Knocklouder

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.

Bob  M.

What a great looking ship, and heading onto the holidays with a load of ratlines to do, it will be the best holiday ever 😀. 

  Good luck, and have a wonderful holiday. 

Bob  M.           

Today the yards are finished, and put away for the time being.  Now it is time to turn my attention to installing the shrouds and deadeyes.  Followed by, dare I say it.   Ratlines.  Lol.

I started with the Mizzen mast, then move on up to the Bowsprit mast.  After that it was time to put these on the self while we get to serving some  shrouds lines. Yes just the rigging left and I am finished.  Then I will rig the Pegasus. 

Still lots to do though, deadeyes, shrouds lower and upper plus all the chainplates. This will take some time but I think this will be fun as I am teing the shourds different this time lol. I am teing them the way it says on the plan. SHEET 11 RIGGING PLAN 1.LOL 

I will try my best at rigging the Duchess of Kingston, but i notice a considerable amount of excess shaking. Plus I looked  at these little blocks, glasses on and under magnification, there is a hole inside . It is a 2mm single block. Oh my that is tiny lol.

So on the the rigging of the  Duchess. So many people to thank, everyone who has help along the way I am so greatful that you are showing me how to build models.  Thanks you.

Knocklouder   

Now that all the masts are blocked I set the mast. They  looked good so I glued them on. As luck would have it when I glued the Mizzen mast it was not setting the same way it was before I glued it. If I set it in the hole the mast stands straight up. I think it had something to do with the ring at the base. It was all glued up so I set it the best I could. It'ill do.

I had lost part of the channel edging strip a few weeks ago.  Today I found it lol, so there is hope for the feather to show up lol

I set up my serving  device. And got some thread and can't wait to start that. I should be pretty good at it by the time I serv  all four of my ships.

 But that's in the future.  Today I made all the yards, and got t the point were I put the ship out of the way and started the yards.

 This is just the first coat of paint, I will sand it down and recoat, then apply the footropes.  Tomorrow 

I am so happy  with this model so far. 

It is an amazing experience, thank you so much @chris watton for this.  And to MSW for helping me learn, there is just so much information  and pictures  here.

 Well rigging is not that far I better get learning lol. Thanks so much ever grateful , .

 Bob  M.

 PFCGP 

Goober 

Nice work, the basket is called the prow I think 🤔.  My knights head came as one peice, and yes I broke the feather off, but I have an idea for a replacement 😀 

 Great progress!!

Bob M

Good morning Bill.

This is my case for six of my models.  The three Columbus ships, A Mayflower  and a Sea of Galilee  boat. The five on top are  under a plexiglass case 18 inch by 60 inches. The river boat  is on the bottom waiting for me to finish it.Then I will put a plexiglass front on it. My Darkkar has yet to be cased but it is in a plastic  bag waiting for a case as well. 

 My Duchess of Kingston and my Pegasus  will go in their own case together. And will be by my chair in the lining room. Not far from my sight Lol.

 I left my Mayflower out for 10 months.  When I got back to it I was surprised at the amount of dust on it.

For me I would case my models , it took me along time to make them I want to keep them looking nice. Lol.

Bob M.

Very  nice work, very impressive looking. 

   Bob  M.

Great job my man,  impressive looking paddle wheelers. Nice job Steven.     Bob  M.

Bob  M.

Well I started to put the blocks on the fore mast, but my brain was not working so I had to ask @Glenn-UK for some help. Thank you my man. I could not figure how many blocks on each side. 

He cleared that up for me and away I went. Thank you .

Now the foremast was blocked, the main mast went pretty smooth. I had all the blocks for the main mast ready to tie on. It went pretty good, so just the Mizzen mast left to go. It only has 5 or 6 blocks, and one hole to drill. But that's as far as I can go tonight. Not sure if I can find anytime to build tomorrow, but Monday for sure.

 Soon I will set the masts and rigging can commence.. Opps I forgot the yard work lol. That will take some time, but looking forward to it.

Time to start  learning more about serving lines and what sizes I am going to make, what gets sized and what gets served, lots of fun. 

   Hope everyone had a great weekend , talk soon. THANKS  for peeking and the likes.

 Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober