clearway
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i see what you mean Keith, HMS beagle had gaffs rigged on all masts. I was basing my rig on this image from the start of the voyage so maybe it is a bit of artistic license on part of the artist in the above pic? the enigma and conundrum continues! Keith
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Thanks Keith- hmmm hadn't noticed anything about a gaff on the foremast though normally they would rig blocks on the main stay to raise the boats then rig a tackle from the ends of the fore and main yard arms to move them over the water. It mentions hen house on the plans so the lats on the door will be for ventilation for the chickens (thinking maybe should be on starboard side). Yes Emmet she is a weird looking but enigmatic ship. Our lock down means all shops except food outlets have to close and no one including family can visit each other- all travel will be banned except for going to work. Keith
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Thanks for looking in everyone, Emmet the diagonal "herring bone" pattern planks are unique to Hms Terror and Erebus though other Royal Navy polar exploration vessels might have had them too, it was to increase strength to resist "bumping into the ice pack. Back with the deck houses and fitted the doors on the forward side and glued the roof planks in place (they still need sanding back on each side). take care all and here's hoping we can all have a christmas this year in the u.k. ! Keith
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Interesting method for soaking the planks, i bet you are missing your full workshop facilities Emmet! Keith
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new toys are good ya😁
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thanks for comments and likes, The gratings are well fastenend in place Heinrich so will have to keep overscale occre offerings. back in shipyard and started on the deckhouses and the box like structure over the rudder head. Wasn't sure whether to follow keith s with the sliding door on the starboard deckhouse, or a hinged door. Settled for hinged set further along and will add a door to the front of both deck houses (looks like divided into compartments on the plans). They are similar in scale to a full size 6' x 4' garden shed. take care all Keith
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you might get the urge to add more after a while😁, it i a difficult model for first attempt as the instructions are not only lacking but not accurate! not bad at all for a first attempt (nice looking diorama in the background too). Keith
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Welcome back Emmet , sometimes we need to poke ourselves with a stick 😁 .You will be back into it in no time (don't forget to taper the planks)! Keith
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Hello Emmet welcome back and thankyou. Got the cleats installed on the bulwarks today , need to start thinking about the cover for the rudder top and the stern deckhouses. take care all and thanks as always for comments, likes and peeping in for a look. Keith
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today the kevels have been glued in place on the bulwarks, a tad overscale but will do (should be about 1mm thinner and a couple of mm shorter). next will have to get the cleats in place (bought some aeronaut fittings 8mm ones from model dockyard. take care all Keith
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make sure its well fastened on as the pinrails will glued to them, model coming along nicely. Keith
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i soak then taper and bend to shape, then glue them in place. You could bend to shape then let dry before gluing (if using a hot iron on the wood it will keep its shape and be dried out. Keith
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steaming/ soaking in water for a few hours will work.
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thanks for likes and comments, the more i look at the sled the more i like the look so will mount the two ships boats on the sled methinks😁. Keith i am going to be doing Kevels for the topsail tyes as they are on matthews plans as well as the plans you have from earlier expedition, and also need to add some cleats on the bulwarks too. Keith
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hello and thanks for looking in, oh my clocks back an hour and winter is coming to quote an excellent series😉. I was thinking sleds! Did they actually build the sleds for Terror and Erebus in situ, or were they made in the shipyard in England to save time and effort (it was the spikes holding the sled together that made me think this). Also on the antarctic expedition plans it looks like the boats are sitting on a runner from a sled. Built a basic sled (havn't drilled the holes in runners yet), and tried it in situ with the ships boat resting on it.... still can't decide if to leave it like that or not🤔. Also fastened the iron knees onto the catheads and painted the crutches for the whisker booms. take care all Keith
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the ice bumpers will be more secure glued to the first planking and see keith s build log regarding spider band on mizzen. Metal bands on masts on vessels by this time though i dont think she had made masts like victory so may have just had bands on the cheeks (still looking into this). Keith
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HMS Terror by DaJH - OcCre - 1:75
clearway replied to DaJH's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
you can put a piece of dowel in the mast hole, mark the height of the top and run a bit of string down to get the right angle (i just marked and drilled with about 1mm extra on top of deadeye diameter. Keith -
most people myself included run the thread along some beeswax to "de fur"
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Looks good so far. I have this model in my stash and it looks a lot better than their attempt with HMS Terror!!! My advice is ditch occre method and go with the planking in a more prototypical manner though it does come down to what you feel confident with. Also there are lots of books on the subject of ship modelling most of which can be purchased second hand for a reasonable price. Keith
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it is certainly better to be safe than sorry Daniel, are occre actually putting full length planks in the kit now (must have heard us all complaining on here)! Keith
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metal bands as opposed to occres rope though Keith
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Ty Broden, i think terror did not have made/ composite masts which means the bands would only be needed to hold the cheeks each side of the masts. Keith
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believe it or not the set up on yours was and probably still is very much in evidence on recent fishing boats, the compartments either side of the hold are used to stash the boxes of fish with the aforementioned ice. on deck the catch was deposited in the "pound" and a table set up on the starboard side, the fish was then gutted and sorted into boxes according to type (cod in one, herring in another etc etc) we used the baskets fore prawns which back when i was on the boats all had to be "tailed" by twisting the heads off the tails, sometimes around a thousand prawns in a catch)! The fishroom was isolated from the rest of the boat and was only accessed when storing the catch or unloading. I was born in the mid 60's to a fisherman father so was walking around on the old wooden fishing boats from the age of around three! can still remember the polished brass chronometer and barometer in the cabin and the varnished woodwork/ polished brass and the coal stove in the corner, sadly most of them will be gone now. If chasing the herring though they just loaded up and headed back to port (can remember herring boats coming into whitehaven nearly awash and the crew still frantically trying to sort clear the decks as they were 100 feet from the quay they caught that much in one day! Keith
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nice work, normally on small fishing vessels like this the catch is sorted into wooden fish crates on deck then stored in the hold and covered with ice (depending on which point in history you are modelling) have also seen some catches stored in wicker baskets on old photos, but when i was on fishing boats the boring old plastic baskets and fishboxes had taken over.
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another terror gets the plating treatment😁. You can see why i used the thinner copper self adhesive strip though it does not look as "chunky" as the aluminium. clean the alu just before painting to ensure good bond with paint. Keith
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