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Rock_From_Korea
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Hi Bob~ Thank you very much for your compliment! I am not sure your high level of praise is deserved, nevertheless much appreciated! -
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Thanks very much for your encouragement, Patrick!
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Next, the fore and main upper stay stoppers : small single stoppers applied. Now the dead eye fixture on the crow’s nest. I decided to follow the original plan - fixing the 5mm dead eyes with cotton thread instead of bronze. Finally, minor additions to crow's nest supporting structure.
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Hello shipmates! Latest progress report on GH1 & GH2: prep work for crow’s nest underbelly rigging (installing bolts for block attachments), installment of stoppers for stays, deadeye fixture on the crow’s nest, and some other minor additions. First the bolts on the underbelly of the crow’s nest. I started our with 4 (2 on the front, 2 on the back), but later I decided to add 4 more bolts on the front side (just in case). Next, the stopper for stay (between lower part of main mast and mizzen mast) For this one, I devised a larger and wider single design instead of applying multiple small stoppers. Same procedures applied to all masts for both GH1 & GH2.
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Thanks for your comments, Robert!
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Thanks Patrick! I am always referencing your build logs anyway~ At the moment, I just need something specific and more detailed pertaining to fighting top (base and bottom part) only. I am currently going through similar builds including your Pelican.
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Thanks very much for your kind words,Alan!
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Hello shipmates! Just a quick update on GH1 and GH2 shipyards. The fighting tops are finally all done~ I am posting some pictures of these below. First up are the photos on the fighting top on mizzen mast. Significantly smaller than the fore and main mast fighting top. While working on the fore and main mast fighting tops, I devised a method for a quick marking of the 8 pillar positions. And when I started to work on the mizzen mast fighting top, I kind of forgot this method. Fortunately the memory came back quickly. So, I decided to document the methodology so that I don’t forget it next time. The mizzen mast fighting top on GH1 done and moving on to GH2. Pictures of both GH1 and GH2 with all the fighting tops done and put in place but not glued or fixed yet. Next, I am planning to put blocks under the fighting top structure before finally glueing things together. But, the Aeropiccola plans really lack details on rigging . Does anyone have a good picture of plan on fighting top block rigging please?
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HMS Bellerophon 1786 by AON – scale 1:64 – 74-gun 3rd Rate Man of War - Arrogant-Class
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HMS Bellerophon 1786 by AON – scale 1:64 – 74-gun 3rd Rate Man of War - Arrogant-Class
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Alan, thanks very much for spotting my mistake and informing me early!! Fixed those mistakes and re-uploaded the missing pictures~
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Hi shipmates~ Relatively short updates on the progress of fighting top. Firstly, the process applied to GH1 has been replicated in GH2 as below. Followed by mizzen mast fighting top work on both GH1 & GH2 as below. At first, I planned and designed the structure of fighting top as below. However, I soon realized that the 30 degree interval between pillars was making the floor of the fighting top too crowded. So, I changed the design to reflect a 45 degree interval. With the first templates made out of the wooden hanger material, the tedious work of making each pillar and quarter piece continues. I was pretty sure that I needed to do some reinforcement work (possibly near the floor area) as there are just 8 pillars (instead of 12). But, the end result with just 8 pillars is surprisingly robust. So, no further modification seems necessary. Finished second fighting top and continuing with the tedious work streams.
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Hi Johnny, Thanks for the additional clarification! Well, I guess I will need to contemplate a bit more on this~ Regards, Rock
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Hi Johnny, Thanks very much for your valuable comments and suggestions. I do agree with you on the trimmed balcony. However, I did find some examples (I could not re-dig the pictures) where the balconies were quite slim (or almost non-existent) on the sides. This was an experiment anyway~ But, with better reception by my art student daughter! On the 2 bow guns, I really wanted to incorporate them but the only space possible would be on the deck of the forecastle. I could not find any historical evidence that this was done. But, then again I could be wrong. I could put 2 small guns on the top of the forecastle. Let me dig further on this possibility. Anyway, I am very grateful for your comments. Much appreciated!! Regards, Rock
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Thank you, Robert!
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Next, the deck of the crow’s nest. I decided to use quite different design from the plan in order to provide some room for rigging lines and etc. at the back of the crow’s nest. For this, I had to shift the whole structure a bit towards the stern, making the crow’s nest appear to be located more in the middle of the mast (instead of slightly forward protruding towards the bow). Repeating similar procedures for the foremast.
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Moving on to the upper level of the main mast and mast cap, I realized that I almost ran out of the wooden hanger material from Ikea. And since there are no more broken wooden hangers, I had utilize a perfectly well functioning wooden hanger - for which I obtained wife’s permission.
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