Tim Curtis

Finished sewing the bolt ropes onto both sails. Bent the main sail to the boom and lashed it to the mast hoops. Then lowered it into the stowed configuration on the boom.  Next up is installing the jib.  Don't mind the green velcro plant straps; there just there for security to make sure it doesn't fall off the cribbing while I'm working on it. When I am finished I will permanently glue it to the cribs.
 

Thank you for nice comments.
I installed some quarter deck beams,  fore deck beams and the doors. As a next comes the making of galley stove.

I also ended the little boat; I have to pass only a coat of matte varnish
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And final progress on forward running rigging.  Does anyone have any input on proper positioning of the 5 sheets (3 stay sails and 2 balloon)?  I have run them outside the foremast shrouds as discussed in "American Fishing Schooner" but it looks pretty busy.
 
 

I finished working on the pre rigging of my foremast yards.
 
The royal yard
 
 

 
The top gallant yard

The topsail yard

The main yard

All four foremast yards

Hi, it's been a long time since an update due to a very heavy load working away so little modeling time to be had.
Another set of eight frames and a spacer frame have been installed up to B Aft, if you look closely you will see the rough cut out in the A-Frames for the fixed double block, and below the hull you can see the block bodies that have been made out of boxwood to match the hull planking when it's done.
 
The frames are just roughly faired and sanded to 100 grit just like the rest of the hull until hull is closed in.
 
So 16 frames are left to go to fill the gap, hopefully it won't be as long until the next update.
 
ben

Good evening everyone.
Work continues with a more complex piece, namely the main mast. I used copper wire and brass sheet. Still not ready have worked a lot of parts on the mast. .inc I built a small piece namely engine telegraphs.
I wish you a pleasant evening .

That mast is looking pretty good, Adrian.
 
John

Thank you.
Preparations for rigging - ropes for standing rigging, running rigging and anchor cables. Total cca 300 pcs of ropes.

Thank you to all.
I started with rigging for guns. First part - breeching is ready.

Gun rigging is prepared, I can start to install the guns.

I had a couple hours today to work on the Great Republic and so I finished the masts...Here are some pics.

Nearly finished the ship's boat. Bit of tidying up to do.
And a grating and a few cleats to go.

Nearly finished the ship's boat. Bit of tidying up to do.
And a grating and a few cleats to go.

Nearly finished the ship's boat. Bit of tidying up to do.
And a grating and a few cleats to go.

Making slow progress on the ship's boat. Here is an update.

Finished planking the ship's boat.
Quite fiddly. Used a little filler to smooth things off.
But pleased how its turned out. Its a small boat to plank!
 

Hi Pavol.
Here you go.
Tim
 

Beautiful job. I do love the ships boat. All that detail it looks great. We'll done.

An exquisite model on its own.  I also love your oars: I haven't often seen such realistic tiny items before.  Are they made of one single piece?  Wonder what beauty comes next!

Bet you thought this thread was dead didn't you? There's been a lot of deliberation on this build. I have a few more "deck items" to complete and then rigging. I've been thinking hammocks for way too long. But I believe it was a worthwhile endeavor. I'm still working towards something like the last prototype. No covers, just stanchions with rails, webbing, stuffed full of hammocks. I'm going off the beaten path for this but it's the look I want. That's about 15" of structure on each hand rail. Thinking ahead a bit, I think all the hammock stuff must be done before rigging. There's just too much in the way afterwards and it would complicate a relatively easy job. So now is the time!
 
I made a few stanchions over a month ago and completely forgot how I made them, so I'm adding some pix here so I'll remember. If they help someone else, even better.
 
I started with some 0.8 brass rod. Cut pieces just slightly over 1" long.
 

 
Then with a 5/8" punch I flattened each end and some of the center.
 

 
I have a small long nose pliers with the widest part of the nose being exactly the width I wanted the stanchions to be. This helped a lot with consistency. So I grab the brass right in the center with the pliers and bend each side. While still in the pliers I hammered the bend to get a reasonbly sharp 90 degree angle.
 

 
Then grab the very tip and put a 90 degree bend to the outside. This creates a lip for the wood rail that will be glued to the stanchion. Clip off any excess, you hardly need anything extending outwards.
 

 
One down 19 to go. I'm figuring a stanchion every 1 1/2" along the hand rail. 15" total length with a small break at the ladder. I completed all 20 last night. This morning I spent about an hour comparing them all. I lined them all up next to each other to compare width and especially height. These things MUST be very consistent. When the rail is glued to them it will become very obvious as the rail would snake up or down at each glue point if the height is off.
 

 
The webbing. The material is called tulle. Available in fabric stores and online. I cut a strip 1 1/4" wide. This stuff is very thin. The white tulle is darn near impossible to see on a white surface. Use a piece of dark construction paper underneath.
 

 
The sticks here will be the rail that is glued to the stanchion. They are glued (I used Elmer's) to the tulle. The sticks are thin enough that they will bend as the hand rail curves at the bow.
 

I opted not to solder a small post to the center of the stanchions. While it might give some additional strength to the installation it seems like a lot of extra effort to me. In the case of Niagara, the stanchions need to sit flat on the rail, not elevated at all as there is NO extra clearance between the stanchions and the shrouds. Learning what I have about epoxy from my tug boat build, I believe a spot of that will provide enough strength when mounting the stanchions. The only negative side is I better get it right the first time, because tearing off an epoxied stanchion would likely damage the rail. So, slow & steady with several walk throughs before the real thing.
 
 

Making slow progress on the ship's boat. Here is an update.

Thank you, Albert!
Here is an update on the construction of the masts and topmasts.
 
On the first picture is to see how I just made the hole for the sheave of the top ropes.

The next picture shows the topmast heel with the fidhole and the fid.

On the last picture, the components are provisionally composed.

 
 
 
 

Making slow progress on the ship's boat. Here is an update.

Making slow progress on the ship's boat. Here is an update.