Keith S
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You can see that timber in other photos as well; it appears to be actually sitting on the wheel between two spokes. I would be willing to wager it's a fallen piece of rigging. It looks too small to be the driver boom, (although, speaking of that, where is it?) But it could be any number of things from aloft. At least some part of the masts are still standing, but there must have been quite a windfall of stuff falling from above when the rig began to come apart.
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I thought they might have something to do with restraining the barrels- although in the plan view the rope or chain that is doing that isn't depicted interacting with them. More mystery.
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Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee 1869 to 1886 by Keith Black - scale 1:120
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Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee 1869 to 1886 by Keith Black - scale 1:120
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Today I tried making a couple of the little stanchions that stand in a line parallel to the rail and form a rack on which spare spars and timbers were stored on deck. Of course, I am jumping around a bit- I've only completed one out of the eight boat-davits- (although I may only make four)- but I find myself worrying about "HOW" I'm going to make something, so I often try one or two so that when the time comes to make the rest of them, I've already worked out how to do it. Therefore, I soldered up a pair just to see if my plan would work. I think they are OK, the trick will be to
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OK, this is the best thing on the internet today, for several reasons. Being in Canada, I have some of the same frustrations finding items that are common in America, like blackening solution. It's probably more common here, but still not all that common. So, I order mine from "E bay". After seeing this, whenever I start feeling a bit sorry for myself because my model ship is giving me some difficulty, I will remind myself of the Australian lad who MADE HIS OWN blackening solution. Also, picking up the project nine years after it was abandoned and finishing it: also a
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I was just reading in one of my "rigging" books that they did that exact thing, often to free up a pin for something more temporary, like studding-sails for instance.
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I had a hard time deciding what to do about them, but this picture and others show something curved pretty plainly. It even looks in the sonar image like they might be curved. However, this drawing (which looks a lot like a "camera lucida" drawing) also seems to show the davit arms being supported by a bridle off the mizzen, rather than dedicated uprights. Luckily, it's all pretty removable if it turns out to be incorrect when we know more. Many models and drawings of other ships from the early 1800s show the quarter-davits being curved and being supported by ropes to the mizzen. But then we c
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HMS Terror by clearway - OcCre - upgraded
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Today I worked on banding the foremast, which I tapered and painted yesterday. While I was doing that and waiting for paint to dry, I worked on the quarter-davits. I've steamed strips of wood in my wife's rice steamer and laminated four davit arms on a jig. Today I tried to make the hull fitting for one of the arms. It's so small it took me four tries to make one without destroying it, but finally succeeded. It took me about three hours. The next ones should go quicker, now I've worked out how to drill all the little holes without bending the brass till it snaps. The little brass pin on the da
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That is an excellent planking job.
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Scale visibility and which to pick
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The super-beginners guide to stropping and whipping blocks.
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Yes, no doubt he will! I see in the side-scan sonar image, if you look at the shadow especially, you can see the sprit and jibboom are still there, as well as parts of the masts and I'm pretty sure the boat davits are all there too. And if they don't go down and explore/photograph the engine-room, I'm going to go down there MYSELF.
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HMS Terror by DanielD - OcCre - Scale 1:75 - Second Build Started 10/4/2020
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She's looking brilliant, Keith. You'll be onto the running rigging before long.
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I think you'll find it will be very useful indeed. If I was just starting my model now, I would probably not bother doing anything above deck-level until the book comes out. The other book I have besides Lees' is one called "Rigging period ship models" by Lennarth Petersson. This book is very specifically about the rigging of the 18th-century HMS Melampus, and the authour cautions modelbuilders that, obviously, it might not be correct for models of other ships or other periods. The reason I bought this particular book is that it helps me understand what the names of various things
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HMS Terror by clearway - OcCre - upgraded
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Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee 1869 to 1886 by Keith Black - scale 1:120
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It is the greatest challenge!
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Well, that is a good question! I have a copy of Lees' "Masting and Rigging &c." in which there are some belaying schemes in the appendix. I also have another useful book, the title of which escapes me, which shows the complete rigging of a late 18th century frigate model in a paint-by-numbers series of drawings. I plan on making reference to both, along with some of the tutorials available on this forum, when the time comes. Also you can try to "Google" something like "Barque belaying scheme" and see what you find: like this guy's site: http://www.jans-sajt.se/contents/Navigat
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HMS Terror by Keith S - OCCRE - scale 1:75 - as she (dis)appeared on her final mission 1845 - first wooden ship build
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HMS Terror by Keith S - OCCRE - scale 1:75 - as she (dis)appeared on her final mission 1845 - first wooden ship build
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..sometimes model-building is just maths.
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