cobra1951

Cobr@,

I think you need to put the rats on food-rations, they seem to be wellfed, considering their size and soon there won't be any food left for the crew.

Unless as you stated, maybe feeding them to the crew.

I like the setup with the cargo.

Nice build.

Hi Nirvana thanks

               The rats are based on my big belly and the ones here in Liverpool lol

So simple yet so effective, brilliant

While sorting out some more cargo for the forward hold i placed a few of the rats i bought around the holds and chewed up one of the metal sacks like it had been chewed by a rat. I will add more once i have finished with the cargo and also place some around the middle deck

Cheers Lawrence

The barrels are available here http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/caldercraft_barrels.html

As barrels come in a wide range of sizes in real life, scale is not critical so i just got ones that fitted in with the surroundings i was using them in

Thank you Robert

I have now made a start on the forward hold cargo

Not much progress.  Had a busy week.

 

Cobr@

Thank you very much for bringing that to my attention.  Hadn't noticed that yet and I think I could have easily overseen it until it's too late. It sure needed a lot of trimming to take the bowsprit dowel and as you said there is no way you can trim it without having to remove again the front part.

 Hi Robert

                Glad you got it sorted in time

Very neat work on the filler blocks

Really nice details...where did you pick up the netting...the same place that you gave us the link to?

Hi Boyd

               Are you still after some netting ? if you are there is a load of 1/35 camouflage netting on the US ebay site with free international postage

Wow, some work went into that trap

My way is easier just feed them to the crew, after all i am Captain Bligh haha

Me too Nils

Already have a plan to modify the metal sacks to display the rats better

Be quick Bob,

 

it looks like this is the last set they have on stock in the moment....good luck

 

Nils

Yes i just ordered the last set in stock.

19 euros postage for a 7.95 euro item

But hey you can't put i price on realism

Once again I thank you for your help Nils

Bob,

 

here a second try....

not 1:48 but 1:35 as the description mentions...

http://www.dersockelshop.de/ratten-resin-28-teile-1-35_plusmodel_pl171.html

 

Nils

Thank you Nils

                        These are great i will order some today, a little bit bigger but as i have loads of sacks on board i will say they are well fed rats

             Thanks again

Bob,

 

I came accross these...., looks like this is a webshop..

http://www.fuhrmann-figuren-shop.de/KF-ANI-72001-Ratten

 

10 little rats cast in tin, in all positions. The man-figure does not belong to the group, for comparing size only.

trust the price is nice and low, so there would be no risk...

 

Nils

 Hi Nils

             Thanks for taking the time to help me with my rats   I had seen these and i am thinking about getting them. As you say they are cheap so no risk. The only downside is they are 1/72 scale and will probably look like mice not rats on a 1/48 kit. If i get them i will claim they are dwarf rats lol

Hi Nils, thank you

          I have searched the net for rats in the correct scale but up to now i have had no luck finding any. I might have go at making some myself though

Assembled a ladder and then dry fitted half the middle deck and the ladder to see how much room available around it, then placed some of the potato sacks in the free spaces

Ohhh yes lots of dust to come lol.

Having stuff glued to the decks also makes it slow going when it comes to the hull planking as you have to be so careful

I've also ordered some tables and benches to make a galley in the bow section of the middle deck rather than just have the stove there on it's own

I will post a photo once i get them

Cheers Boyd

                     All the cargo is already glued in place, i had to do it before the middle deck is put in place as i needed to have access from above to drill the holes and fit the eye bolts. It should all stay in place as i used Araldite to glue everything except the sails. The netting is for 1/16th scale tanks but if you stretch it a bit it works well on this kit. It was obtained from eBay.co.uk  from a seller named great-sales247 but they have withdrawn the listing probably because it's out of stock.

They have a page on the US eBay site but it's only listing the chains and rope as well. It might be worth contacting the seller to see if he's getting more http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-16-Scale-CHAINS-ROPE-for-Rc-Heng-Long-Tamiya-Tanks-Vehicles-Diorama-/181976659687?var=&hash=item2a5ea776e7:m:m3ZAsGanxwwqtEurUzG-lbw

Almost finished filling the Aft hold

Crates, Spare Sails, Barrels, fitted and lashed to the deck

Once the barrels were lashed down then a cargo net was fitted over them

Once the ladder has been built and then dry fitted i will add some sacks in the remaining spare spaces

Hi Robert

          Great job you are doing so far. Just like to give you a heads up if i may. where you have fitted parts 40 in front of bulkhead 1 in post #8 check that the dowel for your Bowsprit fits through the hole that is there, because myself and at least one other builder had to open that hole out quite a bit for the bowsprit dowel to pass through. If you leave it until the instructions say to fit the bowsprit it will be impossible to get at it as shown in the following photo

Thank you for the information and also for your prompt reply :)

MOSQUITO MESH AND CLEAR ACETATE: To make windows.

Hi

    This is a great idea but could you please tell me if the netting is glued to the acetate and if so what with

Thank you

Got my wooden barrels today, first thing to do was get all the kit supplied barrels and throw them in the trash as they don't look like any period barrels i have ever seen

Next was to paint up all the new barrels

Got some more buckets in 2 sizes, so they will be painted next. The smaller ones don't look to good but they may be able to be rescued.

Soon be able to start filling the holds then fit the middle deck

Still waiting on some wooden barrels, so i painted up the sacks for something to do

Unpainted flour sacks

Painted and weathered

Unpainted potato sacks

Small selection of the painted and weathered potato sacks

Hi

    I think you are doing yourself an injustice that rigging and those knots look perfectly fine to me

Only just found this thread and i am finding it a very useful part of the forum for great ideas

Thank you