Kevin

i will tag along, and learn from you

unfortunately i have put my indy on a short hold, here is the reason why, copied from one of my many FB Cocker Spaniel sites

Dobbie Pingate Periscope  Blogg Day 3159 aged 8 years 8 months

Two weeks ago during a referral ear infection check-up, I mentioned that the boi was a bit grumpy, and out of sorts, and I suggested it might be a flare up of his pancreatitis, the Vet  examined his tummy area  and suggested that it should be looked at again at his next visit, his ear infection had not improved so  another course of antibiotics and Metacam for his tummy problem

Two weeks passed and another vet visit Wednesday 3 April, took a fairly happy boi into the vets

What she felt previously had grown and it was decided to leave Dobbie in for a ultra sound, this detected a large mass on his spleen,

He was booked in for a general anaesthetic, Xrays and spleen removal yesterday, 4^th April but a phone call after the x-rays confirmed the dreaded news that he had tumours throughout his body and classed as stage 4 cancer,

We have been given 3 to 6 weeks life expectancy 6 to 9 months with surgery and chemo

Dobbie is showing very little signs of being ill and that helped us with the decision we as a married couple made, that hardest decision was to cancel surgery and bring home our boi and let him enjoy his time with us

Perhaps not written very well, and maybe against many others’ views, I felt it was important to let others know what is happening, after all, a lot of members have been seeing posts of him for over 8 years now

Please don’t flood this blog with hate messages, the quality of life for a short period of time outweighs the slightly longer time he possibly could be given with all the surgery and drugs, we will let Dobbie enjoy his remaining time with us, and not allow him to  suffer

From a devastated Dobbie owner

Kevin, Ruth and puppy Apollo

i will of course return to my Indy when i can and feel up to it,

wonderful work well done

1 hour ago, chris watton said:

If only we knew then what we know now....

i have learnt loads, just don't remember any of it

very nice indeed, love her shape

She looks fantastic

so much going on, lovely work

wonderful

2 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

That fourth. photo  gives a great impression of the mass of rigging involved with a square rigged sailing vessel.

Nicely done Kevin.👍

 

B.E.

Thank you BE, Appreciated

Day 384-50

good afternoon everyone, thank you for likes

a lot of tidying up has been done on the foremast, and a lot of lines have now been added  to the main, hence the clips just taking the weight

few extra lines are

and a few photos of how she looks this afternoon

Coming back to a build table near me, my Enterprize will be continued as soon as Indy is completed, provided i can remember where i put her

On 3/1/2024 at 5:07 PM, chris watton said:

I would love to, but that would be one hell of a commute!

long walkies each day for the dogs

Good morning everyone

Main mast Back stays

at last i am starting to get some quality time on the build all the main backstays are fitted

, and last night the Main Topsail Yard Tye went in

Apollo Ruth and Dobbie, 3 loves of my life

58 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

There is a sequence  for rigging 

Kevin your log is one of the kind a newbie like myself  see and it so overwhelming  good  I fear the journey .  I always follow your build and advice, except  about the First Mate, I learnt she wins all the time.lol 

Just had to say fantastic work. 

lots of progress has been made, but she dont look much different to my last post, i will do an update tomorrow, dont get to excited waiting lol

she looks fantastic, well done

Good evening everyone

big lesson learnt

i didnt mess up, but i did try to go my own way on this build and work fwd to aft on the rigging, well im not clever enough for that, and lost my way, i will always remember the fact the sequence  of rigging is for a reason, nothing is lost or damaged, just looks a mess at present untill i catch up

so i am back to plan 16 with just some upper ratlines to do, and then move onto 17 and progress the main and mizzen backstays 

Amazing work

good morning everyone

day 359-48

i have never ever classed myself as a good modeler, messy/untidy, and lack of attention to detail spring to mind,  but i love the hobby, and the satisfaction of (i did that)

i also share my attempts with others that are interested, therefore  most of my posts are shared with two other forums Flory, and Locate and cement, formally All Scale Modeller) , and Facebook, in the forums which are mainly plastic i have been asked to detail some of the rigging lines, so here goes, 

main yard/spar 

with all blocks and lines ready to fit, the mast and spar have been drilled and pinned 

the pinning allows the spar to be placed intro position, and ease handing

the spar is support by large blocks called Jeers and  slings

to keep the main spar against the mast, a series of ropes called truss are used,  and the lines that keep them in place are called the truss pendant

the line above it stops the slack in the line and is called the nave

the jeers and now laced up

just gets better and better

1 hour ago, yvesvidal said:

Fantastic work Kevin. I admire your patience...to do all this rigging.

 

Yves

ty you have it all to come on yr build

indy day 355 - 48

good evening everyone

appologies to anyone following my logs that this has not been so informative or descriptive, been a combination of puppy training, DIY, and taking advantage of building where i can rather than posting, saying why i haven't done anything lol

anyway good progress was made with the backstays and the jeer pendants lift stays etc, and although it took a while i got the truss pendants to look ok, a lost a couple of days when that broke and i had to remove the yard and do again

i will tomorrow try and do a line recognition photo, someone asked me to do one like i did with my Vic build

she also looks great

Another masterpiece, a lovely build

Just catching up, just love this build log