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Gets interesting trying to rig with all those lovely thread catching deck fittings! Why i left a few things loose till i finished tying off. Regards amount of lines - i missed off the buntlines and didn't have that many pins spare (they must have doubled up using one belaying pin for same set of buntlines). Keith -
havn't read about Charcot but have read Lansings book about Shackleton - them guys were made of something else! I would be seriosly tempted just to varnish the entire hull with no plating is it looks sooooooooo nice! Keith
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HMS Terror by Rking - OcCre - 1:75
clearway replied to Rking's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
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Welcome back from your awesome trip- in Cumbria we now have frosty clear weather after several weeks of on/ off rain/ wind/ sleet/ rain- you deffo picked wrong week to come to the lakes😄! Keith
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Thanks for the likes and looking in, not much happening in shipyard this week as i decided to get back to some 00 gauge wagon kits as a change of scene, however this evening i got the anchor release mechanisms in place (simplified as we are talking 1/75 scale here). They were shaped from some softened brass wire bent to shape, flattened and drilled. Still can't believe this will be third christmas since i started Terror! take care all Keith
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looking nice and busy on the workbench there😉. regards the bowsprit- do the jib boom as per the other examples you have seen on here, the flying jib is held in place on a bracket at the end of the jib boom with the heel or inner end lashed near the cap at the end of the bowsprit if that makes sense. Keith
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expletive , expletive , expletive awesome m8y- those lifeboat gantries really look the biz😉. Have you seen the cgi real time video of the sinking?- they did others for other ships including Titanic as well? Keith
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Thanks for looking in, for a change i was building some 1/76 rail wagon kits, but added some cleats onto the after bulwarks and made a couple of more ventilators on the island. The instructions are very vague with this kit (the person who sold the kit actually copied the zvezda instructions- must have lost originals). I was going to do a little more but our fur lined psychopath pinched my chair! Take care all Keith
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Thanks Hake- that is one picture that i had missed- had to make thechannels that wide to accomodate the thicker deadeyes (any narrower and they would have been impossible to rig). Keith
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HMS Terror by Rking - OcCre - 1:75
clearway replied to Rking's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
interesting question regards covers on ships boats. not too sure when covers as we know them became regular - they probably either bailed them dry or made an adhoc cover using old sails? keith -
Also would the steel plates have been larger? On any images i have seen you don't see pronounced nails on the hull below waterline so maybe plain copper strip painted red oxide? Keith
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Watching this with more and more interest as i have purchased billings Lilla Dan and will most likely be replacing the plastic mast caps and cross/trestle trees as per your build. Keith
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I use self adhesive copper "dolls house tape" which comes in various widths...... oh crap whatever North America gets weather wise it tends to come our way on the jet stream a week or so later- mind you got a baltic north easterly wind at the moment brrrrrrrrr. Keith
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It is a good read John with lots of nice details on the plans- regards the bowsprit, see mine but add a flying jib boom. I used brass thimbles from an old stash i had (think they were left over from a Mantua Victory i re-masted/ rigged for someone). Regards hearts for the forestays and topmast stays i used model shipways card ones, but i think vanguard models do them as well - think i used 4mm ones. Keith
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Thanks for looking in and the likes everyone- talk about difference in weather- last weekend southerly winds and temperatures reaching 20celcius, then torrential rain on and off for a few days and this weekend cold northerly winds with snow forecast on the Cumbrian fells! Back with Endurance and started on the chainplates/ deadeyes. Have added a channel for the foremast shrouds as it looks like from certain photos it looks likely though maybe not as wide, but no way were they above the capping rail. So far the chainplates for the shrouds have been drilled/ glued into the hull with the smaller ones for the back stays still to be glued in place. The chainplates are made from annealed iron wire looped and wrapped around the deadeye. Take care all Keith
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I think Chris Watton is really the devil sent here to tempt us -oh god they are exquisite but i already have to many kits to do! Keith
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Coming along nicely and nice work on the windlass- i should really see about sourcing a couple of 6 pounder cannons for mine! Keith
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Looking good- where i live we were almost back to early summer regards warmth and sunny days over the weekend- back to rain and wind again now so no more outside "messy" at the moment! Keith
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Thanks for the likes and looking in everyone- wow what a glorious weekend weather wise- safe to say lots of outdoor D.I.Y. jobs crammed in while the temp was in the high teens centigrade so no shipyard time. This evening with darkness starting around 4pm and drizzly rain its back indoors! The bower anchors are now in place though still need to fabricate the anchor release mechanism (see sketch) Take care all Keith
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They took the cast iron blooms heated them and then hammered them into ingots which took a lot of the brittleness out, as regards quality iron making was vastly improved by the Victorians - also with the introduction of coke instead of charcoal for smelting better grade iron was possible. Another factor to consider is the type of paint which they used (heavily saturated with lead) which made it very resilient. If weathering the bow plating i would maybe add a few "scratches and scrapes" and maybe dry brush some rusty shades to the fastenings and edges of the plates. Keith
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I have a background in Engineering and also study the local iron and steel industry in West Cumberland along with Victorian industrial history- i imagine the iron strapping would have been wrought iron along with the plating. Henry Bessemers convertor for making steel came along a few years after the refits of Erebus and Terror (patented 1856 if memory serves right). Keith
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HMS Terror by Rking - OcCre - 1:75
clearway replied to Rking's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
Ahh brings back memories! I held the gudgeons in place and drilled a 0.68 hole into the stern which i then inserted a shortened ready blackened Peco track pin with a dab of superglue gel on the end- after i had done a couple of these to tack them in place i drilled and pinned the rest of the holes. I also added extra holes in the pintles on the rudder. As regards the boats i replaced the boat in the waist with one from Mantua and added others from Quaycraft model boats. Keith -
we need to send Keith s down to the wrecks as he is closest- all our questions are lying there on the sea bed! Keith
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HMS Terror by Rking - OcCre - 1:75
clearway replied to Rking's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
Welcome to the lil Terror club fellow terrorite- i just left the hatch coamings square. Regards the deckhouses i removed the starboard one and re done it as per plans but left port one with "vented" door because i liked it (though it made me sweat a bit removing it)- maybe should be a bit narrower but it is your baby and if you like it stick with it. regards the timber between the deck and stern-a section will need removed where the rudder hole is. Keith -
Thanks for the likes and looking in everyone- heavy rain and less daylight = shipyard time😉. Back with Terror and the main braces are finally rigged - that is it they are staying rigged this time! Also the tacks for the stay and jib sail are now rigged- just realised that is all the rigging finished bar any needed for the ships boats. Also made a start on the anchor chain- this is the caldercraft studded link chain mentioned right at start of log which was blackened chemically- still trying to decide whether to have anchor with stock in place or shipped and anchor stowed as per Mathews plans in his book🤔 Take care all Keith P.S. guy fawkes night here in u.k. so sounds like battle of Trafalgar at the moment!
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