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Ty Daniel and still in the air about davits at he moment, nice weather does cut down on shipyard time! Still plodding away with the shrouds and have tidied up the lanyards for the mizzen and main deadeye shrouds. Also have made and fitted the sister blocks on the topmast shrouds. As an aside have been thinking about pics i have seen and info from drawings regarding the davits also comments by keith s and the sketch i have made shows how they might have been (all conjecture and can't wait till Matthew Betts book comes out)! Take care all and thanks for looking in, comments and likes. Keith
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i think the line at the bottom of the fore sail is actually the stays for the dolphin striker which lead from the striker to the catheads, yet more questions as opposed to answers with every pic we see!!!! Keith
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looks the part Keith- i had the davit arms down as straight but look nice curved. I did notice on the cover picture of Matthews book the davit arms midships are curved (the enigma continues). Keith
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Thanks Keith- stlll a long way to go with the standing rigging and seriously thinking about delaying rigging the forestays and bowsprit till Matthews book comes out as her bowsprit/ jib boom are still in place and he will have juicy details to disclose methinks 😁 Keith
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thanks for looking in folks, time to rig the ratlines on the main shrouds, i have noticed on various lithograph/ sketch images only half a dozen or so shrouds on the main and fore had them so decided i will fit the ratlines on 8 per mast (not all of the shrouds were rigged on a few vessels, and looking at the topsham model of her as built she had extra shrouds fitted at a later date. Also included a bow shot which gives a bit of an idea how she would have looked when preparing for winter quarters with top hamper all lowered. nice to see the little terror club back (Daniel quick post something! Keith
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that's the belaying plan i am using for a reference keith, but will have to make some alterations as not all pin rails are the same. Yep bit confusing when starting out with all the names for the rigging! Keith
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back with the mizzen mast and sorted the ratlines, i found the thread occre suggested looked too thick looking so used some thinner thread from my stash. take care everyone. Keith
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Hello everyone, work still continues on the shrouds with the foremast tackled, also rigged the main topmast stays (i was going to use small blocks to guide them at the foremast head, but just used the eyes i had placed on the masthead in the end) they are lashed to eyebolts on the deck at the base of the foremast. I have just realised i omitted to mention the hearts used on the mainstay are the model shipyard 3 part card ones (will use them on the forestays as well on the bowsprit when time comes), also for the lower shrouds i used some 0.8mm thread from another build as opposed to the occre 0.5mm which i have used on the topmast shrouds. take care everyone Keith
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Doing good ty Emmet and a happy easter to you too. Still working, though partial furlough still in place, but we are getting busier. Still on my Terror build at the mo with rigging underway. Keith
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you can always add packing pieces to fill/ alter any gaps- i always add the deck pieces after gluing the frames to make sure they stay lined up- it's a learning curve.
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Interesting prototype- billings do make a decent kit which lend themselves to adding extra detail easier than some makers kits. Enjoy the build. Keith
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she is really coming along Emmet🙂 Keith
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Thanks for looking in as always. Work continues on the shrouds with the main top mast shrouds now rigged, next i will rig the topmast stays (need to rig a temp. forestay first). Also rigged the hearts on the main stay and preventer stay. The strops on the deadeye plates will be for the topgallant shrouds to be lashed to. Take care all Keith
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thanks for looking in everyone, still ongoing with the main shrouds (seems like a lifetime)! but also rigged the mizzen stay and topmast stay. Also started on the main stay/ preventer stay though not fully rigged yet. as an aside BBC 2 in the u.k. have started showing the Terror T.V. series so finally able to watch it😁. Take care all Keith
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Thanks Daniel (and yes it is Vicky in the background). The spare spars were located in the waist of the ship between the fore and main masts- you will see some black L shaped brackets on my decks in some of the pics. It looks like barrels stored at the after end, but it does look a bit fuzzy in places. No problems with using any of our ideas as this is what the forum is for and it's thanks to the other Keith (keith s) i managed to clear up some grey areas of my own. Keith
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looking good Daniel, at this scale i tend to simplify it a bit and just settle for a few half hitches. I recommend sorting out the brackets forn the davit posts before finally gluing masts in place and rigging lower shrouds though (depends how you want to do the posts and skid beams though really). Keith
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Ty for the likes and comments and looking in everyone. The mizzen stay is now in place and will be tied in place with the thimble and the eye on the starboard side of the mast on deck before main shrouds are rigged. Also attached the blocks on the fore and main trees on the topmasts for the topsail yard before gluing the masts in place, the mizzen topmast shrouds are also now rigged, I have also rigged a makeshift stay on the mainmast so it doesn't get pulled out of line when shrouds and mizzen topmast stay are rigged. Take care all Keith
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ahhhhhh chainplate joy- looking good so far Daniel. Keith
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Changing the ships wheels to finer scale 10 spoke makes a big difference to the look, I used brass kits from caldercraft which was interesting making them look like varnished wood, the other Keith used the wooden type which will be easier to varnish/ stain. Keith
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Carrying on with the mizzen shrouds and the deadeyes are now rigged (knots wont be glued and trimmed incase i need to adjust them for now). Also fitted the hearts in the bows to take the main stay and preventer stay. Also need to fit the chain necklaces on the main and fore top masts for the topgallant shrouds before gluing the main/ fore masts in place. Take care all. Keith
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Ty for looking in. likes and comments everyone. Arild there is explained the difference between male and female thinking🤣. Back with the shrouds and seized the deadeyes in place using one of my home made deadeye spacers (i have seen a lot of people asking about this on MSW so hope this points them in right direction). take care all Keith
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Thanks for looking in everyone, moving back to the stern area and finally glued the mizzen mast in place and started on the shrouds. Starting with the starboard pair and then the port side pair till six shrouds per side. The two eyes on the mast cap will take the blocks to guide the main topyard braces down to the deck. take care all Keith
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Thanks for looking in, staying with the bowsprit and jib boom and had a rethink, I had left the heel of the jib boom square as post 1815 practice but because Terror was built in 1813 i settled with the octagonal heel from that time. As regards the bowsprit i fitted the bees battens and blocks for the fore topmast stays. At the fore end of the jib boom i realised as no flying jib boom is fitted it should be round and not 8 sided. Take care all Keith
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