jwvolz
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Are you asking from an actual practice standpoint or a modeling standpoint? From a modeling standpoint drill a hole in the yard and one in the mast. Place a pin or small nail in the hole in the yard and use that to pin it to the mast. You can further secure with glue as well. As to actual practice it is usually a combination of slings/parrells etc... Is there nothing that shows that on the plans or noted in the instructions?
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Is there a trick to making deadeyes?
jwvolz replied to Schooners's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Buy them? Not trying to be flippant with that, but of all commercial fittings deadeyes are one of the better products out there. Syren has some very nice ones. -
Finished the seine boat. I did not take in-progress pictures past that initial one on the build board. Let's just say the process between there and finished was not pretty, but in the end came out reasonably well. The plans themselves are very good, it's the method MS gives you to get there that isn't... There is still a good bit of finished detail to add, but I'll leave that for later on at this point.
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Looking really nice David.
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Really nice work!
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US Brig Syren by Gahm - Model Shipways
jwvolz replied to Gahm's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
Jolly boat looks great and love the stand Thomas. -
Nice work so far!
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Wheel looks great Richard, really nice work.
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Started to work on the seine boat. I suspect this thing might be a bit tricky especially based on some of the previous build logs, especially with extricating it from the former if assembled per the instructions. We shall see...
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Everyone is here to help if you have issues. Make sure you start a build log so we can follow along. Good luck!
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I built Cruiser with some modifications to better represent the class. Materials are generally good, as are the plans. As an early CC kit the instructions are lacking badly. I barely used them anyway, but depending on your experience level it's something to keep in mind. The link to my build is in the "completed section of my signature.
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Thanks guys. I've made some further progress, just behind on my updates.
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Coming along beautifully Richard!
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That came out looking great Bob!
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Just love the metalwork Richard. The tiny nuts and bolts, do you make them yourself? I plan to fake them on my Latham...🙄
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Here's a few pictures. Hard to get ones through the case.
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Bob, Looked at mine and it looks similar. Hard to get a great view since it is in a case... One thing, maybe be reduce the size of the messenger a bit to better differentiate it from the actual anchor cable. Mine is about 1/2 the size of what you have there.
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Thanks Richard and the likes.
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Deck has been planked (including windlass pads and thick pads at the masts) and painted. I masked from templates I made copying the plans and airbrushed the white. The areas that I stained should be gray, based on the instructions, but I didn't like how much of the plank detail disappeared under the white paint, so I elected to just stain it a weathered color.
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Bob, I no longer have my plans, but according to the AOTS book the Crossjack yard is 183mm in length with a center section of 49.5mm. AOTS shows it round in the full diameter center section, so no onctagonal. I merely started the taper from that full diameter center section. It's hard to get the diameter from the AOTS drawings accurately as they are 1/96, and I converted the above measurements to 1/64. Your numbers look close. The mizzen topsail yard is octagonal in the center section according to the book, and I did build it that way.
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Nice work on the bowsprit Bob.
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Thanks guys, much appreciated.
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Looking fantastic Richard. All that metalwork is going to be "fun" for me when i get there. Not used to doing it, as I've built exactly one ship past 1815, and that was quite a while ago.
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