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  1. Kevin
    Have you tried to obtain some decent plans, from the likes of the company that built her possibly the uprights were changed over time, loads of steel triangles certainly add to top weight, and nothing would show lumber holes, to allow water to pass through, Certainly dont compare it to my builds, lol thats a recipe for disaster sorry about the water ingress
  2. Kevin
    ooooooooooooh i forgot i have lots of anchors to do, at least 6
  3. Kevin
    coming on in leaps and bounds now, lovely work
  4. Kevin
    i had the same issue of inserting all the sheaths above the gunports, and then securing the lanyards, it took me weeks, then i did them all again, because i i got better it showed up on the earlier ones, hence i vowed never to do another first rate again and then what happens, Chris Watton, is designing new ships, so maybe there will be another one in the distant future, after the St Nectan
  5. Kevin
    Good evening Mike, i just popped over to see how you are getting along, have you tried to pins the spars into position, it makes life so much easier, so that when it comes to truss pendants and jeers and parrels it is easier to get the tension right, i wont spoil your log with photos but will post on mine is you so wish,
  6. Kevin
    Are you referring to the stun booms, if so i just left them as there is enough to snag on with-out them in the way, plus some of the lines tend to run along the spar, so another thought of mine was, as they are movable, i should be able to put them on at a later date
  7. Kevin
    Good evening everyone, im still here, although compared to a couple of years ago, my post contribution towards the site has dropped considerably, for which i am sorry but unable to do much about, i so miss the banter i used to get involved in, and getting involved in other people builds, anyway the main mast is complete with the exception of the stun booms but that is complete as per the Caldercraft plans, im sure there is more when i compare it to the Longbridge plans, the spars on the mizzen have been secured to the mast, and hopefully rigged by the end of Jan
  8. Kevin
    Lovely work, she is going to look great when completed
  9. Kevin
    Pop over for a coffee, im in Bridgwater
  10. Kevin
    Chris you might even persuade me to build another period ship, so looking forward to your updates
  11. Kevin
    Chris Watton, it gets my vote
  12. Kevin
    lol - point taken
  13. Kevin
    We all love a plan, looking good, but strange lid port set up
  14. Kevin
    WOW, i have just made myself late for work, catching up, Happy new year to you and your family
  15. Kevin
    Good morning everyone LOL i have king of given myself a Easter 2019 deadline (subject to change) to complete her, so there will be lots of new updates as i progress, rhank you for the feedback the foremast is fully completed with the exception of Stuns, main mast i just have about 5 lines to run, and the Mizzen about 50% complete, but Longbridge shows lots more so i will try to work out if more are needed, repair two bow lines and tighten a few up stun booms Coils to be made ships boats lanterns crests and stern coat of arms replace some tiles general tidy up and stand to be dome and no doubt others things as well
  16. Kevin
    did you always intend to complete the build when you did or was that the prospect of rigging force your hand?
  17. Kevin
    its taken 7 years so far, and so many times i have felt like abandoning her, and at times packing up modelling altogether, i quess it comes down the things i want to achieve and things i am actually able to do, and to me they are to far apart, but here i am still at it, and yes i look at things and want to rip them out but as i get nearer to the end, the things that bothered are long covered over, and lol no one will ever see her anyway
  18. Kevin
    YES Wallace the running rigging came first, seams a long time ago now Aug 2016
  19. Kevin
    Good afternoon everyone i hope to have the foremast completed today, but each time i put a line in the Longbridge book shows another,
  20. Kevin
    well now she has teeth, coming on very well
  21. Kevin
    lovely work, The funnel, is the superstructure adapted to take the funnel, or is the funnel added to appear like it fits within the superstructure
  22. Kevin
    So glad you found me again even though I wasn't aware I was missing, the fore mast braces are now done and nearly completed the main the mizzen not looked at yet, hopefully by this time next week I will be in a position to put the stun booms in, hope you and family are all well
  23. Kevin
    TY Piet and Jerry, it has been a long journey on this build, but coming to the end now, , happy new year to you and everyone else,
  24. Kevin
    why have i spent all night awake wishing i had kept to my original plans and put on a full set of sails including stuns
  25. Kevin
    this my next build 1/30 St Nectan

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