Fishooks

On 7/12/2023 at 8:12 AM, Loracs said:

The middle strips are glued only to the first half...  as many suggest here. 

Hi Loracs..looking really good congratulations. I am not understanding what you mean by this line quoted above...and should get it clear before I start

Fishooks (John)

congratulations on a superb job

another couple of pics

the additional mast height completely avoided any shroud fouling

On 8/23/2022 at 8:09 PM, Mr Pleasant said:

Hi All

Must be time for another update.....

Had a small issue with the shrouds fouling on the sides as shown below

 

Not sure how this happened as I haven't deviated from the plans and having checked the photo (below) that came on the instruction manual it's not clear if there is an issue with the model itself or not and particularly the shrouds further away from the Main mast and around the Mizzen mast.

 

 

Regardless, I needed to fix it, the channels are epoxied and pinned so I couldn't remove them, the mast was also epoxied and not moving, the height increase in the mast to clear the sides would have been significant in any case.  Only real option I had was to add material to widen the channels, luckily there was sufficient spare wood from where the channels had been cut from.

 

Next was on to fixing the shroud dead eyes and this was accomplished using a jig with a horizontal line drawn on to fix a constant level...I know some people prefer spacers but I find this works for me.  

 

 

 

The dead eyes for the channels are only held by rope and these had to be stitched prior to seizing as no amount of glue, shellac, varnish would take the strain once the shrouds were pulled tight....following photos show where I'm up to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking in

 

Mark

The problem with the shrouds fouling the topsides is not your fault, nor is it the channels. It is simply that the masts are 11% too short at the scale and this is enough to cause the problem. After seeing your issue I checked that when I got to it and found that was the cause. The kit is good, but far from perfect. I lengthened all my mast sections to avoid the issue. AOTS talks about the construction contractors about 1520 describing the mast as more than 150ft long.  .if you scale that down you can see the problem.

On 8/23/2022 at 8:09 PM, Mr Pleasant said:

Hi All

Must be time for another update.....

Had a small issue with the shrouds fouling on the sides as shown below

 

Not sure how this happened as I haven't deviated from the plans and having checked the photo (below) that came on the instruction manual it's not clear if there is an issue with the model itself or not and particularly the shrouds further away from the Main mast and around the Mizzen mast.

 

 

Regardless, I needed to fix it, the channels are epoxied and pinned so I couldn't remove them, the mast was also epoxied and not moving, the height increase in the mast to clear the sides would have been significant in any case.  Only real option I had was to add material to widen the channels, luckily there was sufficient spare wood from where the channels had been cut from.

 

Next was on to fixing the shroud dead eyes and this was accomplished using a jig with a horizontal line drawn on to fix a constant level...I know some people prefer spacers but I find this works for me.  

 

 

 

The dead eyes for the channels are only held by rope and these had to be stitched prior to seizing as no amount of glue, shellac, varnish would take the strain once the shrouds were pulled tight....following photos show where I'm up to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking in

 

Mark

One factor working against you is that the kit masts are shorter than the correct scale by 51mm. I dont suggest this would be enough extra height to clear the side rails but it could only help. I am planning to add in the 51mm to the lowest section of the mast and then see what the effect is.