Kevin

i will remove this post if i receive any objections, i personally have worked with this person, although a very long time ago - late 1970's

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23575534

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1594-serving-machine-20-not-just-serves-ropes/

good evening everyone

 

not much to report from the weekend, i have turned the build around now and making all the gun port lids fit, and this time fitting the fenders to the hull before putting on the decorative strips less room for mistakes

 

as i have distant thoughts towards the dark side i bought my self a couple of presents tonight, the serving machine and the rope maker from Alexey

she turned out very nice - well done - sorry i missed the progress through you build time

 

 

all the best

love the finished result, and the red is just right

i am at present house training my spiders - i bought them off the web (lol) laughing at my own joke

 

should be ready to work for me by this time next year

 

all the best

 

 

i love the ratlines

thats the best i can do at present

 

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/240-titanic-by-ricky-mantua/?hl=titanic

AUGUST 5

 

 

1766

HMS Pitt cutter foundered in the Atlantic.

1781

The Battle of Dogger Bank. A British squadron under Vice-admiral Sir Hyde Parker engaged a Dutch squadron under Vice-admiral Zoutman.

1813

HMS Dominica (14), Lt. George Wilmot Barrete (Killed in Action), taken by the American privateer Decatur off Charleston

1832

Frigate USS Potomac (42), Cptn. John Downes, is first U.S. Navy ship to entertain royalty, King and Queen of Sandwich Islands, Honolulu

1864

R.Adm. David Farragut wins Battle of Mobile Bay, sealing off last Confederate port on Gulf Coast

Welcome to the big table....

 

(Not to be confused with that Other muddy table occupied by those two weirdos.... They seem to think they're important or something..... )

lol - i fail to remember who you are referring too

i understand that, but unable to understand, or read why it is an uncovered deck, 

 

im not suggesting that a couple of cabins were built in that area and the ships boats stowed on top of that, but it would have given a better opportunity for stowage, im sure i will find an answer one day

Dafi me again

 

why is the whole area open - the skids are there to supports the ships boats, but why is it not all enclosed in the first place

how does the possibility of the spare spars (including stun booms) fitting on the channels

sorry i missed the promotion

Great work as ususal :-)

 

Just the irons on the anchor stocks are a little thick, try the 0,25 mm x 1 mm Evergreen or even cardboard :-)

 

Daniel

lol - i looked at them this morning as i had not progressed any more on that - and it has gone, miles to big, and out of scale

AUGUST 4

 

 

1746

HMS Pembroke (66) captured Fertile.

1790

US Revenue Cutter Service (which became the US Coast Guard) established.

1798

Boats of HMS Melpomene (38) and HMS Childers (16), J. O'Brian, captured Aventurier (16) from the port of Corigiou

1800

HMS Belliqueux (64), Cptn. Rowley Bulteel, captured La Concorde (44), Cptn. Landolphe, while escorting a convoy of outward bound East India ships.

1804

Adam Duncan died

1808

HMS Delphinen (16), Richard Harward, wrecked on the South-West part of Vieland, Holland.

1811

Start of campaign to capture Java by the British.

1813

Battery at Ragosniza on the Isle of Lissa destroyed by the boats of HMS Milford (74), Cptn. J. D. Markland, and HMS Weazle (18), Cptn. John W. Andrew.

1846

Sailors and Marines from USS Congress (52), Commodore Robert F. Stockton, capture Santa Barbara, California.

1858

First trans-Atlantic cable completed by USS Niagara and British ship Agamemnon

have a nice break

Hi Nick

You are just behind me in progress, lovely to see another build of this vessel, we do seam to be taking over at the present time

did you one post your progress on the old MSW site?

Look forward to your continued progress and hope she will not be put away for another 6 years

 

all the best

What a Grand old Lady. She's gonna be beautiful with all 37 sails filled. I also like the idea of displaying her with her ports cracked open as they would as she croosed the great expanses of sea. The wind coursing,into her sails and throuugh the ports down into the holds. What it must have been like to have been upon her when she was just sailing. The Lady at Rest. 

 

Beautiful colour on the upper deck, its a nice backdrop for the Anchors.

 

Wow that Stun boom is out there, the display case will be enormous.  

 

So how many hours now Kevin, you haven't updated recently, that I've seen.

 

 

Total build time 895 hours 

good afternoon from a wet thundery Somerset

 

well i have an idea just how big this build is going to get with the stbd lower stun boom now having a home, although it just lifts out to be put away for a year or so

 

the fore mast lower boom is the next on the production line

 

all four anchors are also made, just to make up/experiment making the banding around the stock 

 

i have also remade the stbd cat head after the last Murphy visit - i basicly fitted it at 90 degs to the hull, where as it is angled forward

 

 

 

Dafi - you may have seen this

it seams to cover all the available space, with no definitive answer, im more than happy to stow any spare spars, on the channels,or the skids, 

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/71484.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HC33OEt2SM

i have a way ahead

 

Longridge the lower boom in the main mast is 61'X 12" 61812/72 = 10.1 inches by approx 4mm

 

                 the lower boom fore mast is 54'x 101/2"  = 54*12/72 = 9 inches x 3.1mm

 

the main mast boom fixing point is on the fwd end of the main mast channel, 

 

stiil working out the fore mast location as the channel is aft of the mast

thank-you Grant

 

i was just looking where the actual mount was for the lower boom as the main mast location is not shown on the plans, where as the foremast is, all my books or reference all show different lengths as well, so a bit of research is still required, 

 

anyway im looking at 81/2 inches approx each for the booms (subject to actual size)

can someone help please

 

the main mast lower studding boom is 51' what would this be in 1/72 scale, and is there a conversion chart within MSW 2.0?

 

it looks like both booms when rigged equal the height of the main mast above the upper deck at about 140'

 

many thanks

AUGUST 3

 

 

 

1758

The naval Battle of Negapatam. Indecisive battle between a British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock and French squadron under Comte d'Aché.

1791

Cptn. William Bligh, HMS Providence, accompanied by HMS Assistant left Spithead on 2nd breadfruit voyage.

1801

HMS Pomone (44), Cptn. Gower, captured Carriere.

1804

 US Mediterranean Squadron Squadron under Commodore Edward Preble, USS Constitution (44), attacks Tripoli. During the bombardment Lt. Stephen Decatur led his men in a two hour hand-to-hand fight while boarding and capturing a Tripolitan gunboat. His younger brother, Lt. James Decatur, was a casualty during this battle.

1809

HMS Lark Sloop (16), Cptn. Robert Nicholas, was upset in a gale and foundered off Cape Causada, San Domingo.

1812

USS Essex (36) ,Cptn. David Porter, captured British brig Brothers

HMS Emulous William Howe Mulcaster, wrecked on Sable Island

1861

Construction of USS Monitor authorized