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  1. clearway
    7mm is close enough - in full size terms you are only talking around an inch - i made my bowsprit around 7.5 mm diameter tapering down to around 6mm towards the cap Keith
  2. clearway
    once finished this diorama is going to look awesome- regards masts, rigging etc i used James Lees 'Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War' Keith.
  3. clearway
    the doubling at the mast head (from the top to the mast cap) should be around 4-5 times the diameter of the mast head- yes you can see on Matthews plans that the doubling is about twice what occre give- on my Terror from the top to the masthead is around 35mm on the fore and main masts and a little less on the mizzen. here are the lengths in feet of the bowsprit and lower masts (outboard for bowsprit and above deck level for masts) from the 1838 admiralty order for a 10th rate frigate which the mast diameters tie in with (occre actually got the topmasts bang on)! bowsprit 29' - 22 1/2" dia. foremast 48'6" - 22 1/2"dia. mainmast 53'6" - 24" dia. mizzen mast 43' 6" - 18"dia. taken from Lees 'Masting and Rigging the English Man o War' hope this helps Keith
  4. clearway
    good feeling when the whisky plank goes on! regards bowsprit 11mm shouldn't really make much difference to be honest- another thing to watch out for is the mast doubling which needs to be more than occre give. Keith
  5. clearway
    well done Kev- another one down the ways
  6. clearway
    Thanks for the likes and comments - always appreciated. After putting it off for a while have made the brackets for the davit posts and painted/ fitted them (sorry didn't get a pic before in the bare brass), using some scrap brass etch formed them using pliers and drilled a 0.68 mm hole in the 'lugs' then tacked them to the capping rail with CA gel then drilled and fitted Peco blackened brass track model railroad pins cut to length also with a drop of CA. I am making the posts that hold the skids 4mm square and the others 3mm. Also did a little more work on the bowsprit with the bees filed to blend with the bowsprit, blocks of wood fitted underneath for the fore topmast shroud sheaves and the jib boom saddle fitted. take care all Keith
  7. clearway
    The jib boom on all sailing vessels is made so it can be shipped and brought further inboard especially in port to prevent it getting snarled up - the flying jib boom is about two thirds the length of the jib boom and likewise when stowed it wont protrude much beyond the jib boom. Keith S and myself couldn't agree regards the gaffs on the fore and main, while they are there on the earlier expedition there isn't any sign of them on the newspaper illustration showing them leaving on the Franklin expedition- my main argument being they were to help in calm weather where as the steam engine that was fitted would make them redundant. all the standing rigging would be able to be removed and stored so would really depend on what moment in time you want to "catch" Also unlike Michaels drawings it looks like no mizzen topgallant masts were fitted or royal masts above the topgallants (they aren't there on the model of her as built at the Topsham museum) Keith
  8. clearway
    nowt wrang wid that keith looks great😁 Keith
  9. clearway
    from drawings and paintings i have seen it looks like they struck everything bar the lower masts , bowsprit and shrouds/ forestays for them, the jib boom would have been brought in as well with not much protruding beyond the cap. it is nice to see terror can still mess with peoples heads😁. Keith
  10. clearway
    Cheers Keith- snook under my radar- i was thinking should i review the kit but James saved me a job😁 Keith
  11. clearway
    bought this a couple of weeks ago - looks like they have modelled her as she now appears in the museum- there are options to alter her depending on which era you want to depict though that could be opening another can of worms!!!! Keith
  12. clearway
    i hear yer Keith - remember the fun i had having to strop all the deadeyes then drilling through and soldering brass wire through to attach them to the bar style plates on my Terror- the davit posts are square section that need bent to shape, drilled for pins to hold them to the bulwarks- think its more the thought of doing them than the actual deed! Occre have got me again and i have just bought their Fram kit which will need more of the same! Keith
  13. clearway
    really moving forward now Jond- the fun and joy we inflict on ourselves! Keith
  14. clearway
    thanks Keith- she has reached that stage where all the jobs are going to be fiddly with lots of scratch building ahead for the chainplates and brackets for davit posts which kind of put me off! Keith
  15. clearway
    Back on Erebus after a couple months of 1/35 armour distraction! Glued the panels for the sheaves that go through the bulwarks for the fore and main course sheets and the main braces, also made a start on the bees battens on the bowsprit. Take care and thanks for the likes and looking in as always. Keith
  16. clearway
    missed this bit- according to Lees masting and rigging there is a set length for bowsprits (outboard length not total length)- in our scale for the already mentioned 10th class frigate it is about 116mm long after it leaves the bulwarks at the bow. Keith
  17. clearway
    ouch Keith! You guys get better soon and grit them paths young man 😱 Keith
  18. clearway
    Nice save! and yes when all the deck furniture is in place it draws the eye away from the deck. Keith
  19. clearway
    No need to apologise for the boiler posts Keith- its interesting to see how it evolved regards the pump handle, for my cutty sark windlass handle i used brass tube with an eye glued in each end to take the handles if that makes sense. Keith
  20. clearway
    Looking better and better Keith and yep gets to the point where i have to clear everything off, burn all the waste and chaff on the fire so i can fill it full of crud again! Ahh the circles of life🤪. Keith
  21. clearway
    Happy new year to you too. Keith
  22. clearway
    Happy New Year to you too- If doing mine again i would use a swivel yard crane style truss on the fore and main lower yards which i intend to use on my Erebus build. Keith
  23. clearway
    Looks great so far keith- happy new year to you and yours and what a nice tidy work bench- mine literally looks like a load of B17s and Lancasters have carpet bombed it 😁 Keith
  24. clearway
    Coming along nicely, watch out because some of the measurements for wood strips on my occre Terror were way off. On Erebus i was lucky enough to have enough narrower veneer to make the planking more to scale- i didn't like how wide planking on my Terror looked. for my ships i use Evo-Stick fast grab wood glue but not sure how available it is outside of U.K.?
  25. clearway
    Hope you had a nice christmas day and a happy new year to you both Keith- you know my stance on steam engines 🤩 Keith

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