kiwiron
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Thanks men,the top deadeyes are too far apart but in 100 years who will know,they are tensioned up now.Frank not much chance of me finishing first.Looking forward to the ratlines,at the moment anyway.Hope i've got some spare 3.5mm deadeyes,where did that last one end up?- 240 replies
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The Bowsprit looks real good Popeye,nice to see some rigging on.
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Thanks,just hanging the rope for the upper shrouds deadeyes.Just finnished doing some odd rigging off the mast while i can get to them easily.It was good to get the futtocks done putting some more tension on the shrouds to make the rats easier.
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Just a small bit of progress but took a while.Next onto the upper shrouds.
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Very nice Popeye,a great looking model,you want a bigger one calm down the Goth is next.
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Hi Doug for the bowsprit it was only by doing a trial fit of the spirit yard that i could see one block won't work because thats where you fit it to the bowsprit.I was putting a hole in the center for a 1mm brass rod for later attachment.On the bowsprit as well you have 2 blocks one each side for the center 2 blocks of the sprit yard.
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Hi Doug,ok now i've got the sheets beside me.You're right,on the spiritsail yard they have the blocks on the outside as J's they should be H's,(single 3 mm blocks) as in sheet #5 and in the centre there should be 2 x J's not one.For the direction the blocks face on the yards look at later sheets to see which direction the rigging comes into the block from and where it goes after the block. The 4 blocks on the spiritsail its self face forward. On the bowsprit it's not clear how many O 5mm deadeyes you should use.It should be 3 one thread goes to port,one to starboard and one to the stem.Hope this helps,surely they should have checked these instructions before releasing the kit.The spiritsail yard is the 3rd one down in the photo.Ron.Good luck.
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No worries Doug i'll put the details here after work.It's only by looking at a later rigging sheet plan i saw a discrepancy.It's the bowsprit yard.
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Hi Doug when you get to the yards one of the yards has the wrong set up on it.
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Thanks Doug great to see you back here.
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Hi Doug,it's great to see your Supply again.How about your latest photos so i can copy you again.ron.
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You're right Tom i would'nt have a clue if it is accurate or not as long as it looks ok and it does'nt get knocked of the shelf and break.
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Hi Cpt Slog she's looking great nice job.I want to do the Endeavour sometime,if you have them could you post your early construction photos when you get a chance,it would be great if you can.ron.
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Popeye you obviously have winter at the wrong time of year.Who has heard of snow for xmas,thats ridiculous.We have got it right down here,ha ha.Tom you're right there i saw dan vads AL supply kit and Franks Jotika the Jotika looked like better cast parts.Jotika need someone to build it from their instructions and fix up the text and fix the mistakes in them.If it was'nt for Franks photo's i would'nt be able to work it out and probably leave it half done.
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Thanks men for your comments they are nice to hear from experts.Into winter now we had 2" of snow the end of may a bit early for that stuff though.
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Lower shrouds tied off after i took the pix.Stern chain done.
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MONTANES by Garward - OcCre
kiwiron replied to Garward's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Hi Garward, you're doing a fantastic job of your Montanes it's one i would like to do in the future. -
Thanks for your comments guys.Runner 63 it's not good close up looks like she's just arrived in Aussie.Popeye i'll put a temporary rope on the gaff,good idea.Thanks Frank, i've now done one line each side makes sense to keep the mast straight,just waiting for glue to dry on the 3rd shroud,once you get the first one you know how to do it so should be easy now.
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Gaff booms done,line then up properly with the rigging later on.Done my first shroud using a tool based on Franks one,i used 3 small nails top and bottom on the tool.It took a few goes to get the shroud glue to hold but got it right now for the others.
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Thanks Frank,that sounds great,i'll try a shroud tomorrow or two.Lots of us want you to re-posess your camera.We hope you are fully recovered now.ron.
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That's the ones Frank thanks a lot.Just thinking how to make a jig to get the right spacing for the lower shroud deadeye's.
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Hi Frank just a query.Just above the cross jack on the foremast are 2 k's 5mm double blocks,they are the ones rigged to the 2 j's or 5mm single blocks on the cross jack.plan sheet 6.Did you tie these to the mast after doing your bottom shrouds and how far up the mast did you attach them to.Thanks Frank.
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