GrandpaPhil

Awesome!  Thank you!

Are rigging, and belaying, plans for the same type of vessel relatively interchangeable between ships of similar size, class and time period, in the Royal Navy?

Sheer poles are in place.

Upper Main Shrouds are installed.

Time to make the Top Shrouds and Top Gallant Shrouds on the Foremast.

Lower ratlines are in.

Time to make the sheer poles and the upper shrouds/ratlines 

I finally had time to work on the model today.  I’m about 75% complete with the main mast ratlines.  I’ll post pictures once they’re done.

Awesome!

Nicely done!  Congratulations!

Looking good!

Bummer on the tire!

Nice work on the model!

From looking at the part list on Model Expo’s website, I’d say it comes out of 1/16” stock.

Main lower shrouds are in place.  

I’ll start on the ratlines next time.

Then I’ll install the upper shrouds.  

The fore top mast shrouds also get ratlines.

After that comes all of the backstays.

Lol, yep!

Port side foremast ratlines are on:

The lower foremast ratlines on the starboard side are on.

I know that people usually hate ratlines.  It’s always just been part of the process for me.  I just sit down and tie them on.  I use Elmer’s glue to secure the knots.

The hardest part of the rigging, for me, is making all of the deadeyes on the shrouds and backstays line up right.

If you look at my first ship models, the Sultana and a Mamoli Endeavour, my deadeyes are all over the place.  I’ve finally been getting the spacing issues figured out.

I am using a piece of steel wire to set the distance between the deadeyes.

First set of shrouds in and first set of ratlines started.

Installing shrouds.  I’m using the wire method to space out my deadeyes.

16 hours ago, CPDDET said:

Your progress on these ships just amazes me. Don't know where you find the time. But your progress inspires me to spend more time on mine.

Thank you!  I make time at least one day per weekend (more if we have nothing else going on) to spend a significant amount of time on the model.

I’m looking forward to seeing progress on your Bluenose.  It’s coming along nicely.

Your Bluenose is going together well, looking forward to seeing progress!

I snuck some time in on the model tonight.  I finished the forestays:

Next time, I’ll hopefully have some pictures of shrouds, rat lines and back stays.

Thank you!

Quick question, and this is going to sound bad, so I apologize in advance.  Since the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage, would she have lasted long enough to require weathering?

On my last plastic ship, I used the plastic sails as patterns to make cloth sails.  It looked really nice when it was done.

Excellent work!  Congratulations!

My progress on the Prince de Neufchatel for the weekend:

10 double sheave rigging blocks.

Thanks for all the comments and the likes!

I’ve been having a lot of fun with this build!  It’s been a learning curve, but I’ve been building up my skill set and I’ve gotten a lot better than I was when I started!

I’ll be ready to get back to the Victory when I finish, and finish it.