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What brings up the next question: What to be done with the length of the side tackles running side ? My usual way, take a length of rope and check the options. The coil was not in my mind for several reasons, that is why I did not try it here. First loosely placed beside the gun - over the breeching rope that lies on the deck - as seen on V. in P. on several guns. I do not like it as ropes could get tangled up easily. Second try, put behind the gun where usually the coils are placed ... ... gives a nice trap to fit the back tackle. And here my personal favorite, also seen on several museum ships, loose loops put over the barrel. Keeps the floor free, no messing, easy to grap. As Captain Hardy was sad to have been was some kind of etiquette freak here a more "ship shape" or "Bristol-fashion" style of: the loops secured in the middle. And this is my personal winner :-) XXXDAn

Thank you Gil :-) And some tinkering was done too ... First replaced the parcel strings aka side tackles by a better suited rope and reworked the pullies to get them into the right dimensions now. Preassembled outside the hull and a small thread around for not getting tangled up and in we go. For the back hooks I use fine electro pliers, they give more control than tweezers ... ... but for the front hook no other way than the tweezers for space reasons. In the end everything ended on the right place aka hook ... ... and time to pull the strings :-) And now usually come the nice coils on the deck, but like the drawing looks already a bit naughty, I wanted to look for a spiritual salvation for those sailors not to get into ideas ... Often seen too that the rope leads in a straight line from the pulley down to the coil. This made me think ... First: How can a rope be pulled straight down to the coil? The coil just lies on the deck and it is not fixed. The only way would be the rope to fall loosely from the pulley to the deck and is lead there to the coil. Second and more important: Why are the tackles not stopped/belayed? It is possible to show a unsecured tackle in dry dock like the V. in P., but on a real ship, the first wave loosens the tackle and soon one has a lot of stray guns on the deck dancing samba ... First consequences for my build, either one holds the tackle or it should be belayed :-) For the next guns to be worked on, battle stations should be already prepared, but crew occupied on the guns of the opposite side. So the tackles got secured by a half hitch (or a overhand knot with draw-loop) behind the rear blocks. And something surprising but logical: As I used the original lengths of rope, the back tackles do not need a coil or something alike, as there is almost no rope left :-) I letted the free end on the deck, even though it could have been arranged nicely otherwise. XXXDAn

How do do. you know me that well ? Quite close - all guns finally fixed on the lower deck :-) Dan

This week was week to remember, because of ... *please fill in your own guesses* XXXDAn

Nice and worthy additions :-) The groove on the masthead was meant for the Heller shrouds. XXXDAn

Thank you Popeye, it turned out, that the instructions for my parts became some kind of "best-of" of the tips from this building report here :-) Here the collection: http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_1_v10.pdf http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_2_v10.pdf http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_3_v10.pdf http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_4_v10b.pdf http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_5_v10.pdf http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_6_v10.pdf http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_7_v10.pdf http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_8_v10.pdf Cheers, Daniel

My pleasure to help ! XXXDAn

Hy Popeye and Lawrence, thank you! @canoe21 I just use the template to sign the position with a pen and then remove it. Otherwise the danger of glue getting stuck under the template is too big. http://www.dafinismus.de/bilder/Etch_Victory_en_5_v10.pdf Page 13 Cheers, Daniel

Wonderfully build! A treat for eye and soul :-) Cheers, Daniel

THIS is the only one and real Blackbeard! XXXDAn

Coming along nicely :-) Love it! DAniel

;-) :-) :-) XXXDAn

As there was no real charge in the drill, there was no recoil (and no jump of course) and therefor the breeching ropes where not necessarily needed ;-) So I think it was really not fixed for laziness reasons. Daniel

Ok, also no jumping involved, but the last vid triggered Achilles from our german forum to add one more interesting bit to the collection Enjoy, Daniel

+++breaking news+++ Mythbusters busted!!! Does one have to say more? DAniel

I made them both for the same length, respecting some a tad shorter if fixed on the hanging knee :-) The given dimension is three times the length of the barrel, and this really is just about the right length as I could see on the model. Both have the same diameter. The positioning of the ring on the side is very clever, as it keeps the rope clear of the hind wheels. But even with both ropes I managed to find an arrangement, where both ropes can be kept clear of each other and the wheels, as looping around the back of the truck or fouling the wheels would have had very unwanted effects ... XXXDAn

Thank you Sirs! And next Dr Tentakels wild cousins went too into the trap :-) But then dafi got trapped himself ... ... to much flue - too much nice substances - and forgot on the left hand gun to lead the breeching rope through the big guidance rings on the side of the carriage ... ... where both red squares are , gun well glued, breeching ropes well fixed on the hull ... ... okokokokok, hard way, means taking the guidance ring out, opening it, putting around the breeching rope, refixing in the eyebolt and reclosing the ring ... ... everything in there, deep-deep-down inside the bowels of the Vic ... ... tight, dark, but luckily not steamy ... ... and somehow managed to fix and even the picture looks ok :-) XXXDAn

Doing the countdown :-) Daniel

In the DIY-stores in the electrical or tools department they have the same ones as Andy showed for cheaper and possibly better quality. Here from wikipedia: For electronics work, special diagonal cutters that are ground flush to the apex of the cutting edge on one side of the jaws are often used. These flush-cutting pliers allow wires to be trimmed flush or nearly flush to a solder joint, avoiding the sharp tip left by symmetrical diagonal cutters. It is common for this type of diagonal cutter to be referred to by another name, such as "flush cutter" to distinguish it from symmetrical cutters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal_pliers I usually go to the shop with a piece of paper and try them out - good ones should even cut paper! This means not suitable for harder wires bit wonderful for sprue and etch :-) PS: I use them too for cutting off the end bits of the ropes while rigging, better than any scissors :-) Daniel Here a picture from Wikipedia:

Warning! I will be monitoring those split lines front and aft of the funnel! Be careful! ;-) Love the parts, Daniel

Enjoyable and clean build, love it :-) Daniel

For some reason I like destructive people ... ;-) XXXDAn

New place, new ship, new luck :-) Looking forward for your adventures! Daniel

As the aft end of the forecastle looks a bit flimmsy, are you still going to smuggle a deck beam underneath now that the bits are installed? Great work, pleasure to follow, Daniel

I think the Vade mecum is just before the time that Goodwin mentions that the third tackle was issued as a standard. XXXDAn