mugje

11 minutes ago, Norway said:

Seems like we follow the same path...

I have my Pegasus kit lying ready for my next bulid 😂

Which could be a looong time before i get started regarding my slow progress....

Hahaha nice! Great choice 😁

Just ordered the HMS Pegasus from Amati for my second build at Cornwall modelships 

The doubt was between the Syren, Granado and Pegasus...but in the end, the Pegasus was just the most appealing to me.

Big step forward in complexity, but I think I can manage it with the help of the forum  

15 minutes ago, Norway said:

Pristine work mugje...

You are so much faster than me with the Pickle build. Can't find as much time for my build as i wish with work and family.

I'm doing foremast channels now. 

Very nice to follow your build. 

Tnx! You're ship also does look great!

Nice clean work👍

I have at the moment not a job so a bit more free time 😉

1 hour ago, SpyGlass said:

Just catching up  - you are getting along great.

On the subject of foot ropes here is a pic of the real thing in action - somewhat larger vessel than Pickle of course .and on a modern vessel about Pickles size

Note the overlap  of sections of foot rope in both

Tnx Spyglass, and great pics! That's helpful

Tnx Jonathan!

Ratlines are done! Nice to notice that you get very proficient at tying the ratlines at the end...😊

On 11/2/2019 at 1:21 AM, Old Collingwood said:

Yes please, hard to grasp with photos.

 

OC.

Offcourse the knots are overscale executed, and probably wrong...but it's more clear I hope. It's the top shroud that rests on the hounds at the top of the mast. Personally I think I need to use the left eye splice?

I will have to make an eye splice in the middle of the rope...let me see if I understand this correct.

The manual says: "For the foremast, to begin, measure an 850mm length of 0.5mm black thread. Using a length of 0.25mm black thread, form an eye splice at the mid pointof the 850mm length of 0.5mm black thread to form an eye of approximately 6mm in diameter".

How would attach this eye at the 0.5mm black main thread? Just a loop like this ___!___ with the O on top? Or like -----O-----?

Maybe I need to shoot some photos to explain...

Tnx for the tip David!👍

Slowly and steady progress...taking my time with the ratlines

Wow you got great skill! It's really nice to follow your log

lovely planking job!

tightening the shrouds did seem to work! It's not perfect yet, but the twist is almost gone. So thank you guys!

I've tightened the lanyards, and the twist is almost gone. It looks much better, also the lanyards. So...a bit extra work on top of tying the ratlines...but that's part of the learning process.

Tnx for the reply's. First I will try to tighten the lanyards option before taking drastic measures🤔

Busy with the ratlines! The first batch ready, it wasn't easy but i'm pretty happy with the result. 

The only thing is, that there is a twist in it, from top to bottom. Probably because of the paint and glue that added some 

stiffness to the whole.

Anyone an idea what I can do about that? Or is there in this stage nothing what I can do to fix this?

On the first not so sharp picture you can see the problem.

4 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Great work,    thought this might be of interest   -   thetrafalgarway.org

 

OC.

Tnx! There's a whole story about the Pickle, that's nice!👍

Busy with the ratlines! The first batch ready, it wasn't easy but i'm pretty happy with the result. 

The only thing is, that there is a twist in it, from top to bottom. Probably because of the paint and glue that added some 

stiffness to the whole.

Anyone an idea what I can do about that? Or is there in this stage nothing what I can do to fix this?

On the second not so sharp picture you can see the problem.

you are going pretty fast, good job!

Thanks for the elaborate answer and compliment Peter, and everybody tnx for the likes.

Good point on the tightness of the lanyards/shrouds. I'm making a mental note in my head for the next time i'm going trough that process. With building a model there are often questions about authenticity or just good looking for the modeller. 

Next step is knotting the ratlines. Caldercraft supplied for this 0.10 naturel thread that need to be stained black when it's knotted against the lower shrouds. 

Why they didn't supplied black thread in the first place? I don't know. Or is it mean't to be more authentic? Because they tarred it maybe? 🤔

The lower shrouds are finally done. After retrying a few times i'm happy how it turned out 🙂

The lanyards could a bit tighter, but it's not to bad in my opinion for now.

Tnx! I will try first the printed method...and if that don't work...maybe the Woodland decals will work

Tanganyika looks more like the ship on the box 🙂