Katsumoto

3 hours ago, Wallace said:

Ooops, excuse me for "demoting" you

No problem my friend! 👍🏻

33 minutes ago, Wallace said:

For someone who is a newbie at rigging you are doing a phenomenal job my friend. She looks great and your work is, as always very meticulous. Congrats on this Peter, you are doing so well. 

Thanks for the encouragement Mark! Rigging is not my specialty but I try to manage...sometimes with a bit of luck and common sense here and there it usualy pays out. I won’t call myself a newbie but I’m not very experienced with rigging either. 😬

Amazing! What a lot of work...What about the thickness of the plating vs the hullplanking?

3 hours ago, harlequin said:

Well Bellona,.....your hull is complete. It has been a long journey old friend and just a coat of varnish to bring out your natural beauty. We nearly didn't make it this far and still a way to go yet before all your charms are revealed.

You have tested my resolve on many occasions and you do not know how close I came to turning you into pulp, but we have made it this far....the journey continues.

 

Specificly love the subtile black on the lanterns, galleries and windows! Top notch and beautifull ship. I am very glad you didn’t turn her into pulp! 😬

Very nice sir! Love the colour of the wood after the varnish. Clean build so far! 

15 minutes ago, harlequin said:

fabulous work......and the poor mans lathe has always worked fine for me too.

Thanks Harlequin!! I like your build as well. Thanks for stopping by!
The poor mans lathe rocks! 

16 minutes ago, nikbud said:

Ah, I understand. Is that what the shrouds are connected to?

No, the shrouds goes around the mast at the base of the crows nest. I believe it's for the rigging of the topsail and yard and presumably the top flag.

I'm just figuring out the drawings of the rigging. They are the worst I've ever seen. They show only the end result, not the steps how to get to the end result. I think it's the biggest mistake a kitmaker can make. They should help the builder not to confuse or frustrate them by bad schematics, drawings and a lousy manual...

 

4 hours ago, nikbud said:

She's really coming along nicely now Peter, looking good!

 

What are the four (I think) structures inside the crows nest? I can't make them out.

 

They are a sort of old fashioned cleats.

Thanks guys!

I am not sure about the sails Christos...I’ll cross that bridge when I Get to it. 

**Chapter 12 - The art of rigging**

 

G'day my fellow mates!

In this update I'll show you the last parts of wood turned into something usefull and the first baby steps with rigging the ship.

It's the last stage of this build and untill now what a journey it is. I hope you guys and galls stick with me to the end...so I can count on your support. I'll need it, because rigging is not my speciality at all.... 

Besides good quality books of rigging, I tend to use some of the knots, whippings, lashes etc described in these books, but I also use other methods that will give the same "authentic" result. Doesn't matter if it's in fact not.... Did I say that out loud? 

So stay with me off we go. The last wooden parts of this ship's being made...

 

 

 

I still use my "poor mans lathe" to taper the end part of a straight piece of wood...

 

 

 

 

 

The mizzenmast being formed. I drilled a small hole of 1mm in the middle. I use a pin to insert in the hole and connect it with a block. So I drilled a hole in the block as well. The pin wil be there for strenght but not shown in the endproduct.

 

 

 

 

The result for two masts...

 

 

 

After this I had a little setback... There was an error in the kit manual and partslist. There was a wrong measurement within the partslist and the result of that was a missing piece of 4mm walnut wood roundbar I needed tot finish a yard. So I decided to step into the car and drove off to my nearest shop, approx 1 hour drive and found a walnut roundbar of 5mm. I took it with me home and figured out how to convert a 5mm roundbar into 4mm...

The solution was a lot of elbow grease and sandpaper...

 

 

I had to taper the ends as well, also flatten one side to connect with the other part...

 

 

 

The green arrows show the places where the wrapping of some rope will be placed.

 

 

And the result of that part (red arrows)

 

 

The endresult of all the masts and yards!

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Sails*

So, the kit provided with "instant" or prefabricated sails. At first glance it's not to bad. After some inspection, it's not that good. I decided to use them because I'm on a deadline. I need this baby to be finished before we move to our new home. Sails can be changed later if I want to.

Then the red crosses on the sails... I am not a big fan of those. There is a lot of speculation between scientist and scholars if there were red crosses on the SM or not. We know that there were different meanings of the red crosses. There was the Christian Orde and the Knights Templers Orde with both different interpretations of a red cross on the sails.

 

So, different types of crosses, different meanings, different timeperiods, the debates over with and without.... I know for sure that I'm not a scientist and a scholar...so I go without red crosses on my sails. I will alter them a little by staining the cloth with some tea..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[b}*Rigging the ship - stays & shrouds*[/b]

So, to hold the main mast sideways, stays & shrouds were used. I'll show you the start of this proces by rigging the first shrouds.

 

 

 

 

To help myself with the part of connecting the upper deadeyes to the shrouds, I'll made a small jig. It's a simple one, just the end parts of some wooden toothpicks glued onto a piece of wood. This creates a fixed position of the deadeyes and help to align the upper deadeyes so they form a straight row.  

 

 

 

 

So the picture above shows the way I use my jig to hold the deadeyes in place, so I can easily connect the shroud to the deadeye.

After this I made the lanyards to tighten the shrouds. With a temporary knot I let the shrouds be for 24 hours and bring it on tension after this and fixate the lanyards.

 

 

 

This was it for this update....more rigging, knots, lanyards and shrouds to come, so stay with me! Until next time!

 

See ya!

Peter

Nice! This is a superb build. Wel done Cyprian. Set sail to new adventures! Do you have an idea what ship you want to build after this beauty?

Love the name for the cat! Take a long haired one and call him Chewbacca!

 

 

nice progress on the Real as well....

9 minutes ago, Wallace said:

That method you used Peter is similar to what the sailors used to call whipping. 

Check this out, it tells you a little about it. I am going to be using it on the Vic, hope it looks as nice as Peters 😁

Correct Sir. So, I have a book called "the art of rigging" and these techniques are all represented in the book. It's truly an art to do it the way the sailors did it those days. In many way's it is to complex or not necessary to do all the complex knots and rigging. For my model I choose to let it look similair, but in fact isn't. I use the rope included in the kit. Maybe give it another colour but that's about it. I rig the ship as it's shown into the kit manual and drawings, and I know it's not the way the ship should be rigged compared to a period ship of that time period. This depents truly on the model and personal reference ofcourse. 

 

It helps doh, to use some of these techniques to achieve a specific knot if you have no clue to do it in any way...

 

Thanks for the URL Mark!

 

 

2 hours ago, nikbud said:

That would be much appreciated Peter!

You can nick this idea as well...

 

So, I wrapped the rope around the wood, but not tight. Both ends of the rope goes underneath the wrapping in opposite direction. Then I tighten the wrapping by pulling at the ends, it's a bit fiddeling doh to get it the way you want it. The end-parts is then cut off after a bit of glue and you're finished.

 

I'll hope this makes a bit sense to you?

 

7 hours ago, nikbud said:

Peter, how did you start and stop the wraps of thread around the mast and yards, it looks incredibly neat.

 

🧙‍♂️ Too neat, must be some wizardry afoot......

 

😁

It’s a kind of magic...😎

 

 

i’ll make a drawing to show you how I did this because I can’t explain it with words alone.

I like the V sir. Nice! Keep going and it’s me nicking your ideas...😬

58 minutes ago, Wallace said:

They certainly are Peter. Enjoy every second sir, they grow up so very fast (my son will be 30 this year..... where does the time go?)

Yes, time flies...I am just a bit older than your son sir. 😉

 

56 minutes ago, Wallace said:

Paul has a point there, it does look awesome. What are you using to color/stain those yards with Peter? (If you had already answered that somewhere in your log forgive my senility sir) 

 

I use a plain walnut woodstain, nothing special actualy. Brand name is Rustins and I believed it to be of English or US made. 🙂

glad to answer it sir. 

1 hour ago, nikbud said:

Well, as we have come to expect, Fantastic!

I always look forward to your updates, there is always something for me to aspire to....

I love the look of the mast and yard, great colouring, it all looks so authentic. I hope you don't mind but I am so nicking sooo many of your ideas for my build!

Great to see your son getting involved, if it hasn't got wheels my son isn't interested, and if it doesn't go into space or is in Minecraft my daughter isn't interested!

 

I consider it a honour if you nicked my ideas! 😎

Both of my sons are like building things, at least if it got wheels or wings. 😁 

 

kids... 😆

**Chapter 11 - Main Mast**

 

Hello fellow mates,

 

It's been a while since my last update. I've been in preperation for our new home. just a few more months, and then we move. 

So, my spare hours are slim so to say. 

I've started with some construction work on the main mast. Unfortunately a few pictures seems to got lost somewhere during the proces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, the main rope which is provided with the kit is of a light colour. I do not like it and changed it into a darker colour by staining it.

I just used a normal woodstain for the job.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not in heaven with all the wires and knots....but I'll manage...

 

 

 

An overview of the workplace....

 

 

Starting with contruction of the main yard...

 

 

 

 

During my work, my son and little friend of 3 years old, wanted to help out. So we got a block and placed it onto the yard. 

He was very proud and continued to play with his trains and told his mother he helped daddy with his ship! These moments are gold! 

 

 

 

 

So, this was it, until next time. Stay tuned and please leave a comment if you like!
Peter

If you have a darker coloured wood you can make a V into the door. Just replace a few pieces of that light coloured walnut with a ebony colour to link to the name of the ship. So one part of the V into door one and the other part into the other. When closed you see the V. 

 

Great work and I would keep the Windows as well.

Ahoy matey!

great progress, I really like your inspiration for your windows. 😉

With a bit of oil, that cherry wood will pop! 

Very nice job and beautiful model. Can you point out what kind of modifications you made during the build? I see you also make your own rope! 

 

Peter

On 1/14/2019 at 1:39 PM, MESSIS said:

@KatsumotoThank you Peter for watching my work and many thanks for your kind words.

 

I am working on wooden ship models since 2015. Before that -as a student in the 70s-80s-  I used to make plastic models. There was much painting but no other skills or knowledge, as wooden ships require. So am still a trainee in this aspect, on the contrary with your skills which am watching closely.Actualy I believe that when and if I reach your level, -and only then-am going to consider my self as a good and  experienced modeller.

 

Cheers Peter

Christos

It’s a work of art, ofcourse I’m watching. 🙂

your level is just as good or better than mine, so no worries about that my Cyprian friend. 😉

 

Great progress and beautifull crafted. Well done so far. I really like all the details.

I'm glad to see you are a good painter, which I am absolutely not!

 

 

38 minutes ago, Gregory said:

Very nice work!

 

I have had this kit on my shelf for a while.  Your log has inspired me to seriously consider getting started on it soon.

Thank you Gregory,

 

it’s a Nice kit to build, not to difficult or complex but lot’s of fun building her.

 

regards,

peter