mtaylor

Looking good, Mike. It'll be a bit of a handful to fly only half covered though.

Small update. The pumps are done. The pic shows the "old" one on the left and the new one on the right. I've spent the last day or so blackening various brass bits... still more to go along with working on the rigging list. The pumps are just about 5 foot tall as this seems to be the size. I'm giving thought to having one rigged to show how they were operated. For those not into French ships, here's a video of the ones on the L'Hermione replica:

I view it as owner's choice. I'd probably cover half of just to keep the theme.

Shipman, Goto the Model Expo site and hit "kits". It's buried in there but here's a direct link: http://modelexpo-online.com/18th-century-longboat-with-tools-and-glue Model Expo does post the instructions to many of their kits to their website.

OC, In battle, all the gratings would have been sent below. As for the steps and capstan, the steps would only need to be covered when using the capstan. i like the utility of what you're doing for that hatchway.

You didn't. I meant put it in a case. Somedays, the fingers hit the keyboard before the brain is fully activated. Congratulations on a beautiful build, Patrick. Just some amazing work there.

Absolutely beautiful sails.... Wow!!!

I'm impressed. That is excellent news. It provides a nice example to certain other kit makers which I hope would catch on and do the right thing.

From some of the Russian modelers that have posted here (and from some other countries) they seem all use a bitumen compound. Apply and wipe off if I remember correctly. You might do a search here on MSW for "bitumen" and see what turns up.

Are you talking about the two items I've circled in red? Zooming in, they appear to be engine telegraphs for communicating engine speeds with the engine room. The one on .the right is clearer,

Thanks for looking in, my friends. I'm still having eyeball problems (new glasses the cause?). And working on redoing the pumps. The more I looked at them, the less I liked what I saw. Dan, I'm using the 3rd hand (modified) also. The one's in the pic were from "fiddling"...playing a bit and thinking things through. There's not enough "space" for serving but I'm looking over your method and will try that when I get to the "real" rigging. Re-do that... there's enough room for maybe two or three wraps of seizing but I'll have to check spacing. Ken, Popeye, and Sam... Yeah.. breaks. I think you're right that I need more of them. Jaager, the line I'll be using is some 100% cotton (Coats & Clark). No fuzz nd a visible "twist".

Lou, I think has it about right. But there's also the variables of where the treenails are being used... deck? upper hull? Underwater hull? Beams? etc... And then there's which nation? The French used a combination of wood and iron nails.

Stunning work, Marijn. I didn't realize how small they were until I saw the picture with your hand.

Thanks for all your patience and following along. Many twists and turns on this journey and a few are self-inflicted. Lou, I experimented and used several jigs and all the results were, for lack of a better word..... meh. Tom, I suspect you're right on the more practice. After a good night's sleep... I reconsidered things. New glasses weren't helping much and I probably focused too intently on the problem and used the wrong materials. So, I'll revisit these little pests. Here's my thoughts: The thread I chose was too thick which limited me on block size. I need to use the smaller blocks due to the distance from the bulkhead hook to the gun carriage eyebolt. I located my stash of fine linen thread that I wanted to use with the ropewalk and a test this morning shows it's doable with the smaller blocks (the 1/8" ones). Vision goes bananas but not like it was so I'm stepping back from this for now. Maybe in a week or two things will be a bit more stable. So the gun rigging isn't dead yet... just on hold. In the meantime, I'll sort out the deck furniture for the gun deck, make a rigging plan to sort out what I need to run to the gundeck before it's inaccessible, and maybe work on the exterior hull... eyebolts w/rings, channels and possibly the lower deadeyes and chains. Almost forgot.. ship's boats need to there also. So.. going to sit down with the plans and design and build her galley stoves. Should be fun.

I hope they can get it flying. Looks like a great project.

Looking good, Mario. Go easy on the sanding and fairing as the frames are fragile until you get a bit of planking on them. Don't ask how I know.

Thanks for the likes and comments. Well, I finally hit the brick wall. So rather than let it stop me, I'll go around it. Attached photos show the blocks for the gun rigging. Unfortunately, even at 5/32" they're still too big. I tried Chuck's 1/8" blocks but had to give that up after sending an even dozen flying across the room. Too tiny to handle and to chase the holes for the .017" line. A bit frustrating to say the least as I was enjoying doing the seizings for the lines. I'm going to look for some smaller line and hope I can use these small blocks for the 6 cannons up on the weather decks. In the meantime, I'm telling myself that all that work would be hidden anyway under the decks and gangways. I think the next model will have to be 1:48.... Anyway, here's the closeups of the cannon that tested with. Footnote1: Somewhere around the shop are 7 or 8 of the 5/32" blocks which I'm sure I'll hear the vacuum suck up. Footnote2: The black hook in the first photo is one of Dafi's 2mm hooks. Even the thin sowing thread looks huge when blown up. Time to go install deck furniture and build her galleys.

Beautiful work the hull and the rudder looks super, Kees.

Keith, Your last post just points out that we guys have a reason for saving "stuff" that the Admiral thinks should be binned. I'm printing it out just in case.....

For the planking.. have a look here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-framing-and-planking-articles.php There's more here: https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/forum/14-building-framing-planking-and-plating-a-ships-hull-and-deck/ Read through them and go with the one you feel most confortable with.

Yikes.... that is tiny to drill and then adding bolts. Makes my eyes hurt just thinking about it.

Greg, I love the oil canning. Tedious but effective. On the brass deck, I'm not familiar with brass decks but would roughing up the surface a bit with some extremely fine sandpaper or steel wool work? I had to do that once on a metal car model.

Congratulations on sweet build, Maury And she has a lovely home to sit in.