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GrandpaPhil
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Thank you very much! All lower loading tackles are done: Here is a side on shot of the ship: I missed the third set of tackles on each lower mast and found a set on each top mast. That makes for 8 sets of tackles that I didn’t plan for. Needless to say, I made some more double blocks. The hooks are made from steel wire. I am being much more careful with reading the rigging plan so I don’t miss anything else. This plan is the most complete, rigging wise, that I have ever built from, so it is a learning process. The only other square rigger that I have ever built at decent scale was a Mamoli Endeavour which was 1/100 scale, and therefore still simplified significantly. The Solferino was pretty complete, rigging wise, but it was only 1/200 scale and therefore only had half the rigging it should have had. We’ll see how this turns out. Next up for me rigging wise is the Revenge.
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The plans for my Cat appear to have loading tackles on the topmast. What would the purpose be for those?
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AMC DH9 by davec - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
GrandpaPhil replied to davec's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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The foremast loading tackles are done: Griswold is pleased with his work, he can load his barrels of mead now:
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Incredible work! Congratulations!
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Blocks: wood, card or 3D resin?
GrandpaPhil replied to georgeband's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I use that method and carve the grooves in with a scalpel. -
The rigging begins with a humble bow gammoning:
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Very nicely done!
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Thank you very much! Griswold finished all of the rigging fittings and inked them brown: This isn’t a warship, which has a lot more, but there were still plenty of fittings to make (at least a couple hundred).
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It can be tricky, especially following the curvature of a hull. The Nautilus is one of my all time favorite submarines from fiction. Jules Verne is one of my all time favorite authors. So, I am very excited to see this build.
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One trick that I have discovered with card models is preshaping and test fitting pieces prior to gluing. For curves pieces I usually run them over the edge of my work table to break down the fibers and make them take, and retain, the new shape.
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It should be noted that Griswold is mostly made from the pieces of a 28mm (1/56) scale barbarian from the game Frostgrave, that would be equivalent to a 7 foot (2.11 m) tall person in 1/64 scale. That will help with scaling perspective. The book is 14” (35 cm) tall and wide in 1/64 scale. I made the book from basswood.
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Griswold finished all the blocks and is making the giant deadeye looking things. We only need 4, but are going to make 6. The first one is done. After we make these, we will make all of the mouses for the stays. Then all fittings will get painted and rigging will commence!
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Lol! He’s been knocking out all the different types of blocks: Now, we’ll see if he can get the rest of them done and all of the metalwork pieces for the rigging made and put that copy of Steel to use!
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Got a new shipyard supervisor: That’s Griswold the Blacksmith. He showed up yesterday with a hammer in one hand and a copy of Steel’s Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging in his other hand. Griswold said I have four hulls laid up in my shipyard that need finishing and offered to help get them done. So, I accepted.
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Maquettes Gerard Schmitt model company?
GrandpaPhil replied to Frank Burroughs's topic in Wood ship model kits
It looks like an older kit. Model Shipways just released a new version of their Prince de Neufchatel kit. Also, if you have the books Search For Speed Under Sail and The History of American Sailing Ships by Howard I Chapelle, the plans of the Prince de Neufchatel are complete enough to build a model. Those are what I used to build mine. It came out quite nicely and was my first scratch build. -
OC, Thank you very much! All normal blocks and the small fiddle blocks are made: I’ve been making as many as I think I’ll need and then adding a few for the ones I probably missed.
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