harlequin

11 hours ago, Sailor1234567890 said:

Have you any more shots of the three of them together? She's really taken a step forward with the ratlines done. 

I will do some more later and post......It is the tediousness of the rats that gets me..

cheers Hamilton...….seven short years to this stage.

Oh happy day...ratlines all done and dusted..

33 minutes ago, foxbat said:

hi there...am currently building same ship...Corel Bellona....love your black stays but my kit only has tanned rigging...nothing black. Perhaps I can dye black the thicker rope for the stays....your thoughts?

that is just what I did....dyed intense black.... along with some spare Caldercraft black rigging.....The dye doesn't get right to the centre of the rigging so I touch up any visible tan area.

today should see the rats completed.....things will move on quickly after that I think......seems like an age that I have been doing shrouds then rats.....I see clove hitches in my sleep.

On ‎5‎/‎19‎/‎2020 at 3:35 AM, Sailor1234567890 said:

Are they all the same scale? 

more or less the same scale yes....

There has been quite a few builds of this model recently and I read a book several years ago about the sailors that had been exhumed that had died on Franklyn's ill fated mission.... They took tissues samples from the sailors bodies and the results show a massive content of lead in their bodies. This was put down to the canned food they took with them on the expedition which had been sealed with lead. I have included the pictures which some may find disturbing or interesting depending on your point of view. On the trip to exhume was a relative of one of the sailors. They were exhumed in 1986 and apart from tissue samples were reinterred in the same place. It is amazing how the ice has preserved these men. They had also been autopsied by the ships doctor before being buried to try to discover what had caused their deaths.  

I would do it anyway....it is not complicated.

I just use the "rack of the eye" when doing the rats, I don't have a gauge that I keep too or a measure behind the shrouds....just clove hitch and go...starboard side completed....Victory and Greyhound look on in the back ground.

50% of the rats now done...……...which means 50% still to go..

all the shrouds and futtock shrouds now completed …..started on the rats...….things that make me go AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH...…..running out of single malt whisky, running out of Cuban cigars and running out of ratline before the end of the shroud and having to undo the other clove hitches and start again 

started on the dreaded rats.....a few rats then a couple of beers will eventually see me through....also bought these hooks for the rigging instead of making my own.....lazy on my part but better looking.

been a busy bee as of late...….most of the shrouds completed.

a friend of mines last job in the Navy was Quartermaster on board HMS Victory.....what a cool job.

hello Emmet....I completed this model a long time ago....some pics exist in the completed models section but I didn't do a build log...….it took me about 10 years from start to finish but there were big breaks during that time.....enjoy.

this kit is on my hit list because I have an interest in the story of franklins attempt to find the north west passage....looking good so far

i'm not an expert but like someone else has said we take great enjoyment doing what we do.....I am rigging Bellona and if an expert cast a critical eye over there would be many faults.....but I don't care.....I enjoy what I do....welcome from the UK

progress

4 hours ago, Mr.Deep said:

Maybe you should try to paint the gun port covers in the color of the skin.

deliberately kept like this as a contrast to the skin.....they are not supplied with the kit and painting would in my opinion look worse.

foremast lower shrouds.....bring on the rats.....well maybe not just yet..

just found this stuff.....applied to the hemp rope before fitting to Bellona.....best stuff I have found for getting rid of the fuzz.....I drag the rope through then roll it with my fingers. It then sets without any residue.

first of the shrouds.....I have dyed the corel rope for the shrouds....this made the rope quite stiff but workable and will probably make the rats easier to cope with. 

this emergency has seen some speeding up in various builds......great stuff grandpa..

no stopping me now