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Heave! (Quist:) Five years hard labor, the judge says to me... ...or honorable service in His Majesty's Navy. What did I pick? Hornblower. ... (Sailor:) What are we doing in the Pacific, anyway? I tell you, he's got us all lost. ... (Quist:) There's islands there where we could have a picnic. Brown-skinned girls, bread growing on trees, where the Bounty went. Why don't you ask Hornblower to take us there? What's wrong with our cargo doing the asking? Muskets and ammunition. Who for? Why not for us? Harrison: Come on, get on with your work. Get on with it. Those were the last words in March 2015. Last year the conversation was continued in the moment when another model fell onto the small setup: AUUUUUUUTSCH!!! All men over board, the freshly fitted furnace in pieces. Never found the time for repair. Yesterday while looking for something else the remains were found again and also the will to fix 🙂 First found that Quist took the chance to desert and run behind his brown-skinned girls. So cloned a new one using the original building report from March 2015. Also fixed the furnace and lighted the ember inside. Also a new feature appeared: The wetted sand underneath the furnace, I finally found sand or better saying powder of sand that suited fine enough for the job. Also the waterbucket found its way onto the scene. Just missing the fire engine, the hose or the wet swatters that were needed to follow fire regulations. Then checked for the right tools. Tinkered the tongs from a spare chain iron ... ... and also an anvil found itself being used in there. And here we go with the refreshed gem 🙂 And here it is with the inspiration, from the starting sequence of "Hornblower" about 3:00 min. Enjoy, DAn

Thank you Mark and rkwz! XXXDAn

Actually not much more 🙂 In my one there is everything my heart desires. But actually and anyway, the time consuming part is not the build, it is the research ... XXXDAn

Thank you for the feedback! Managed to get all the eyelets onto their leashes ... ... and threaded them in ... ... and all closed ports are done 🙂 XXXDAn

Wonderful thing it is 🙂 But simply too big for my premises. XXXDAn

Thank you Robert! XXXDAn

Here we go again. First cleaning the front edge of the channel board from paint and leveling the heights of the irons ... ... and then fixing the batten to hold the deadeyes in place. From near one can see the difference nicely. One more area finished. Then the gunport lanyards. Still had some sprue, that was hollowed and pulled over the candle, resulting in nice micro tubes 🙂 Those bits were made from leather, to protect against friction and to keep water out. Took a needle to reopen the holes after cutting and used the intended thread to check the inner diameter. The spliced the ring onto the lanyard and hooked the ring onto the lid. Checked from near and I think it could be considered to be ok. So five or six more lids to go ... Grüßle, Daniel

No, I mean that the white plastic could be another quality that enabled to get the marks. The brown one usually used was apparently a better choice. XXXDAn

Hello Paul, this is new to me and bad for you 😞 Also never saw a white cast, perhaps that is the explanation. Ask the actual hotline (glow2be?). I already got once replacement parts and other builder did so too. It might take some time without feedback but they delivered in the end. XXXDAn

Hello @Paulh, sorry to hear. As far as I remember, there was no problems with the kits I bought, must be about 6 or seven sets. Do you want to show a picture? XXXDAn

... but the number is growing 🙂 XXXDAn

I always love the original artefacts 🙂 Here is the belle 🙂 XXXDAn

Thank you, rkwz! Used the good weather and found a nice place for my rope walk 🙂 XXXDAn

That is the style of netting that was shown on the drawing I mentioned in the end of #12 XXXDAn

Found the drawing, it is in the Masefield in between page 200 and 201. "HMS Venerable at anchor" Any idea abut the real origins of the picture? XXXDAn

Thank you Bruce! @druxey It is published several times in our "standard" literature. https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/102804.html A view of the quarter deck and poop of HMS Venerable with explanatory ms.letter, with address on reverse PAF7977 Medium includes watercolour.; Signed by artist. Date made 1799 Artist/Maker Turner, Benjamin Credit National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Materials pen & ink, brown Measurements 204 mm x 332 mm Parts: A view of the quarter deck and poop of HMS Venerable with explanatory ms.letter, with address on reverse (PAF7977) Here is another one. The only hint I have is "Masefield". Does anybody have any clue about it´s origins?? And I also vaguely remember a contemporary drawing of a smaller ship - not much bigger than the pickles - with a sauve-tête netting in place. It was fastened different, more like a tent. XXXDan

With the Pickle I would expect it to be a Sauve-Tête netting against falling debris. Rare to be mentioned in contemporary sources. What source does this information come from? XXXDAn

Thank you Bob! And 🙂 if things speed up, they speed up 🙂 Missing the mast for proper alignment, I put some irons in the middle as spacers for orientation. And suddenly things are done. Knowing my fat fingers, I will do the final alignment just before the final finish. And too, looks like I need better light on my working place - for better enlightment and pictures 😉 XXXDAn

But some small bit I still managed to do yesterday: First organised the parts on slightly adhesive tape for not messing up the running order of the different lengths. Then fixed the iron supports ... ... and as usual started with the shorter irons of the smaller deadeyes. That was the state of yesterday night, just to remember, there will still be a batten in front of the board hiding the slots. XXXDAn

News from the new man cave 🙂 Need some deadeyes for the 1805 slice. First try to make a barrel grinder some times ago did not really work: The sanding paper was too fine and too weak. Also one wing gave up quite fast. So did some research and build a new one, this time better and stiffer paper, took 3 sheets with staggered length and a broader axis to be able to tack the sheets properly together. The barrel is fixed with a M3 screw. First I used my Proxxon but this one was too weak as was to be smelled immediately ... So took the stronger Dremel. Height and side direction have to be adjusted well, or the machine gets hot immediately. Set the Dremel to step 2 and twice 10 minutes and the deadeyes are well done, depending your taste 🙂 Used the good deadeyes from the Syren shop. Last time using PVC the parts have shifted a little laterally 😞 Also using slow binding CA I had this experience, so I build a gauge to press everything together properly in place. Result: Dropping-dead-sharp deadeyes 🙂 Tumbled and done. Here as a comparison the 5 mm Krick deadeyes. On top à la natüre, then tumbled - it really does a good job on them - and on the bottom with the notches for the lanyards, and a Syren deadeye for comparison. XXXDAn

Coming. it´s coming 🙂 here some hints for the looks: Trafalgar companion (poop deck with boarding), a note from a Trafalgar midship man and a contemporary painting. A very elegant way ist to cover most of the hammocks and have one section with the cloth opened to show the details underneath. XXXDAn

Very enjoyable build 🙂 Some options to think about: - Rudder hinges not black as iron would rust fast away. A little bit more yellowish copper or the same color than the copper would be more suitable - If you still look for options for the hammock netting, have you considered showing them with their sail cloth cover on? Take a core of foam, give it a bit a shape with the marks of the stanchions, a slag in between for gravity reasons and the ripples for the covered hammocks, and cover with paper-hankies diluted with PVC and paint. All the best, Daniel

But even today one can find quite large ensigns, see the Eagle in full flight!

Not only the Spanish had enormous ensigns, the french could do that too. This one is believed to have been at Aboukir on the Genereux and being seized 18 months later. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...et-display.html The flag, which measures 52ft by 27ft, approx 15,8 m x 8,2 m

Also very impressive the size of the spanish and french ensigns. Spanish naval ensign (1785-1931) Spanish ensign captured with their warship, 'San Ildefonso', 74 guns, by the 'Defence' at Trafalgar (see PAD5735). It was hung in the crossing of St Paul's Cathedral during Nelson's funeral service on 9 Jan 1806 (see PAH7332) AAA0567 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/567.html PAH7335 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/147282.html Flag: 9830 x 14400 mm