popeye2sea

Can I get an Amen and a Hallelujah!      

If you consider that the sewn lines are the seams of the sail cloths used to construct the sail, then the emblem would have been an additional piece sewn over  the cloths.  Hence the seams would be hidden by the emblem.

Dan,

Does Lee suggest that one of the parrel rope methods is older than the other.  I would think that the one that brings the end of the parrel strop to the deck to be the later of the two.

Looks like the bottom of a fish tank.

Chuck,

I received mine and they look great.  Now I have to start making strops and hooks to go with them .  I'm waiting on Alexey's serving machine so that I can begin the strops.  96  2mm blocks and strops and 48 hooks to rig 12 cannons     

Thanks folks,

This being my first build I really do not know what to expect.  I keep thinking that I have to allow for tension.

I guess that is another reason that I am glad I found this site.  The advice I get is priceless.

What metal are people making their hooks from?  I am worried that at the small gauges that I am looking to use they will simply bend open when I put a strain on them.

I have been told that the Loring model of the Constitution is a mix of different iterations(?) of the ship.  And it is not a very good model to use as a reference piece.  

There is a flexible rammer made of rope that would allow the powder and shot to be rammed down the barrel without the end (or the sailor) being stuck out of the gun port.

Thank you Spiff and Wefalk.  Your comments explain a lot.  I'll prime with white from now on.

Thanks Russ

What was the size of a typical breeching rope?  I have 8, 18, and 24 pdrs on my Soleil Royal.  I am assuming I can use the same size for the 18's and 24's.  And I will scale down accordingly for the 8pdr.

R.C. Anderson gives a rule of thumb in his Rigging of Ships in the Age of the Spritsail Topmast as follows:

Diameter of the Main Stay = 1/6 the diameter of the mast

Fore stay = 4/5 of the Main Stay

Mizzen Stay = 1/2 of the Fore Stay

Stay collars = 3/4 of the stay

Shroud and stay laniards = 1/2 of the stay or shroud, except main stay is 1/3

Shrouds are 1/2 of their respective stays, i.e. topmast shrouds are 1/2 of the topmast stay

Mast tackle pendants, backstays = 1/2 of the shrouds

Tackle runners are 2/3 of their pendant

Tackle falls are 1/2 of their runner or pendant

Ties = shrouds

Halyards = 2/3 of the Tie

Lift and Brace pendants = 1/2 of the shroud

Lifts = 3/8 of the shroud

Braces = 3/4 of the Brace pendant

Tacks = 1/2 of the shrouds

Sheets = 3/4 of the shroud

Clews = 1/2 of the sheet

Bowline = 1/2 of the shroud

Leechlines and Buntlines = 1/3 of the shroud

Blocks sheaves are 9 times the diameter of the line, blocks are 12 times the diameter of the line.

Hope it helps

Lambsbk,

There are two hawse pipes on the gun deck and corresponding ones on the berth deck that allow the cable to pass down to the orlop.  I will take pictures of them on Tuesday when I am aboard next.

The difficulties in handling this yard was probably the reason it was replaced by a simpler gaff and boom rig.

I believe that the same method would be used to hoist cannon aboard.

Thanks Russ.   And Tim, I apologize for hijacking your thread.

I'm on the third coat now and the blue molded plastic is still showing through.  Multiple coats are not really a problem because there is no surface detail to hide, but it's just a pain in the a## to have to paint so many coats.

I am currently using Testor's  Model Master acrylic #4630 Red.  I have also tried Model Expo's #MS 4802-B Gun Red.  It goes on a bit thicker but still has poor coverage.

Thanks for the encouragement Ulises.

Thanks Chuck.  I'll look into Badger paints.  I'm currently painting the interior bulwarks of my Soliel Royal.  I have three coats on it now and it's nowhere near covering the blue plastic they are molded from.  The red paint seems to go on like a wash, unlike any other color I have used.

You guys are incredible    Most of these you are getting these in 15 - 30 min.  I am in awe.

I do not think that preventer chains were generally used prior to 1730 or 1750

Finally have some new progress to report. Seems like there is never enough time to work on the build.

I am working on correcting the deficiencies in the head of the ship. Since no one really knows what this area of the ship looked like I took some artistic license. I was also pointed in the direction of a build log on another site which gave me some good ideas.

Here's what I came up with:

I filled the space between the cheeks with a billet carved from styrene stock. Then I cast some silicone molds using the decoration on one of the quarter galleries and cast some pieces in resin.

Here are the resin pieces mounted and painted

Next I carved some head rail timbers from strip styrene

And mounted them

Then I cast another decoration to ornament the head timbers and mounted them to finish out this project

And here is a couple of pics with the head rails and grating temporarily fitted

That's all for now.

Thanks for looking in on the build.

P.S. I'm hoping this is not too horrible a build. No one has commented yet

S.S. Minnow?