Ian B

I too had my very first flight in a Chipmunk, The Air Experience flight at Filton Bristol back in 1975-- definitely going to get this kit--not sure it will be a good as build as your excellent one..

14 hours ago, SaskieinSoCal said:

Very impressive Ian. I'm jealous you're into the rigging. Seeing yours does serve as a good kick in the rear to get focused again. Thanks!

 

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Thanks Trent, I am just using the line to install the chains at the correct angle.  Then onwards and upwards literary ..:)

love it--- something a bit different. Tempted to do one myself ,

Looking good, its worth the effort  -- that's the trouble with 72 cannon ships-- lots of repetition LOL... welcome to the club...im just ahead of you in my Vanguard build

thanks everyone, a few avenues to check out

i did look on eBay but nothing other than US-- which makes it very expensive to input.. next stop the Art supply shops

I have been told silkspan is no longer made?, If so any suggestions for a UK alternative or a UK stockist with some left?

Thanks--- the product looks so good from what I have seen on here..

1 hour ago, mikegr said:

Does the kit include any barrel life rafts like these in the photo?

I like the buffer-- putting some nice circular dents down her side    OOOOOPs! It might polish out .....

42 minutes ago, G. Delacroix said:

Hello,

 

As an indication, on this bad picture, here is how the inner rings of the lids are used. An handspike is placed across the porthole and then a rope is tightly clamped between the rings and the handspike to close the porthole to the sea. This is the French method but I imagine the English did the same.

 

GD

 

Thanks-- never seen this before--

Thank you for taking time to give me such comprehensive answers. Based on what you are saying I shall leave the lower rings empty as that is the right way-- I never knew  As you can see she is just about ready to have them fitted..

Can I assume the gunport cover apart from the two ropes on the upper side for opening the lid, the two rings on the inside should also have ropes running in through the gun port opening. It is just all the pictures on here show the rings with nothing attached?  well the pictures i have found dont... LOL

Thanks, I think I will start a new thread.

I'm building The Vanguard  and was thinking about adding 'spare spars and mast parts on deck just to add yet more detail/clutter  ---- so any pictures I can reference would be fab..

2 hours ago, Mark P said:

Good Evening Ian;

 

One thing which may be worth knowing if you have not yet started making all the hammock rolls, is that once the hammocks were stowed in the netting, they were covered with tarred or painted canvas, usually black or very dark grey, to keep them dry. This was certainly done in the Royal Navy, maybe not for French ships. Sailors did not want to sleep in soaking hammocks. Most likely, the nettings were lined with lengths of canvas, like a long trough, so that the hammocks were stowed inside it. Once the netting was full, one edge of the lining could be turned over the top and tucked down behind the other side, to create a seal. 

 

All the best,

 

Mark P

Thanks .a great bit of info

On 9/12/2021 at 3:39 AM, DennisL said:

I made furled sails for the Medway Longboat using an article I found in one of the tutorials.  I never used Silkspan before but the sails came out looking great.  Good luck!

Good tip--- I am pondering about which material to use.

40 minutes ago, CDW said:

Wow, was that a, errant takeoff, or just before it stalled and crashed into the ocean? Very nice photo!

No.just reverse parking...😜

On 9/10/2021 at 3:59 PM, DennisL said:

great looking model.  Hammocks are a nice touch!

Thanks , surprised more people don't do it..I am planning to do furled sails too.another less popular thing to do...

I'd not really seen anyone on here making the hammocks for the netting-- had a go-- and apart from tidying some twisted up ones very pleased..so I will finish doing them for the final model . I could not find a definitive on how they were stacked so I went for a simple ascetically  pleasing..

well-done Bill

I can only echo your comments about building the Cheerful--- a great way indeed for upping our game, and trying new things, like you I got so much more from this build.

Almost as if Chuck had us novices in mind lol --- only joking Chuck --I'd recommend this to anyone thing of branching away from a kit-- a super stepping stone

This is the best all round book on ships and battles of the period I have found and I have read many!-- it is a who's who of most of the ship names we see on here and what they did in a simple readable form

I have read both these, and they a very good read

Its that age old problem, where to display everything we make   looking forward to following this task.

9 minutes ago, CDW said:

Looks like a fascinating book. I put it on my wish list.

On Amazon they have 16 copies at £2 each plus postage ... Its worth a purchase even if you just look at the pictures LOL   

Forgot to say--- you can see it in London-- well some of it

Hi, really enjoying this topic, super work. I thought Id share this unusual book-- it is on Amazon for almost nothing. A chap was commissioned to make a model of the whole battle 190,000 figures-- Wellington didn't like it as it showed he was being a bit economical with the truth about the Prussians and certain individual in his official dispatches-- The first few chapters are slow but the rest is a fascinating read.

I have just bumped into this build.  What a great topic and super paint job,I have never seen this ship before-so unusual , --- I shall be following along --might even do this myself at some point, I have never done a plastic/PE ship