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well done- i thought i was the only who was going one to install the roller reefing topsails😁(really need tor re-start my Endurance)! Well done on the model so far. keith -
It's amazing how with just a little alteration and basic scratch building you start having a model that looks like Terror- Keith S, Daniel D and myself altered the skylights by various means to get away from the prison style bars look! Keith
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just catching up with last few posts Keith- nice save with the hatch. Even with reference photos its interesting to see there are still grey areas on certain fittings! Keith
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i use Evo-stick fast grab wood glue - takes longer but if the 2nd planking is of decent wood with a bit of pre bending and some dressmakers pins a few planks at a time can be used. Keith
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nice work with the mast- maybe use some thin planking to add a 2nd layer to the roof of the closets leaving a slight overhang at the sides if that makes sense. Keith
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Hello Keith- hope you are doing o.k.- any thoughts / progress on your little terror? Keith
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Thanks Geo- i thought you would like the finished ship- many thanks also go to Craig (A.K.A. i must be crazy) who helped Keith S and myself sort out the conundrum regards the azimuth compass and the post it sits on. Keith
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amen to that Johnny- if only we knew then what we know now! Keith
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looks credible enough Tom, and yes the chain will pass through the deck. Keith
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A few people have been caught out with that dotted line across the rudder head! I use the birchwood brass blackener as well (did a mean job on the brass anchor chain). Keith
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Thanks Richard - best to start from last post and work backwards as a lot of ideas were altered as the build went along! Keith
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Still can't believe it is three years since Keith S prompted me to start my model of Terror which had been in my stash for a year or so, A big thank you goes to Matthew Betts whose building Terror blog enticed me to model her, and Keith S for the many convos especially in the dark days of lockdown one - really appreciated the back and forth Keith. I still can't decide what to do with the 2nd whaleboat so will leave it off (this might change)! Thanks everyone for the input, comments, likes and popping in for a view. Take care all, Keith
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the 1.5 mm refers to drilling a hole for the tiller not trimming the end- The rudderpost would indeed have been square at this period. I also drilled more holes in the rudder pintles and gudgeons to add more fasteners using Peco brand blackened model railway track pins which have a smaller head than the occre pins. Keith
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Makes a big difference when the closets are added to the deck hake. Regards the way the amati deadeyes are made you could alter the omega loop around the deadeye to fit the 3mm deadeyes- bit of work but not as bad as scratch building them. Keith
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the lamp discussion is nearly as involved as the great "ice bridge/ azimuth compass" debate on my Terror log Keith- i think you are on the right path with the lantern hoist/ downhaul. On their FD10 yawl billings have a lantern that runs up to a bracket on the mast doubling with an eyebolt on the base of the lantern for the down haul Keith
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Hi jorez- i used annealed iron wire for my chainplates. Keith
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The plating would have been fastened over the top of the planking as opposed to rebated. Keith
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Brings back memories of a sawdusty kind!- the "bumper does narrow slightly where it rounds towards the bows - coming along and looking more Terror like. Keith
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welcome back John- i see your shipyard is rail served too😉. how about gluing strips of wood at 90degrees to the keel with a couple of support pillars like in a dockyard? If using the pillars they would need screwed or pinned as there is a lot of weight causing stresses. Keith
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Coming along Hake- I must admit the scratch chainplates i built were a bit of an endurance test as you say there are a few to do- if doing again i would substitute the kits deadeyes for slightly smaller ones. Keith
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I am debating at the moment if i should either buy the metal blocks for the steering chains, or attempt to scratchbuild them- as to the wooden drum - still looks better than what occre instructs. Keith
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Really moving along now- really makes a difference with the more accurate stearing gear. Keith
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