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Allen, interesting thought. This is only my 2nd ship build and I know nothing about making sails. On the other hand, I’ve put so much thought, research, and time into making this ship as accurate as my skills would allow, maybe I should tackle the sails. May I ask, what specifically is wrong with the sails? How could one improve on the kit provided versions? Where is a good source on model sail making? I have Lees rigging book, maybe some information in there. Where is a good source for obtaining sail fabric? Many versions of the Terror are rigged with full sails, maybe I should rig it with the sails furled. So many questions… -
Good afternoon visitors. I’ve not posted in while, but I have been working on some details. Image 1) Ships ladder, I built one for each side, but currently only have one on the port side installed. Seems to be some differences in opinion about the Terror in this regard. Dr. Betts book on the Terror has only one boarding ladder installed on the starboard side. At least one etching/image from 1845 shows a boarding ladder on the port side and no image I could find shows one on the starboard side. However, and I’m no expert, ships of this period tend to have boarding ladders on both sides… Image 2-4) installation of the main anchor and anchor chains as they wind around the windlass. Image 5) Installation of the Terror’s six spare anchors, wish I would have done this before the mast standing rigging, oh well. Image 6) Building and installing of the spare parts retaining system. Currently I have a bunch of things setting there and the first thing I notice is that the spare parts get in the way if using some belaying pins. Quandary…
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Keith, I’m starting to think about the ladder on the side of the Terror. In Dr. Betts work on the terror he doesn’t specifically say if there is a ladder on both sides of the ship. In his drawings I see it on the starboard side, but in some of the old etchings of the Terror, I see a ladder on the port side. Is this something that would generally be on both the port and starboard sides?
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Allan, I’m not a sailor by any means so have no direct experience with these boats, but they are fairly large and I can see the difficulty in moving them around if upside down. The boats I have at the stern are not yet secured, so I have time to think about how to display them. The idea for me came in the form of Dr. Betts blog on the terror and his recent book, HMS Terror ~ The Design, Fitting and Voyages of the Polar Discover Ship. If you plan to build the Terror with upgrades outside what comes in the kit, I would suggest this book. According to Dr. Betts, the Terror sailed in 1845 with 9 small boats, a 28’ Pinnace, a 30’ Galley, two 30’ whale boats, two 25’ cutters, a 23’ cutter, a 22’ Gig, and a 12’ dinghy. I plan to have 4 hanging from the curved davits, one mid deck that I just secured in place, and 4 on the aft deck. Here is a partial drawing from the book, I don’t want to include the entire image so I don’t have any copyright issues, but you can see where I got my idea…
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USF Essex by mtbediz - FINISHED - 1:50
DanielD replied to mtbediz's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
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Well, I had a little bit more time before bed so I mounted one of the auxiliary boats to the deck. One more hatch to make, a couple signal cannons to mount and some barrels to settle in place…then back to standing rigging I missed at the bow…then on to making the yards. Slow steady progress. Thank for all the looks and help, especially KeithS and Clearway Keith!
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Good evening modelers and other Terror builders. I have been going over the deck designs from Dr. Matthew Betts book, HMS Terror ~ The Design, Fitting and Voyages of the Polar Discovery Ship and discovered I missed one hatch. Just aft of the mainmast and forward of the aft companionway is a small hatch that covers the scuttle for the spare rudder. Now I see this hatch on the OcCre instructions, I just missed it. Glad I caught it now before it gets harder to reach 😳.
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Good evening all. I have been avoiding creating the spare parts stanchions and guards as I was unsure how to make them. I don’t know if I choose the best way, but decided to make the stanchions from brass bollards and solder brass wire to make the L shape suggested in Dr. Betts design drawings, and a fine brass wire soldered between the stanchions to make the guard. Below is the final result, one without spare parts and the other with extra mast parts. Any thoughts on if these spare parts would have been painted? Maybe as a preservative? Or would the parts have been left raw so that they could be made into whatever was needed?
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Well, getting tight on the deck so decided to finish the deck works before anymore rigging. Added some barrels, the main anchor chain, and finishing up the color scheme on the extra boats. Still so much to do…
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Good evening all, the next task I attempted is an update of the sled I made about a year ago. I didn’t have plans, just some images and sketches from Matthew Betts blog on the Terror, but I was never happy with my build. Then comes the long awaited book HMS Terror: The Design, Fitting and Voyages of the Polar Discovery Ship by Dr. Matthew Betts, in which he has details drawings of the sled. I scaled the drawings to my ship attempting every detail my skill level would allow. Below, the old sled (left) and the new version (right). I’m very happy with the results.
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Thank you allanyed! You are too kind. I hope you have seen keiths and clearway’s versions, as they are stunning.
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Well, I finally have the curved davits temporarily installed…looking for the next task to work on…hmm…
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Good point! I’ll get the brackets fit so everything works, a picture or two, then remove them until later on. Thanks!
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Good evening all, the project for the last few days was the design and building of Terrors curved davits. Here is the first one installed. It’s my first time using the laminated technique to make curved lumber. I’m fairly happy with the result.
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More work in the shipyard this weekend, finishing up the standing rigging. Or at least I think I finished it. Will have to go back and check a few things to make sure, but taking a break from rigging to build some curved davits. I took a partial screen shot out of Matthew Betts book on the Terror and scaled it to my model, using his research to define the curve for my davits. I used some 1mm x 4mm spare planks and laminate them to make my davits. So far I’m fairly happy with the outcome. Pictures of the davits coming soon. Here is the latest on the ship it’s self.
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Good evening everyone, thanks for stopping by. Finally finished all the rat lines. Almost done with the standing rigging! Here is the latest…
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Well friends, the shipyard has been slow this week, maybe it’s because rat lines was on the menu. Updated pictures.
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Thanks for a little of your time and the likes! More work going on in the shipyard today. Finally finished the standing rigging on the main mast. Here is the latest update.
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Keith, I'm starting to contemplate how I'm going to make the curved davits. Did you use a laminating technique or soften with water, bend to shape and dry? Or some other method? Daniel
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More main mast standing rigging work. Took a few days, but here is the latest status image.
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Good evening all. I think my eyes are a bit cross eyed with all the rat line work. Today I finished the main mast rat lines.
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Keith, as I’m reading Dr. Betts book on the Terror, page 145 on the Kindle version, I came across this regarding the davits in addition to the above post.
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Good evening all, more bowsprit work with much of the fore mast standing rigging finished. Now back to rat lines…
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