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And…continued visual progress. Third of nine small boats attached. Well, really the 4th of 9 since the largest small boat is lashed to the deck.
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Good morning all, I finally finished the rigging of the sails which allows me to move on to the next task. I decided to start hanging the small boats from the davits. Here are the pictures of the first one, one of nine small boats that sailed with the Terror.
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Good morning mates, more work on the running rigging and final sail on the mizzenmast! I see light at the end of the tunnel.
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RichardHD, I thought about doing the sails in silkspan, but ultimately I hand sewed them from model ship sail cloth. Spent many hours designing the sails with the appropriate doublers and panel width, learning how to sew and use a sewing machine. In the end, while they look great, not sure it was worth all the time 😬.
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Hello everyone, today I spent nearly all day working on the gaff and driver sail! I had no idea how much work went into this one Sail! One more sail to attach…for another day.
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Well mates, it’s been awhile since I made an update, but I have been busy on the Terror, just not a lot of visual progress. In this update I have finished the running rigging on the main mast…can’t believe how many lines need to be run and I’m sure I have missed some.
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This is a spectacular build. I'm getting ready to start my own Amerigo Vespucci and will frequently review your log as I build mine.
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Good evening everyone. While I know I have at least a month of work remaining on the HMS Terror, I have been keeping an eye out for my next project. I more or less had decided on a couple of possibilities and the Admiral surprised me with one of my choices for our anniversary…the Amerigo Vespucci by OcCre 1:100. I will finish the Terror before starting the Vespucci, but I’m already ordering and thinking about all the upgrades 😬.
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Good evening mates, as promised, here is an update of the main mast and it’s primary sail. Slowly taking shape…
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Good afternoon mates. It's been a while since my last post. I've been working on the main sails. I can't believe how much work goes into the sails before attaching them to the ship! I'll have photo updates soon.
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HMS Terror by Rking - OcCre - 1:75
DanielD replied to Rking's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
I knew about the slight curve of these grates; however, not having holes next to the ledge and coamings…that’s new info to me. I’ll consider this detail on my next model. Too far along to change this one! -
HMS Terror by Rking - OcCre - 1:75
DanielD replied to Rking's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
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I was able to download a Kindle version of this book I believe in August 2022. The book is an excellent resource for any of those building or thinking of building HMS Terror. While I usually would prefer a hard cover book, the Kindle has actually been a blessing, as the search option works very well if you are looking for something specific. 100% recommend.
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Thank you for your kind comments! As you probably know, the Terror launched in 1845 with 9 small boats on board, of several different sizes. I plan to have representations for all 9 boats. I have the largest one lashed to the mid deck. 4 will hang from the curved davits mid ship and near the stern with one hanging from the stern davits. The Terror launched with two sets of steel davits closer to the bow, one set on each side, but these were unhooked and sent back to England on the supply ships and the small boats attached to them stuffed somewhere else on board. I plan to make the steel davits and have two more small boats hang from them. Counting these all up, that makes only 8…I don’t want to put one on the ice bridge as I want to leave that open to view all the cool stuff in that area…so, at the moment I’m thinking of putting the last small boat on a set of skis, like the ones I made for the larger boat lashed to the deck, and display this last boat next to the stand.
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Good morning everyone, I have finally finished the fore mast and its sails. Well, except for some minor touch ups and rope coils.
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Good evening everyone, is been a few days since my last update. I have completed fashioning the hand made fore top sail and have started attaching it to the ship…slow steady progress.
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Good afternoon everyone, the shipyard was active today with the tedious task of tensioning the lines of the fore course. I had to design a couple new tools to help with hooking the lines to the belaying pins, but I have a technique that is working for me. Now on to the next sail…
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Well mates, she looks a bit of a mess at the moment, but I have all the lines for the fore course run. Now just need to tension them and tie them down…
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Hello everyone, It's been awhile since I made a post, things have been a bit out of sorts at the home front recently. We have a human caused forest fire that is just a few miles away from our home and town and had, for several days, been on Level 2 evacuation notice (be ready to leave at a moments notice). We are no longer in danger and they have dropped our evacuation level, but are still cautious as the fire is not fully contained (now at only 20%). Any change in wind direction or intensity may heighten our concerns again. Starting tomorrow (Friday), we are expecting to get some rain in the area adding up to about 4" over the next 10 days...so glad to see the rains coming. I plan to get back in the shipyard later today or tomorrow and get back to installing my scratch built sails.
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Keith, I attempted something like what you describe, but in the end, i settled for using the thread that I used to stich the sails, very flimsy thread, passed it through the sail with a long tail, passed it back through the sail in a slightly different place, then finally back through the original hole on the first pass. Tugged the "knot" tight and finally added a bit of diluted P.V.A. to keep the thread from backing out. After all reefing points were installed, I cut them to the same length. Using this method I didn't have over sized knots and because the thread is very flimsy, seemed to cooperate by hanging straight down and seems to somewhat replicate what I see in the images of 1845. Daniel
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Good evening mates, Today I attempted to make the telltales on one of the scratch built sails. My goal is to make them look like one of the 1845 images we have all studied (portion of image below). I tried a dozen ways to make the telltales, with knots, without knots, making knots before attaching to sail…nothing was working as the telltales would project in all directions, and what I wanted is for them to fall straight down. I finally came up with a way that works for me. Below is the first of two rows of telltales.
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