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Small update, I have been working hard on the running rigging and should be able to complete the rigging by the end of the week. I took a few breaks in the rigging to check a few more tasks off of my build list. Quarter Deck Cable port lids - Not sure the correct term for these, they are the openings right in front of the Quarter deck companionway intended to run cables up to the capstan. The kit does not offer anything to cover these up, and I felt the openings just looked off, so I fashioned up a couple quick easy lids out of some spare wood. Nothing special but they satisfied the captain. Hammock Crane netting- I was at the point in the rigging where I needed to put the netting in the hammock cranes at the waist. I am using some tannish color toule for the netting. When I put the netting in on the Quarter deck rail, I used on piece length wise and it was super fiddely and frustrating to work with the netting just caught on everything. This time i followed what @hollowneck did on his Camilla, and cut the toule into smaller vertical strips, I found about 25mm wide is just about perfect. I start by attaching one end of the net to the inboard crane rope. I experimented with several types of glue, but CA glue ended up being the winner as I needed something that set really quick. I go down the line attaching all the pieces before moving to the next step. Once all the pieces are glued on the inboard rope I then brush Matt Acrylic (Vallejo) over the netting where it meets the deck, this will secure the bottom of the netting, this makes the netting hold place securely while I lift up the other end for gluing on the next step. Next I add the outboard rope to the hammock cranes, and then glue the other end of the netting to the outboard rope again using CA glue. Lastly I trim the tops of the netting with some cuticle clippers and the netting is finished. As you can see in my very top photos I also decided to redo the netting and remove the hammocks from the quarter deck hammock cranes. My initial plan was to outfit the Sphinx's hammock rails with hammocks, but after I finished the waist netting I experimented with hammocks and realized they almost completely blocked what little view of the gun deck I had visible underneath the ships boats. I slept on it, and the next day decided on going with no hammocks as I didn't want to hide the gundeck, I also decided to remove the QD hammocks and also redo the netting as I wasn't completely happy with my first attempt.
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brunnels reacted to a post in a topic: Frigate Diana by RossR - OcCre - 1:85
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Fantastic result, your rope coils look really good. I like the cannons on the quarter deck, I have been tinkering around with the idea of adding a couple myself just to give some to look at since most will be covered with the boats.
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Looking great, I also had to fix a few broken feet on my deck beams, they are much more fragile than they look.
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Buying Filler Blocks
brunnels replied to mikiek's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I don't know if you all have Hobby Lobby's down there in SE Texas, but I was in my local Hobby Lobby and they had a pretty good assortment of basswood blocks that I thought would be perfect sizes for filler blocks. -
Not sure if there are two versions of the kit but I know there are multiple versions of the instructions, I believe I have the earlier version as well because the instructions aren't as complete as what is on the Instructions on the Vanguard website. Yes I am referring to the yards that hook onto the fore mast channel.
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Yards I've been working on the yards for the last several weeks. Yards definitely took longer than I was expecting and my kit was short on a couple sizes of the dowel rods so my progress kept being halted. My local hardware store didn't carry walnut dowel, so I had to go with the basswood for a few which isn't a big deal as the yards were painted. Completed yards Yards are hung up, it took me the better part of the weekend to make the harnesses and get the yards on the ship. I started on rigging the lifts but my progress was halted as my kit didn't have enough of several of the blocks so I ordered some pear 3d resin blocks from Syren. Question on the fore studding sail yards The kit shows the dimensions and plans for the studding sail yards for the main mast, and comes with the hardware to install the main and foremast studding sail yards on the channels, but I don't see any dimensions or plans for the fore mast lower studding sail yards. Should these be on the ship? Am I overlooking them somewhere on the plan sheets? I don't see them on anyone else's build, but if the ship should have them I would like to put them on and will need to purchase more dowel.
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I really don't want to make this thread too much about the shipping cost, I was just very surprised at the shipping price and nearly cancelled my order because of it, and others might consider doing the same. At that price the magazine is competing with actual reference books on my wish list. I decided to purchase to support the new magazine and NRG, but it might be hard to justify in the future. I know shipping prices are on the rise, but as a person who frequently ships stuff I can't imagine it costs that much to put a magazine in the mail in a envelope.
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Always nice to see another Pegasus log, its a beautiful little ship that I always enjoy seeing.
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My instructions say the lines should be black. Are yours different? I know mine is an earlier kit as the instructions don't have the rigging section in the instruction booklet like the New Instruction PDF online does.
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