Tompslattery

On 9/19/2021 at 3:57 PM, Rick01 said:

You still need to make a case for it, otherwise dusting will be a major pain! 😉

 

Rick

I’ll have to add that to list of jobs to do.… it’s a long list 😂

On 9/17/2021 at 3:47 PM, Tim Holt said:

Congratulations!  That must feel good to put a bow on it and call it done.

Thank you. It does feel good. The only downside is I have to find somewhere to put it😂

@Stevinne thank you 

Thank you @GrandpaPhil

Thanks @bruce d

After approximately 16 years I’m calling this finished.  Thank you for the kind words and likes everyone. Thanks also to those who provided guidance. 

Made a display cradle from scrap of Tasmanian oak finished with shellac. It isn’t great but it will serve it’s purpose for the foreseeable future, I may redo it one day……

Getting so close.  Boat and anchors fitted. Braces and many coils to go

Been a productive week for ship building. Cause I’ve been doing it instead of other things I should be doing 😂

Very close to finishing, not fitting sails as my kit didn’t come with prefabricated sails and I can’t sew. Yard braces, rope coils, fitting the anchor and the boat to go. 

Milestone reached. Standing rigging complete. Now to the running rigging. 

After some procrastination the rat lines are done

Starboard rat lines done. .. port to go.... 

3 hours ago, Rick01 said:

Is it possible to tighten them a little? I know it's pretty labour intensive but the end result is worth the time.

 

Rick

Yeah they are only tied at the moment, no glue. I wasn’t sure how much sag they should have 

After avoiding starting the rat lines for a few weeks, today I finally started 

On 3/30/2021 at 11:11 AM, Rick01 said:

Did you glue the mast in place? I've always left mine "free" and that's allowed a certain amount of adjustments to rigging tension. One thing I've noticed, the foot ropes for the main spar look to be hanging a little low. Remember that these would only be low enough for a man using them to lean over the spar at the waist, so really probably scaled down from around 1 metre. 

 

Rick

Hi @Rick01

yes I epoxied the mast in, following what was described in Mastini’s ship modelling simplified. I did have tremendous difficulty trying to get the stirrups on the foot ropes to be even lengths. 
 

Rigged the bobstay the other day, no photo yet as my back started spasming when I was doing it. Another occasion where the plans where the plans were different in different locations. Needed a double block where a single block was specified earlier. 

Finished the shrouds. Had to redo the first ones I did as they had slackened. Relaxation of the thread?  Even after redoing, 1 of the first pair on the port side is still slack. 

And we have some shrouds. 

@Rick01 you give me so much to look forward too 😂😂😂

mast is stepped and hatch and mast pin rails in place

And we have some ratlines 

Upper shrouds are rigged. 
 

had to get a little creative with the ship end of the bowsprit. If positioned sitting on the rail the angle of the bowsprit was pointing down, well as clashing with the pinrail. So it was glued under the railing.  An extra pin hole was drilled in the rail as the pin directly over the bowsprit clashed with the bowsprit. 

On 2/2/2021 at 5:06 AM, Rik Thistle said:

Mike,    

 

This recent thread has some useful information. It shows 9 min stop motion video of how a ship kit is built... 'ropes' start appearing at about 4.55 mins in ...   

 

...  and on YouTube....  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SuPPsyck2M

 

It;s a great watch, and a superbly made video.

 

Richard

 

That’s a great video 

20 hours ago, Rick01 said:

Figure 4 almost has it.This is a light weight yard and as such, I'v a lift going from the yard tip, up through a block lashed to the mast then down to a belaying pin on the pin rail surrounding the mast (obviously this refers to each side). Which pin you use is dictated by ensuring the halyard doesn't chafe on any other lines.

 

Rick

Thanks Rick. 

Attack of the dodgy instructions again. In the process of attaching all the blocks to the spars and it appears that the top gallant yard is suspended by magic. From my limited research I think there should be a pair of lift blocks at the end of the yard as well as a pair of brace blocks at the ends and possibly a halyard in the centre. If I add these I’m not sure where the  lines would run or where they’d be belayed. 

Was tying blocks to the bowsprit when I noticed this little guy hanging out 😂

Glued the cabins, binnacle cupboard and bowsprit rest in place. Main hatch is just sitting there.