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Hi Jim, It must have been quite an adventure tying those blocks. Creative vocabulary would have been used if it was me! At least it is behind you. She is coming along very nicely. Tom -
Hi Jim, Are you sure about the number of knots? I think you might have miscounted. You should count them again. 😉 Looks great. Bummer about the bumpkin but it looks like a great fix. Nobody will be the wiser. Tom
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Hi Gary, Thank you for the answer. That never even crossed my mind. I guess my inexperience is showing through. Always learning in this hobby which is one of the reasons why it is so interesting. Tom
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Can someone tell me what the function of this piece is? It looks like it might be used to help with the longboats. It is hung off the outside edge of the midship channel. There is a hook on one end and slides into a hole on a bracket that is attached to the channel. At the aft side of the same channel there is another bracket that the pole just seems to “snap” into. So it is definitely meant to be taken on and off. I made one for each side as per the plans but don’t really know why. 😳 Tom
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Jim progress looks great. I feel your pain regarding wiring on something for a while only to have it break near the end. Hope you hit the lottery so you can hire someone to finish up the rat lines. You will probably need most of the lottery winnings to pay the person. I am sure they don’t come cheap!😁 Tom
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Definitely agree with used Starrett for E-Bay. I work in the tool making industry and it is the "go to" brand for tools. I have bought the cheap ones and you get exactly what you pay for. I bought my existing pin vises as a used Starrett set from E-Bay and don't regret it for a second. Tom
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Thanks Meddo and Kurt. I will have to look into this. Tom
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What is a CAMM pass? Tom
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These are pretty good. I purchased the "baby" on amazon for a few bucks. Tom
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Hi Jim, Glad to see you are back at it. The model is really looking good. I to wondered where all the lines were going to be belayed. There just doesn't seem to be enough belaying pins on the drawings. I like the extra pin racks on the poop deck. That deck is relatively bare and so makes sense to add some there. I am sure I will be doing something similar when I get to that point. Keep up the good work and if the Admiral won't let you cut a hole in the ceiling above the refrigerator then maybe you can just get a shorter one! Tom
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Hi Jim It is good to hear from you. I was beginning to wonder if you hit a big lottery jackpot and ran off to some secluded tropical island 🏝. Hope you get to get back to those rat lines soon. Thanks for the compliments. My progress goes in short spurts also. That darn life thing seems to get in the way for a lot of people. 😁. Maybe one of the moderators can help you with you notification issue. Tom
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Finished some of the bow work and played with some of the small sculptures on the stern. Michael Angelo has nothing to worry about. 😁. Progress is a good feeling no matter how small. At 1:85 scale the sculptures can get pretty small so detail is very difficult. At least for me. Tom
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Hi Mark T i just saw Chuck this past weekend at the Northeast Joint Modeling Conf. In New London CT. Bought some blocks. Saw his rope too. Very nice. Thanks for the interesting information about the tar colors. Definitely keep it in mind for the next. Just have to make the cranes for the forecastle deck and then string up the beige Tulle and the netting (except on the bow) will be a thing of the past on this model. 😁. Wasn’t my favorite part so far but it really put a nice touch to the model. Tom
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Hi Steven at 1:200 I agree you would need to go with black so it would be seen. I was having a hard time deciding but ended up going with the untreated rope color. As mentioned above it probably not wrong either way. Scott i did see the the black on many pictures of many ships also. I found arguments for both treated and untreated. Treated naturally would last longer but on the other hand the treatment stuff would get all over the hammocks. Black is definitely more visible on models and paintings but may not be historically accurate. Since this model will most likely never get out of my living room and the rails are black I ended up going with the contrasted beige. Thanks for checking and passing on the info to me. I welcome all the comments I can get as they only add to my knowledge which is never enough. Hi Mark Thanks for the info. I don’t think I will bring it to the “canvas” stage. Don’t want to cover up the work already done. If I am visualizing what you are saying correctly wouldn’t the canvas also have to go down the sides also to keep the hammocks dry. I have never come across the canvas on hammock netting. But then again I have only been doing this for a few years and this is only my 2nd model. I still have a ton to learn. Tom
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Thanks Sea Hoss. This is only my second build so I still have a lot to learn and improve upon...especially when seeing some of the builds on this sight. It has been a fantastic journey so far and the good thing is it is really just starting. Tom
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Thanks to all for the likes. Hi AON yeah that is a great analogy. Probably why I have an artificial one. No muss no fuss. 😁 Hi wiederrich it will be fully rigged with sails, some full and some furled. That is a ways off. Tom
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I think threading hammock netting is less fun than rat lines. Very tedious but when it’s done it looks pretty good. Finished the poop deck netting’s after 3 nights. Now on to the midship netting’s. 😳 Tom
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After a long time searching for some tan netting for the hammock cranes I ended up using some Tulle that I picked up at Joanne’s. It’s a bit on the fine side but it will do. Better too fine than too coase at this scale. I found the perfect size in black but the netting is not supposed to be tarred. That would make a mess with the hammocks. Here is the first attempt that came out okay. The dark wood and black cranes make the netting stand out a bit. I was concerned that the Tulle was so fine that you would have difficulty seeing it. Holding the fabric up withou a dark background made it almost invisible. It is an awful lot of work to be invisible!😳 Tom
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Well I took John’s advice and went with the tan Tulle since I came up empty at Hobby Lobby. It came out okay. The black cranes and dark wood make the netting more visible than just holding the Tulle in the air without a backdrop Thanks John for pushing me over the edge. 😁 Tom
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Thanks John. I did see the Tulle but it was so fine I could barely see it. I did pick up a piece just in case though as that may be my only option.
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Thanks Gary. I was unsuccessful at Joanne's Fabric. They did have white but with the black rails on the ship it seems to be too much of a contrast. I will try my luck at Hobby Lobby tomorrow. I like the mosquito net idea. I did not think of that. Tom
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I am starting to work on the hammock cranes and netting on my Leopard and am trying to decide the color of the netting. My brain (which doesn’t always fly straight) tells me they should be a natural color rope that is not tarred. If they were tarred it would get all over the hammocks when stored. Yet when I look at pics of models (some of them world champion winners) the netting is black. My guess is because it seems to be very difficult to find netting in a tan color and if you do then it has hexagonal holes instead of diamonds. I like the way the black looks but it doesn’t make sense to the engineering side of my brain. Any thoughts out there to steer me in a direction?
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Got a little further. Built and wired the stern lanterns, attached the gun port lids and the poop deck along with the top rails. The lanterns some night time photos of lanterns lit up gun port lids and the poop deck and a couple more night shots Tom
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Jack, that is great. Looking forward to seeing you. I still have another year left on the Leopard. My goal is to have it there next year. Tom
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