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Nice work Peter - did you decide to go with sails on this build? Happy holidays to you and your family!
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Hi Ian, happy holidays and 2014 to you and your family! I'm looking forward to joining the Unicorn gang next year. I was thinking/hoping that I would finish the Badger by the end of the year, but that's looking quite iffy at this point. Now that I've run a few lines and have a better handle on things, I think I can wrap it up next month. We'll see. In the meantime, I've been giving a lot of thought to the modifications to and colors for the build. I think I'm going to plank the hull in pear, and I've bought samples of a variety of stains, dyes and paints to test out. Should be a lot of fun, particularly working alongside you and Zyxux!
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Buntlines and their relation to the shrouds
Landlubber Mike replied to Landlubber Mike's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Thanks very much Frankie. When running the lines last night, I had a feeling that nothing should run outside the shrouds for the reason you say. I'll have to look into fairleads, as these might be a good way to guide the lines in the right direction. -
Hi folks, I'm working on the fore course buntlines for my Badger, and am trying to figure out how they run from the blocks under the tops to the fore shroud pinrail. Do they run inside the shrouds? Outside the shrouds? Can they start outside the shrouds and then cross through the shrouds so that they belay on the pinrail inside the shrouds? For the Badger, it looks like I can get the inner buntlines to run inside the shrouds at all times with no problem. The outer buntlines, however, seem to only be able start outside the shrouds, so I'm wondering if it is proper to run them through the shrouds at the right point. I've been looking at pictures, but can't seem to make out this detail. Thanks so much in advance.
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Looking great John! Impressive that you can work at that scale without driving yourself crazy
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For a quick update (no pictures at the moment), I've been working through the running rigging, and have the bowspirit rigging all in place. I have the fore course and fore topsail yards up, with the lines pre-installed. I thought that it might be easier to work from the bow of the ship to the stern, and pre-install as much of the rigging as possible. I also delayed fully fitting the fore mast backstays so that my sausage fingers would have a little more room to maneuver on the foremast running rigging. Let's just say I'm going cross-eyed trying to keep track of the spaghetti of lines hanging off the fore mast right now. The kit's instructions have you install each of the yards, then add the lifts and buntlines, then the sheets and clew lines, and then finish with the braces. I thought it might be easier to complete the rigging per yard as each yard is installed (minus the braces on the fore and main masts, which I will just do at the end all at once), and work my way up the masts and from bow to fore mast to main mast. Not sure which way is better, but I almost feel that minus the tangle of lines, it ultimately is easier to do it my way. We'll see what happens. For those building the kit (and probably others), the kit tells you to pre-install the blocks on the masts and the yards, without forewarning you that some of the blocks need to have the standing end of the running rigging attached to them. I had to remove and re-install the lift blocks for the fore and main yards and for the spiritsail yard, which was annoying. I had to do the same for some of the blocks on the bowspirit as well. Overall, it's amazing how much line even a small brig like the Badger was fitted with. I love the look as more and more line is attached, but I can see why many choose to just do admiralty type models
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Thanks very much John and Kester. Kester, I appreciate the kind words. I still have the spanker to put together, which is going to be a bit of a challenge given its shape and the fact that it's lashed to both the mast and the gaff. I had one of those "ah ha!" moments in the shower a couple of weeks ago (where I tend to do my best thinking), so I think I might have come up with a potential solution. Frank, thanks so much for the kind wishes! Best wishes to you and your family this holiday season and new year. I wish the same to all my other friends here on MSW!
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Hi folks, I was wondering if anyone has found any decent alternatives to using white paint. I'm about to start on the Charles Morgan, and have been thinking about avoiding paints to the extent possible. In particular I'm trying to avoid using white paint, as even a "dull white" to me looks a bit too garish. The masts and some detail areas of the Charles Morgan are white. I thought holly could be a good option, but after talking to Jeff at Hobbymill, it sounds like it's hard to find stock that would work. Any other options? I've seen pickling stains and whitewash stains on the market, as well as bleaching techniques for wood. Just curious if anyone has figured out a good solution to avoiding white paint. Thanks!
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Gorgeous work Andy - very impressive indeed. Nice to see that there are others with similar addictions to mine (ship building and bonsai).
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Try Cornwall Model Boats - I bought extra parts for my Unicorn and was very happy with the customer service. http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/corel_fttings.html
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Hi Jason, On my Badger, I ended up gluing the masts in. I figured it was one less variable for me to have to control. It was nice having firmly established masts so that I could run the standing rigging with taut lines right off the bat, rather than constantly fiddling and checking to make sure that the mast hadn't moved a bit, needing more tension on the other side, etc. That being said, gluing the masts gave me a lot of anxiety, as you really only have one shot to get them right Now that I have a better understanding of how the various standing rigging works, I might consider not gluing them in on my next build. I've been attaching the spars to the masts the past week or so, and I haven't been able to firmly glue them in place. I am using pins and glue, but there still is a bit of flex in the spar. It's actually working out well, as I've been able to add the running rigging lines and use the lines for tiny adjustments to get the spars to the correct orientation. I imagine that it would be a similar process with similar benefits with the masts, so I can see why many prefer not to glue the masts in.
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Hi John, I came across this try works guide online while hunting for info on the Morgan. Thought I'd pass it along: http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/furniture/Tryworks_Building_Guide.pdf
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Really nice work John. Thanks also for sharing the pictures of the actual ship - gives a lot of food for thought on how to improve it. Great job!
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Love the approach Jason! I've been using the figure-8 seizing method which I've had mixed results with when needing the blocks to hang down lower. This looks like a better way to go about it - thanks!
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Hi ZyXuz, Thanks for your thoughts on this. I'll be curious to see how those Amati parts work out - they look like very good options. My cast metal pieces are terrible Not sure if I'll be able to carve something, but it will either be fun to try or extremely frustrating! I havent decided about the deck either. Part of me is like try to get the ship as historically accurate as possible. The other part is like you're going to burden yourself with something that only you are going to appreciate, while others looking at the ship will likely think the opened portholes look odd
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Hi again ZyXuz, Just out of curiosity, are you planning to add the stern detail piece that goes to the top of the stern? I can't make out from my cast metal piece what it's supposed to be, but from Ollyweb's beautiful build, it looks like it's a bunch of flags or something to that effect. The Chapman plans, however, for the Unicorn (on which the Corel kit is largely based it appears) seem to have two women and a lion (can't make out the starboard far end figure - will have to check my book later at home). Click here, and image 55 for the Unicorn plan (the high resolution is better). http://www.sjohistoriska.se/en/Collections/Archives/ChapmanNet/ChapmanNet/Drawings/?pressimagepage=5 I was thinking about carving my own stern ornamentation as my cast metal part is pretty terrible. I even ordered a second just to practice on, but it's just as bad. Going with the Corel design would be easier than the Chapman design though. While we're on the topic of modifications and the Chapman plans, if you look at the plans, the quarterdeck portholes slowly become more and more open as you proceed towards the bows. Ian suggested that the Corel plans have the quarterdeck about 4-5mm too low (if I remember him correctly). Are you thinking of making any modifications to the quarterdeck? I might do it if I am able to figure out how to do it, as well as if i can cleanly open up the portholes.
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Thanks Frank! Your furled sails and words of support were a big source of inspiration in getting me to this point, so thank you!
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Really nice work - I'm planning on scratching the stern on my Unicorn as well as the cast pieces are very disappointing. I bought a spare set of the cast pieces to see if I could modify them in any way to improve them, but I think I'm going to forget that idea and just build them from scratch. Your method, along with the Naiad method, will be bookmarked for future reference!
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Looking great Jason! Very crisp work as usual. i thought the mast construction part was a lot of fun on my build. You've probably already thought about this, but look ahead at the plans and instructions to figure out whether it makes sense to attach some rigging now, so that you can access the blocks fairly easily (though, it looks like you're not attaching the blocks right now). Going through the running rigging on my build now, I might have approached the build a bit differently than the instructions.
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Thanks very much everyone. It was a long detour, and I probably would have already been done with the build had I not gone the furled sail route, but I'm liking how the ship is turning out with the furled sails. They are actually turning out better than I expected.
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