Jack-in-the-Blue

2 minutes ago, theoracle09 said:

I think they're bollards?

Bolsters? I think I read about that a few days ago. 

The ship is looking really fine. Excellent work all the way.

2 minutes ago, theoracle09 said:

I have a strong suspicion Terror [... is] in my future

If it's your first rigging job I wouldn't be surprised. (I'm so glad I only have one mast to deal with.)

3 hours ago, Keith_W said:

It takes time to write these posts, and it seems as if I am only talking to myself.

I understand your feelings. I went away from MSW last year thinking exactly the same thoughts but returned recently to have a second attempt. It's not the chattiest of the modelling forums so far but as Keith suggests above, things might pick up in the northern winter.

I personally believe that the very serious and scholarly mission statement of the NRG and the emphasis on making build logs a 'resource' for other builders in the future rather than a party right now for current members, discourages written encouragement, personal stuff (such as your memorial), and above all, humour in the logs. It feels safer to just like a post. (Even as I write this, I'm wondering if I will be in trouble for digressing into site politics.) 

However, it's still a brilliant site for seeing really good models built so I hope you find it possible to continue.  The site will get even quieter if we all jump ship. There might be 40,000 members signed up but the great majority of the posting seems to come from just a few hundred people.

1 minute ago, iMustBeCrazy said:

The concept works, but back to planking for now.

 

Oooh, shiny!

Looks good to me. 

4 hours ago, glbarlow said:

Here’s another video more on point Seizings

That is how we fastened the elastic onto our catapults back in the sixties. Exactly the same technique. We knew it as whipping. Thanks for the memories. 👦

4 hours ago, jpalmer1970 said:

using jigs like that really helps make everything look consistent

Yes, indeed - excellent use of such simple jigs. I think your results will be in the Goldilocks zone. You'll get the sort of consistency that suits a model made from organic materials, but not the soulless exact duplication that comes with injected plastic or 3D prints.

1 hour ago, iMustBeCrazy said:

Well, if I can pull this off the guns will have functioning carriages.

It's all in the username. 😁

Good luck with it. Those carronades are _tiny! 

I have decided to tackle my minute blobs of difficulty by 'forgetting' to fit them. Perhaps they were all in for their annual de-coke and oil change at the instant in history that I am 'faithfully reproducing'. 🤣

49 minutes ago, iMustBeCrazy said:

about 18 hours work

One build, I’ll log the building time - start to finish. It’s the one thing that every viewer of a model asks.

Your deck in close up looks brilliant. 

Welcome aboard George. 

Your model looks good, your knowledge and experience impressive and your writing very pleasant to read. You'd create a fine build log, I'm sure. Come on in. It's great fun. 🙂

They certainly are tiny. I think you deserve much credit for carrying out such a complicated sequence, so many times, with such good results. 

That’s pretty darn good. I use filler like icing a cake 🎂!

Welcome aboard, Giuseppe!

I think you will find that the internet adds a lot to the pleasures of modelling. 

I'm looking forward to seeing your work.

1 hour ago, Srenner said:

Does anyone know can you get glass encrusted thread or some sort of file approx 0.6mm that you can thread through and clean out the cleats?

Look for a set of nut files on a luthier or guitar maker’s website. They are very small. I can’t say how small because I seem to have lost mine. 
 

Otherwise, perhaps a micro saw with the corners of the teeth ground round?

For cleaning holes, rather than slots, look for broaches. They come in very small sizes. 

Ah, YOU cut the slot in the stem! I’m still not getting it but don’t worry, I’ll understand it when I see it done. 🤔

1 hour ago, theoracle09 said:

I'm extremely proud of how it turned out.

Rightly so! Well done!

Can you use that gap as a rabbet to tuck the ends of your planks into? It looks perfect for the job just like the Vanguard Models Alert pictured above. 

But a painting of USS, Lexington shows the channels in the usual place level with the deck. Everything is more complicated than we think.!

That's sensational, really really good in every possible aspect. I'll be reading through the entire log as soon as I can find time. 👍

5 hours ago, iMustBeCrazy said:

So does this one, well that's going to change.

WARNING: I may have been mistaken 😳
 

I have found some evidence of high mounted channels in a book called The Built Up Ship Model by Charles G Davis. 
 

This book deals with his building of a scratched USS Lexington. I think David might be American, I only received the book today so I haven’t read much yet. Now the high mounted channels might be American and French practice, resulting in my not finding examples in British based references, or this might be a peculiar exception. I don’t know. 
 

So I must leave you to decide whether or not to follow the kit instructions. As always, it’s more complicated than it first appeared. 
 

I will still lower my channel but I no longer do so because they are definitely historically ‘wrong’ but because I think they will look better on my wales. 

2 hours ago, allanyed said:

You could have a lot of company as that is maybe why the master model builders of the 17th and 18th centuries did not always include ordnance of any kind and when they did, rigging the cannon was often left off. 😀

That is very useful information! 👍

46 minutes ago, Jack-in-the-Blue said:

I guess that are done like that to make them more comfortable to perch upon for the late evening pipe of baccy?

My more useful second guess is that they are wrapped to cover the broken strands of steel rope which would have been a menace when folding the rope back to clear the anchor.

2 minutes ago, HakeZou said:

They look more like rope to me, but could be steel cable. 

Perhaps that's what the steel cable looked like when it was new?

4 hours ago, theoracle09 said:

 

Nice sofa.

You are doing some good work here. I like the efforts you make to understand what's going on, the various functions of the parts of the ship etc. It's making an entertaining log.

Will you incorporate the cloth/rope wrapped sections of rail at the bow? I guess that are done like that to make them more comfortable to perch upon for the late evening pipe of baccy?

13 minutes ago, iMustBeCrazy said:

a model of a replica of a generic French cutter ... maybe I'm just too pedantic.

I understand! I am trying to strip out the 20th century safety features such as those engine room ventilators and the life-jacket lockers. My version of the model also has the channels fitted in a very strange position at the top of the bulwarks just below the rail. It makes no structural sense and is completely ahistorical as far as I can tell. I believe the explanation is that the replica is meant for motoring, not sailing in any kind of wind. The mast is short by about 30% and if the channels were fitted at deck level as usual, the shrouds would foul the capping rails. Since AL have given me what I am assuming is the correct, tall mast, I'll fit my channels where they should be. In fact that is the next job on my list.

I had similar problems with OcCre's Beagle which is based on a non-functional so-called replica of the Beagle built as a tourist attraction. I thought it was about as close to the real thing as a carousel horse is to a thoroughbred. Meh! 

I like the dark wood down the deck centreline. Very artistic. 👍

I’m not going to bother with the dingy on mine, or its davits. I’m keen to move along to the rigging.