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Finally, a long overdue update! I started out well with photos of each step and then as life got busy the photos fell by the way. The last few pictures are of each completed piece without process pictures. 
 
I experimented with a few different materials for the stern lanterns, but finally settled on card. The lanterns could not be solid because of the fiber-optics that I had to feed up through the tiny brass tubing and into the lanterns. This was a very tricky process due to the tight fit and bends. I'll try to add some pictures in the next day or so with the lanterns "lit".
 

 

 

 

 
Some more items completed.
 

 

 

 
And placed on deck. I also completed the first of three sets of spiral staircases.
 

 
I also managed to make and place some of the decorative pieces and dolphins.
 

 
Last, but not least, a shot of the stern so far and profile. 
 

Here are a few shots of the lanterns and other areas fore and aft, showing the fiber optics and yellow LEDs.
For now I have the wires attached to a 9 volt battery, but will be installing a proper switch box later.
 

 

 

 

After a lot of work, vacation, hot weather and more of that funny stuff I have find some time to work in the workshop ......
I paint the gunport lids ,drill a few hundred holes for the eyebolts and place them also.
Also glue the hinges as you can see 
Also make the chainplates and put pins in it.
Now I can drill again a few hundred hole to attach the lids.
And make the cables......
So another update will take some time.
But I'm still around as you can see.
 
Sjors
 
 

David - Thank you for answering George's question.
 
I've finished fitting the flags. I'm not sure whether my method of hoisting them is suitable for the period, but they work quite well this way.
 
I made two toggles for each flag. One is fitted to the bottom corner of the flag, the other to the halyard at the top end. When no flag is flown the toggle and eye in the halyard are joined together :
 

 

 
The halyard goes through the sheave in the truck :
 

 
The toggle in the halyard passes through the eye in the top of the flag :
 

 
The other end of the halyard has an eye through which the toggle in the bottom corner of the flag passes :
 

 
The halyards for both flags belay to small cleats :
 

 

 
Some views of both flags. I briefly soaked them both in water, shaped them and let them dry overnight before fitting them :
 

 

 

 
 Danny

time  for an update........ I've been adding blocks and rope to the yards and was starting to get a little frustrated  .... I guess most of us know how that goes..... so  i decided to post my whereabouts on my build ........ nothing fancy goin on. just the finishing of the mast tops and yards...... thanks for looking in.....
 
 
 
 
Mast tops completed

 
 
yards completed 
 

 

 

 

 

 
That's it.... Like I said nothing real exciting but it brings yo up to date .. I'll follow up with another update as soon as I finish installing all the blocks to the yards. Thanks again
 
Frank

Great to see this log here again too!

Thanks for the comments Robin, George, Spyglass, John, Pat, Mark and Greg .
 
John, I was thinking ahead (well sort of) - when I fitted the quarterdeck rail I wasn't sure if I'd fit the hammock cranes as my silver soldering skills at the time were only in their infancy. By the time I'd got around to the shrouds I'd forgotten all about the cranes   .
 
Flags
 
I have made my own flags before - on my last two models I used Silkspan with reasonably good results. Unfortunately it seems like I've left the silkspan at my daughter's place, so I thought I'd have a go at using the Egyptian Cotton which I fortunately DID bring with me, and used Artist's Acrylic paints. I figured all I had to lose was a couple of day's work. If they were a failure I would buy some from Modelflags.com who from all accounts supply some pretty good ones.
 
I started by drawing the Jack using AutoCAD. I then printed it out twice, drew up the borders for the Ensign and used the 2nd Jack in it's top corner. I taped both of these to the tops of a couple of flat containers so I could turn them in whichever direction I wanted when doing the hand painting. Then I taped the two pieces of (oversize) cotton over them. Last thing for this step was to go over the outline of each section with a pencil as they were only just visible :
 

 
I painted the White areas first, being careful to stay inside the lines as much as possible - from previous experience I'd found that it was better not to have to paint over the white, even with dark blue, as it lightened considerably and needed at least three coats to cover sufficiently :
 

 
After laboriously painting the red cross without using any masking I had the idea of using Tamiya Masking Tape for the blue areas. I tried it out on a 3rd piece I was painting for any experiments I might have needed - it worked very well, considering I was painting on a medium that it wasn't really designed for. There was a small amount of "bleeding" in some areas that needed a bit of touch-up, but it was much easier than trying to free-hand the lot  . Then I removed both flags, turned them over, and repeated the process for the other side :
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
I cut the borders with a new Xacto blade and steel rule. The painted edges cut cleanly, but the small border I left for the Hoist Cloth tore out a bit as the weave of the cloth wasn't quite exactly square to the flag. A tip to avoid this is either paint the band white or use dilute PVA on it :
 

 
 Danny

Thanks Druxey, I sure did. I managed to drill the holes with a Pin Vise without "re-arranging" any rigging .
 
Fitting Swivel Guns
 
I've also fitted the Swivel Guns that I'd made earlier. They are only going on the port side. All the guns can be moved in any direction. Once again, I had to redrill the holes in the posts from 0.8mm to 1mm to accept the mounting legs :
 

 

 

 

 
 Danny

Thanks for the kind comments Robin, George, Mark, David, Albert, Carl, Ronnie and Marc. As always they are much appreciated .
 
Fitting Hammock Cranes
 
I managed to drill the holes for the hammock crane mounting "bolts" without going completely insane, but it was a near thing . It would have been MUCH easier if I'd done this a lot earlier in the build. The couple hiding amongst the shrouds were fun (not).
 
I've fitted the passing ropes too. I chose to use a simple knot at each end :
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 Danny

Thank you all for your kind words and likes.
 
Work is progressing and more knees, hanging knees, carlings and ledges are added. 
 
I also forgot to install a pillar in front of the fore mast , but that was taken care of.
 

 

 
The last opportunity to take a look at the sail room before its permanently installed in the hull
 

 
Some of the knees with mortices cut
 

 
The state of the upper deck to date
 

 

 

 
 
The next weeks will be more of the same... with the addition of installing hammock battens as I work my way across the deck
 
Remco
 
 
 

Things have been a bit slow in the yard as the chief shipwright, deciding to use as #11 blade as a chisel, added his DNA to the build.  No major damage but a painful reminder that it's impossible to do the fiddly bits with bandaged fingers.
 
However, we did manage to get a start on the foredeck.  Here, we've added some coamings, companionways, and a second fife rail.  Note the chimney for the stove below.  I love that stove, now 80% invisible.  But we know it's down there !
 
 

anyone any good ideas for getting some decent indoor phots of my build - the mancave is proving very hard to get decent shots due to cluuter, and not the best lighting

Thank you George and John, much appreciated.
 
 
George - here are a couple more pics of the Fish Davit which might make it's fitting a bit clearer :
 

 
The inner end goes through the Spanshackle Ring :
 

 
I had to shorten the fish davit considerably from the length shown in TFFM, as it would have finished way too far outboard (it's probably still a bit too long). TFFM's fish davit is on HMS Resolution and fits forward of the foremast and is a rather different setup.
 
The last thing to fit on both anchors is the rope seized to the Shankpainter Chain, which was fitted at the time the Channels went on. The rope is 0.45mm in diameter and was too large to fit through the chain link, so I made a small ring to which I seized the rope :
 

 
The port side anchor is shown as Stowed. The shankpainter chain loops around the shank of the anchor and belays to the timberhead forward of the fish davit block :
 

 

 
The stock is belayed to the cathead. I had to "be my own captain" when stowing the anchors - feel free to tell me I've got it wrong, but they don't fit any other way :
 

 
Some more pics of the port anchor :
 

 

 

 
 Danny

Thanks George .
 
I've rigged the port side anchor. The pics are fairly self-explanatory :
 

 

 
Note the Fish Back, a small line seized to the hook to enable it to be manoeuvred over the arm of the anchor :
 

 

 

 
The fish tackle is hooked through a ring and eye in the main channel, and belays to the timberhead above it :
 

 

 

 

 
 Danny

Thanks for the comments Grant, Greg, George, Dave, Keelhauled and Laman .
 
 
I have a model of Norske Lowe to finish off for a guy who's dad was building her before he passed away, and then it will be a Ship in a Bottle.
 
Anchor Rigging
 
I am going to rig the two Bower Anchors in different ways. The starboard one will be stowed, and the port one (shown here) is "About to be Stowed". This will make use of the Fish Davit and all it's associated rigging.
 
First I made all the various blocks needed. The two Cat Blocks are interesting - they are iron-bound and double-sheaved.
 
I made the "iron" straps from thin brass sheet. After working out the length required (by trial and error) I drilled and filed a strip in the vise :
 

 

 
The three parts of the block, which is recessed to accept the strap. The hook is drilled into the block, and the strap is Epoxied on. The join in the strap fits against the hook and is invisible :
 

 

 

 
The Fish Tackle Hook is very large, as it needs to pass around the anchor arm. Note the Thimble in the eye of the hook :
 

 
The Fish Tackle block and a violin block for the fish tackle :
 

 

 
 
 
 Danny

Good evening everyone
 
today was perhaps the best spent three hours i have ever had on this build, thoroughly enjoyed it, i can confirm lol that me mojo is here to stay
 
Foremast Standing rigging
 
1st two lines sets os lines to be placed are spliced and run down the port and stbd sides - these do not form ports of the shrouds
 

 
I have found the mast to work on easier away from the build
 
  the next ten lines to be placed form two shrouds each, each pair goes to the same side, and the one above it then goes to the  alternative side
 


 


 

Thank-you everyone!
 
Omega1234: I'm "utterly" flattered.
 
Doris: The cannons are not perfect, but I am happy with them. I got the idea from your Royal Caroline, and I thank you for that!
 
Kevin: I feel I have made progress, but I look at your log and see you are rigging (and it's looking great) and realize I still have that huge chore in my future!
 
Tom: It seemed like an eternity for me to wait to see if the lanterns would work - kinda glad no one could see me when I first hooked up the battery. 
 
Popeye: I always liked the look of lanterns on some of these old ships, so I knew I would be building one that had them.
 
Robbyn: I totally understand - it took a long time for me to have and update. Renovations are always huge, but rewarding. (hope you took pictures)
 
Bob: Ditto
 
Sjors: Maybe you should go on vacation again and I might have another update then! Make sure you take Anja though, or NO update.
 
Edwin: Now you are making me blush. 
 
Stay tuned, I hope to have an update before too long.

Thank-you everyone!
 
Omega1234: I'm "utterly" flattered.
 
Doris: The cannons are not perfect, but I am happy with them. I got the idea from your Royal Caroline, and I thank you for that!
 
Kevin: I feel I have made progress, but I look at your log and see you are rigging (and it's looking great) and realize I still have that huge chore in my future!
 
Tom: It seemed like an eternity for me to wait to see if the lanterns would work - kinda glad no one could see me when I first hooked up the battery. 
 
Popeye: I always liked the look of lanterns on some of these old ships, so I knew I would be building one that had them.
 
Robbyn: I totally understand - it took a long time for me to have and update. Renovations are always huge, but rewarding. (hope you took pictures)
 
Bob: Ditto
 
Sjors: Maybe you should go on vacation again and I might have another update then! Make sure you take Anja though, or NO update.
 
Edwin: Now you are making me blush. 
 
Stay tuned, I hope to have an update before too long.

Thank-you everyone!
 
Omega1234: I'm "utterly" flattered.
 
Doris: The cannons are not perfect, but I am happy with them. I got the idea from your Royal Caroline, and I thank you for that!
 
Kevin: I feel I have made progress, but I look at your log and see you are rigging (and it's looking great) and realize I still have that huge chore in my future!
 
Tom: It seemed like an eternity for me to wait to see if the lanterns would work - kinda glad no one could see me when I first hooked up the battery. 
 
Popeye: I always liked the look of lanterns on some of these old ships, so I knew I would be building one that had them.
 
Robbyn: I totally understand - it took a long time for me to have and update. Renovations are always huge, but rewarding. (hope you took pictures)
 
Bob: Ditto
 
Sjors: Maybe you should go on vacation again and I might have another update then! Make sure you take Anja though, or NO update.
 
Edwin: Now you are making me blush. 
 
Stay tuned, I hope to have an update before too long.

Thank-you everyone!
 
Omega1234: I'm "utterly" flattered.
 
Doris: The cannons are not perfect, but I am happy with them. I got the idea from your Royal Caroline, and I thank you for that!
 
Kevin: I feel I have made progress, but I look at your log and see you are rigging (and it's looking great) and realize I still have that huge chore in my future!
 
Tom: It seemed like an eternity for me to wait to see if the lanterns would work - kinda glad no one could see me when I first hooked up the battery. 
 
Popeye: I always liked the look of lanterns on some of these old ships, so I knew I would be building one that had them.
 
Robbyn: I totally understand - it took a long time for me to have and update. Renovations are always huge, but rewarding. (hope you took pictures)
 
Bob: Ditto
 
Sjors: Maybe you should go on vacation again and I might have another update then! Make sure you take Anja though, or NO update.
 
Edwin: Now you are making me blush. 
 
Stay tuned, I hope to have an update before too long.

Thank-you everyone!
 
Omega1234: I'm "utterly" flattered.
 
Doris: The cannons are not perfect, but I am happy with them. I got the idea from your Royal Caroline, and I thank you for that!
 
Kevin: I feel I have made progress, but I look at your log and see you are rigging (and it's looking great) and realize I still have that huge chore in my future!
 
Tom: It seemed like an eternity for me to wait to see if the lanterns would work - kinda glad no one could see me when I first hooked up the battery. 
 
Popeye: I always liked the look of lanterns on some of these old ships, so I knew I would be building one that had them.
 
Robbyn: I totally understand - it took a long time for me to have and update. Renovations are always huge, but rewarding. (hope you took pictures)
 
Bob: Ditto
 
Sjors: Maybe you should go on vacation again and I might have another update then! Make sure you take Anja though, or NO update.
 
Edwin: Now you are making me blush. 
 
Stay tuned, I hope to have an update before too long.

Mobbsie, Peter - 
 
Yes, the decorative way the wale is fashioned in French ships is related to anchor stowage.  The French stiffened their longer, wider (compared to English designs) hulls by making their wales thicker and in several bands.  Between the bands the hull planking was thinner, creating a step up to the wale.  Where the anchor was hauled up for stowage the side point of the fluke could catch on it and rip up the wood.  So at the bow the thinner middle planking was exchanged for thicker stuff that created a smooth surface for the fluke to slide on.  Being French, where the thicker stuff ended, it was shaped in a stylish manner rather than just a functional end.
 
Here are two photos of the element from the QAR project
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Hope that helps
 
Dan

Thank-you everyone!
 
Omega1234: I'm "utterly" flattered.
 
Doris: The cannons are not perfect, but I am happy with them. I got the idea from your Royal Caroline, and I thank you for that!
 
Kevin: I feel I have made progress, but I look at your log and see you are rigging (and it's looking great) and realize I still have that huge chore in my future!
 
Tom: It seemed like an eternity for me to wait to see if the lanterns would work - kinda glad no one could see me when I first hooked up the battery. 
 
Popeye: I always liked the look of lanterns on some of these old ships, so I knew I would be building one that had them.
 
Robbyn: I totally understand - it took a long time for me to have and update. Renovations are always huge, but rewarding. (hope you took pictures)
 
Bob: Ditto
 
Sjors: Maybe you should go on vacation again and I might have another update then! Make sure you take Anja though, or NO update.
 
Edwin: Now you are making me blush. 
 
Stay tuned, I hope to have an update before too long.

Thank-you everyone!
 
Omega1234: I'm "utterly" flattered.
 
Doris: The cannons are not perfect, but I am happy with them. I got the idea from your Royal Caroline, and I thank you for that!
 
Kevin: I feel I have made progress, but I look at your log and see you are rigging (and it's looking great) and realize I still have that huge chore in my future!
 
Tom: It seemed like an eternity for me to wait to see if the lanterns would work - kinda glad no one could see me when I first hooked up the battery. 
 
Popeye: I always liked the look of lanterns on some of these old ships, so I knew I would be building one that had them.
 
Robbyn: I totally understand - it took a long time for me to have and update. Renovations are always huge, but rewarding. (hope you took pictures)
 
Bob: Ditto
 
Sjors: Maybe you should go on vacation again and I might have another update then! Make sure you take Anja though, or NO update.
 
Edwin: Now you are making me blush. 
 
Stay tuned, I hope to have an update before too long.

I don't go on a vacation anymore !!!!!!!!
When I go and I come back, Sherry has an update....
And a great one !!!!!!!
Looks fantastic Sherry !!!!!!!!!
 
( sorry Anja , you have to go alone on vacation  )
 
Sjors