robdurant

A big milestone today I've just finished sewing the bolt ropes onto the sails... Here's a photo of them all laid out on the plan Onto the reef points, now... Happy building all, and thanks for looking in Rob

Thank you @rwiederrich and @gak1965. I finally got the model outside as spring is well underway here. Unfortunately in my excitement I hung the main mast sails on the foremast on this photo, but it gives a little idea of how the finished model will look... I haven't finished adding stunsail yards, so the stunsails are missing on the main upper topsail and main top gallant yards, too. Happy building to you all

Progress on the sails... I've just finished the bolt ropes on the topsail studding sails for the main mast - that's BS22 and BS23, so I'm two thirds of the way through the sails now... Once I've sewed on the bolt ropes, it'll be reefing points next... I have a plan for how to do that... No photos of this, as it looks almost identical to the many photos I've posted of the sail sewing so far... What I have also been working on is the detailing of the yards, ready for them to carry the sails. I've completed the bands and the painting on the foremast yards, and now I'm working on the mainmast yards. It makes a huge difference to the look of the model, and when I get a chance, I'll take a photo outside with all the yards squared up. Here's are the bands added to the foremast yards... They're made of black card... And here they are painted... And finally, the full width of the main mast main yard, and that same yard, with stunsail booms removed again, so that the white sections can be painted... Thank you for looking in, and for the likes and comments. Rob

Aah - thank you, my better half has ordered this for my birthday, so I'm looking forward to having a good look through and getting some inspiration. To return to your earlier comments, I've pondered them, and I think I'm looking to get past plank on bulkhead, but with simplified frames... so probably using the stations rather than re-lofting each frame, and with a simplified structure without cant frames at the bow and stern. I've had another crack at the transom using an angled frame (16 degrees from perpendicular) aft of station 25 - this goes out to the wale. I've re-drafted the transoms and hopefully now it is something more workable... Some pictures... It's not quite perfect yet (and I haven't drafted the inside flow of the transom pieces), but I feel like I'm making progress. It's certainly helpful to be able to make multiple designs and try them all out. Thanks again for all your help Rob

Thank you Jaager for.this response, I shall take my time to read through this and digest it. Can I take it that Franklin is a book I should be looking at? Mine too, Jason, but Freecad is just that... open source and free of cost to the end user. Thank you for your kind words. It is very absorbing, and a nice change from sewing bolt ropes onto sails

I've spent a little time working on the stern of Bristol to see how it all shapes up... here's my progress. The stern structure was drawn out from the plans, taking care to note how the balcony and accompanying cabin walls fitted, and then the transom was stretched vertically by a factor of 1/Cos(14.2) to make it fit when it was at an angle. Here's the stretched outline... And the part cut out in two parts and glued back to back - the recessed cornice over the cutout was removed on the outer layer, creating a 3d effect - this will be bevelled as well on the final 1:64 model, but as a proof of concept it works. It's also confirmed that the upper deck (third down in the photo below) comes too far back, and will interfere with the stern upper counter as it is. Happy building to you all Rob

Thank you Chuck, and Druxey, and all of you for your likes and encouragement. I've been playing a little with freecad (3D cad, whereas QCAD is 2D), as I discovered I can lift the 2D cad drawings into it and line them up at the correct distances... If I can join these together, I'm hoping it might make defining the difference from front to bad of each frmae inside and out more quickly than the paper and pencil method I've used before... We'll see, but I'm in no hurry, and the learning is fun... Here's the progress so far. I need to work out how to define the frame at the Aft Perpendicular... I presume this is a case of extending the lines from frame 25 to the transom (these are on the plans) and then seeing where they interpolate. When I get a few hours, I shall make a more concerted attempt, but my battery is dying, so it won't be this evening

Thank you for your kind encouragement.

Progress on the 1:128 mockup from my CAD drawings. I've finished cutting out the stations and added the quarterdeck, fo'csle and poop. It's been a helpful exercise in seeing the lines of the vessel, any conflicts in terms of masts / deck cutouts / etc... Now, it's helping me think through how the stern will be constructed. I'm pleased to say that none of the frames look particularly out, except for one (frame 5) where I suspect I probably cut over the line a little... But now I can go back and take a look at this before I move onto the 1:64 scale version!

So those numbers above have been refined again by cross referencing back and forwards from the half breadth and station plans... I got to the stage where I wanted to see how things fitted together, and particularly the deck levels and openings on the decks, and where the masts land compared to the stations, etc... So here is a 1:192 styrene half hull in construction. It's only got half its stations in so far, but it's starting to give an idea of how the whole might look.

Back to the sails... I've added bolt ropes to BS7, BS8 and begun BS9... I'm gradually working through the 34 sails. Not much to show, but work is continuing. As always, thanks so much for all the likes - it does spur me on In the photo below, I'm just adding the last length of bolt rope along the bottom edge of the sail... BS1 through to 9 are all stay sails.

And the lower shrouds are complete. As I posted this I realised that I hadn't properly attached the rear most shroud to the aft pair to help it take the right path on the starboard side. That's fixed now. Nice to have a pleasant dry day to take photos, too Happy building

Hi Shipman. My desire in writing this software was primarily that it hard-coded the information that sets the rotation on website pages...This rotation information causes a lot of confusion to users who see a photo the right way up on their cameras but then it displays the wrong way online. It may well be that the software you have pointed to does the same, but I had struggled to find something that did that reliably for free Glad you found an app that works well for you. Rob

Hi, If you click the windows button, and type "add remove program" and select "Add or remove programs" Now , you can search for the Picture Resizer application, select the three dots on the right hand side and uninstall it. Once that is complete you can install the new version downloaded from the website. Hope that helps. Rob

Version 1.13.0 now available on https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer now supports cropping (with the option to maintain the aspect ratio of the image) on a per image basis as you resize your photos. Simply select "begin cropping" or click and drag to select a region of the image, then resize it until you're happy with the size. Selecting the "maintain aspect ratio" checkbox will mean that each time you resize the selection it will keep the width to height ratio the same as that of the original image (i.e. 16:9, 4:3, etc...) Then when you resize the image, it will crop the image to the rectangle. Hope it's helpful Happy resizing! Rob

Work has begun on the foremast shrouds...

Thank you Ian. You're very kind. Yes, I made the ropes using the Syren rope rocket and DMC cordonnet crochet thread, dyed with Rit fabric dye. It is wonderfully rewarding rigging with your own rope, and there's no anxiety about running out

I set up the mainmast shrouds today... More soon Rob

Auf deutsch...

I'm conscious that many of our wonderful family here on ModelShipWorld.com are not native English speakers. My little offering to brighten your day is Version 1.12.0 of Picture Resizer (available at https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer/ ) which now supports languages natively for the main application window (I'll add support for the other windows soon). All you need do is install the application and it will show the application in the language your computer uses (It currently supports French, German, Dutch and English) if it can't find your language, it will drop back to English) Languages are not my area of expertise, so "Calling all linguists"... If you speak German, French or another language, and you're reasonably au-fait with computer, and you would like this application to support your mother-tongue / preferred language natively, please could you translate the following, and I'll add this support into the application... The English terms at the moment are as follows, and the French, German and Dutch attempts are below (with big apologies in advance for what are a mix of guesswork and google translate... please help me make these better!) English originals Resize Images Image Quality Highest / Largest filesize Resized photos go here... Folder with photos to resize Maximum resized dimension (width or height) About... Exit File Help Load settings... Save settings... Modify the resized photo name? View each file individually before resizing... Prefix Resize all images in source folder Resize images where destination file with modified name does not exist Resize images where destination file with original OR modified name does not exist Resize images where destination file with original name does not exist Select Folder... Lowest / Smallest filesize Suffix French: Redimensionner les images Qualité d'image Taille de fichier la plus élevée/la plus grande Les photos redimensionnées vont ici... Dossier avec photos à redimensionner Dimension redimensionnée maximale (largeur ou hauteur) À propos Quitter Fichier Aider Charger les paramètres... Enregistrer les paramètres... Modifier le nom de la photo redimensionnée ? Affichez chaque fichier individuellement avant de redimensionner... Préfixe Redimensionner toutes les images dans le dossier source Redimensionner les images où le fichier de destination avec le nom modifié n'existe pas Redimensionner les images où le fichier de destination avec le nom d'origine OU modifié n'existe pas Redimensionner les images où le fichier de destination avec le nom d'origine n'existe pas Sélectionner le dossier... Taille de fichier la plus basse / la plus petite Suffixe German: Bildgröße ändern Bildqualität Höchste / Größte Dateigröße Verkleinerte Fotos kommen hier... Ordner mit Fotos zum Ändern der Größe Maximale Größenänderung (Breite oder Höhe) Über Photo Resizer... Picture Resizer beenden Datei Hilfe Einstellungen laden... Einstellungen speichern... Ändern Sie den in der Größe geänderten Fotonamen? Sehen Sie sich jede Datei einzeln an, bevor Sie die Größe ändern ... Präfix Größe aller Bilder im Quellordner ändern Ändern Sie die Größe von Bildern, bei denen die Zieldatei mit geändertem Namen nicht vorhanden ist Ändern Sie die Größe von Bildern, bei denen die Zieldatei mit dem ursprünglichen ODER geänderten Namen nicht existiert Ändern Sie die Größe von Bildern, bei denen die Zieldatei mit dem ursprünglichen Namen nicht vorhanden ist Ordner auswählen... Niedrigste / Kleinste Dateigröße Suffix And Dutch Formaat van afbeeldingen wijzigen Beeldkwaliteit Hoogste / grootste bestandsgrootte Verkleinde foto's komen hier... Map met foto's om het formaat te wijzigen Maximale afmeting gewijzigd (breedte of hoogte) Over... Uitgang Bestand Hulp Instellingen laden... Instellingen opslaan... De gewijzigde fotonaam wijzigen? Bekijk elk bestand afzonderlijk voordat u het formaat wijzigt... Voorvoegsel Wijzig het formaat van alle afbeeldingen in de bronmap Wijzig het formaat van afbeeldingen waar het bestemmingsbestand met gewijzigde naam niet bestaat Wijzig het formaat van afbeeldingen waar het bestemmingsbestand met de originele OF gewijzigde naam niet bestaat Wijzig het formaat van afbeeldingen waar het bestemmingsbestand met de oorspronkelijke naam niet bestaat Selecteer map... Laagste / kleinste bestandsgrootte Achtervoegsel Thank you for all your help This is truly the benefit of a global community! Hope it's of help. Rob

Thanks Dusan, I've been working on the table of offsets. 1. I traced the stations, giving the following table: (note negative values are because I've maintained the right of centre and left of centre frames so I can easily do a visual check of the output with a line graph.) TRACED FROM PLAN Distance from centre (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U 735 1476 2268 S 303 1120 2056 3019 3825 Q 921 2068 3202 4162 4820 O 1560 2929 4102 4976 5438 M 2153 3618 4747 5490 5805 K 2775 4218 5207 5784 5972 H 3247 4617 5485 5923 6025 F 3604 4856 5635 5999 6066 D 3787 4975 5688 6014 6066 B 3908 5019 5712 6015 6066 Ø 3990 5065 5737 6015 6066 Ø (bow) -4001 -5064 -5740 -6031 -6069 1 -3940 -5016 -5724 -6032 -6069 3 -3848 -4949 -5675 -6022 -6059 5 -3631 -4811 -5602 -5992 -6049 7 -3428 -4640 -5486 -5934 -6029 9 -3088 -4394 -5324 -5850 -5976 11 -2541 -4027 -5078 -5692 -5912 13 -2029 -3581 -4754 -5507 -5795 15 -1505 -2997 -4272 -5192 -5591 17 -1062 -2348 -3706 -4805 -5364 19 -718 -1636 -2855 -4236 -5062 21 -434 -981 -1936 -3344 -4582 23 -229 -496 -1050 -2163 -3725 25 -111 -210 -416 -879 -2079 AP The second task was to cross-check these against the half-breadth plan, which gave the following offsets: Distance from centre (updated by half-breadth) (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U 732 1490 2343 S 267 1052 2027 2925 3830 Q 910 2025 3120 4090 4803 O 1535 2878 4001 4922 5435 M 2131 3608 4679 5446 5788 K 2694 4186 5161 5763 5975 H 93 3181 4575 5454 5922 6055 F 960 3563 4826 5620 5983 6080 D 1453 3784 4968 5696 6005 6084 B 1717 3896 5046 5731 6022 6080 (B) 1824 3938 5075 5744 6030 6076 Ø 1845 3930 5062 5741 6024 6048 Ø (bow) -1844 -3923 -5054 -5739 -6020 -6048 1 -1794 -3868 -4997 -5724 -6003 -6045 3 -1619 -3770 -4904 -5687 -5992 -6038 5 -1342 -3639 -4803 -5630 -5978 -6033 7 -854 -3411 -4641 -5526 -5931 -6024 9 -111 -3055 -4389 -5360 -5845 -5996 11 -2571 -4028 -5118 -5720 -5920 13 -2031 -3562 -4782 -5528 -5795 15 -1492 -2972 -4308 -5220 -5630 17 -1062 -2334 -3704 -4831 -5421 19 -707 -1638 -2883 -4232 -5121 21 -434 -991 -1930 -3307 -4624 23 -235 -509 -1093 -2134 -3670 25 -106 -211 -429 -885 -2042 AP Finally, I copied these back over the plans, and made a few modifications to the U and S stations at WL5 and WL4 so that the stations flowed smoothly. The following changes were made: U, WL5 = 2190 S, WL4 = 3018, WL5 = 3788 The following image shows the original lines traced off the plans in white, and the updated lines taken from the half-breadth in green. As can be seen, the differences are fairly negligible, except at the extreme breadth, where they become a little more significant. The difference amounts to a maximum of 7.7 centimetres at 1:1 scale, so nothing too dramatic. This image shows some of the differences more closely - cyan is the plan lines, and orange the updated lines from the half-breadth. The next step is to begin working out framing distances, and lofting the frames using the curves these stations produce... Anyway - that's enough from me for now. Happy building, all.

Looking at those pictures it really is shocking how close the lower gunports were to the waterline. The idea of these ships heeling under sail is scary. Thank you for sharing this research and build with us all. Simply fascinating.

Okay - so today I added the bolt rope to another sail - no need to add pictures for that. It's another stay sail, so they would look pretty much identical to the previous pictures I've posted. Then, as a change of scenery, I began adding the mizzen shrouds. These are using (as a note to self as much as anything) 4 strand, 2x threads per strand, from #50 DMC Cordonnet thread, dyed in Rit Cocoa brown die. The captain's clearly a showy so and so, so he's used contrasting natural #20 DMC cordonnet thread for the lanyards. The lanyards are something of a challenge. I've added two starboard pairs and one port pair so far (alternating sides, beginning to starboard), and because the dead-eyes are inside the railing, and the lanyard needs to pass through the railing from the outside on the lower deadeye, it took me lots of fiddling with tweezers, super-glue strengthened end of the lanyard and summoning of patience, before I realised that it was possibly simply to bend the deadeye in towards the centreline of the deck to rig it, and then bend it back out again. This is by far the easiest method I've found, and it's made the task achievable (still fiddly, but possible). I'm not sure whether leaving the deadeyes detached until this point would have helped matters, as I haven't tried that approach, but certainly one for builders of this model to watch out for. Here are some photos of progress so far. I haven't put watered down Aliphatic resin (carpenter's glue) on these yet, so the ends are left long intentionally. I'll do the whole lot in one go, once I'd happy they're all a good length. One deadeye is rigged off the ship (I have a little template to keep the distances consistent), then the shroud is wrapped round the mast, through the crosstrees and top, and brought back down to have the other deadeye rigged. Before I rig the second deadeye, I put on the first lanyard, so that I can gauge where the second deadeye should go. Thank you to everyone for the likes and encouragement.

Yes, it's a work of patience, definitely .... but I find it quite relaxing

Thank you for the likes. I haven't stopped working on this, but it takes me a good couple of hours to put the bolt rope on each sail, so here is sail BS 4 getting bolt rope... COnsidering I haven't done a lot of sewing before, I'm pretty pleased with how it's coming out.