clearway
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I dont know if american railroaders use them but here in the U.K. we use open spoked pulleys to guide signal wiring ( a firm called wizard models does multi layered etched ones in 00 gauge and 0 gauge) the build is really starting to look nice and busy- keep it up. Keith -
oh jeez dood all the usual comments regarding your sanity- as i mentioned in another log we do like creating boundless hours of fun for ourselves! Keith
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well spotted on the stern Bob- also note the cleat for the boom sheets. Keith
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some nice details on the derricks and funnel Daniel Keith
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Yes Keith although the curved roof beams came as cnc cut dovetailed interlocking kits - regards the ships wheels i forgot to mention they were first primed black then sprayed with humbrol 29 dark earth before the washes already mentioned were added. Keith
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The winter evenings are really starting to settle in- with daylight saving now dark around 4pm! Still working on the garden "messy" workshop but have managed to paint , use a wash (ak interactive for dark wood- used an orange wash first) and varnish the ships wheels and mount them with the barrel on the spindle- will scratch some supports using the ply kit ones as a guide. Also chemically blackened some of the iron strapping for the sternposts. oh boy it gets warm when in there when the stove gets up to working temp- the room is 12 feet x 8 feet and roof at height of arc around 7 feet. Thanks for looking in and take care everyone Keith
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Follow the plans.... hmmmmm could make life a lot simpler 🤔................................................... naaaa wheres the fun in that😂. The wheels do look great though Daniel (books you a session in a darkened room with soothing music). Keith
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Welcome to the Terror club- you might want to check out my HMS Erebus log as well regards deck planking and altering frames/ bulwarks. Keith
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nice one looks great Daniel 😁- nice details on the fife rail showing the sheaves on the posts and blocks fastened to the deck. Keith
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oh yes- i have been known to have been trimming excess thread binding shrouds and not realised another shroud was in the scissors jaws till it fell away with the other thread😱. Build is looking great Greg- my collection on hold until i get my outdoor messy modelling garden room finished! Keith
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i would make the bottom of the davit where the top of your thumb is, and maybe shorten the top piece a little- maybe trial fit one and look at the plans then the model from same angle. Keith s, and myself had to guestimate ours in the dark days of no updated plans! Keith
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way to go Daniel- looks awesome. Keith
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we do like to create hours of boundless fun for ourselves in the modelling world don't we- whether its railways, planes, armour or ships 🤪. Keith
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nice save with the pinrails- the topmast crosstrees look good. Keith
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Thanks for looking in everyone- just a quicky today with the 2nd planking finished and above the prop cutout planked. Thanks for the likes, looking in and comments as always everyone. Keith
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Rubbish weather led to more shipyard time this weekend with the two deckhouses now completed, also nearly finished the 2nd planking on the starboard side with only some infill planks to add above the propellor opening. Also made a new prop from some brass tubing and bits of scrap left over brass sheet (will be painted with humbrol polished steel), also used brass black to darken the brass eyelets for the sun lights on the deck and made the grating/ hatch for the galley stovepipe (nothing glued in place yet). Thanks for looking in and the likes as always everyone. Keith
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i am still thinking on best way to make that capping rail- i will most likely use 1.5mm thick plasticard cut to shape then use paint/ washes to make it look "woody". Keith
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Thanks for the likes and looking in- while slowly but surely adding the 2nd planking carried out some more work on the stern deckhouses (heads)- the roofs will be planked with 4mm x 1mm walnut as per my Terror versions, the two cross shaped cut outs are marked but still need cut out. Also found some finer gratings in my stash which while still slightly too big are a lot better looking than the occre gratings (the left over gratings from my Terror build are on the deck beside replacement- the hatch coamings are 4mm x 2mm walnut. Note in the deck shot the different set up for the bowsprit on Erebus compared to Terror pictured below Take care everyone. Keith
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Thanks for the likes, looking in, and comments everyone- work still progressing on the 2nd planking with starboard side reaching the sternpost with a couple of full length planks running onto the sternpost extension above the prop well. As a break from planking i started fabricating the carcasses for the two stern deckhouses - used pieces of ply off cuts from old billings kits (never throw decent timber/ ply leftovers away). used the dimensions from Matthew Betts Terror book for the deckhouses (when i compared sizes to my guestimated dimensions for my Terror i wasn't too far out😁) Take care all Keith
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I always use superglue on my handrails- nice to see you noticed the inboard lean on the aft railings. Keith
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this is from a book about model shipbuilding called 'building and detailing model sailing ships by george e campbell in the u.k. and 'the neophyte shipmodellers jackstay' in the U.S.A.- not sure if it is still in print though. Also check cutty sark logs and charles w morgan logs on here as they had them too along with most mid 19th century ships onwards. Keith
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Thanks for looking in- yesterday we got a brief period of high pressure between the aftermath of the hurricanes coming across the Atlantic and mananged to get the top or capping felt on my mother in laws shed - 3 hours later the winds and rain arrived so certainly got field tested! Today with heavy rain and high winds it was back in my den of iniquity 😁have reached the top of the sternpost with the starboard 2nd planking and am currently working on the port side till i reach the same stage. After that i will have to work out best way to run them onto the sternpost extension above the propellor cut out. one thing ithat is better with altering the shape of occres hull is that by this stage on my HMS Terror i had to start using drop planks to get round the 'bulge'! Looking far ahead concerning the rigging i have heard her referenced as 'merchant rigged' and Matthew Betts makes reference to the lower for yard on the Terror wreck still having its heavy iron truss so will most likely rig her like that as opposed to the Royal Navy rope trusses i rigged on Terror. any builders of Terror who are reaching this stage should consider this as well. Take care all Keith
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You are certainly more organised with your shipyard than me Josh! Reference to the yard crane- also called a truss here you go:- Hope this helps Keith
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Coming along Josh- I suspect the lower yard would have been fitted with a yard crane as opposed to how occre have it. Keith
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