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Next thing you'll be having to explain our Drop Bears John!

Very nice David. It may seem all much of a muchness to you, but from here it looks like significant progress very well executed. Keep up the great work.

H Robynn,

Not sure about your particular ship, but generally, shrouds are attached in pairs, ie one piece of line that goes around the mast and is seized at the mast to make two shrouds (on the same side). They are installed in pairs, two starboard then two port. Attach the upper deadeye to the shroud, using a jig to ensure that your dead eyes align in a straight line at consistent height. I borrowed an idea from EdT on this and found it worked very well. Here is a link to a page of my log showing the jig in action (it's towards the bottom of the page). The same page shows how I did the ratlines too, if that is helpful for your next step.

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/163-hms-victory-by-grant-dale-mamoli-scale-190/

Hi Sjors,

I really feel for you my friend. It's a big decision to pull apart something you've already made, but I can tell you from my own experience that the hardest part is actually making the decision to do so. After that, it's easy. When I decided to re-do the entire stern and quarter galleries on my Vic, it was for two reasons. Firstly, I just knew I was never going to be happy with the old version. The second, and perhaps more important reason that tipped me over the edge, was the support I knew I would have from people here, and in particular from Danny. I had no idea at all how to go about this daunting task, but Danny was able to guide me through it step by step, via long distance remote control (gotta love the Internet!). The end result may not be perfect, but it is a huge improvement over the previous version, and I am a better modeller for the experience. I am also much more confident about fixing other mistakes, or scratch building new parts.

Something for you to think on during your vacation........

I hope you both have a most enjoyable vacation and return refreshed and ready to make sawdust.

Ed,

Thanks for posting the extra information on making scrapers - both timely and very useful! Your description of making blocks, while a variation on a common theme, is still the best, most instructive, description I have read (and I've read a few!!!). Thank you.

Nice going Mick. Those removable panels really add some extra interest to this build.

She's a real beauty Matt! Well done!

Goodness, that's a lot of fiddly painting! Good job!

Very nice Dan! Love the detail you've worked into this.

Nice work on the bow sprit Andy. As for a lathe - all I can say is "go for it", you won't regret it. Model ship building is a great excuse for accumulating all sorts of really cool power toys, er, I mean tools. I can highly recommend the Sherline lathes (and Mills, hint, hint, )

That's disappointing for you Joachim, but I'm sure there are some Italian speakers on this forum who might be able to help you out with the translations.

That's some seriously nice joinery there Rusty!

Congratulations and Happy Anniversary Sherry! By coincidence, my wife and I will also celebrate our 31st this year (though not until Dec).

Nice "set-up" of the rabbet Rusty!

Andy 1 : Wood 0

Augie,

Seems I neglected to post my admiration for your update a couple of pages back. Please accept my belated congratulations - the addition of the yards looks just fantastic! Can't wait to see the rest in place.

Ingenious Danny! Very, very clever indeed.

Thanks Joe and JP for your kind words.

Hi Grant,

Nice Tumbler - it seems to do the job very well indeed.

 

 

Post it in "Wooden Tips and Tricks" - that way it won't get "lost" in your Build Log.

 

  Danny

I've done as Danny suggested and posted this as PDF file in Wooden Tips and Tricks.  Here's a quick link:

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1978-block-tumbler/

Safe travels Gil.  Will miss your log and guidance in the coming months.  There's every chance that I will overtake you now, and that's not good! (I've been relying on you to show me the way.)

Welcome home Andy.  Looking forward to some updates soon.

Sweet!

Well done Sarah. A very interesting little build. Good luck for the next project - I'll keep an eye out for it.

Very crisp and precise joinery there Danny!

PS. I sent you a PM the other day and its still showing as unread.

Great work Paul. Your attention to detail is terrific!