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  1. popeye2sea
    Thank you, Bill. Glad I can continue to be of assistance. I remain, sir, your most obedient and humble servant, Warm regards, Henry
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    Most stuff that I make are made in batches. In the case of the stirrups I can make a direct count of how many are needed: 6 for the lower yards, 4 for each topsail yard, and 2 for each topgallant. I also include extra for exigencies like accounting for the dreaded carpet that eats all fallen parts. Especially for items that require blackening because it is easier and more economical to blacken in batches. More than likely, it is never enough so I will usually end up making another batch. I can see myself using these thimbles in other applications as I go along in the rigging process, i.e. for the yard truss pendants and larger blocks stropped with hooks. Regards, Henry
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    And herein is the thing that makes me think that the cannon on offer is not authentic. It seems to me that if this was an insurance cannon it's only real purpose was to satisfy the insurance company requirement. No ship owner or captain would waste much money on it. The cannon posted for sale looks way too well made and also has no proof marks. Regards, Henry
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    I thought that the brass thimble would be easier to make at this size than a wood one. And, more consistently from thimble to thimble. The one you see in the picture was sort of the proof of concept piece. I intend to continue to make them with thinner wall brass tubing and blacken them for their final appearance. Regards, Henry
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    Nice find! Looks promising. Merry Christmas! Regards, Henry
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    Thank you, I meant to say late 1700's on. But, even with that, the positioning of the blocks for the lines remains the same. Regards, Henry
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    Most ships (from the 1700's on) sails were bent to a jack stay mounted on top and a little to the front of the yard. The sail itself hangs in front of the yard. The sail is furled up in front of the yard and is bundled up into a tight roll on top of the yard. Bunt line and leech line blocks hang before the sail, while the sheet line quarter blocks, clew line blocks and reef tackle blocks hang abaft. Footrope stirrups hang aft of the yard, also. Regards, Henry
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    True, rope of braided construction does exist and can be used for an anchor rode, but that is not the same as laying up a flat or sennit braid with three ropes as Bill did for his model. Two totally different things. Plus, I don't think braided construction rope (mostly constructed from nylon or other man made fibers) existed in the 17th century. Regards, Henry
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    Strange instructions. Never heard of braiding three ropes together to make a cable. I don't think that would have been done, ever. You would be better served by getting yourself some large size rope from one of the fine manufacturers listed on MSW. I think I used one of the largest sizes (2mm) from Syren. Some manufacturers even supply left hand (cable laid) rope, which is what you get when you lay up three right hand laid ropes into a cable. Regards, Henry
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    That is exactly how I did the shaping. Good job. Different topic. What are you using for rope for your anchor cables? It looks braided. Regards, Henry
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    I think I got Deja Vu from that last picture😲
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    Yes, the beakhead grating butts up to the bow planking and sits on top of the wale. The demi-lune bowsprit deck (how's that for a made up name?) does not quite cover the seam between the bow planking and the grating. Regards, Henry
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    The first time I rigged the gammoning was only temporary. Nothing was seized or tied off. In fact, in the pictures you can see the extra-long tail of the gammoning hanging and trailing off the picture. The final installation of the gammoning with the long blocks took place after the filler was fitted in the cheeks. Regards, Henry
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    Don't forget the row of cap shingles on your dormers. 🙂 The building looks so realistic. Great job. Regards, Henry
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    Bill, Evergreen styrene comes in strip stock as well as sheet stock. The head rail supports were carved out of 1/4 x 1/4 square strip stock. I think😏. It may have been slightly different size stock but the method is still the same. The way I worked out the shape was to take measurements across and along the stem with a set of calipers to transfer them to the strip stock. I worked out the 'rise' so to speak by temporarily offering up the head rails to the stem and taking the measurement of the distance to the bottom head rail. That at least got me close. Then it was a matter of working them into a pleasing shape and fine tuning the fit. I added the decorative details on the outboard faces by molding some resin parts. For the billet I used between the upper and lower cheek rails I traced the shape on paper and then transferred it to the strip stock. Again, there is a lot of fettling to get a good fit and pleasing profile. Regards, Henry
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    The difficulty with doing this operation off the ship is that the upper and lower stem don't connect with each other so that you will constantly be guessing about the proper gap between them and the shape of your filler piece. Regards, Henry
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    I think Marc added an additional rail above the bulwark of the poop deck (poop-royal?). Regards, Henry
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    One way to do this is to CA stiffen a much longer length of your line (1 to 2 inches or whatever is needed). You can then get the line in to wherever the block is. Of course this does waste a bit more line and if you are purchasing your line it is not cheap. Regards, Henry
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    There is a product in the same line called Easy Cast. It is a clear epoxy casting resin. Once you have the mold you mix the two part resin and pour the casting. Once it sets you can unmold, trim and paint. Regards, Henry
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    The first pass with a very sharp blade is just to define the cut. Then you follow up with successive deeper passes with the knife until you can separate the panels. The trick is not to try and cut too deep with each pass. Regards, Henry
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    Following the kit order of build is not bad. The fit of the forward bulwarks against the beakhead bulkhead isn't that great. It ends up with some heavy overlap of the bulk head from the sides. You could pare this down and depending on how you think it should go you can scribe the continuation of the side plank strakes across the edge of the beakhead bulkhead. The head rails hide much of this area later on. Filling the gap between the top rails is also a good idea. I also had to do a lot of filling on the inside seam of the upper bulwarks and the deck. I did use the gap to hide the tails of the eyebolts that I put though the bulwarks for the chain anchor points. The eyebolt tails were bent over into the gap and then the filler putty covers everything up. I do recall having to trim and fill parts of the stern plate to make it fit snugly to the sides. This, again, is a rather slipshod joint. Nothing substantial to attach to. I think the addition of a few gussets back there could have helped. If I recall the joint between the stern plate and the transom is just a butt joint also. Nothing really there to fix the stern plate to. I painted everything prior to assembly. There was some touch up involved afterwards. Regards, Henry
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    They ought to be. I'm the photographer. Regards, Henry
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    There are two ports in the beakhead bulkhead on the second battery deck. There are also two uncovered ports on the third battery deck. Regards, Henry
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    I always assumed untarred rope. Who would want all that tar on their hammock? Regards, Henry
  25. popeye2sea
    Thank you, Bill. I have just taken the build down off the shelf to start dusting it off after a couple of years of non activity. I am going to enter it in the USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild annual model show as an in-process model. As I continue to work through all the other stuff I have going on the build continues to work it's way higher on the priority list. Hoping to start construction again soon. Regards, Henry

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