albert

Hello,
it is done, the port side is ready!

 

 
And I got a new toy, an LED ring lamp. She is good for working , and taking pictures through it. But that I think only at a short distance. You could dim in 10 stages and change the white temperature from cold, white to warm. And she is amazingly light.

Thank you very much for yours comments and likes. Photos  transoms

Hi photo.

In the last 2 photos, inclination of the wall can be noted... the doors, not yet installed had to be opened towards the inside, impossible to open towards outside.

Hi Rick,
 
Yes, it would be possible as they do on the second deck for the toilet room door but I do not think that they would do it because it is the great room where the highest rank officers meet and we would not want to risk to stumble because of a sill. You can see on the first photo taken by the Gopro camera what the height would need to be.







 
 

Before starting on the rigging the straps for the deadeyes need to be made. These would be ideal for photoetching (see Siggi's latest postings) but I thought I'd make my own following the illustration by David Antscherl in Volume Two of Speedwell. Keep in mind straps varied in the number of links  based on the size of the vessel and era modelled. Here is the illustration of Speedwell's deadeye straps:
 

 
I used 24g brass straight wire from K&S. The first step was to form the toe loop. It was bent around a 0.33" drill bit using various shaped jewelers pliers.
 

 
Once the toe loop was formed the strap was transferred to a honeycombed ceramic soldering plate with steel pins to hold them in the correct position for silver soldering. I use Euro Tools  paste solder http:// Quote https://www.eurotool.com/search.asp?keyword=silver+solder+paste  and it is a joy to use. I used to have a 25-50% failure rate with silver solder but this self fluxing paste is magic - not one failure in the 18 straps and it flows beautifully. I used the low temperature solder for this application.

 

 
The strap was next cut to length

 
The top was bent into a hook with the round pointed jewelers plyers. 

 
It's extremely difficult to photograph the next step but the hook was tapered on each side to fit into the binding loop of the deadeye. I did this on the Byrnes disk sander and used files to finish.
 

 
Finally, the toe was bent to lie at the correct angle against the hull.

 
All straps are now being pickled before blackening and installing on the hull.

 
I can now start on Speedwell's rigging. I've only fully rigged two models before so this should be a fun learning experience for me. David has gone into great detail in Volume Two of Speedwell detailing every rope and fitting for rigging her so I have no excuse for not doing it correctly.

@druxey
Hello,
first of all I would like to thank you for the appreciation of my work.
Of course, I'll be happy to show you how I make the thimbles. I hope that the following pictures explain this as far as possible.
Should there be any unanswered questions, please don't be shy and just ask.

 

 

 

Wonderful work Giampiero. 

Great beautiful work very masterpiece.

Great beautiful work very masterpiece.

Hello,
and thank you for your comments and likes

Fantastic work.

Fantastic work.

Fantastic work.

Magnificent  model.

Great beautiful work very masterpiece.

Wonderful work Giampiero. 

Thank you very much for yours comments and likes. Photos  transoms

Wonderful work Siggi, very very nice.

Thank you very much for yours comments and likes. Photos  transoms

Thank you very much for yours comments and likes. Photos  transoms

Beautiful work!

Wonderful work Siggi, very very nice.

Wonderful work Siggi, very very nice.