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my son has always woken with the sunrise which in mid summer here is around 5 a.m. 😱, was good in winter though with 9am awakening😃. he still does it now but at least he has grown up and we don.t have to get up to keep an eye on him! Keith -
thanks for looking in everyone, been working on model railway stuff last few days as a rest from shipping, but started on the mainmast fiferail and massey pump assembly/ brail winchfor main jeers. everything just test fitted at the mo with no glue. the posts will be morticed into the decks. take care all Keith
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if wanting to fit scale width masts like me and keith s (7mm diameter fore mast and bowsprit, 8mm diameter main and mizzen at 6mm) then now is the time to make the holes in the deck and hull wider, mizzen is o.k. as kit states 6mm for all three. Keith
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Holystoning was used to smooth the decks to rid it of splinters as the crews on earlier vessels were actually barefoot so it was a safety practice to avoid splinters. However we are talking royal navy here so "swabbing the decks" would most likely have been carried out until they were in the icefields i would have thought so a little light weathering maybe but don't go over the top. As an aside i am not sure if the royal navy did this but a lot of wooden fishing vessels used to use linseed oil on the decks to preserve the wood which was done every year until costs curtailed the practice in the 1970's (in the west cumbrian fishing fleet anyways) Keith
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oh how we forget the basic nightmares we were faced with years ago when you had to cut everything out because laser cutting didn't exist😱. nice fix though kev. i have two open fires so my used/ scrap wood is cremated- however need to make sure you have really finished with it! Keith
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thanks for the likes and looking in everyone- still space at the bar rkwz, and thanks- what you have done with the airfix victory is pretty cool too m8😉 Keith
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at which point did you say what have i done to myself🤔😉, should be a great build though. Keith
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Welcome to the "little terror" club as keith s calls them. ouch someone didn't like the parcel! luckily the part that snapped isn't critical as there are more formers that fasten into the last frame on the stern Keith
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yes i agree the supplied planking is very thin, that is why i used some 0.5mm walnut to 2nd plank mine. sometimes eureks moments happen when you spend time away😉 Keith
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back with vicky (terror sidetracking me)! bent the topgallant yard to the mast and fitted the truss, will need to add the blocks for the lifts and clewlines and the tye halliard next. take care all Keith
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welcome back dominic looks good, in a moment of madness i bought the trumpeter 1/200 and its hugeeeee🤔, wont start it til i finish my victory though. Keith
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you might be able to tidy it up when the capping rail is added, you can always cut out planking and replace it. Keith
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Thanks for the likes everyone. sounds like you have a bit to keep you occupied emmet! on the good news front boss has decided to try and reboot the company so i will be back in work from next week under the partial furlough scheme🙂. on the shipyard front a lot has happened on terror in the comps absence! bow plating added and painted (used self adhesive copper strip in the end), pin rails added to bulwarks, rudder and prop in place and skylights finished + added some brass eyes to the anchor hawsepipes in the bow. take care all Keith
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Thanks for likes and views folks -sorry for delay in answering Emmet- comp on blink again!! it's hard in hot weather to find the get up and go to chop firewood! Hopefully will be able to wrestle this laptop off the son later and post some update pics. keith
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thanks for looking in everyone, back in the shipyard and now have the strengthening straps and gudgeons on the sternpost, also got the glazing in the larger skylight and painted the brass bollards on the windlass. the rudder is just resting in place, i have put a pulley wheel for lifting it but still need to add the pintles. take care all Keith
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ouch Emmet at least it missed the buildings! you will have a nice supply of firewood though😉 Keith
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Ty for likes and looking in/ comments folks. Except for the dremel i did use a similar method to keith s (i just used rat tail and sandpaper wrapped around dowel while twiddling the drums around in my fingers) and drilled and fitted a length of brass rod to reinforce the joins. Unfortunately Emmet i have just come off furlough gto be made redundant (boss is 70 and can't be bothered anymore) however one of the lads is thinking of taking over and if he can get repairs coming back in i might be going back in a couple of months, all a bit hit and miss. I salvaged the gears about 20 years ago (been there 30 years January just gone) 😱 oh how time flies. Back with Terror and nearly got the bigger skylight ready for varnishing/ glazing along with more glazing bars added to smaller skylight. take care all Keith
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to quote keith s "the little terror" continues. Got the glazing bars in on the bigger skylight and used some brass shim from my spares box and shaped the metal bollards on the windlass using round nosed pliers. take care all Keith
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Thanks for the likes and views everyone. I am probably going to use humbrol clear fix Keith as it can be used for small glazed windows also the stovepipe will need an angled piece added to the end, but i agree it does look nice😉, stick some of the clear windows on the end of a cocktail stick and run it around the frame and across. I decided to redo the windlass barrel , i cut out the carved teeth and used some nylon gears i scrounged off some cooker clock rotary dials from work, and also added the gear between frames and warping drum. also added some of the glazing bars to the skylights, i cut out the ends of the opening on the sides and added walnut strip. then drilled down using the holes on the roof as a guide, when these have dried i will remove other ply support that notches into roof and repeat with ends and corners if that makes sense. used 1mm square walnut for the glazing bars. Also got the hatch on place forward of the after accommodation hatch. Take care all Keith
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that would make sense Keith i agree, the binnacle on ships a few years later had a small binacle mounted on the deckhouse infront of the helm e.g. cutty sark. Back in the shipyard and got the accommodation hatches finished and the extra planking under the capstan, nothing is actually glued in place on the decks yet. Also found a brass stovepipe in my odds n sods box so will use it for captain croziers stove😁 take care all Keith
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me as well Keith, but with being portable it wouldn't be a problem. to be honest though the captain gave the course orders and often if in open water would give the command "full and by" which means keep her steered with the sails full of wind so no compass needed to steer by, also the reason why the helm was always right at the rear of sailing vessels so the helmsman could mind the trim of the sails. Keith
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just done some looking around online and found this 19th C Copper Ships Binnacle Compass mounted with a illumination lantern manufactured by Dents London The Compass is stamped Patent Liquid,Dents 61 Strand London 1836 Dent constructs the First Gravity Escapements. Dent invented and registers the Fluid Compass, which was used by the Royal Navy and the Royal National Life Boat Institution Maybe this would be what terror carried for the helmsman? Keith
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