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Blue Ensign got a reaction from WBlakeny in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Stanchions, and miscellaneous finishings
Stanchions.
These run along the Foc'sle and the waist.
Foc'sle
A passing rope (2½" - 0.30mm) threads thro' the Foc'sle stanchions. Eyebolts at either end of the stanchions in the planksheer and bollard timbers to secure the line.
Waist
The iron stanchions along the waist are topped by a rough tree rail. I have used a length of 'ebony' boxwood strip.
Always a fine point to when to fit these delicate pieces, don't want to do it until I am sure no more fiddling in the waist area is required, hope I'm right.
Entry stanchions and Entering ropes.
The stanchions are kit provided in brass etch, but seemed a little too short to me, so I modified them. According to Steel the Entering ropes are of 3" line (0.38mm)
I initially used Morope 0.40mm. which is closest to scale, knotted at 5mm intervals down to the water level.
On reflection I thought the overhand knots looked too bulky; I retried it using pva blobs to represent the knots, didn't like that either.
Finally I downsized to Syren 0.3mm line and this suited my eye best.
Swinging Studding Booms
I made these a long time ago, there are sets for the Fore and Main Studding sails.
The Fore booms are a problem inasmuch that unlike the Main booms which lie along the Main channels, the Fore Booms have nowhere to lie insitu when not in use.
When in use the Gooseneck hooks into an eye bolt fixed in the hull just aft of the Bridle port and forward of the Billboards.
The Upper deck seems to be only practical place to store these, or perhaps lashed to the spare topmasts on the Gallows.
At over 30ft in length manoeuvring and fitting these items must have been an awkward exercise when at sea.
The Main booms hook into an iron strap with an eye at the Fore end of the channel and is supported by an iron crutch towards the aft end of the channel.
Not quite sure how these are secured along the channels but I have taken the view that lashing to a deadeye strop is a reasonable option.
The Main booms do have various guys rigged to operate, but I have not included these.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from billocrates in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
The Fore Sheets
4½" line 0.56mm Syren 0.45mm
Eye spliced to eyebolt below fixed block in hull, 5mm fwd of sweep port.
Thro' sheet block at the yard,then aft thro' aft fixed block.
.......to the range cleat in the waist.
The Fore Tacks
TACKS, SINGLE, lead through the block lashed round the outer end of the boomkin on each side, then lead upon the forecastle, and belay round a large cleat upon the cat-head, or to the topsail-sheet-bitts.
Deciding the run of this lead caused me some trouble and I raised the issue in a separate post.
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/15232-run-of-the-fore-tack/
The response to my query was somewhat thin but I have concluded that the tacks should run outside of other rigging lines leading into the Foc'sle.
On a purely practical basis, with the sail set, the tack line would otherwise be fouled.
Tack line taken inboard and belayed around top of Head rail.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from amateur in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Main mast rigging ongoing
Tying up a few more loose ends.
Firstly the Main Topmast and T'gallant backstays need to attached with their deadeyes to the Channel, and secondly the Main sheets which pass outside of the stays, but then pass thro' a fixed block and inboard to belay at a timberhead.
At this point I have one of those 'oh bugger' moments, as I realise I have slipped betwixt two stools (no pun intended) when it came to the backstays.
The kit provides for two Topmast backstays, the ffm only one, and I find I have one too many deadeyes on the channel. Needless to say I have only one backstay hanging from the Topmast head.
Too late to remove all the top hamper to add another backstay in the proper manner, but it was just about possible to thread the line up beneath the stay collars, feed it around the masthead and down to the channel.
I am encouraged by Lees comment that Main Topmasts sometimes carried one more backstay than the Fore topmasts.
Crisis over and I move on, no real visual impact of this little deception, and only you and me know about it.
My approach is to attach the deadeyes to the backstays, but leave off applying the lanyards until the sheets have been fitted and belayed.
Main Sheets
I had trialled the run of the Main sheets back in November,now is the time to fix them.
The run of the Main sheets can look awkward because without sails rigged they tend to lie against the Backstays before they lead inboard. For this reason I like to have a degree of slackness in the sheets so that they do not bind hard against the stays.
That the Channels are sniped towards the aft end on the ffm plans, which throws the backstays a little more inboard may be done to counter this .
Of course the simplest method is to not rig the sheets and tacks on a bare stick model.
The sheets are a substantial line scaling to 0.56mm ø This is an awkward size in relation to scale line. Syren has 0.45mm and 0.63mm and Morope has 0.4mm 0.6mm
I need also to take into account the tack line which is larger at 0.69mm.
I would prefer to use Syren for this particular line as the synthetic Morope needs to have some tension on it to avoid unnatural looking kinks.
For these reasons I am using Syren 0.45mm line for the sheets, and 0.63mm for the Tacks, which give a visible difference between the two.
To get a smooth kink free run of the sheet between the sheet block and lead block on the hull I dip the line in very dilute pva, wipe off the excess and put the line under light tension for a while.
The standing end of the sheet is 'false' spliced around an eyebolt above the aftermost gunport.
It leads thro' the sheet block from out to in, runs down to a lead block seized just above and aft of the standing part, and runs thro' the fixed block to belay at a timberhead.
The Main Sheet belay can be seen opposite the gratings.
With the Main sheet belayed I can now secure the T'gallant backstay.
Main Brace Falls
The ffm (18.43) indicates that once the brace line has passed thro' the the fixed block it is belayed to a timberhead some 6 to 8 feet forward to allow the Mizen topsail braces and Vangs to belay aft of the Main brace.
On the kit model this would place the belay on a timberhead adjacent to the tiller lines.
I have run the brace falls forward to belay opposite the Mizen mast.
The Main Tack
Belaying the tack to the forward Range cleat in the waist proved a little tricky, mostly because I added the waist gangboards.
Just about managed it from the opposite sides with very long tweezers, but there are several risks poking around beneath the Pinnace at this stage.
Ffm Vol 11 para 12.15 indicates an eyebolt for the Main tack fixed in side. - note this is applicable for double tack rigs not the single tacks as used in 6th rates.
I will now move onto the Fore Sheets.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Return to the blunt end.
Over the past few days I have turned my attention back to the stern.
Some of the previously rigged lines now need to have the falls formed before the area gets too crowded.
Mizen Topsail Yard Braces
I used 1½" line (0.20mm) eye spliced around the Gaff end taken up thro' the brace pendant blocks and down thro' the lead blocks at the gaff peak.
Eyebolts are fitted to the top of the Tafferal to take the tackle blocks for the Mizen Topsail braces
The falls pass thro' the outer lead block on the Tafferal, and thro' the fixed block to belay at the Qtr deck rail. 6" single blocks (I used Syren 3/32nd blocks) and 3mm hooks
Vangs
Steel says:
VANGS. The bight is put over the peek-end with an overhand-knot, and the double-blocks spliced in the lower ends are connected by their falls to a single block, that hooks to an eye-bolt in the upper part of the quarter-piece on each side. The standing-part makes fast to the becket in the **** of the single-block, and the leading-part leads from the double-block, and belays to a cleat nailed on the taffarel fife-rail, or round the **** of the single-block.
A Pendant line of 3" (0.37mm) is hitched around the centre of the Gaff - I used Morope 0.4mm with 6" blocks (2.38mm) spliced in. Falls of 1½" line (0.20mm)
Although they don't look it on this photo the pendants are of equal length below the Gaff.
The falls pass thro' the lead block hooked to the Tafferal to belay. Again Syren 3/32nd blocks and 3mm hooks were used.
For those using the ffm Vol IV as their rigging reference you should note that the guidance to run the falls of the Mizen Topsail Braces and Vangs thro' the fixed block at the Qtr deck rail may not work with the kit version at least because there is less Tafferal outside of the rails in which to bring the falls in from the outside. The book references are in relation to the Resolution model which has Quarter Galleries, and more space to work with.
This is not a problem the Vang falls can either be expended around the lower blocks or hitched to a cleat on the inner face of the Tafferal.
Mizen Topmast Backstay
This was fitted a while back but now is a convenient time to secure with the deadeyes. For this I used 2.5mm Boxwood Deadeyes.
To recap:
The kit arrangement shows two topmast backstays set up with deadeyes hooked into eyebolts just forward of the Quarter Badge.
Lees indicates the use of a stool or a deadeye plate bolted to the ships side.
The ffm (Standing rigging plan) indicates a single backstay for which the addition of a small stool fitted at drift rail height aft of the Quarter badge is required.
I opted for a deadeye plate fixed to the hull forward of the Quarter Badge, a lot less fussy than a mini stool and a little more secure.
A peek thro' the Quarter badge lights. Looks like someone needs to have a sweep up in the Great Cabin.
The lantern
Chuck's little beauty was fixed some time ago, but there remained the supporting braces which have now been fitted.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from billocrates in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Tidying up the Foc'sle.
For the past few days I having been trying to sort out the confusion of lines around the Foc'sle.
There are a lot of loose ends now that need securing, and looking ahead a little there is the perennial problem of sufficient belaying points.
I note that the Belaying plan (Plan#3) of the ffm Vol IV shows 10 cleats conveniently placed around the inner bulwark of the bows between the Bowsprit and Cathead, but what is not shown is the Breast hook which fits over the Bowsprit and is bolted to the bow timbers which would preclude cleats in the position shown but presumably they could be fitted to the face or top of the Breast Hook.
The Breast hook can be seen in this shot.
Steel specifically mentions a pin in the breast hook to take the Fore T'Gallant bowlines.
Bowlines are a feature I am thinking of adding even tho' mine is a bare stick model, in this case they are simply hitched to their respective yards before running to belay points.
The Foc'sle is just about tidied up now and the T'gallant Backstays have been rigged.
In a final crowning to the mastheads the trucks are added.
The photos
Tidying the line ends
Belaying to the Belfry rails is a test of patience, so many lines to snag.
Fore T'gallant backstays on the stools now secured.
Lead of the Fore Tack, something that is causing me some confusion at present, not yet ready to be secured.
Truck at Foremast head
....and at the Mainmast head; Main T'gallant back stays yet to be secured.
Coming together now I think.
B.E. 31/01/2017
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from billocrates in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Mizen Topsail Yard
I am rigging the yards in the lowered position and the ffm (p117) advocates pinning the Mizen Topsail Yard to the mast to provide some resistance to the pull of the lifts, there being no counter available from the braces which in this case are insufficiently angled to do the job.
This is good advice which I have taken.
As my Pegasus has a pole head Mizen I have also adopted the use of a Truss parrel to secure the yard to the mast, rather than the Ribs and truck arrangement which would in any case be pretty small on the Mizen Topsail Yard.
It is convenient at this point to complete the Mizen Tye and Halyard, not least because a tackle has to be rigged on the Mizen top.
The tye is eye spliced around the yard and is taken thro' the sheave below the hounds of the Mizen topmast. I used Syren 0.45mm line.
(2) 3mm single blocks are required; one spliced into the tye and the other hooked to the starboard Trestletree inside of the Top rail.
With the yard in the lowered position care has to be taken to position the upper tye block correctly, to allow sufficient hauling distance in the tackle to raise the yard.
The fall is attached to the strop of the Upper block before making up the tackle and then passing thro' the top to belay around a mast cleat on the Mizen Mast.
It will quickly become apparent why it is not a good idea to fix the Top rail too soon on the Mizen, or for that matter the other mast tops either.
The horses take a bit of disturbance during the yard fitting and will require a little adjustment once the process is completed.
This completes the attachment of the Topsail Yards to the masts.
I will now move onto the Topsail Lifts, and tyes for the Fore and Main Topmast yards which are currently held by temporary lines.
A good time also to review what other elements of the running rigging would best be fitted at this stage.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Beef Wellington in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
I think that looks very good Jason, you have got a nice curve on the Quarter Gallery which is easy on the eye, so many of these items end up looking wedge shaped.
Love your moulding, light years ahead of the other options.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Eddie in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale
Fine Companionway you have made there Don.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Thank you, Don, Lawrence, Joe, and Mike for your most generous comments, much appreciated.
@ Lawrence, served brass wire comes in very handy for a number of tricky little rigging requirements, and Catharpins are one of the best examples.
@ Mike, I didn't repost the log twice, just in two halves. Fortunately the first half was a straight copy and paste from another forum, and the second half (Masting and Rigging) from my word/photo files, which were in a reasonable order but still took several day to complete and proved the most tiresome. Otherwise I doubt I would have had the heart or inclination to start again.
I now live in fear of the 'delete' button
ps: Have you changed your tag name from 'Landlubber Mike?
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from EJ_L in Trabakul by donrobinson - FINISHED - MarisStella - 1:32 scale
Fine Companionway you have made there Don.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from WBlakeny in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Thank you Chuck, Nils, and Michael, and to all those who have re-visited the log and hit the 'like' button multiple times.
Scuppers
One of tidy up items to do is the Scuppers for the Manger.
I had much earlier in the build attended to the other six scuppers required along the hull and this is the last one.
These are 'false' scuppers in the sense that they are drilled from outside and do not connect to the scupper outlets in the waterway, a much too fraught exercise to consider.
The lead flanges are made from thin slivers of aluminium tubing bashed flat on my anvil and painted with a flat lead grey colour.
The run of seven scuppers along the hull.
With Pegasus out of her cover I took the opportunity to take some general shots.
I keep spotting things that require attention or that I have overlooked, I think this process could take a while.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Captain Poison in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Tidying up the Foc'sle.
For the past few days I having been trying to sort out the confusion of lines around the Foc'sle.
There are a lot of loose ends now that need securing, and looking ahead a little there is the perennial problem of sufficient belaying points.
I note that the Belaying plan (Plan#3) of the ffm Vol IV shows 10 cleats conveniently placed around the inner bulwark of the bows between the Bowsprit and Cathead, but what is not shown is the Breast hook which fits over the Bowsprit and is bolted to the bow timbers which would preclude cleats in the position shown but presumably they could be fitted to the face or top of the Breast Hook.
The Breast hook can be seen in this shot.
Steel specifically mentions a pin in the breast hook to take the Fore T'Gallant bowlines.
Bowlines are a feature I am thinking of adding even tho' mine is a bare stick model, in this case they are simply hitched to their respective yards before running to belay points.
The Foc'sle is just about tidied up now and the T'gallant Backstays have been rigged.
In a final crowning to the mastheads the trucks are added.
The photos
Tidying the line ends
Belaying to the Belfry rails is a test of patience, so many lines to snag.
Fore T'gallant backstays on the stools now secured.
Lead of the Fore Tack, something that is causing me some confusion at present, not yet ready to be secured.
Truck at Foremast head
....and at the Mainmast head; Main T'gallant back stays yet to be secured.
Coming together now I think.
B.E. 31/01/2017
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Captain Poison in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Return to the blunt end.
Over the past few days I have turned my attention back to the stern.
Some of the previously rigged lines now need to have the falls formed before the area gets too crowded.
Mizen Topsail Yard Braces
I used 1½" line (0.20mm) eye spliced around the Gaff end taken up thro' the brace pendant blocks and down thro' the lead blocks at the gaff peak.
Eyebolts are fitted to the top of the Tafferal to take the tackle blocks for the Mizen Topsail braces
The falls pass thro' the outer lead block on the Tafferal, and thro' the fixed block to belay at the Qtr deck rail. 6" single blocks (I used Syren 3/32nd blocks) and 3mm hooks
Vangs
Steel says:
VANGS. The bight is put over the peek-end with an overhand-knot, and the double-blocks spliced in the lower ends are connected by their falls to a single block, that hooks to an eye-bolt in the upper part of the quarter-piece on each side. The standing-part makes fast to the becket in the **** of the single-block, and the leading-part leads from the double-block, and belays to a cleat nailed on the taffarel fife-rail, or round the **** of the single-block.
A Pendant line of 3" (0.37mm) is hitched around the centre of the Gaff - I used Morope 0.4mm with 6" blocks (2.38mm) spliced in. Falls of 1½" line (0.20mm)
Although they don't look it on this photo the pendants are of equal length below the Gaff.
The falls pass thro' the lead block hooked to the Tafferal to belay. Again Syren 3/32nd blocks and 3mm hooks were used.
For those using the ffm Vol IV as their rigging reference you should note that the guidance to run the falls of the Mizen Topsail Braces and Vangs thro' the fixed block at the Qtr deck rail may not work with the kit version at least because there is less Tafferal outside of the rails in which to bring the falls in from the outside. The book references are in relation to the Resolution model which has Quarter Galleries, and more space to work with.
This is not a problem the Vang falls can either be expended around the lower blocks or hitched to a cleat on the inner face of the Tafferal.
Mizen Topmast Backstay
This was fitted a while back but now is a convenient time to secure with the deadeyes. For this I used 2.5mm Boxwood Deadeyes.
To recap:
The kit arrangement shows two topmast backstays set up with deadeyes hooked into eyebolts just forward of the Quarter Badge.
Lees indicates the use of a stool or a deadeye plate bolted to the ships side.
The ffm (Standing rigging plan) indicates a single backstay for which the addition of a small stool fitted at drift rail height aft of the Quarter badge is required.
I opted for a deadeye plate fixed to the hull forward of the Quarter Badge, a lot less fussy than a mini stool and a little more secure.
A peek thro' the Quarter badge lights. Looks like someone needs to have a sweep up in the Great Cabin.
The lantern
Chuck's little beauty was fixed some time ago, but there remained the supporting braces which have now been fitted.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from md1400cs in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Main mast rigging ongoing
Tying up a few more loose ends.
Firstly the Main Topmast and T'gallant backstays need to attached with their deadeyes to the Channel, and secondly the Main sheets which pass outside of the stays, but then pass thro' a fixed block and inboard to belay at a timberhead.
At this point I have one of those 'oh bugger' moments, as I realise I have slipped betwixt two stools (no pun intended) when it came to the backstays.
The kit provides for two Topmast backstays, the ffm only one, and I find I have one too many deadeyes on the channel. Needless to say I have only one backstay hanging from the Topmast head.
Too late to remove all the top hamper to add another backstay in the proper manner, but it was just about possible to thread the line up beneath the stay collars, feed it around the masthead and down to the channel.
I am encouraged by Lees comment that Main Topmasts sometimes carried one more backstay than the Fore topmasts.
Crisis over and I move on, no real visual impact of this little deception, and only you and me know about it.
My approach is to attach the deadeyes to the backstays, but leave off applying the lanyards until the sheets have been fitted and belayed.
Main Sheets
I had trialled the run of the Main sheets back in November,now is the time to fix them.
The run of the Main sheets can look awkward because without sails rigged they tend to lie against the Backstays before they lead inboard. For this reason I like to have a degree of slackness in the sheets so that they do not bind hard against the stays.
That the Channels are sniped towards the aft end on the ffm plans, which throws the backstays a little more inboard may be done to counter this .
Of course the simplest method is to not rig the sheets and tacks on a bare stick model.
The sheets are a substantial line scaling to 0.56mm ø This is an awkward size in relation to scale line. Syren has 0.45mm and 0.63mm and Morope has 0.4mm 0.6mm
I need also to take into account the tack line which is larger at 0.69mm.
I would prefer to use Syren for this particular line as the synthetic Morope needs to have some tension on it to avoid unnatural looking kinks.
For these reasons I am using Syren 0.45mm line for the sheets, and 0.63mm for the Tacks, which give a visible difference between the two.
To get a smooth kink free run of the sheet between the sheet block and lead block on the hull I dip the line in very dilute pva, wipe off the excess and put the line under light tension for a while.
The standing end of the sheet is 'false' spliced around an eyebolt above the aftermost gunport.
It leads thro' the sheet block from out to in, runs down to a lead block seized just above and aft of the standing part, and runs thro' the fixed block to belay at a timberhead.
The Main Sheet belay can be seen opposite the gratings.
With the Main sheet belayed I can now secure the T'gallant backstay.
Main Brace Falls
The ffm (18.43) indicates that once the brace line has passed thro' the the fixed block it is belayed to a timberhead some 6 to 8 feet forward to allow the Mizen topsail braces and Vangs to belay aft of the Main brace.
On the kit model this would place the belay on a timberhead adjacent to the tiller lines.
I have run the brace falls forward to belay opposite the Mizen mast.
The Main Tack
Belaying the tack to the forward Range cleat in the waist proved a little tricky, mostly because I added the waist gangboards.
Just about managed it from the opposite sides with very long tweezers, but there are several risks poking around beneath the Pinnace at this stage.
Ffm Vol 11 para 12.15 indicates an eyebolt for the Main tack fixed in side. - note this is applicable for double tack rigs not the single tacks as used in 6th rates.
I will now move onto the Fore Sheets.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from md1400cs in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
The Fore Sheets
4½" line 0.56mm Syren 0.45mm
Eye spliced to eyebolt below fixed block in hull, 5mm fwd of sweep port.
Thro' sheet block at the yard,then aft thro' aft fixed block.
.......to the range cleat in the waist.
The Fore Tacks
TACKS, SINGLE, lead through the block lashed round the outer end of the boomkin on each side, then lead upon the forecastle, and belay round a large cleat upon the cat-head, or to the topsail-sheet-bitts.
Deciding the run of this lead caused me some trouble and I raised the issue in a separate post.
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/15232-run-of-the-fore-tack/
The response to my query was somewhat thin but I have concluded that the tacks should run outside of other rigging lines leading into the Foc'sle.
On a purely practical basis, with the sail set, the tack line would otherwise be fouled.
Tack line taken inboard and belayed around top of Head rail.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from md1400cs in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Stanchions, and miscellaneous finishings
Stanchions.
These run along the Foc'sle and the waist.
Foc'sle
A passing rope (2½" - 0.30mm) threads thro' the Foc'sle stanchions. Eyebolts at either end of the stanchions in the planksheer and bollard timbers to secure the line.
Waist
The iron stanchions along the waist are topped by a rough tree rail. I have used a length of 'ebony' boxwood strip.
Always a fine point to when to fit these delicate pieces, don't want to do it until I am sure no more fiddling in the waist area is required, hope I'm right.
Entry stanchions and Entering ropes.
The stanchions are kit provided in brass etch, but seemed a little too short to me, so I modified them. According to Steel the Entering ropes are of 3" line (0.38mm)
I initially used Morope 0.40mm. which is closest to scale, knotted at 5mm intervals down to the water level.
On reflection I thought the overhand knots looked too bulky; I retried it using pva blobs to represent the knots, didn't like that either.
Finally I downsized to Syren 0.3mm line and this suited my eye best.
Swinging Studding Booms
I made these a long time ago, there are sets for the Fore and Main Studding sails.
The Fore booms are a problem inasmuch that unlike the Main booms which lie along the Main channels, the Fore Booms have nowhere to lie insitu when not in use.
When in use the Gooseneck hooks into an eye bolt fixed in the hull just aft of the Bridle port and forward of the Billboards.
The Upper deck seems to be only practical place to store these, or perhaps lashed to the spare topmasts on the Gallows.
At over 30ft in length manoeuvring and fitting these items must have been an awkward exercise when at sea.
The Main booms hook into an iron strap with an eye at the Fore end of the channel and is supported by an iron crutch towards the aft end of the channel.
Not quite sure how these are secured along the channels but I have taken the view that lashing to a deadeye strop is a reasonable option.
The Main booms do have various guys rigged to operate, but I have not included these.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Janfran in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
My four year build log has alas fallen victim to the latest system upgrade, and like the ship she represents is now presumed lost, as Pegasus was in 1777.
To re-instate all the information contained within the orginal log which ran for over 100 pages is a bit of an ask but where I can pick up the information quickly I will include it in this replacement log with priority being given to specific aspects where I have modified the basic kit, to produce the model which is now allbut finished.
My log which was first posted in 2013 lacked much of the earlier stages of the build which had been going since 2010, and this revision will include aspects of the earlier build stages which may assist those embarking on a new Swan build adventure.
I would like to thank all those members who have shown interest in my build over the past four years, and for the many appreciative comments and 'likes' I received. I still can't believe that over 257,000 visits were made to the log, but it is nice to think that it was of use to the membership.
Also thank you to those who have messaged me with kind words about the loss of the original log, and with offers of help.
Hopefully this revised version, risen from the ashes, will continue to provide useful information to the membership, particularly those involved with Swan Class Sloops.
B.E.
5th March 2017
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Martin W in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Thank you, Don, Lawrence, Joe, and Mike for your most generous comments, much appreciated.
@ Lawrence, served brass wire comes in very handy for a number of tricky little rigging requirements, and Catharpins are one of the best examples.
@ Mike, I didn't repost the log twice, just in two halves. Fortunately the first half was a straight copy and paste from another forum, and the second half (Masting and Rigging) from my word/photo files, which were in a reasonable order but still took several day to complete and proved the most tiresome. Otherwise I doubt I would have had the heart or inclination to start again.
I now live in fear of the 'delete' button
ps: Have you changed your tag name from 'Landlubber Mike?
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from MEDDO in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Thank you, Don, Lawrence, Joe, and Mike for your most generous comments, much appreciated.
@ Lawrence, served brass wire comes in very handy for a number of tricky little rigging requirements, and Catharpins are one of the best examples.
@ Mike, I didn't repost the log twice, just in two halves. Fortunately the first half was a straight copy and paste from another forum, and the second half (Masting and Rigging) from my word/photo files, which were in a reasonable order but still took several day to complete and proved the most tiresome. Otherwise I doubt I would have had the heart or inclination to start again.
I now live in fear of the 'delete' button
ps: Have you changed your tag name from 'Landlubber Mike?
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Captain Poison in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Thank you Chuck, Nils, and Michael, and to all those who have re-visited the log and hit the 'like' button multiple times.
Scuppers
One of tidy up items to do is the Scuppers for the Manger.
I had much earlier in the build attended to the other six scuppers required along the hull and this is the last one.
These are 'false' scuppers in the sense that they are drilled from outside and do not connect to the scupper outlets in the waterway, a much too fraught exercise to consider.
The lead flanges are made from thin slivers of aluminium tubing bashed flat on my anvil and painted with a flat lead grey colour.
The run of seven scuppers along the hull.
With Pegasus out of her cover I took the opportunity to take some general shots.
I keep spotting things that require attention or that I have overlooked, I think this process could take a while.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from billocrates in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Hoisting the Ensign
This is a schematic of how I attach the Ensign to the Staff.
Incidentally this is Blue Ensign made for my Victory build, using the tissue/printing method.
I had made the Ensign and Jack Staffs some time back in the build.
The Ensign is raised.
The Jack before tweaking...............
.........and after.
Almost there folks, some tidying up now to do, and a base to make.
This post marks the seven day task of rebuilding this log, I think I've got it all in the correct order.
B.E.
11 March 2017.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from md1400cs in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Ensigns.
I have opted for the Red Ensign, and a Union Flag at the Jack staff. There should also be a Commissioning Pennant worn at the Mainmast head, but these very long pennants can be difficult to get to hang right on a model, and may be best left off, I am undecided at present.
The two references I use for flags are:
Flags for Ship modellers and marine artists by Alec A Purves
Flags at Sea by Timothy Wilson.
For Pegasus the pre 1801 Union flag design is appropriate; for Fly with a career spanning the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland, either would be appropriate.
Many depictions of the pre 1801 Ensign, and Jack show quite a broad white diagonal representing the Scottish Saltire
However, contemporary marine art does tend to show the Union flag with a much darker blue ground and a much narrower white diagonal.
This extract is of a painting that hangs above my desk. It is entitled A Two-decker and a Frigate off Harwich by One of my favourite contemporary marine artists, Charles Brooking, and is my guide for the Pegasus Ensigns.
This is my preferred design, albeit in rough form.
Making the Ensign
A photo of the Ensign is printed out at the appropriate size to form the pattern. This scales to 57mm x 87mm.
To make the Ensign I used Modelspan tissue.
A piece of Modelspan is taped across a box with a rectangular hole in it.
It is then painted both sides with dilute pva, and dried with a hair dryer.
It is then taped over the photo image of the Ensign and run thro' the printer.
I allow sufficient extra on the hoist edge to form the hoist thro' which the halyard will be fitted.
The printed image on Modelspan is a little too faded so it is again taped over a backing piece and is painted over.
At this point I place a sheet of polythene beneath the image to prevent paint bleed sticking the Modelspan to the paper beneath.
To paint the flags I have used Humbrol Acrylic paints, No 60 (Red) No 77(Blue) and No 34 (White)
Painting both sides of the Ensign completed.
The Jack was prepared in the same manner, measuring 23.8mm x 36.5mm.
The next stage is to get the flags to hang limply in a natural fashion.
My approach is to steam them and tease them into shape.
These little hand steamers are just the ticket, beats holding it over the kettle spout.
A heath Robinson device to hold the Ensign at the correct angle
whilst it is steamed and pulled into shape.
The Ensign is left to dry and hopefully stick in the arranged position.
Line is loosely tied around the flag to assist in shape holding.
The next post will deal with attaching the flags to the staffs.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Martin W in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Stanchions, and miscellaneous finishings
Stanchions.
These run along the Foc'sle and the waist.
Foc'sle
A passing rope (2½" - 0.30mm) threads thro' the Foc'sle stanchions. Eyebolts at either end of the stanchions in the planksheer and bollard timbers to secure the line.
Waist
The iron stanchions along the waist are topped by a rough tree rail. I have used a length of 'ebony' boxwood strip.
Always a fine point to when to fit these delicate pieces, don't want to do it until I am sure no more fiddling in the waist area is required, hope I'm right.
Entry stanchions and Entering ropes.
The stanchions are kit provided in brass etch, but seemed a little too short to me, so I modified them. According to Steel the Entering ropes are of 3" line (0.38mm)
I initially used Morope 0.40mm. which is closest to scale, knotted at 5mm intervals down to the water level.
On reflection I thought the overhand knots looked too bulky; I retried it using pva blobs to represent the knots, didn't like that either.
Finally I downsized to Syren 0.3mm line and this suited my eye best.
Swinging Studding Booms
I made these a long time ago, there are sets for the Fore and Main Studding sails.
The Fore booms are a problem inasmuch that unlike the Main booms which lie along the Main channels, the Fore Booms have nowhere to lie insitu when not in use.
When in use the Gooseneck hooks into an eye bolt fixed in the hull just aft of the Bridle port and forward of the Billboards.
The Upper deck seems to be only practical place to store these, or perhaps lashed to the spare topmasts on the Gallows.
At over 30ft in length manoeuvring and fitting these items must have been an awkward exercise when at sea.
The Main booms hook into an iron strap with an eye at the Fore end of the channel and is supported by an iron crutch towards the aft end of the channel.
Not quite sure how these are secured along the channels but I have taken the view that lashing to a deadeye strop is a reasonable option.
The Main booms do have various guys rigged to operate, but I have not included these.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Martin W in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
The Fore Sheets
4½" line 0.56mm Syren 0.45mm
Eye spliced to eyebolt below fixed block in hull, 5mm fwd of sweep port.
Thro' sheet block at the yard,then aft thro' aft fixed block.
.......to the range cleat in the waist.
The Fore Tacks
TACKS, SINGLE, lead through the block lashed round the outer end of the boomkin on each side, then lead upon the forecastle, and belay round a large cleat upon the cat-head, or to the topsail-sheet-bitts.
Deciding the run of this lead caused me some trouble and I raised the issue in a separate post.
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/15232-run-of-the-fore-tack/
The response to my query was somewhat thin but I have concluded that the tacks should run outside of other rigging lines leading into the Foc'sle.
On a purely practical basis, with the sail set, the tack line would otherwise be fouled.
Tack line taken inboard and belayed around top of Head rail.
B.E.
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Blue Ensign got a reaction from Martin W in HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale
Main mast rigging ongoing
Tying up a few more loose ends.
Firstly the Main Topmast and T'gallant backstays need to attached with their deadeyes to the Channel, and secondly the Main sheets which pass outside of the stays, but then pass thro' a fixed block and inboard to belay at a timberhead.
At this point I have one of those 'oh bugger' moments, as I realise I have slipped betwixt two stools (no pun intended) when it came to the backstays.
The kit provides for two Topmast backstays, the ffm only one, and I find I have one too many deadeyes on the channel. Needless to say I have only one backstay hanging from the Topmast head.
Too late to remove all the top hamper to add another backstay in the proper manner, but it was just about possible to thread the line up beneath the stay collars, feed it around the masthead and down to the channel.
I am encouraged by Lees comment that Main Topmasts sometimes carried one more backstay than the Fore topmasts.
Crisis over and I move on, no real visual impact of this little deception, and only you and me know about it.
My approach is to attach the deadeyes to the backstays, but leave off applying the lanyards until the sheets have been fitted and belayed.
Main Sheets
I had trialled the run of the Main sheets back in November,now is the time to fix them.
The run of the Main sheets can look awkward because without sails rigged they tend to lie against the Backstays before they lead inboard. For this reason I like to have a degree of slackness in the sheets so that they do not bind hard against the stays.
That the Channels are sniped towards the aft end on the ffm plans, which throws the backstays a little more inboard may be done to counter this .
Of course the simplest method is to not rig the sheets and tacks on a bare stick model.
The sheets are a substantial line scaling to 0.56mm ø This is an awkward size in relation to scale line. Syren has 0.45mm and 0.63mm and Morope has 0.4mm 0.6mm
I need also to take into account the tack line which is larger at 0.69mm.
I would prefer to use Syren for this particular line as the synthetic Morope needs to have some tension on it to avoid unnatural looking kinks.
For these reasons I am using Syren 0.45mm line for the sheets, and 0.63mm for the Tacks, which give a visible difference between the two.
To get a smooth kink free run of the sheet between the sheet block and lead block on the hull I dip the line in very dilute pva, wipe off the excess and put the line under light tension for a while.
The standing end of the sheet is 'false' spliced around an eyebolt above the aftermost gunport.
It leads thro' the sheet block from out to in, runs down to a lead block seized just above and aft of the standing part, and runs thro' the fixed block to belay at a timberhead.
The Main Sheet belay can be seen opposite the gratings.
With the Main sheet belayed I can now secure the T'gallant backstay.
Main Brace Falls
The ffm (18.43) indicates that once the brace line has passed thro' the the fixed block it is belayed to a timberhead some 6 to 8 feet forward to allow the Mizen topsail braces and Vangs to belay aft of the Main brace.
On the kit model this would place the belay on a timberhead adjacent to the tiller lines.
I have run the brace falls forward to belay opposite the Mizen mast.
The Main Tack
Belaying the tack to the forward Range cleat in the waist proved a little tricky, mostly because I added the waist gangboards.
Just about managed it from the opposite sides with very long tweezers, but there are several risks poking around beneath the Pinnace at this stage.
Ffm Vol 11 para 12.15 indicates an eyebolt for the Main tack fixed in side. - note this is applicable for double tack rigs not the single tacks as used in 6th rates.
I will now move onto the Fore Sheets.
B.E.