (for example) the french xebec models multiple block. The multiple block is positioned high, in order to permit the passage of the main mast stay. In another photo can be seen the multiple block of an original Venetian galley contemporary model. Now I will start the rigging of the foremast, which it will need a bit more study.
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Hello Dick, Have you heard of this book? it seems it fit perfectly with the historical period of the ship that you are building. "Sveti Pavao Shipwreck: A 16th century Venetian Merchantman from Mljet, Croatia"below the link of the book http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/sveti-pavao-shipwreck.html
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I am starting to attach the cannons to the deck! The first two cannons in place! The first cannon took around two hours to be placed, due to the difficoulty to glue the small rings to the bulwark. The second cannon took... 1 hour and half. So I must consider a lot of time for complete that operation (still 14 cannon, that means 21 hour of duty around those). I forgot to say that I have not yet finished to prepare the rigging of all cannons. Definetly a small nightmare.... In anycase I will place only some cannons for the moment, just to have the deck prepared for the rigging of the foremast. I like the result, all that loose ropes that surround each cannon give me a good overall impression. I am preparing the gunports, too, as can be seen in another photo. The gunports are made by many pieces, so that process too, is long and boring. I prepared other yard for the mizzen mast, as it can be seen in another photo (I must use the "noisy days" wisely). I think that the "noisy operations" that remains are very few: -some customised block for the main mast and mizzen mast; -the mizzen mast; -support for the service boat.
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Thank you Tom! I appreciate your compliments! Tomorrow I will post a new update, since I am almost ready.
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