Craigie65

Excellent work.

Nice touch with the ensign.

Probably not far off with 100mm, I am sure someone will chime in with a definitive answer.

Given the deck planking will have a shift pattern I find it easier to work with a length that easily divides by the number of shifts.  

6 hours ago, Gregory said:

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Gregory,

You are absolutely right for a cutter, but I think Speedy and Flirt are square rigged?

The rigging does look daunting when it is complete.  But building it up line by line, mast by mast it becomes relatively straight forward.  Vanguard instructions will keep you right.  

If you don’t have it Lennarth Petersson’s Rigging Period Ship Models is a good investment.  Whilst there is no text the drawings are very clear and are a good supplement to kit drawings. 

That lathe is a godsend!

not sure I would have taken the fixtures off, may prove tricky to get back in.

looking forward to seeing the Grecian taking shape.  This and the new cutter are soooooo tempting, but I will never get them past the Admiral!

I presume you mean on warships? Depends on the ship and nationality, but I believe it was to hide the blood. Not sure how effective that was as they did not paint the decks red!

Lovely clean work.

Hope you are enjoying the change up from fishing smacks!

Nearly time for the mast and those lovely ratlines 😜

Try Sovereign Hobbies colour coats. Link Here

they are enamel but I have found they spray well if properly thinned.  They also have colour guides for most of the well known ships

White Ensign also has a description of the colours Here

Wonderful how you turn out these new vessels.  You are a machine Mr W!

Very interesting design. Looking forward to seeing this one being developed 

Hi,

tie a simple overhand knot at one end of your line to stop it from being pulled through the yoke. Pull it taut and tie a knot at the other end.

@mgdawson

a picture paints a thousand words, or a hundred in the case of my description

Glomar,

No problem.

Yes it is a single line.

Glomar,

sorry when you said you were having problems with tying knots I assumed you meant the block. 

Do you mean how the line runs?

The rigging in the bottom left starts with the line being seized to the becket (you can just about see the small loop in the plan) at the bottom of the block tied to the boom. It is then led down and through the lower block, back up the and through the top block, back down to the bottom block and then through the top block. The line is led to belaying point 2 which is the rail at the back of the ship. The first plan you posted shows the belaying point. You will find it helpful to dip the running end of the rigging thread in CA to create a needle - it make it easier to pass through the blocks. Also watch for the blocks twisting - the ropes should be parallel. If they twist it usually means you have threaded the line through the block back to front!

The one attached to the mast runs from the bottom eyelet, then follow the arrows down through the first block on the boom and back up to the lower block on the mast and so on until you lead the end to belaying point 4, at the foot of the mast.

 Does that help?

This link may help Stropping

But I would know it’s there😉

Great progress.  

I was thinking of of adding stanchions around that orlop companionway. Looking at your gundeck there would be almost nothing to see.  I guess Chris had already thought of that!

That’s a great spot from a quick snap!

I had real trouble with the stanchions - I did not have a mini plane and found it difficult to get a decent octagon just by filing.  I always meant to go back and finish the other side.  Then Pegasus sailed in and I moved on.  I did add the swivels to her and the stanchions were a breeze with a veritas mini plane.  I still have the swivel guns, maybe one day!

A bit dusty and in need of a wee bit of maintenance

I was lucky - it was early in the build and only a cracked stem and a few stern supports.

Good luck with those ports, Brian.

The hinge is very fine from memory.  I took the easy way out and kept them closed.  You can obviously see the ports from inboard.

Meh, not bad 😂

Seriously, really well done.

As I said before this is the gold standard  for building this kit. A master class.

You really have made it your own, Andrew!

Now you have shamed me to finish mine!

I need to finish a plastic kit first and then clear the decks to get the lathe out for her masts.

Yours is the stand out build of this kit - you have made it your own with all the detail you have added.

A lovely ship to build.

If you have not done so already I would read @Blue Ensign build log.  It is a masterclass in building this kit. I know I shamelessly copied some of his ideas.

Looking forward to you log

Those are lovely boats, Dan. The colours work well together.  You should be very proud of your fleet and your skills.

I think you would enjoy the challenge of one of Vanguard’s smaller warships - HMS Alert looks a sweet little model. With the instructions online you can always look to see how involved the build would be.