Jump to content
Nautical Research Journal Back Issue Sale! Now until Father's Day ×
NRG Photographic Model Ship Competition - All eligible to enter - Reduced memberhsip fee ×

BANYAN

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    5,840

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by BANYAN

  1. BANYAN
    Agree wholeheartedly. cheers Pat
  2. BANYAN
    You're making some great progress there Steven. The 'skeletal' framework looks very delicate, so I hope the fitting of the clamps, breast kooks etc stiffen this up sufficiently for you when working the planking etc. cheers Pat
  3. BANYAN
    A great looking hull Baker - the sanding effort was well worth it. cheers Pat
  4. BANYAN
    Hi Glen, sorry have not commented much as I have been down and out with a flu of late - just getting back onto the horse so to speak. That is an incredibly well detailed miniature which will make into a very fine diorama; everything appears very nicely to scale. cheers Pat
  5. BANYAN
    I think this is a case of 'horses for courses'. I find that the more pre-rigging of the tops and yards you do the easier you make it on yourself later - BUT some of these lines will need to be coiled and kept out of the way. More importantly, you need to be somewhat selective on which lines you pre-rig. This will depend on the ship (type of rigging specifically) as some lines will simply get in the way if pre-rigged. So, as with my "Endeavour" build in particular, I had to go through the rigging well in advance to see what would be beneficial, but still not obstruct, the fitting of the yards and other rigging, by pre-rigging some lines beforehand. With some blocks I elected to set-up a small length of leader line (small) that I could pull the actual line through when needed rather than pre-rig the entire line. All that said, if I recall this still only accounted for a small number of lines as clearance was required to do the rat lines etc before rigging some of these lines. So essentially; your call after some analysis of which of these lines would or not interfere with other rigging processes such as doing the rattlin. cheers Pat
  6. BANYAN
    Some of the greatest inventions were found by 'accident' Glen Nice work mate. cheers Pat
  7. BANYAN
    Good ideas, thanks Eberhard and John - that idea had not even ventured into my fading brain cells. I'll give that a shot and hopefully find a way to 'mimic' the wood with paint. cheers Pat
  8. BANYAN
    Thanks Rob, I hope to post a small update early next week; I have been busy redoing the booms. The though of the gaffs scares me a little as, at this scale, they will be less than two millimetres diameter at the most. cheers Pat
  9. BANYAN
    That some very finely detailed work Eberhard. The quality of your work at this scale is outstanding. cheers Pat
  10. BANYAN
    ... and ready to be shipped to the dockyard by rail Seriously, that's some nicely executed work Michael, it looks so good. cheers Pat
  11. BANYAN
    The planking looks good; coming along very nicely. cheers Pat
  12. BANYAN
    Wow - that's coming along very nicely Glen; looks great! The proportions and level of detail are spot on, especially for such a small model. Now, I have a little carving job if you are interes..... (quickly ducking for cover) cheers Pat
  13. BANYAN
    Congrats Greg, that is great recognition of your efforts. cheers Pat
  14. BANYAN
    Hi Eberhard; many thanks for the consideration. I am slowly getting back into it. I still have issues with my hands shaking (not Parkinsons) which slows me on many days, but my GP is trying some new meds which may help further. Due to me laying off for that and a few other factors I sort of lost the 'mojo' (desire) to work on the model and became easily distracted in doing other things in the workshop I must say that your, and a couple of other modellers, recent updates helped motivate me. In the past week or two I have restarted work on the spars with the three booms almost complete. Then I'll start on the gaffs and the upper masts (all upper masts are 'in one' with a combined top, top-gallant and royal mast). In the meantime I had to continue my research on them, the rigging and the sails which has been progressing steadily. I needed that sorted to finish the drawings to allow me to make up the spars. I am still trying to work out ways to make the upper mast as the royal sections in particular are very slender at scale (under 2mm) and I need to insert/show an embedded lightening protection 'copper path' in all spars. This will be pretty delicate and I am still not sure if I can pull that off. Anyway, long story short - slowing increasing my time in the workshop doing model related work, but as the parts are repetitive at this point there is not much that is new to put online - but I will put-up some updates sooner rather than later (I know I have said that before . Again, many thanks for thinking of me; much appreciated. cheers Pat
  15. BANYAN
    Hi Bruce, that's a good start. My recommendation would be to use some 'T'-track on either side of the board (assuming the visible edges are straight and parallel? You could use an underlying baseboard to secure it to rather than route into the existing board should you wish to go that path? The parallel tracks can be further enhanced with a 90-degree knee (small square) behind the board to ensure it remains perpendicular, while the tracks would keep the board parallel with the central keel piece. cheers Pat
  16. BANYAN
    Hi Steven, thanks for the link. I was aware of this as the author lives near me and we have discussed this quite a bit. I think his research is spot on for the flag and I am using it in the Victoria. Thanks for taking the time to put this up. cheers Pat
  17. BANYAN
    Great to see you back Michael, had been missing your wonderful, high quality work. cheers Pat
  18. BANYAN
    Glad to hear you are recovering mate; welcome back. cheers Pat
  19. BANYAN
    That is some very high quality work on those metal model accessories and the soldering Igmar. Your channel looks interesting. I have bookmarked it to follow along. Do you do any model ships (plastic or wood or card)? cheers Pat
  20. BANYAN
    Those oars look fantastic Ian; a really nice finish on them even evident in your photo. cheers Pat
  21. BANYAN
    Mark, best ask the 'war' dolphins sorry Glen high-jacking your great build yet again. cheers Pat
  22. BANYAN
    Nice work Glen, that looks great! Now all you have to do is add the seagull poo (Sorry couldn't resist and I know you just love these challenges) cheers Pat
  23. BANYAN
    Looking good Rob; you're not mucking about with this (re)build are you. cheers Pat
  24. BANYAN
    Hi Grant, please see my PM. HMCSS Victoria also made extensive use of chain in the rigging but unfortunately, the Rigging Warrant mostly lists the chain as "equivalent to" the listed hemp rope - but no rope size is given; for example for the lower yard slings. However, there are a few listings: for example, the Tye chain for the fore topgallant yard is listed as 17ft of 5/16 inch , and the topsail sheets and tye chain are listed as 9/16 inch. However, I can only assume the chain size is the wire size (thickness of the rod used to form the link). However, please note these sizes are specific for the rigging strength required in this vessel and may have differed to that required in your vessel of interest? I cannot be more specific about other chain rigging at the moment as I am away on holidays with no access to my reference library, but I do have a copy of the Rigging Warrant on my Laptop. From another document I had access to via a private message I had sent on this forum, I can provide: Middendorf, 'Bemastung und Takelung der Schiffe', 1903, page 401, states that chains running over blocks should be short-link chains. Brady, ‘The Kedge Anchor’, pages 310/311, confirms this in listing short-link chain for running rigging. He also informs that ⅛” of iron in diameter is more than equal to an inch of hemp rope in circumference. According to the Canadian Defence ‘Engineer Field Manual’, Volume 15, Chapter 4, page 62, chain is termed short-link when the length of a link is less than five times the diameter of the wire size and the links are normally oval shaped, giving a good strength to weight factor. Hope this helps you a little? cheers Pat
  25. BANYAN
    You would never know this is a rebuild - nicely done Rob. cheers Pat

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...