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HMAV Bounty by DanPage - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64
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HMS Victory by knotty74 - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75 - first ever ship build, wood or otherwise
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HMS Victory by knotty74 - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75 - first ever ship build, wood or otherwise
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Hi Bindy Thanks for your comments on my build. I think that although the final result, as you say, looks ok I'm afraid it pales into insignificance when compared with some of the builds I have been following. Some of the scratch building is truely awesome and the research that goes into with it incredible. I have had a look at your logand you seem to be progressing very well. As you say MSW is a great place for getting advice. Danny -
Hi Alistair Thank you for your kind words. I am not sure when I will be able to start on Fly or Pegasus as "The Admiral" thinks I have too many models around the house. (5 at the moment plus another 3 in my workshop {Shed!!!} ). I shall just have to keep working on her. Perhaps if I offer to do a bit of spring cleaning! Danny
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Hi Mathew In response to your question, I quite fancy building something quite big like the Victory but have not got the room or the finance for that so my next choice will probably be either HMS Fly or Pegasus (That is if I can persuade 'er indoors' to let me!). Danny
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Hi Thanks for your comments Peter. I'm afraid I don't put any of my mopdels in a glass case, I don't think there would be enough room in the house. As it is 'er indoors' is not too happy and I have to rotate some via my workshop (shed!). As I said in my last post I will now present a few photographs showing more details with the final shot showing the model in its final resting place in the lounge. Danny
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Hi I haven't posted for a while as I have been completing the running rigging and decided it was not worth posting dozens of photographs showing each bit as I did it. Anyway I have finished it now and the three photographs show the final result. I have some more detailed shots to process and will put them in the next post. Danny
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At last managed to get a bit of reasonable light so am including a few pictures of the running rigging done so far. The first two show the running rigging from threar and the second two from the front. The second two also show the crows feet on the main and mizzen stays. I have actually done the foremast as well but haven't included a photo of this. May I take this opportunity to wish anybody reading this, the seasons greetings and my best wishes for the new year Danny
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Thanks Pavel. You are right, now starts the fiddly bit. I have actually completed the mizzen running rigging and crows feet and am intending to publish a photograph but am having to wait for some decent light. The weather here has been very cloudy and we have had a lot of rain. Although I have a flash on my camera it tends to cast all sorts of unwanted shadows. The forecast is good for Boxing day though so am keeping my fingers crossed.. May I also offer you the seasons greetings and for a happy and prosperous new year. Danny
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Sorry about photographs 3 & 4 in my last post. As you can see I have now put them the right way up. Danny
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Hi More progress : I have completed the standing rigging as can be seen in photograph 1. As you can see I have also done all the rat lines. I did this as I went along with the standing rigging so as to make the job a little less boring. The other photographs show the rigging in more detail. As a matter of interest, the manual gives very little detail in the rigging process but fortunately I still had the manual for Granado which is excellent in this respect and although slightly different in some respects proved to be very useful. For example it gives very detailed instructions on setting up the crowsfeet which I have now completed but not yet photographed but will be seen in the next batch of photographs which will show the initial mounting of the yards.
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Hi As can be seen in photograph 1 the lower shrouds have now been completed with a close-up view of the lower foremast shrouds in photograph 2. I am will also starting the ratlines on the lower shrouds as I install the topmast shrouds so as to spread the load so it does not become too monotonous I have already started on these but found the black cord I was using did not hang to well and its twist tended to make them difficult to tie and they did not quite look right. As a result I switched to the 0.1mm white cord provided in the kit and resigned myself to painting them with indian ink. this in fact turned out to be fairly straight forward and they looked much more realistic. Will now get started on the topmast shrouds wich will of course be a bit more difficult as the deadeyes are that much smaller. Danny
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Hi Peter Thanks for your kind words. I've started on the fore mast shrouds and am about half done. I'll post a photo when I HAVE FINISHED. Danny
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Hi Have now finished the hull and fittings as can be seen in photos 1 - 4 and have also completed the bowsprit, masts and spars : photos 5 - 6. The masts have now been installed and am about to start on the lower shrouds. I think this may take a while as there are so many whippings and knots to be tied and sealed and I have to keep waiting for the sealant (white glue) to dry. Anyway I'll keep you posted. Danny
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Hi As can be seen in photograph 1 the anchors and anchor cables have been completed and installed. You may also notice that I have also installed some cat falls which were not on the plans but have been made to the same design as those on my model of the bomb vessel Granado. Photograph 2 shows how the anchor cable has been arranged. Again this has been copied from Granado. The plans suggested coiling the cables flat just aft of the windlass but I thought that since Bounty's anchor cables were 600 ft long this seemed a bit unrealistic. I couldn't find any information on how the cables were fed to the cable tier but know this was somewhere in the hold. I have noticed several versions show the openings in the corner of the main hatch so have stuck to this. I have now started on the masts and spars but will leave progress until next time. Danny
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Thanks for your comments folks. Pavel : The photographs of the two finished boats are the new ones to go on the current model. Those with the blue background are from my previous model photographs of which can be seen in the gallery. Danny
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Best glue for rigging: CA & GS-Hypo
DanPage replied to Beef Wellington's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
With reference to David B's comment on adding softener to the water when diluting white glue, I add a drop of washing up liquid to my brush cleaning water and used this when diluting prior to applying to some 0,5 mm foot rope for my Bounty. I applied the diluted mixture to a length of line, wiped it down with a kitchen towel and allowed it to dry under tension. The line was then fairly stiff (obviously the PVA had penetrated OK) and was perfect for the foot ropes, taking up the correct curve by teasing with my fingers. The result was far better than using the untreated line which tended to go where it wanted. Incidentally I have made several models since the 90's and used CA for sealing knots on most of them and have not had any rigging breakages on any of them. Danny
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