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One question I have is about the hammock crane covers. Sources say it was sail cloth either painted or tarred. Very nice detail for smaller scales to omit the nettimg 😉 Interesting also for larger scales - like my 1:100 ( 😉 ) to apply some extra detail. But the question is, how was it fixed? Was it simply thrown over and fixed on the cranes i a way to be open from underneath? Was it in multiple parts like a bag with a separate flap or cover on top? Was it also covering the cranes or was it inside with the cranes visible? Are there any contemporary sources giving clues for that? Here is one of the few models of the days of the hammock cranes with cover. Still the question ist, if this is original or was it added in the said restoration? https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66307.html SLR0346 Scale 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of a frigate (circa 1805) built plank on frame in the Georgian style. Model is decked, equipped, and fully rigged with a full suit of sails set. The hull is complete with copper sheathing which was added in the 1960s by Jim Lees in the Museum's workshop.This contemporary model is fully rigged together with sails, which are thought to be original. The hull has the solid bulwarks on the upper decks and an enclosed waist, both of which offered greater protection to the crew when under fire. It is has a full complement of boats from the large launch to the smaller jolly boat mounted on davits hanging over the stern. The copper sheathing below the waterline was introduced by the Navy in the 1780s. Its purpose was two-fold: it prevented weed growth, which would reduce the ship’s speed, and to stop damage to the timbers by the marine boring toredo worm. Date made circa 1805 Here some details: In the last pictured one could guess that there is a flap on the outside of the gangwax hammock cover, just onderneath the rope. Here some pictures of later days, when the cranes were replaced by boxes. XXXDAn

Back to the slices 🙂 Luckily found some old spare decks to cut a small stripe for the visible Gangway. Then "tarred" the hammock netting, this time a bit darker than I usually do. Used some paper stripes for easy assembly ... ... shortened the inboard side ... ... and fixed it. Then fixed the net on the rope on the outboard side, always giving a touch of gravity into the ropes. Made the hammocks with Magic Sculpt. Dry test ... ... and the colored with all the colors of life ... ... and put in place Still thinking how the cover should be fixed in a contemporary fashion ... XXXDAn

@Morgan Yes and I thank you for pointing the lining out to me. But are there references how this looked as the chain board was set up one deck higher at Trafalgar? XXXDAn

It is a very interesting model with many features rarely seen: All the scuppers on the decks Open Top of the side galleries Side gallery windows with different rhythm of battens D-Blocks for mizzen and main mast different colors of the inside of the ports! number of eyebolts on the port lids Lid of the quarterdeck ports have the lanyards up to the poop Axiometer Gratings Qurterdeck Skylight with flat top All the different colors of the inside hull Eyebolts beside the Preventer Chains for tightening the shrouds form of the side entry steps Scuttles for Top Tackles straight chimney Preveter chains for the rudder, leading to the poop (!) And many more features 🙂 🙂 🙂 The only thing I do not understand are the stantions for the hammock netting on the quarter deck. This does not make too much sense to my understanding. Any idea about that? XXXDAn

Thank you druxey, Thomas and Brian No those were kind people, not intending mischief to others, and only having the furnace for repairing the gun! The french were the ones using the red hot shots like Admiral Collingwood wrote on page in his diary 31/32 about Glorious First of June: "TO J. E. BLACKETT, ESQ. Barfleur, at Sea, June 5, 1794. ... Four of their ships were provided with furnaces for redhot shot, one of which stuck in the Royal Sovereign, but I have not heard that they did any mischief in any part of the fleet by them. " https://books.google.de/books?id=vS4yAQA...epage&q&f=false Also there are still a lot of build in stone furnaces in many french fortresses, one in a tower from Brest among. 😉 XXXDAn

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