Knocklouder

Really nice work on the ratlines, I don't think I would be brave enough for a close up lol. Very nice my friend   

Bob   M.

I started rigging the Futtock shrouds, and was looking at a few logs and said I hope I left enough line. 

So I double checked and I think I am ok. I decided to do a few clove hitches.  It  seems everyone is doing ratlines.  I could not resist.  Lol  plus my Good  Freind  @Gabek  gave me these figures  I had to play lol. Shakey on the ratlines but was that fun .lol 

Pile  put it all away and get back to it. 

The inspectors  said knot bad 14 out of  15.  I just love ratlines, they are a lot of fun trust me.   .  Just do them like the plan says you be fine. I like mine lol.

  Darn spoke to soon , grandkids are here. I got to go , no idea when I will get back they are on  vacation lol . But just  look at Gabes sailor  fantastic. Can't wait to get back.

 Thanks everyone.  MSW.

Bob M.

Great job my friend, everyone is doing ratlines  , lol. I had to stop the shrouds and do 15 . Your way looks a hole lot easier  

The Crew.

Looking great, good luck on your journey  with this one.    

Bob  M.

We got the lower shrouds finished, now I have to clean up all the holes for the upper deadeyes.

These served lines are great I think. Once it's all done it will look good .

Futtock staves, one hook PE 94 seized twice.  And leave them two inch long thread with .75 black thread.

Made the first of 20, when that's finished we will attach the staves then the upper  deadeyes and shrouds.  Sound eazy enough  lol. But that's a lot of rigging, and the season is upon us so progress will be slow I guess  but very happy  with what I am doing.

  Thanks MSW, and members  , also thanks for all who looked.

And thanks for all who made a Duchess of Kingston  log , been looking  at them all . Taken ideas from all of them. They are all great.    That's it for now.

 Bob  M

PFCGP 

Goober 

The serving of rope G---7.5 mm

 black thread, I figured I would need close to 15 feet just to be safe. I  took a .5mm thread and served it. It came out to .75 to .76 close enough. 

  Then I soaked all the lines in a 50 /50 mixes of glue and water and hung everything up to dry for the night. 

 The serving is going gang busters, I got the hang of it now.. I belive I have enough lines done now.  I am only  serving  1.0 and .75mm Also. 5 mm. Anything smaller  I am just going to  use what it says to use. It is to small for me to see the difference  lol.

Blue lins show were the served lines are.

I  even got cocky and did two five foot lengths of line. Once you get the rhythm going  I think you could go on and on. But winding five feet at a time is a lot of cranking lol. Almost as much fun as ratlines. Lol.

  So rigging of the upper shrouds tomorrow I hope.  I got the stays made as well.

Once the Duchess is rigged, I plan on rigging the Pegasus right after well everything is still fresh in my mind, lol

 so on to the upper  shrouds.  The boys were getting  antsy because  the were whacthing me serving lines all day, but didn't  mind the slow day at all lol.

Knocklouder  

The lower shrouds  on the main and formast  are done. GRIN. I am happy  with them, just a little  fixing here and there but I like it.

I was determined to do better, please  go to @Glenn-UK log of the Duchess  his is fantastic. I take far to many short cuts but it looks good. But his is the proper way to go. He even doing a Sherbourne, got me thinking  I should buy one, but I have so much to rig.  

Today was interuped by a visit with the neice . She loves the ship, and the figures, her favorite one is Captain  Marvin.  She keeps  asking when will he be back from space. Lol.

She had to introduce Taz to the Duchess,and also take apart the thread dispenser  lol.

But all too soon she left and I got back to learning.

Now its time to switch to  the .75mm  served lines that I made. I am short a single line for the Mizzen  mast. Plus all the upper shrouds  lol, so serving  somemore, I almost could do some ratlines on the lower shrouds, lol. I will wait till all the shrouds are done then start the rats. I find it better to do all the rats with one shot.  It's such a great relaxing thing to do.  I can't wait. 

The first  couple  went well , so we just kept on rigging. 

This is my .75mm  served line that I have to make more of . A little  fuzzy  but I will fix that soon.

Happy with the progress  

 Thank you everyone, I look at my model and see some improvement.  But also see lots of room for more lol. But loving it.   So go a lot of serving to do plus I want to start making the Futtock shrouds and rods . Ohhhh Ratlines.

 Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober 

Nice  work  

Bob M.

Hello, I am no expert  but yes paint the white and red strips, both sides  then your dragon. That's how I did mine, green first then the two headed Dragon.  Good luck.

Bob  M

sorry just on the front side lol..

The foremast shrouds are in place. It took a bit but I managed to get them pretty close.  Not counting the first two on the port side.

The crew have loaded the jig so here we go.

Goober  set up the lanyard thread and the seizeing thread.

Two down. A bit uneven  but you know me it'll do. Lol

Dang as they say in Texas, got the last deadeye on upside down and  the lower one is broken at that too.

But the starboard side I like.. Except my seizeing could be better, I like that they look half decent to me.

This is one of those  moments when you say yes take it all off and do it better , but you love it because you did it 😏. If you know what I mean lol.

  I know Chris  peeks in from time to time, please forgive my weak use of the force, I heard that in a movie I think lol. But it will get better 😌  on the main mast. I have been looking at the logs rigging is tuff for old shakey crew members like my self , and nothing looks like what I try to  do but it's the fun of it. 😆. 

So the journey continues, on to a better main mast. And this will be the display side for the ship. 

Everyone getting excited for the holidays and it keeps snowing  and snowing , time in the ship yard will be when I get a chance lol.

Bob   M.

PFCGP 

Goober.  

Hello Peter, I made this ship last year at Christmas.  It  was a  lots of fun, my hands shake so much parts were flying everywhere.  Lol but it turn out ok. I made a log for it somewhere  .lol Good luck on your journey.          

Bob  M.

Looks like a fun build, are you going to have miniature gun crews? Tagging along. 

Bob  M.                                   

Great looking case.  

Bob  M.

Very nice work        

Bob M.

Your ship is looking fantastic,  sorry if this was asked before, but are you going to be making  sails for your ship. It is really impressive. To see how you make your ship. 

Bob  M

Bob M.

I had a wonderful day. I served three different  sizes of line today, a .5 and a .75mm plus a 1.0mm for the shrouds.  Serving the lines is actually quite easy once you get the hang  of the right tension .Blue llines show lines that are served.

And soon I had lines of various sizes hanging all over the ship yard. But very happy with the lines. Now it is time to make some little jig for the deadeyes.  This is the frist time I rig the shrouds this way, and I am finding it pretty straightforward, I tied two shroud lines on, tomorrow I will do two on the other side and carry on from there.

Getting ready to size the shrouds, smallest thread I have.

I have two shrouds put on, I will wait till they are all on then

straighten them up before I tie them all up the same size. Hopefully. 

This just shows the jig I made, tomorrow the shrouds on the other side will go on.

So far so good, lots of work to do but loving every moment.   It may be awhile yet but ratlines are on the horizon.  Lol 😆 

Bob  M

& Crew

Duchess of Kingston. 

Bob  M.

There is a few plans to make your own that I see from time to time, but Amati sells these  Keel clamps. Very handy .   Bob M.

Bob  M

 Hello,look around for a product call GAC 400 by Golden. a friend @mrcc recommended this to me I really like it.  Cover up your ship with paper then brush it on both sides of the sail and use a hair dryer on medium heat for about 10 minutes , It dries clear and wash off nicely. I have used it on five ships so far.  Some have used potato water as a stiffener, but I have never tried that lol. good luck your doing a great job on your ship.      Bob  M.

Just another thought .🙂

Well I made 16 inch of served rope. I used a   .50 line and served a small thread on it. These as it turns out will be the right size for the lower shrouds.  The upper shrouds and some stays will be made from  smaller line.

 Serving  lines is turning out to be a lot of fun. I hope I can make them look decent at least . Time will tell.

The top thread is my served line the bottom  one is what the plan calls for. Sorry about the fuzzy picture.

 I figured I need 8 lengths at 16 inch for the bottom shrouds and 6 that are 8inch. X 2 for the other side. So lots to serv. But I had to get the Duchess  ready. Let me introduce you to  Elizabeth Chudleigh The Duchess of Kingston.

She is a looker, she flirted  with Mark Twain all afternoon  in the drying department.  Lol. Then I introduced  her to Captain Bert. Yes they hit it off too  , what a lady. Lol.

I put the figure of the Duchess, for the display stand by the ship for now.

And I put Mark Twain  on The King of the Mississippi  boat, he says he could use some company .Awful lonely  🙁  here by myself. Lol I better get to the build some day lol

 So now that the Duchess is on board the Royal Guard has been called out. They almost arrested Pile till he told them who he was. Lol. 

 My good friend @Gabek has made me a bag full of figures, 3 commanders and 13 crew members .  He even has a 12 foot yawl for the ships boat ready for me to pick up . They are just fantastic, thanks so much my friend. Pile says we should get back to serving. We will paint  some more another day. So back to learning more about serving  talk soon my friend's.  Thanks for looking in.

Bob  M.     

& crew

Those wheels were made to order, they are going to be great looking. Nice find.  Even nicer build   .

 Bob M.

Glen my freind  I hope you get that leak fixed.lol  I was getting ready to send Plummer  Paul.  Goober  said send Paul, but the rest of us know you can do this  you will ace it for sure.

I have no doubt she will look very impressive.

About  the masts I will email my buddy down in Texas, he is an expert  beyond belief.  He will know what to do. 

I can see your idea, it will be award winning  I bet.  

Bob  M

& Crew.

I am also very glad you are building another. I will follow along, but I am not going to be "Surprise" if you do another Vanguard Model  next year. I am lol.

Best of luck on your journey.   

Bob  M.