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@Keith Black Hello, thank you for the praise. I would also like to thank the others for the many LIKES. With new motivation we continue with "little things": Continued: Equipment of the lower yards - Clew garnet blocks of the main yard - Poulies de cargue de point In the meantime I also lashed the second clew garnet block to the main yard until I can continue with the footropes. Adapted to the slings of the clew garnet blocks, the lashing lines had to be made much thinner than those of the quarter blocks. But even with this, the rose lashings managed tolerably well. Sequel follows …. PS: What is the correct name for these blocks? Clew line block or clew garnet block?

@Dziadeczek @noel_colledge Hello, thank you for the lovely comments. Continued: Equipment of the lower yards - more blocks - poulies As already described, I preferred to produce more blocks for the lower yards. These are blocks for the braces, clew lines and lifts of the main and fore yard and for the sheets of the mizzen yard. A total of 12 pieces with a length of 5.6 mm had to be made. The brass sheaves of the single blocks have a diameter of around 3.2 mm and are 0.6 mm thick. For the clew line blocks (Poulies de cargue de point - the main yard) I have already made the strops as you can see in the next picture. Here's a look at the workspace: Finally a picture from the middle of the main yard with a clew line block that has been lashed down in the meantime. Here, too, a rose lashing was used, which was not easy to accomplish with the necessarily somewhat thinner rigging yarn. The brass tubes have now been delivered. So I can continue with the thimbles for the foot ropes. I hope that the size will be appropriate. Up soon …

Something else in between...😀 Ron Neilson of the Philadelphia Ship Model Society asked me if they could use a detail photo of my La Créole as the cover photo for their next club newsletter "Quarterdeck" in April. Of course I was happy about the interest in my model and agreed. This is what the cover looks like: If interested: www.philadelphiashipmodelsociety.com

@dvm27 @Testudo @uss frolick @bdgiantman2 @druxey @jdbondy @hollowneck Hello, I am very pleased with the lively interest in my report. I also thank you for the positive feedback and the nice comments. Of course I am also grateful for the many LIKES. Continuation: Equipment of the lower yards - Footropes and stirrups - Marchepieds et étriers As often practiced, I also try to clarify the implementation of details for the foot and jumper horses by making a sample specimen. According to the specifications and the description from the monograph, the two-piece foot horses of La Créole consisted of tarred cordage, taken with spliced eyes over the yardarms. Thimbles were spliced into the inner ends and lashed to the center of the yard by means of lanyards. In the main yard, the rope for the footrope had a diameter of 32 mm according to the monograph. The ropes for the stirrups are given with a diameter of 30 mm. Source: Monograph on the La Créole by J. Boudriot For the execution of the foot horses on the model I orientate myself on a drawing from the atlas. I received corresponding information from G. Delacroix, for which I am very grateful. Source: Detail from Atlas du Génie maritime, annexe No. 1, Pl. 1 The first test piece shows that the used thimble with ø 2.1 mm appears much too dominant in the model scale. The smaller thimble with ø 1.5 mm, however, is too small for the rope thickness ø 0.67 mm. To be able to make a size in between, I am currently missing the appropriate brass tube, which I have already ordered in the meantime. So I will now bring forward the production of the other blocks for the main yard. To be continued ...

Hello, very excellent rigging.

@jdbondy @druxey Hello, thank you for the encouragement, also I would like to thank the others for the many LIKES. Continuation: Equipment of the lower yards - Quarter blocks - Poulies d'ecoute Before I continue with the footropes according to my announcement, there was one small thing to add that I almost forgot. It is a strop with lashing that holds the quarter blocks in place. Due to the deflection of the sheets, these blocks would otherwise move towards the yardarm. See you soon ...

@dvm27 Hi Greg, I totally misunderstood that, sorry. For these eye splices, I outlined the process in connection with the production of the stays in my analogue notebook a long time ago. I hope this makes the process clear to you. @jdbondy Hi JD, at least I was able to fully answer your original question with the sketch. And here's a little update: Continuation: Equipment of the lower yards - truss pendants and jackstags - Drosse d´une basse vergue et filière d`envergure According to the announcement I made the truss pendants for the lower yards, especially for the main yard. The two-part truss pendant for the main yard consisted of two ropes, each with a diameter of 37 mm. Thimbles were spliced into the ends of the served ropes. As can be seen in the following picture, these ropes were placed around the main yard and secured with a lashing. The respective counterparts are then pulled through the thimbles later when assembling the yards on the model and further guided through the sheaves in the trestle trees in the direction of the mast cap and lashed there with a tackle. In order to pull in the jackstays, the eyebolts that had been made some time ago had to be attached in advance. To ensure correct alignment of the holes for these bolts on the yard, I stretched a thread. As with the Paris model, I also used served ropes for the jackstays. These were placed on the yard arm with the eye on grommet strop as abrasion protection. With the thimbles integrated into the inner ends of the jackstay, the two halves can be connected in the middle of the yard with a lanyard and stiffened Presently I am preparing making the footropes. Here, too, a few points of detail need to be clarified. To be continued soon...

@dvm27 Hello Greg, maybe this rather clumsy drawing can explain it further.

@jdbondy Hello, for the double strop I use a rope that has already been served, which is formed into a loop. The place where the loop is glued together comes under the round seizing. If I didn't explain it clearly, just ask again.

Continuation: Equipment of the lower yards - Quarter blocks / Slings - Poulies d'ecoute et de cargue-point / suspentes In the meantime, the quarter blocks of the main yard have been fastened at the appropriate positions by means of rose lashing. I continued with the slings. These strong ropes with ø 43 mm (0,9 mm in 1:48 ) are completely served. There are two of these slings per yard, each with a spliced eye at the end. In preparation for serving these ropes, they were wormed in advance. As described some time ago, the pre-wormed model ropes simply look more realistic. Here is a picture of the current condition of the rigging elements on the main yard: Next I will make the truss pendants and jackstays and mount them to the yard. The following picture from the Atlas du Génie maritime shows, among other things, the truss pendants as it was most certainly used on the La Créole, which is also the case on the original model. Accordingly, I have provided the necessary sheaves when making the longitudinal salings. The slings shown in this picture do not correspond to those of the La Créole. Source: Extract from Atlas du Génie maritime, annexe No. 1, Pl. 23 To be continued ...

@Mic_Nao @jfhealey @Tigersteve @dvm27 @garyshipwright Hello, Thank you very much for your attention and the nice comments. And also thanks to the others for the LIKES. @dvm27 Yes I have a simple method. I use a fine brass wire 0.2 mm. Instead of a rope, I make a temporary strop with this wire around the block and yard. Then I straighten the wire and measure the length. I hope that I have expressed that in an understandable way. @garyshipwright I bought it here in Germany in an online shop. There are many things for model building. This LINK leads to this shop.

Continuation: Equipment of the yards - Quarter blocks of the lower yards - Poulies d'ecoute et de cargue-point The quarter blocks of the lower yards were equipped with double strops and lashed at the appropriate positions with rose lashings. Other model building colleagues have successfully demonstrated that it is even possible to depict a rose lashing on a scale of 1:75 and smaller. It should be all the easier to do on a scale of 1:48. In this context, I remembered Frank's contribution "Making rose lashings" (LINK). In it he explained very clearly and comprehensibly with text and pictures the step-by-step process of how to make a rose lashing. The tool he made from toothpicks makes the process a whole lot easier. Thanks to these excellent instructions, I was able to try a rose lashing on a test yard relatively quickly in advance, after I had modified Frank's tool a bit. In this respect, I can simply pull it apart through the sockets and don't have to snap through the toothpicks later. By temporarily gluing the aid to the yard, the required cross lays can be easily produced. I like the result. So I will then do it at the appropriate positions. I still have to think about the execution of the knot. Sequel follows …

Hi, very nicely detailed guns. Admirably beautiful!

Continuation: Equipment of the yards - Quarter blocks of the lower yards - Poulies d'ecoute et de cargue-point As already announced, here are the smaller quarter blocks for the fore yard. In addition to the fully assembled quarter blocks, you can also see some eyebolts and thimbles for the jackstays here on this picture.

@Jimnclare Thank you for your kind words. Also thanks to all the others for the LIKES. @JerryTodd Thank you for your interest. Correct. As seen in the Constitution picture, the jackstay is an iron bar and not served. Continuation: Equipment of the yards - quarter blocks - poulies d'ecoute et de cargue-point Next up is making the blocks for the lower yards. In the first step I placed the quarter blocks, which were arranged in the middle of the yard using a double strop. These single blocks were used to deflect the topsail sheets and were among the largest blocks on the corvette. These blocks are 8.7 mm long for the main yard of the model and 6.8 mm long for the fore yard. The blocks were made in the usual way and real discs were installed for this size. In the euphoria I accidentally made four 8.7 mm long quarter blocks, although of course only two are needed for the main yard. To produce the discs, a brass rod was turned to the required diameter of 5 mm, axle holes were drilled and grooves were cut. I then sawed off the discs with the jeweller's saw. Here you can see the finished block housing with the discs and axles. In the last picture I have shown the finished quarter blocks for the main yard together with a single block. The block sizes for the model range within this range. After making the quarter blocks for the fore yard, I'll send you a picture to see the size comparison. In the meantime, thankfully, I have also received interesting information from G. Delacroix on the rigging of the yards Up soon …

Exemplary clean work results in beautiful details.

Hello Tobias, by happenstance I found your report here at MSW today. I know your fantastic work. But it's nice that you also present your work here in this very well known forum.

@giampieroricci @B-Ram @albert Hello, Thank you for your interest and good approval, and all the others for the LIKES. Here my further research results to this topic: Continuation: Equipment of the yards - among other things Jackstage - Filière d`envergure. In the meantime, I tried to get more information on this topic via contemporary technical literature. The search in the digital library of the French National Library was successful so far. In the work "Manuel du Manoeuvrier" I found this representation. This is an example of the yard arm of a topgallant yard, where the corresponding ropes are laid out in sequence. Source: Manuel du Manoeuvrier, Agustin Challamel, Paris 1891, page 235 In this respect, I assume that this sequence can also be assumed for the other yards, because Petrejus also describes this arrangement in the book on the "Brigg Irene". It is clear that for the lower yards a hanger or a strop with thimble for the yard tackle must still be considered. I tend to believe, as also described by Petrejus, that later it was also quite common to remove the yard tackle when not in use. For the serving of the jackstay and footropes I show here the following: For this, examples of the USS Constitution and the L'Hermione, showing served variants of footropes, and an unserved jackstay. Source: Internet - USS Constitution Source: Internet - L'Hermione Whereas, to my knowledge, the jackstay on the L'Hermione cannot be historically correct in this way, but it probably serves as a safety line for the crew. This illustration of a jackstay and footrope show unserved ropes. Here you can also see a strop with thimble and hooked yard tackle. Source: Atlas du Génie maritime, annexe No. 1, detail Pl. 19 To be continued ...

@wefalck Hi, thank you for your interest and the nice note. Also thanks to all the others for the many LIKES. Here it continues with a small update: Continuation: Equipment of the yards - among other things Jackstays - Filière d`envergure. Petrejus writes in his book "The model of the brig of the Irene" on page 207, that around 1811 yards were equipped with jackstays for the first time. By the early 1820s, these were in general use on larger square riggers, Petrejus continues. This is also consistent with statements in the Journal of the German Maritime Archives on the Hamburg Galiot Mary Ann on page 413. Initially these were made of cordage of natural fiber, and later these were made of wire rope or iron rods. As can be clearly seen in some of the pictures of the original Paris model of La Créole, jackstays made of stiffened cordage were also used there. I have not found anything on the plans of Jean Boudriot's monograph on the La Créole itself. Under the illustration on p. 170, however, there is a short description of the jackstays. Accordingly, the sails should only have been attached at the lower and topsail yards by means of jackstays, if I have understood it correctly. The topgallant sails and the royals were obviously attached to the yard in the conventional way by means of a lashing. Source: Monograph La Creole by J. Boudriot, p. 170 Since the jackstays, except for the head cringles, had to take the whole tractive force of the sails, I am of the opinion that massive eyebolts with collars were used to fasten them to the yards. In this respect, I am guided by a drawing from the Atlas du Génie maritime, which shows a massive forged eyebolt. Whether these eyebolts were also used for this purpose, I could not determine. However, this possibility does not seem to me to be completely absurd. Source: Extract from Atlas du Génie maritime Therefore, I made scaled test pieces and mounted them on a yard, which was a scrap from the yard production. After pulling in a served rope of the appropriate thickness, I think it looks quite passable, as can be seen in the following picture. The jackstays were set on top of the yards in the forward area. A served rope was first placed around the yardarm with an eye splice and then passed through the eyebolts, which were attached to the yard at intervals of about 3 m, towards the center of the yard. There at the rope end of the jackstay a thimble was tied in. With the thimble of the jackstay end from the other direction and a lashing tied in, the jackstays were braced in the center of the yard. I will soon start making and installing the jackstays. At the same time, there are still a number of questions to be clarified regarding the equipment of the yards, such as: - Sequence of ropes to be attached to the yardarms (jackstays, lifts, braces, footropes, yard tackle etc.) - design and fastening of the stirrups - number and size of yard blocks - yard hangers and fastening etc. The extent to which the French, like the English, had yard tackles permanently attached to the main yard and fore yard, or only when needed, also needs to be clarified. On the Paris model, however, there are no yard tackles to be seen. However, I miss corresponding hangers on the yardarms to attach them when needed. As described by Petrejus, it would be conceivable to have strops around the yardarms to which the pendants including tackle could be hooked if necessary. Would be very grateful for hints and suggestions on the open questions.

Fore studding sail booms / fore stays - Arc boutant de misaine The lower studding sail booms were attached to the fore channels of the La Créole with a hinged fitting. Source: Monograph on the La Créole by J. Boudriot I made these lower studding sail booms together with the yards from pear wood (largest diameter 3 mm) some time ago. Likewise, the corresponding fittings with the eyelets for hooking in these booms were made and mounted on the front fore channels some time ago. Now these fittings had to be manufactured. For the execution of these fittings I oriented myself at a corresponding illustration of the Paris model in the monograph. This design corresponds with drawings in the Atlas du Génie Maritime. Source: Monograph on the La Créole by J. Boudriot On the following picture collage, I have only shown the essential steps for the production of the fittings. I think the pictures are self-explanatory. The slots were milled. Unfortunately I did not take any pictures of this. The next picture shows the blackened and mounted fittings. And finally a picture of how the lower studding sail booms are hooked to the fore channels. These booms are secured to the front shrouds in the upper area by a lashing when not in use. The next step will be the jackstays for the lower and topsail yards. There are still some details to be clarified. So far I could not find much information in the relevant literature or on the internet. Would be very grateful if one or the other could contribute something to this topic. Continuation follows ...

@Wintergreen @wefalck Thank you very much for your interest and appreciation. Completion: Main yard - Studding sail boom iron - Cercle de bout-dehors de vergue With the production of the studding sail boom irons for the main yard, this chapter can be brought to a close. The first picture shows the already mounted studding sail boom irons of the main yard. In the next pictures I have gathered all the yards that have been equipped with studding sail boom irons. For the further equipment of the yards with blocks, footropes and jackstays, various details still have to be clarified. More about that soon ...

Continued: Fore yard- Studding sail boom irons - Cercle de bout-dehors de vergue In the meantime, I also made the studding sail boom irons for the fore yard. In this context, I would like to go into a little more detail about the method of making the hinges for the two-piece mast clamps. In the studding sail boom irons for the fore yard, the hinge lugs were still bent. In the meantime, I have refined the method, as can be seen in the following photo collage. I think the pictures speak for themselves: To finish this part, here's a picture with the studding sail boom irons for the fore yard already blackened. Finally, only the studding sail boom irons for the main yard remain to be made. More about that soon ...

Fantastic job !

Continuation: Main topsail yard - studding sail boom iron - Cercle de bout-dehors de vergue I continued with the studding sail boom irons for the main topsail yard. Since I had thoughtlessly started to make the rings, I forgot to make the bulge for the rollers. Since these rings were already soldered, I tried to solder on this bulge, which then also worked quite well and the even result became more precise. As they say: the proof of the pudding is in the eating ...😁 The following picture shows the rings with the parts to be soldered on. Here on this picture you can see my " soldering station ". On the ceramic hole plate you can fix the parts to be soldered quite well. The jeweler's saw is then used to remove the segments of the rings that are not necessary. The next picture shows the drilling of the roller bearings with a 0.5 mm drill. In the picture, all studding sail boom iron for the main topsail yard are united before blacking. The inside diameters of the spar hangers for the fore topsail yard are 2.7 mm, while those for the main topsail yard are 3.2 mm. For blackening, I still use Brass Black, as I have had very good experiences with this agent. I coat the parts with a brush until they get the desired coloration. This proven method of working allows me to use the agent very sparingly. The last two pictures show the studding sail boom irons already mounted to the main topsail yard. Next, I make the irons for the fore yard. At the same time, I'm researching other equipment for the yards, such as attachment of the footropes, jackstays - yes or no, and so on. See you soon ...

Fantastic work !