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Mirabell61

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  1. Build log part 40 Working on the gun tacklings in the Moment.... this is a very weary Job with these good looking but very small 3mm blocks ( single and double). Instead of cotton rope I used 100 % Polyester thread in natural hemp Color, which Looks the same, but gives the possibility to thin out the Ends (soft flame / heat) for doing the sheaving through the tiny holes there are left and right Tacklings and the carriage backing tackle the breech ropes are all pretackled to the carriages this Little device helps to pretackle the blocks I do 6 at a time (for two guns) the runner Ends are not belayed properly yet. This first test mounting was just to see if the Position can be achieved with the 3 Tacklings only I think I`m not going to glue the carriages to the deck Nils
  2. beautiful built ship Ray, also very nice pics, looking foreward to the rigging sequences... Nils
  3. so it is David.... I catch myself every time on knees and elbows swaying / feeling the Hands over the carpet when one of these parts has fallen down, bounced a few times on the carpet taking an undefinated direction, and I unfortunately could not track the flight curve so quickly,..... it must be here, it ca`nt vanish, shall I make a new one or give it another search, extending the square meters. I trust we all know this Situation very well, its probably part of the game... Nils
  4. Hi Crackers and Kester, thank you for looking in on the log, and for your comments I just cut off a complete drilled and slotted slice of the violin "raw bar" it fell onto the carpet and went lost in nirvana, like many small parts before..., shi... Kester, this Feeling you experienced with your Sherbourne, untill hopefully the sigh of relief Comes I am going through right now myself... Nils
  5. Thank you B.E. and Martin, both your words are very much appreciated. I will be doing the gun Tackling next, and then installing the messenger and the gundeck capstan, because I want to put on forecastle- and the Quarterdeck permanently. There is a drawer full of finished parts waiting to be mounted when the decks are on. In the meantime I am grooving myself in for the rigging System, in order to understand the function of each of the lines and various operational ropes Nils
  6. Hi Ken, the smallest (good looking) suitable Barrel in turned brass is the 15 mm Long one from RB Models webshop. That would be (15 x 80 = 1200 mm or 47.2 Inch in actual) in your scale Nils
  7. "Violin" blocks... I noticed that there are some 7 mm high violin blocks with each two staggered single sheaved rollers shown on the plan. Actualy a regular double sheaved block would do the same function, but OK it may be an 18th century speciality to use violin blocks. So I searched the web in vain trying to find 7 mm violin blocks. Those found were of so poor Quality that I decided to do them myself this morning. Here is a prototype one.... two woodrods (5 and 3 mm diam.) were shafted together, whereby the 5mm one gets a concave outcut over the length. Both are glued together with PA. Borings drilled, and rope guide groove put on. Then cut the part in slices carefuly and do fine Tuning..., groove for stops, etc... Build log part 40 to follow... Nils
  8. Thank you Nenad, I`m happy if some Points were of help to you, I also find many helpful inspirations on MSW. Hope you are now pleased with your CS plating work Nils
  9. Thanks for your appreciative words Pete, the anchor cable can either be bought from this web-shop http://www.modellbau-takelgarn.de/index2.php or from Chuck`s Syren shop Nils
  10. A very good looking Version of the Sherbourne Kester, ist a real eyecatcher ! Nils
  11. beautiful work Gerald, you have a talent for authentic Details in model.... Nils
  12. Good clean and very accurate modeling Bob, love that joining work Nils
  13. Starting the anchor rigging (beginning with the port side, cable stowed in hold) The starboard side anchor cable shall be lashed to the messenger with help of the gundeck capstan port side anchor cable (2mm ) stowed in tied Loops in cargo hold on top of cargo Barrels (sorry for a Little unsharp pic) secured on front bit and resting on horizontal beam with Messenger lead rollers, so that there is no rubbing against the Manager boards, and cable leaves hull through the inner bow hawse hole coming out through opening (outcut) in main-hold deck grating Nils
  14. very nice work Pete, you have a good eye and the absolutely right Feeling for doing These classic keelboats in a way to warm up a sailors heart Nils
  15. congrats to the completion of your "Eagle" Pete, a beautiful build and nicely rigged up with very good looking sails... in all well done ! Nils
  16. thank you Michael, hopefully the method proves well once I have masts and platforms ready, but that will take some time i gues. The reason I put the chains on now was that I wanted to do it as Long as I still have access to the chain bolts, iff needed, before anchor- and gun rigging is done and before the forecastle- and Quarterdeck are permanently put on Nils
  17. Thanks Mark, sounds interesting with the use of wire on your model, will you be manteling the wire with Cotton thread ? Nils
  18. very interesting ship Gerald, superb built hull and Fitting out on deck especialy that whale blubber cooker Looks great... Nils
  19. Hi Panagiotis, superb Details everywhere and excellent workmanship well done ! Nils
  20. Lovely built model Donny, I also like that toolrack with the green inserts in your early pics (a smart idea !) greetings to CT, I spent my childhood in Belleville and have a nice rememberance to those years.... Nils
  21. very nicely done shrouds Tackling Daniel, also the hammock netting Looks great Nils
  22. Thank you Martin, sometimes these close up are quite good for explaining details, but they also have no mercy in covering up Little misfits and, messing with CA, etc.... Thank you Popeye, well I still hope that the later rigging of shrouds and backstays will meet with the angles I made with aid of a dummy string Nils
  23. Popeye, thats a very nice Trawler on your slipway, you are doing a great Job with your scratch build, and you`ll have no Limits to your phantasy, Keep those ideas coming. I think it was a good idea to lean this on to the typ ships you mention in the beginning, so you need`nt "invent the wheel twice" and saved much design time, and it is good looking Nils
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