Kevin

good morning everyone

thank you for comments and likes

day 204-7

apologies for not interacting with the forum much recently, lots going on in the background, nothing at all bad, just busy

before you all laugh at me about my way of rigging this build, i vowed i would start at the front and work aft, most lines are still just temp and still to be fixed into position, today the foemast mast yard will be mad up, then hopefully get the ratlines done

it might all just bite me on the bum

the line between the fore and main is a temp backstay as non are fitted

40 minutes ago, Vane said:

James needs to hurry up or you will finish first! 😛  

James works full time, im just sat at home retired

good morning everyone

gardening, and puppy arrangements as well as PC gaming have got in the way of the Indy, never mind though its not a race, even though next build is planned LOL

on table 201 -7 days

when i put  the Catharpin's in everything around the futtock staves looked bulky, so i redid the futtock shrouds and Catharpin's again and again it  was 4 times before deciding to leave them, not brilliant but not looking quite as bad

then made a decision that may bite me in the future, to go ahead a put the bowsprit on, as this was already made up and ready to go

lovely to see an update

3 hours ago, iosto said:

The CAF enterprize is very difficult, I'm finishing it, it took me almost 5 years, I made a lot of modifications, changing 60% of the materials and using other designs. The Kit plans were copied from the Shipyard Kit - 1/64 - CARD drawings, bringing them to 1/48 scale but they are not very precise, so this created quite a few difficulties. It's a shame because CAF has higher quality kits, especially the latest products.

lovely to hear from you again, in my dreams i will finish her, in reality i doubt she will ever be advanced, my skill levels dont seam to be improving, maybe i should stop fooling myself and stick to kits

a little bit of thread drift, created by myself

This is Apollo, a nearly 5 week old  Show Cocker Spaniel  and yes he picked me, will be coming home with us in 4 weeks

9 hours ago, Jack-in-the-Blue said:

 

I worry that Kevin will drop the ship on his way out to the garden! Which would be such a shame as it's looking so good.

i hope not to have a SD14 moment, that still brings tears to my eyes

good evening everyone

day 191 -6 foremast standing rigging

with the lower shrouds completed onto the futtock shrouds, the deadeye assemblies are slightly different to that of the Caldercraft Victory in that the futtocks actually keep the deadeyes from pulling out rather than a catch that locks them into the channel

the futtock staves are just a piece of 1mm brass rod

1 hour ago, wool132 said:

Wow! Took you less time to complete a fine Lady Eleanor model than it took me to unwrap the box and examine the contents!

 

Great job!

Jonathan

thank you

i did a better job on her than my currant build

15 minutes ago, ECK said:

Thanks all. I am definitely a few months behind Kevin when it comes to masting, especially as those ship boats take some time and I tend to do them before the masts. Iphone 12 has a great camera.

i will avoid the boat building as long as possible

lovely work, she looks so clean and tidy, you will soon be on to masting

that is fantastic

Good afternoon everyone

foremast lower shrouds, 

very nice indeed

you made a lovely job of her, well done

just over two years and yr log has come alive again, will be great to see yr progress on her again

the grass scrub looks fantastic,

The boi last night when we told him a new puppy is on the way

w believe this to be our next Puppy, aged 3 weeks, we have first pick of the litter boys, and from our daily updates this is the one we like, of course he may not like us

8 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

Happy Birthday Kevin, you mean you have something better to do than ship modelling.😉

 

B.E.

thank you

well apart from taking the boi out for an hour in the rain and spending an hour drying him

looks like i have got another day off from the build, something to do with my Birthday today

lovely work my friend

1 minute ago, Blue Ensign said:

Looking good Kevin, add weights to those pendants and  coat them with pva, it will help them hang straight, and impart a more realistic 'heaviness' to them.

 

B.E.

ty, i will do that, first though i will make up the required amounts of shrouds then reapply them, hopefully a lot tidier,

good evening everyone

184-6 

good evening everyone

i have slowly been tidying up the bow and making up the masts, so yesterday i decided to insert the lower foremast, and tapped it into position, which gave a lovely satisfying sound telling ,e it was down on the keel, a measurement check confirmed the it was

1.3mm black thread, and 0.5 natural for the landwards, lets start the rigging

two pair of  pendants in first with 1mm thread and 2.5mm Thimble

first pair to stbd

these will all be removed and tidied up before i go on with the build, i find deck fittings get in my way so these will be added at a convenient time

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and like

Foremast day 181 - 6

not a lot to say but oh so enjoyable, even the upper mast battens are included in the kit, 

lovely to see her back on the table, wish i had friends who abandon their RW,

lol wish i had a friend