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  1. clearway
    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
  2. clearway
    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
  3. clearway
    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
  4. clearway
    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
  5. clearway
    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
  6. clearway
    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
  7. clearway
    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
  8. clearway
    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
  9. clearway
    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
  10. clearway
    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
  11. clearway
    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
  12. clearway
    Coming along nicely and nice work on the windlass- i should really see about sourcing a couple of 6 pounder cannons for mine! Keith
  13. clearway
    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
  14. clearway
    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
  15. clearway
    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
  16. clearway
    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
  17. clearway
    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
  18. clearway
    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
  19. clearway
    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
  20. clearway
    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!
  21. clearway
    Looks good when you get something that starts looking like Terror😁- the carpet monster will have eaten the window- ask it to return all my missing pieces of 1/35 armour etch if you catch it hake! Keith
  22. clearway
    Thanks for looking in and the likes- more white primer has been added to the hull and deckhouses, main reason at the moment is to highlight any seams/ pin marks / gaps that need filled or trimmed back. Will probably pick out the doors in a dark wood varnished finish as a break from all the white paint when the hull is finished. the deck has also received a light yellow wash. Take care all Keith
  23. clearway
    Yeah- having the same dilema here Daniel- i was going to have the two whale boats on the skids til the work on the bridge and azimuth compass post makes it look wrong with the boats up there- on the plans it does look like some boats were placed on deck beside near the wheel on the port side. Keith
  24. clearway
    welcome back fellow terrorite- nice work on the plating. Keith
  25. clearway
    well as a resident of west cumbria (home of scafel pike- pronounced scawfell locally) i can vouch the lake district is officially the wettest place in england (Seathwaite in Borrowdale to be precise) - best cumberland (and only really true) sausage is found between Keswick/ Whitehaven/ Workington and Waberthwaite near Ravenglass. Avoid Windermere it is too commercialised and highly recommend a trip on the La'al Ratty 8 mile long narrow gauge railway- oh and the filter really brought the greys together- looks awesome😁. and no i don't work for the lake district tourist board😜. Keith

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