jim_smits

Hi,

Due to ongoing personal circumstance I am selling my Hatchette partwork build of HMS Hood in 1:200 scale. 
 

Comprises all 140 issues plus a couple of duplicates. 
 

Aftermarket gun barrels. 
 

Copy of AotS HMS Hood

Partial construction. Hull complete and nearing preparation for painting. Some initial superstructure. My old build log is linked in my sig. 

£250 inc delivery - happy to discount if collection possible

Personal details:

Jim Smits

Bristol

UK

DM if interested

Unfortunately space is at a big premium at the moment. 
 

Living in a bungalow with two small children, so massively struggling and having to have a clear out. 
 

A bigger house is only on the horizon once youngest leaves nursery and I actually have money again, so at least 2-3 years time. 
 

However, once that happens I am very much looking forward to polishing off my snake build (that is staying come what may!) and then moving onto a Diana, Agamemnon or even Victory. 

Hello everyone!

Bit of a build log zombie post here but unfortunately I am going to officially close the build log. 
 

Moved to a smaller house three years ago to get oldest child into a school, and with a second toddler running around,  now I simply have nowhere suitable to build this enormous ship!

So, I will be putting it up for sale if anyone is interested. 
 

Will post an official for sale post in next couple of days. 
 

Hope everyone is well!

Jim

On 3/13/2021 at 9:24 PM, John Levine said:

BINGO! Thank you, LH! That’s EXACTLY what happened!

Hi there

I’ve come back to the thread very late!

glad you got your gearing problems sorted. 
Jim

Hi

The mounting posts are these:

https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=mounting&PN=Artesania-Latina-Bronze-Finish-Mounting-Column-34mm-AL8816.html#SID=1856

I used one of these and another shorter one. Both at Cornwall Model Boats. 
 

Hope that helps. 

Hello there!

I haven’t been on in quite some time! You’ve picked a great model as a novice. Snake was my first build started. 
 

You are correct that I haven’t yet finished but don’t let it worry you, life simply got in the way. I moved to a new house and didn’t have a work area set aside and then my son was born a little over two years ago so finding model time has been very hard!

Any questions just ask and I’ll try to help. Noticed Beef has commented as well and he is an excellent modeller. 
 

All the best!

Jim

Hi there,

Only just seen your message on my build log. I think jwvolz is about right. I didn’t add any eyebolts to the deck around the mizzen.

Ill take a closer look tomorrow evening when I’m home from work and confirm the rigging layout. 

9 hours ago, cog said:

rigging ... will you be using EZ-line or something equal?

Standard caldercraft as I’m still working on finishing the Snake build. 

The Hood has been parked for the moment. 

On 1/31/2019 at 10:36 PM, cog said:

You've got a long Xmas recess ........

With the munchkin in tow we had family visits well into January! Anyway, I need more rigging from CMB and then we might even move this discussion into the correct build log....! 😬

On 1/26/2019 at 11:14 PM, cog said:

 

I do wonder if those still are ... I heard something about a garden avalanche near Bristol ...

No avalanches in my garden I’ll have you know. Proper engineering there....!

Still alive but busy with work, the munchkin and Christmas period. 

10 hours ago, drtrap said:

Hi Jim, want to ask you, do you feel more secure with the yards placement as a final stage of the assembly?

Nowdays I'm ending the standing rigging and having in front of me the bowsprit,  running rigging and the yards, looking to proceed with the best next section.

Any recommendation?

All the best. 

Hi!

Yes, personally I think best plan is to assemble all the yards separately and then start adding them to the masts. 

I would triple check all the plans (incl running rigging) for all block locations as I have been caught out and adding blocks while dodging rigging was painful. 

Also, if I started from scratch I would start from the bow and work towards the back. 

Take your time, study the plans carefully and really visualise in your head the steps needed. Break it down into mini projects and set yourself targets. Otherwise the rigging will see like a mountain to climb. 

Thanks for the likes all. 

Quick update! The foremast top yard is now complete and attached with a pin and the parrals. Remembered how much I hated doing the parrals on the main mast as it very fiddly and restricted. 

Top gallant is now next target to be rigged up ready for permamnt attachment to the mast. 

Only just caught this build today!

Looks really good cog, both the detail and paint job are excellent. 

A bit of progress made today. Putting together the last two yards and starting to get them rigged up. 

Top yard and topgallant yard yard are now shaped and with the ironwork added. As with the previous yards I used styrene strips and tubing to simulate the various pieces of iron work. I did still use the metal cast pieces for the stuns’l boom irons as there was a little extra detail. 

Everything painted in a coat of metal primer and then two coats of dull black. 

And now just working through all the various blocks to be rigged. 

Here you go master cog! 😉

Foreyard is attached and the main slings and trusses are in place as previously mentioned. 

The positioning of the yard will be tweaked when the braces etc are rigged in. 

Next steps now are to make the top and topgallant yards. 

Sorry, I’ve been a bit lax on pictures as we’ve a couple of busy days. Promise I shall sort some out tomorrow afternoon. 

CMB is Cornwall Model Boats. Great website with a huge range of stock. I believe they ship worldwide and their turnaround and customer service is excellent. 

Wow. CMB are still excelling themselves in customer service. Ordered Tuesday evening and arrived this morning.

Slight stall as I just don’t have enough rigging thread to complete. 

Quick order to CMB and I should be on my way again in a couple of days. 

The yard is pinned onto the mast and the slings and truss rigging are in place to keep the yard in place. 

Hi Jason,

My personal opinion would also be the heavier rope but go with your gut. Also worth considering is how easy each size is to work with and get a decent looking finish. 

Jim

Hi all,

Still bashing away at the foremast yard rigging and associated mast rigging. Some of my earlier comments from the build log regarding reading all elements of instructions for the yard and mast before assembly are flooding back. 

Trying to rig up the slings and some of the extra blocks onto the mast whilst all the standing rigging is in place is really delicate and fiddly work. 

All the blocks are are now in place on the yard and I have just finished the foot ropes. Just need to add the trusses and the running rigging the is secured to the yard and I can think about pinning it to the mast. 

I’ll follow with pictures later today and hoping to get a bit more done as I have the week off. I’ll see if the new cabin boy can help out!

1 hour ago, cog said:

Very nicely done Jim. especially like the black colour. What is a brass road ........

A brass road is less rich than the gold road but still very profitable.....

Ahem cough! Spelling updated.......

Good progress and happy to say I haven’t totally forgotten everything!

I had already created the foremast yard. I just needed to get the metalwork primed and then paint the main coats of black. 

Spent the next next few nights rigging up the blocks to the yard. 

Next used length of 0.5mm brass rod to fashion four foot rope stirrups. 

Finally to create the impression of the stirrups being tie to the yard I tied a loop of thread with a half hitch around the brass rod. Just been soaked with watered down PVA and waiting to be trimmed once dry. 

Great set of guns Jason. 

All you have to do is rig them all up now.....

Well, spent the evening trimming excess thread from several half finished bits of rigging and generally tidying up. 

Then proceeded to pore over the rigging diagrams. After a three year hiatus it’s taking a while to get my head round them again!

It’s that period between feeds at 9pm and then midnight. Without anything to actively do I have found I really struggled to stay awake. 

With the build to concentrate on it will be far easier to get through.