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RMC got a reaction from shipman in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
I haven't had much opportunity to work on the boat. Here is progress such as it is. I have begun on the ratlines for the main mast shrouds - probably my least favourite part of the job.. I will do six rows alternately starboard and port to make sure the number of lines on each side line up properly. Here is the first six on the starboard.
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RMC got a reaction from BenD in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
I haven't had much opportunity to work on the boat. Here is progress such as it is. I have begun on the ratlines for the main mast shrouds - probably my least favourite part of the job.. I will do six rows alternately starboard and port to make sure the number of lines on each side line up properly. Here is the first six on the starboard.
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RMC got a reaction from Beef Wellington in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
I haven't had much opportunity to work on the boat. Here is progress such as it is. I have begun on the ratlines for the main mast shrouds - probably my least favourite part of the job.. I will do six rows alternately starboard and port to make sure the number of lines on each side line up properly. Here is the first six on the starboard.
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RMC got a reaction from shipman in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
I haven't had much opportunity to work on the boat. Here is progress such as it is. I have begun on the ratlines for the main mast shrouds - probably my least favourite part of the job.. I will do six rows alternately starboard and port to make sure the number of lines on each side line up properly. Here is the first six on the starboard.
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RMC got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
I haven't had much opportunity to work on the boat. Here is progress such as it is. I have begun on the ratlines for the main mast shrouds - probably my least favourite part of the job.. I will do six rows alternately starboard and port to make sure the number of lines on each side line up properly. Here is the first six on the starboard.
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RMC got a reaction from JayCub in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from CaptMorgan in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
I haven't had much opportunity to work on the boat. Here is progress such as it is. I have begun on the ratlines for the main mast shrouds - probably my least favourite part of the job.. I will do six rows alternately starboard and port to make sure the number of lines on each side line up properly. Here is the first six on the starboard.
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RMC got a reaction from BenD in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from Chuck in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from Gahm in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from Barbossa in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from egkb in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from JpR62 in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from rafine in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from jwvolz in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from flyer in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
Thanks Joe and Peter for taking the trouble. I appreciate it. Both sets of photos are really helpful.
Joe: The specifications in the kit for the 'rope' are 1mm for the messenger and 1.8mm for the anchor cable. I have decided not to use the kit-supplied thread as it is out of character with the rest of the Syren thread I have used. The following photo shows Syren 2mm thread (top), 0.88mm thread (middle), and the kit's 1.8mm thread. In fact the kit's thread is about 1.5 or 1.6mm. I intend to stretch the Syren 2mm thread a little to make it a bit closer to 1.8mm. I hope this will result in effective differentiation of messenger and cable
Peter: I think you are right about the 'endless slings' of the messengers. I hadn't really given it much thought before. Again, thanks for your help.
Bob
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RMC got a reaction from robdurant in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from SIDEWAYS SAM in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
The messenger and anchor cables are now done. I made it needlessly hard for myself by doing this far later than the instructions suggest. There is a lot of rigging that made things quite awkward. The lesson in all of this is to do it as early as possible. Next time I may even read the instructions.
This shows two of the nippers tying the cable and the messenger together. They are kept taut by hanging light weights to each end, applying dilute PVA, then cutting them off when dry.
The anchor cable is kept taught as the messenger and cable are tied together. Incidentally, the anchor cable first needs to be fed through the hawse hole then towards the stern. I taped a length of copper wire to the cable which made it far easier to correctly position the cable as it went under the fore deck and out the other side.
The finished article....
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RMC got a reaction from jwvolz in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
Thanks Joe and Peter for taking the trouble. I appreciate it. Both sets of photos are really helpful.
Joe: The specifications in the kit for the 'rope' are 1mm for the messenger and 1.8mm for the anchor cable. I have decided not to use the kit-supplied thread as it is out of character with the rest of the Syren thread I have used. The following photo shows Syren 2mm thread (top), 0.88mm thread (middle), and the kit's 1.8mm thread. In fact the kit's thread is about 1.5 or 1.6mm. I intend to stretch the Syren 2mm thread a little to make it a bit closer to 1.8mm. I hope this will result in effective differentiation of messenger and cable
Peter: I think you are right about the 'endless slings' of the messengers. I hadn't really given it much thought before. Again, thanks for your help.
Bob
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RMC got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
Thanks Joe and Peter for taking the trouble. I appreciate it. Both sets of photos are really helpful.
Joe: The specifications in the kit for the 'rope' are 1mm for the messenger and 1.8mm for the anchor cable. I have decided not to use the kit-supplied thread as it is out of character with the rest of the Syren thread I have used. The following photo shows Syren 2mm thread (top), 0.88mm thread (middle), and the kit's 1.8mm thread. In fact the kit's thread is about 1.5 or 1.6mm. I intend to stretch the Syren 2mm thread a little to make it a bit closer to 1.8mm. I hope this will result in effective differentiation of messenger and cable
Peter: I think you are right about the 'endless slings' of the messengers. I hadn't really given it much thought before. Again, thanks for your help.
Bob
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RMC got a reaction from flyer in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
Thanks Joe and Peter for taking the trouble. I appreciate it. Both sets of photos are really helpful.
Joe: The specifications in the kit for the 'rope' are 1mm for the messenger and 1.8mm for the anchor cable. I have decided not to use the kit-supplied thread as it is out of character with the rest of the Syren thread I have used. The following photo shows Syren 2mm thread (top), 0.88mm thread (middle), and the kit's 1.8mm thread. In fact the kit's thread is about 1.5 or 1.6mm. I intend to stretch the Syren 2mm thread a little to make it a bit closer to 1.8mm. I hope this will result in effective differentiation of messenger and cable
Peter: I think you are right about the 'endless slings' of the messengers. I hadn't really given it much thought before. Again, thanks for your help.
Bob
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RMC got a reaction from SIDEWAYS SAM in Granado by RMC - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64
Thanks Joe and Peter for taking the trouble. I appreciate it. Both sets of photos are really helpful.
Joe: The specifications in the kit for the 'rope' are 1mm for the messenger and 1.8mm for the anchor cable. I have decided not to use the kit-supplied thread as it is out of character with the rest of the Syren thread I have used. The following photo shows Syren 2mm thread (top), 0.88mm thread (middle), and the kit's 1.8mm thread. In fact the kit's thread is about 1.5 or 1.6mm. I intend to stretch the Syren 2mm thread a little to make it a bit closer to 1.8mm. I hope this will result in effective differentiation of messenger and cable
Peter: I think you are right about the 'endless slings' of the messengers. I hadn't really given it much thought before. Again, thanks for your help.
Bob
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