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the battens are on all three masts (not topmasts heads though) There are holes drilled into the ends for the shrouds to pass through from the topmast , and will attach them to a collar around the mizzen. Keith -
Happy New YearDaniel. The masts in Lees books show the set up on large man o wars don't bother with hoops or bands above the top, Oh and no top fitted on terror and erebus just the cross and trestle trees on the mizzen. The pic on top of page 10 on my log shows the mizzen complete bar the eyes for the blocks. Keith
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Happy New Year everyone, heres hoping its an improvement on the last one! It's not a Terror pic but thought it might help warm us up during the cold spell Take care all. Keith
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oooooo now that does make it look atmospheric😉. Keith
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you too and here is hoping normality returns😉
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James Lees "masting and rigging the english ship of war" is good, but getting harder / expensive to find (have sent a few guys on here to the abe's books website). Also try local second hand bookshops as there are loads of books aimed at modellers showing masting and rigging, Keith
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Welcome back Geo, and thankyou😉 another set of stern deck houses added to a terror (maybe occre will take the hint and update the kit)! If not too late you should remove the pin rail from in front of the mizzen mast and add a spider band around the mast. Keith
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the camera can be a cruel mistress! looking good though😀 Keith
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Rather than go exact with the ratios what i do is work out the doubling + length of the bibs , make the tops then square the mast so the top is a snug fit- then i work the taper in if that makes sense (a pic of finished squaring on my log), but yes the taper is noticable (look carefully at the pic of my finished masts) especially on the topmasts and t'gallants. Keith
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I based mine on the diameters of the masts went with a 10th class frigate though i did lengthen the height of the mizzen topmast a little to allow for the gaff topsail. When you look at the dimensions for the occre topmasts on the aforementioned frigate you will see the dimensions are the same more or less, so occre got something right! Keith
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nice work Daniel. will seem daunting at first but becomes clearer. It does help being sectionalised into different categories. Keith
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Thanks for looking in everyone, back in't shipyard and work continues on the gaff and driver boom. The jaws have been glued on and carved to shape (started as a rectangle glued each side). Also glued the battens onto the mizzen masthead for the shrouds and stitched the hem on the spanker sail. Will have to glue eyes in place for the topping lift and throat halliard blocks on the mizzen mast. take care everyone. Keith
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back at you Emmet and oh yeah! Keith
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belated merry christmas broden, i used self adhesive copper strip to replace the aluminium. the instructions look slightly different because the two shots are taken from slightly different angles. If using the aluminium sheets just polish them with very fine sandpaper/ emery cloth before gluing/ painting as the metal develops a film which stops paint and glue adhering properly. Keith
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merry christmas everyone, it makes you wonder what the christmas must have been like for the crews of erebus and terror when looking at the model. Keith
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Hi Keith, usually a sheet and two boomguys rigged. I think the houses had rounded roofs to shed any water shipping over the stern (ye olde being "pooped"). Another idea which i have seen is a block on an eyebolt on the taffrail with a cleat on the inner transom for belaying to. To be honest any of these ideas could be applied after the rest of the masts and rigging are in place so could wait til Matthews book avails the solution. Keith
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back in the shipyard and sanded the driver boom and gaff to shape, next job will be to fit the jaws and maybe trim a little more off the thickness. have included a photo of the completed mizzen mast (the top mast will be held in place with a fid and won't be glued in place). Will have to think about how to secure the boom sheets, thinking a short horse on top of the box like structure above the rudder head, or maybe just a block on an eyebolt? Take care all Keith
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Don't look too bad at all- i would blacken them if going for the painted look. Keith
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i should maybe have stated i meant design wise as opposed to colour wise with deck houses😁.
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What the other Keith said Daniel, I ordered in 8mm dowel and cut it to length then sanded down to 7mm fore the main and bowsprit. Keith
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on my military models i give them a coat of black primer and go gentle with the top coat leaving shadows/ patches of darker colour if that makes sense? Keith
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Between you, keith s and myself i think we are the only ones to deviate from the occre deck plan, and between us one will have the right look for the deck houses (problem with the plans is they show Erebus not Terror though they were very similar). Keith
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really coming along Emmet Keith
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Ty Emmet and welcome back. back with the davit posts and carved the knees for the skid beams to shape and added some cleats, this is all looking very different from occre's set up which i think was influenced by the documentary "franklin's lost ships". I based mine on the plans from N.M.M. and Matthew Bett's log and the mid ship section Keith s forwarded to me. take care all, weyhey less than a week til Santa! Joke: have you heard of the dyslexic devil worshipper? A : he kept sacrificing virgins to santa!!! Keith
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