Tompslattery

Hello all!
 
Work continues, the finishline in sight!
 
Got all the sails rigged, and the running rigging finished. (I think!)
Got the deckhouses/skylights glued in place.
 

 
Have also been mounting the gunport lids..
 

 

 
Still a few loose end's to tidy up, but it's getting there!
 
That's it for today's update.
 
Stay safe!
 
Gaffrig.

Your build is a great resource for me, its frequently filled the massive gaps that the instructions have left. 

Hello all!
 
A small update of todays work.
 
Have been working on ropecoils for the most part, and have finished up (I think!) the coils on the pinrail around the mast.
I'm using a mix of toothpicks and tweezers to get the coil to hang as I like it and then brushing some dilluted wood glue on it.
Seem to work ok, although a little time consuming.
The thread supplied is quite "hairy" but it is what I have. It seems worse in the pictures I think.
 

 
Between coiling I have finished the anchor, and dressed(?) the ring. Or is this called served?
 


 
Upon testing the anchor cable through its fairlead I realised the fairlead was to small. (or the cable to thick)
I decided to find a replacement for the fairlead and got the idea that end terminals for electric cable would be good.
So I found one of right diameter and hammered the end a little more to get a nice flange, and painted it black.
 
Picture shows kit supplied part to the right.
Homemade to the left.
 

 

 
Then I drilled a hole in the bow and glued inplace.
This, as discussed before in this thread is probably historically uncorrect but I have decided to follow kit instructions here..
 

 
I then proceeded to tie the cable to the anchor and mounted the anchor to the rail.
 

 
I'm happy with the result!
 
Now on to more tying lines and coiling!
 
Gaffrig.
 

Much better (and stable) stand, plus doubling the thickness of the other components gives a more realistic look to the kit. You only going with the one anchor? I did purchase a second one and have rigged them slightly differently.
 
 

 
Rick 

Barkeater, thank you!
 
Rick01, I’m also making a few changes from the instructions, so I’ll probably end up around that number!

Gaffrig.

Hello.
 
The work continues.. Have mounted the stern davits, following Rick01's advice and beefed them up to double thickness.
This looks a lot better to my eye. Still needs the crosspiece in the back.
Had to testfit the dinghy and I think I'm gonna replace the hoist blocks to smaller ones to get the dinghy closer to the davits.
 

 

 
I also gave the catheads the same treatment, and beefed them up to double thickness.
 

 
The first ropecoil inplace..
 

 
I see a lot of coiling in my near future!
 
Got the outer jib on, and started on the mainsail.
 

 
I'm not superexcited with how the kit supplied sails look, but have decided to use them anyway.
 
Gaffrig.

Hello.
 
Tompslattery, thank you!
 
Another small update, have started with the sails and their running rigging.
Started with the squaresails on the yards.
These were lashed to the yardarms using thin sewingthread and needle.
The yards were then rigged to the mast as per the instructions.
 

 
The sheets are still missing in this photo.
 
Got the jib in place using the small brass rings supplied.
 

 

 
Things are slowly coming together here..
 
Also started painting the stern ornament/nameplate. Still needs white paint where there is bare brass in the picture.
 

 
That's it for todays update.
 
Stay safe and happy modelling in 2021!
 
Gaffrig.
 

Thank you both. I think I’m going to with lashing the blocks. I did try to use the wire last night but it kept breaking. Also I’ve been blackening all shiny metal bits on the model, so shiny wire isn’t consistent with that. 

Hello to all.
 
Sorry for the long abscense here. Got a waterleak in the bathroom that ended with a complete rebuild... This has eaten up all my modelling time the past month and a half. Seeing the end of the bathroom fix now, and hopefully some more modelling!
 
Tompslattery, those instructions look even worse than the ones I have. I have the same ones that Moltinmark posted.
 
Have done a little bit in between bathroom work.
Have finished the standing rigging.
Really enjoy the rig work. Even the ratlines was fun to do!
 

 
Time to start the sails and the running rigging.
Feels like I'm getting closer to the finish line!
 
Stay safe out there and a happy new year to all!
 
Gaffrig.

Hi
 
I was wondering what the spacing of woolding on the lower mast of a French cutter(Le Renard) would be?  Is there a general rule of thumb with this?

I’ve been using my cordless drill held in the vise while using sandpaper in the other hand

This is a pic out of the rigging manual that is 27 pages long that came with my kit. Color coded with arrows. 

I’ve been using my cordless drill held in the vise while using sandpaper in the other hand

I’ve been using my cordless drill held in the vise while using sandpaper in the other hand

A quick shot of recent progress.  I still have 2 yards to go

Been quite slack lately, just got back into it.  This is where it's at.  Reasonably happy with how the paint came out, the masking tape lifted some off but thats probably because its been on there for months.  Hopefully will be able to touch it up so it looks ok.

The rudder is on and the 2nd layer of planking complete

Yeah, they're a screw clamp sold by modellers shipyard in Australia. I started using them but found them annoying to screw in and out. As well as not always holding well. Tried drawing/push pins and found those much better.

Been quite slack lately, just got back into it.  This is where it's at.  Reasonably happy with how the paint came out, the masking tape lifted some off but thats probably because its been on there for months.  Hopefully will be able to touch it up so it looks ok.

A quick shot of recent progress.  I still have 2 yards to go

A quick shot of recent progress.  I still have 2 yards to go

Hi Keith this looks amazing 
 
I was wondering what is it you’ve placed under the skylight grills, the blackish bit? You may have already mentioned and I might have missed it. 
 
thanks
 
Tom

Been quite slack lately, just got back into it.  This is where it's at.  Reasonably happy with how the paint came out, the masking tape lifted some off but thats probably because its been on there for months.  Hopefully will be able to touch it up so it looks ok.

Love the dinghy, particularly the rope bumper. I chose to provide two seats rather than the single that you've provided.
I've finished mine after a reasonable tussle with the rigging, eventually examining photos of the replica, models of le Cerf and various American cutters of that period as the French rigging seemed to compare with the American style rather than British navy. Anyway here are a few (bad) shots of the finished product.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Rick

Hello all!
 
Long time since the last update here..
Now that fall is here there will be more time for me in the shipyard again.
 
Some work has been done on Le Renard inbetween other chores..
 
I've made the bollards to go inside the bulwarks.
 

 
I've painted them, and made a small jig to file out a small groove for the caprail, since I made the caprail a little wider this was needed.
 

 
I've filed/sanded the cleats that also go on the bulwarks, and painted them. A lot of burrs/edges that needed trimming on these.
 

 
 
I've finished the "bench" in the stern over the tiller, and mounted all the bollards and cleats.
 

 

 
I've drilled the hole for the bowsprit. Must say I was a little scared to do this, but with a sharp drillbit it went great!
 

 
I've also finished the mast, booms and yards.
 

 
All in all, things are coming together here, and I look forward to start rigging!
 
All the best,
Gaffrig.