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clearway
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it certainly does explain the steam pipe you are talking about- if you google steam anchor windlass you will get plenty of pics - normally a couple of horizontal cylinders aft of the drum with a couple of con rods leading to a gear shaft driving a large central gear wheel- to be honest though the windlass is so far under the anchor deck (forward of the WC and lamp store) it most likely wont be missed by anyone looking at the finished kit. Keith -
i think we all need our heads examined🤪😁- but will look awesome when finished! Keith
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Thanks Keith- i was wondering how long it would be as i know you like your steam/ sail hybrids - hopefully won't be as mind bending as what the Other Keith and i went through trying to figure Terror out! The other other Keith😁
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she is looking great Greg- i run a line of thread from the top to where the chainplates are going to determine the angle of the relevant chainplate (if that makes sense). Been distracted from my Pourquois by HMS Erebus! Keith
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Thanks and the same goes for your Endurance (i should really kickstart mine again..... too many builds sooooooo little time)😱 Keith
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🤣🤣 we were the only place in England that didn't suffer any kind of drought last summer😁. Thanks for compliment on planking Keith
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Going to look awesome when painted up Daniel- you could get a scriber and make pinpricks to emulate the fastenings around the portholes😇 Keith
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The dark nights are really starting to close in now - twilight by 8.30pm now and still need to re-felt my mother in laws garden shed and fit the woodburning stove in my new outdoor messy jobs workshop (hopefully get some decent weather before winter sets in)! Back with Erebus and i have marked and scribed some extra detail on the keel at the base of the sternpost (not 100%accurate but close enough). Also started on the walnut 2nd planking from the bumpers up- on my Terror it took 4 planks, on Erebus there are 6- its interesting seeing how the 4mm x 1mm stock left over from the terror build has oxidised to a lighter shade. on the bows below the bumper i will most likely add slightly diagonal planking below where the iron sheathing will be like on my Terror build Take care all Keith
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also in the pic is a insulated steam pipe so i think it is below the ritz in the old crews quarters regards railings it will be best to redo the aftermost ones as it will niggle at your sub conscience (been there)! Keith
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Thanks- they certainly give Erebus and Terror a unique look. Keith
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Little more progress with the inside of the bulwarks planked- also looking at the admiralty plans the entry way and gunports should be more square so sanded about 1.5mm of the top of the bulwarks. Also looking at the plans the forward opening or gunport in the bows should have a door or lid closing it- looking at the opening midships the draughtsman included any items seen through it but not the one near the bows. Also any holes from heightening the bulwarks have been filled with scraps of wood along with half of the rearmost gunport. Openings will need planking filed back and tidied up. Take care all Keith
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this is from the plans for Polaris showing the skylight, galley, pantry and staircase to below decks I suspect some of the crew shots might be from below decks as there are wooden pillars supp0rting the deck beams above which you cant see in the original photo of the ritz? Also in colder weather/ winter the Ritz was abandoned till the spring. Keith
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Thanks guys - Swordfish i recommend scrolling backwards through my HMS Terror log as well (though i didn't alter the frames on that one) along with Keith S and Daniel D s build logs. Keith
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looking good- i split the railings into sections with the ends of the rod hidden in the ball stanchions- something i missed from my Polaris plans is the railings angle inboard slightly aft of the bridge wing to make room for the ships boats. Keith
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Thanks for the likes and looking in, I have sanded the forepeak a little shorter along with shaping the rudder/ sternpost and gluing it in place. The other thing i am doing on Erebus i didn't with Terror is painting the shroud protector white instead of just varnishing- i will still be cladding the rest of the hull with varnished walnut strip though. i feel the altered forepeak captures the look of Erebus better now. Keith
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I used a pair of small smooth pliers to flatten the strops on the end- On Terror i went with the kit supplied deadeyes, but with Erebus i will be using 4mm and 3.5mm as opposed to the kits 5mm and 4mm- oh i am sooooooooo looking forward to making the strops/ chainplates again🤪. Keith
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They also had cleats incorporated into blocks as well just to confuse matters even more! On the main mast apart from the tackle to use the boom and the halliards for the sail the braces for the foreyards would lead there- if you look carefully there are also pinrails on the shrouds just above the deadeyes. I have Harold Underhill's "rigging the clipper ship and deep sea carrier" as a source of reference but havn't delved too deeply into yet. Keith
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I think Keith S drilled out the scupper holes on his Terror and Daniel D- i suspect the 5 extra holes might be to facilitate water egress from the massey pumps- i didn't add them on my Terror but will most likely add them to Erebus. Keith
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Thanks for looking in- i now have the keel pieces and altered forepeak glued in place- as already mentioned i trimmed it back below the gammoning hole to look more like the admiralty plans while altering the angle slightly to align with the altered bowsprit (also had to take a little off the scarph joints). Sorry about the grainy finish but artificial light and my phone don't mix- OMG this means the long bright summer evenings are getting darker! take care all. Keith
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yep- i think that shot is showing the foremast and front bulkhead of the ritz- on other pics the mainmast has a steel spider band incorporated into the swan neck fitting for the boom. On mine i have wooden pin racks fore and mizzen but will add the steel spider band to the main (might actually replace the mizzen one with a steel band next. As regards eyebolts on the deck- yes heavy hauling lines (yard lifts, halliards etc) would have led to a block hooked onto the deck at the base of the mast to take the strain then to the belaying pins. Keith
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Its an old billings stovepipe fitting altered to look more accurate- so the rain hat is turned brass from the fitting with 3 pieces of brass wire added. The pipe is 35mm from the deck with the rainhat 5mm above that- pipe diameter is 4mm. Keith
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the stovepipe is for the galley stove and is fitted towards the front of the ritz. The galley occupied the port forward side and an entry way/ staircase leading below decks to starboard with the "ritz" taking up the rest of the room leading astern- well i aint tearing my ritz off and adding the square window now😁- On the pre conversion plans i have for Polaris the plans show 3 square windows each side on the ritz- and even the the ones on the quarterdeck are square. Keith
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I agree Craig- on the original plans all the windows on the ritz are straight sided with slightly curved top and bottom frames and the walls are panelled - it looks like they tongue and groove planked over it and added round portholes with the one pictured left square. Regards the hatch near the ships wheel, if you look at the top picture on this page (with the gut in the hat in the doorway) you can make out the sliding hatch. Keith
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Hi Andrew- i bought Victory etchings set from Cornwall Model Boats (Panart i think at 1:78 scale)
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