Jeronimo

Continuation: Further accessories for the topsail halyards, including leader (guide bar) - Gouvernail de drisse
The leaders are another accessory required for the topsail halyards. This is a detail that is not always visible on all models, but is an important part of the rigging.
Under the considerable force required to set a topsail, the halyard tends to twist and become unclear. To prevent this, the upper halyard block was guided to the topmast backstay with a guide bar and a swivel hook was used at the channel.
In the following, I have compiled a list of different types of guide bars that were used towards the end of the 18th century and in the 19th century. However, they all served the same purpose.

For my model of La Créole, I naturally used the original Parisian model and the Manuel du Gabier. Compared to the original model, however, I added the swivel hook and made a longer strop, which made it possible to keep the lower block free of the bulwark and the tackles of the backstays.
I then executed this rigging arrangement according to the following drawing.

 
I made all the elements in advance to see how it would look overall. If the “prototype” fits, all the other necessary parts for all the topsail halyards will be made.
Provisionally arranged, it then looks like this:


I had already made the swivel hooks in connection with the stay tackles, so that went quickly. Making the guide bar was also not a big job. For the sake of strength, I hard-soldered all the connections of these components.
It was a little more difficult to attach the guide bar to the topsail halyard. It would be unsightly if over-dimensional knots were to impair the filigree structure. 
I have already considered how I can then attach the halyard to the model. In this respect, I have to finish one side completely as shown and then serve the appropriate places in advance, such as the passage through the tye blocks and the other end of the halyard. Then the rope of the topsail halyard is pulled through the tye blocks, then the eye with thimble is completed, taking the upper block into account. Finally, I have to dress a short remaining section freehand and attach the guide bar.
 
Certainly not an easy task on the model, but people also need certain challenges ...😊 
 
To be continued ...
 
PS: I don't know if the term "guide bar" is correct?
I would be grateful if someone could tell me the correct term.

@Dziadeczek
Hello,
of course you can ask questions and I'll be happy to answer them.
This forum is intended to be a forum for professional exchange.
I use serviceberry for the blocks. This wood is very similar to pear wood in terms of structure, fine grain and hardness.
 

@davyboy
Hello Dave,
Thank you very much for the hint, but unfortunately I couldn't find anything about it in my German version.
 
I have finally found something on the subject of attaching the standing parts of braces to stays.
First of all, I will show you a historical example of a knot:

Source: Atlas du Génie Maritime
 
It is not clear what type of knot it is.
On the other hand, you can see a possible way of doing this on the mainstay of the replica of the L'Hermione:

Source: Internet (excerpt)
 
If I am not completely mistaken, this is a stopper's hitch or rolling hitch (formerly also called a magnus hitch), in French Noued coulant or Amarrage a' fouet.
I know from the official website for the L'Hermione that the riggers use the following when rigging the L'Hermione: also based my work on the book "The Ashley Book of Knots", which also shows this type of knot. But they are also mentioned in the Biddlecomb, Lever or Steel, as well as in F. A. Coste (French technical literature from 1829). However, I cannot find any clear assignments for a specific purpose here. It is always kept rather general.

But ultimately it does seem plausible to me to attach these standing parts of the braces in this way.

Continuation: Making more blocks - topsail halyards
As already mentioned, there are still a few blocks to be made, including for the topsail halyards.

Source: Monograph on La Créole by Jean Boudriot
 
I made these single and double blocks again using the method shown so far. This method is not the most effective and has little to do with series production, but I am quite happy with the result.


 
In the next step I will complete the tackles of the topsail halyards (strops, ropes, hooks, eyebolts, spacers, etc.).
See you soon...

Hallo Modellbaufreunde,
vielen Dank für die freundlichen Antworten und Likes.
Update und Fotos  von der Fertigstellung des Teil- Modelles.
 
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Great beautiful work Jeronimo.

Thanks, Greg, for the kind comment on the project. And druxey, thanks for clarifying why the quarter galleries shape to a point at their fore end. While "ensconced", the Captain could keep an eye on the trim of the sails from a different perspective!
 
After a great deal of fussing with airbrush and compressor, I finally got the starboard wale painted. It is currently flat black, but will have a coat of the transparent poly gel over it, the same finish as for the rest of the hull. it will give a little sheen and lighten the color, according to my test pieces.

It looks nice with those mean black cannon poking through the ports...

 
 
Another fun masking process before the paint. I had to turn the hull on its side so I could spray the under edge of the wale, avoiding using an airbrush pointed upwards....
 

 
Next, the port wale, and then back to constructing the quarter galleries!
 
Mark