Siggi52
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Hello, now after three weeks of summer, it is cold and rainy again So, not to see the disaster, I'm back at the shipyard. The upper counter rail and there supporting parts. Just to say it, it was't easy. But at least I think I got it. And here the parts who did't make it. To fill the space between the lower and upper rail would also be a challenge
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Hello, the lower counter rail is finished. I build the middle part three times But now I'm satisfied with it.
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Hello, oh you poor boys. Stay here for a while, and you would love these temperatures. Today with a little sunshine between the showers and 16°C! At the yard we build today only the under construction for the gratings and the ladder way. The two scuttles in front of the carpenters should be for the top tackle. What ever that is, but have they a lid? At the models they are not build, because there is the deck mostly open or build without these scuttles. The next thing will be then the stern, first at least up to this deck
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Hello Matt, thank you and no, there is not enow rum in the house to drink you that weather beautiful. So I did't try it. We have that weather, mostly not over 20°C, the last fore weeks! And that in July
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Hello, because of the bad weather here, rain and 17°C, we are back at the shipyard. The carpenters cut the beams for the quarter deck last week and installed them today.
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Hello Keith, no,I think that will go also with a brocken wrist. He could hold at least a brush again.
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Hello, now have also the first two gun ports there lids. We make now a little break at the shipyard for holiday and other obligations. I forget to mention, the painter had an accident. He broke his right wrist, but it is healing and he will be fit again soon.
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Hello, thank you Mark. That was also one of my thoughts, but because I have no idea about rigging I discarded it. All others also many thanks for your comments and likes. Here now some pictures of the now more or less ready fore castle. When I looked at the pictures, I realised that I have to install the gun port lids. So that would be the next action here, and when that is ready, the quarter deck and waist is the next building site. The anchors will come later.
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Jaager, thank you again. But that all did't answered my question from my post #981. The davit is something about 2,50m out of the ship, for not damaging the hull when getting the anchor up. My question was and is, how did they get the davit, with the anchor on it, to the place at the board wall to secure the anchor?
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Thank you Jaager, but that are things I know already and ok, my english is not the best. It's funny, when I asked, all the experts are at a holiday trip, somewhere in the desert with no internet. But when I'm ready they come out and know also something. And every time I think, I did't ask again.
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Thank you Druxey, at an other model the rope aft goes inboard and was somewhere there fastened. But at least aft.
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Hello, because nobody seams to know how the fish david worked, I decided to do it like I described it in my last post and as it is build at the contemporary models. The other end of the hook rope (?) was connected to a double block, where I think some men pulled. Here some details. Sorry, Johann, I stop doing this. It's not my world. And here the fish david is I think far enough outside to catch the anchor with out damage the ship. But I will build it as seen at the pictures before.
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Hello, now a question, did anyone know how the fish david works? Goodwin and also Lee in his masting and rigging did't say anything about that. Only that the david get shorter after 1733. The models did't show that really. There are not so many, I take the Yarmouth 1745 (SLR0454) as an example. Here the beam would reach from cleat to cleat. From the dimensions my beam would have the same length. The anchor should't bump against the ship, so the david reached far outside. The plummet is 5cm ( 2,40m) away from the ship. But how did they get the anchor to the ships side? Only pulling at the shankpainter chain I think would't work. Or did they haul in the david? There are the ropes at both sides, and ten men to the left and right I think could get him together with the anchor in. In the position at the next picture. In that position the david is at the model of the Ipswich 1730 (SLR0434). And here I think they could catch the anchor with the shankpainter chain. Many thanks for your help in advance. As you may see, I get her out of the basement. Here the paint should dry the next weeks. With LED lights that is a problem.
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Hello, it is done, the fore castle is ready. Ok, there are some things left like the anchors, but that comes later. The only thing I would build here next, is the fish david.
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Hello, thank you Druxey. Because we have here the best weather to sit in the basement, it's cold and rainy, the carpenters mostly finished the fife rails and the painter painted them. And all without a disaster.
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Hello and thank you for all the likes today the carpenters build the port side fife rail. Unfortunately they have forgotten to paint the underside of it. I hope that that would not end in a disaster. The plank for the other side is now already painted.
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Hello, because it's not really summer here at the moment, the carpenters decided to build the timber heads. They are not fast installed, that comes tomorrow.
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Hello, another little step in finishing the fore castle. The rail at the beakhead bulkhead.
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Hello Marc, thank you, and no I would't rig the model. The ship is now 1,15m long and 40cm high. With a rig it would be 1,40m long and also high. That is much too large. And there are too much sticks and twine for me
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Hello, this rail is now ready. It was easier then I first thought. But there are some more left
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Hello today we started with the fife rails. First I tuned the arches for the reserve mast storages, then build the rails itself and fitted them in. The rest will come the next days.
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Hello, and thank you scrubby and Glenn for your comments, and all the others for your likes. Now the belfry has also a bell.
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