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chris watton got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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chris watton reacted to Glenn-UK in HMS Harpy 1796 by Glenn-UK – FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64 scale
Before moving on to making and adding the boomkins I decided I should add both the jibboom and flying jibboom so the fore topsail and fore topgallant stays could be rigged.
The first two photos show the jibboom and flying jibboom in place.
The dolphin striker was also added. As you will note, when looking at the photo, I made an error with where the fore topsail sail stay should be reeved. I used the upper hole rather than the middle hole. I only realised this error after I had added the thimble to the stay end. I concluded that I could accept this mistake rather than running in a new stay.
Both stays are belayed using thimbles, with the reciprocal thimbles for each stay hooked to eyebolts on the bow, as can be seen in the next photo.
The next photo shows the foremast with the all the various mast stays in place.
The final photo of this post shows the current status of the Harpy rigging.
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chris watton reacted to dunnock in HMS Harpy 1796 by dunnock - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Planking the Gun Deck
The tricky centre section between hatches is finished. I’m using mainly 3.5 and 4.0 x 1mm boxwood strip. I’ve already run out of 4mm strip so now I’m cutting down 5 and 6mm strip. I have also had to use some 5mm strip along the edges of the after hatches to make a fair run.
The planks are all straight but I have begun to taper the last planks fitted at the stern. I used the etched deck as a pattern to mark the cut-outs and eye-bolt points. There are still some cut-outs to work on but this section is substantially finished.
I now move on to the bow and stern sections before finishing with the runs up to the bulwarks, I will leave as much of the lower deck exposed as is feasible.
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chris watton got a reaction from hollowneck in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Polybak, (laser etched) same as I use for Indy. Better than using PE.
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chris watton got a reaction from p.hoek in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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chris watton got a reaction from Alexander Bulimov in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Spent today working on the fictional stern parts - bits added, ripped off and added again, so this is not a reflection on the completed model....
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chris watton got a reaction from Oboship in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
You do realise the pictures taken were with a macro lens, and these names are just a few mm long?
We do have a US distributor, AgesofSail.
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chris watton got a reaction from Tossedman in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Polybak, (laser etched) same as I use for Indy. Better than using PE.
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chris watton got a reaction from mgatrost in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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chris watton got a reaction from PaddyO in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Polybak, (laser etched) same as I use for Indy. Better than using PE.
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chris watton got a reaction from p.hoek in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Spent today working on the fictional stern parts - bits added, ripped off and added again, so this is not a reflection on the completed model....
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chris watton got a reaction from gjdale in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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chris watton got a reaction from Oboship in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Spent today working on the fictional stern parts - bits added, ripped off and added again, so this is not a reflection on the completed model....
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chris watton got a reaction from Oboship in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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chris watton got a reaction from DB789 in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Spent today working on the fictional stern parts - bits added, ripped off and added again, so this is not a reflection on the completed model....
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chris watton got a reaction from Tossedman in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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chris watton got a reaction from AJohnson in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Polybak, (laser etched) same as I use for Indy. Better than using PE.
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chris watton got a reaction from mgatrost in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Polybak, (laser etched) same as I use for Indy. Better than using PE.
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chris watton got a reaction from scrubbyj427 in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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chris watton got a reaction from scrubbyj427 in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Spent today working on the fictional stern parts - bits added, ripped off and added again, so this is not a reflection on the completed model....
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chris watton got a reaction from CiscoH in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Polybak, (laser etched) same as I use for Indy. Better than using PE.
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chris watton got a reaction from Ishmael in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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chris watton got a reaction from Nightdive in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Spent today working on the fictional stern parts - bits added, ripped off and added again, so this is not a reflection on the completed model....
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chris watton got a reaction from Pitan in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Spent today working on the fictional stern parts - bits added, ripped off and added again, so this is not a reflection on the completed model....
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chris watton got a reaction from Nightdive in HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
And as of right now, this is the state of it, where I am up to - stern parts will be completed by the end of tomorrow (designs/laser cut finals) and then I move onto the head rails...
The bow area where the cathead will go will look a lot neater on Jims....
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