harlequin

I have heard this Old....cheers will try it.

hooks for blocks made from eyebolts, blackened and bent into shape....need lots of them on this model.....probably to big for scale but i'm happy with them.....as you can see corels blocks are not accurately drilled but when the rigging is attached it is not noticeable.

I am using corels supplied rope and caldercrafts black rope....I will as usual get the colours wrong, I will end up mixing the fixed with the running as usual......the blackrope is not too bad just got to work it slightly to get rid of all the fuzz, and it doesn't take to pva as well as the corel but I think all will be well 

well the rigging is now well and truly underway.

6 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Sutch a repetative job doing the spars  but they are looking bang on the money.

 

OC.

cheers old...…..second only to the ratlines in terms of tediousness.....it is why I had such a long break last time......I reach a time when I say enough and put Bellona into hibernation for a while...….but she is out in the open again and I have moved on rather quickly...…..mast fixing to the hull today.....rack af the eye required so no single malt for a while.

well,... all of the yards and masts have had their preliminary blocks and ropes attached. On to the next stage now with the wonderful glorious magnificent stupendous reatlines to look forward too. Will add the masts tomorrow.....not long ago this build was in serious danger of imminent destruction such was the way things were progressing.....now I don't think the old girls looks to bad.

1 hour ago, Tony Dee said:

Hello all from Virginia

 

Hope everyone is staying healthy and safe. I just wanted to introduce myself. I am extremely green and getting started with trying out the build for the Blue Jacket Revenue Cutter. I already screwed the hull shaping up and am going to have to call them to see if i could just order a new hull since i really messed the first one up. I'm hoping they will be able to send me a new one.

 

I don't want to get discouraged and am going to take it very slowly. One build at a time. Starting with beginner model and hoping to advance over time. I love working with my hands and am eventually looking for something to keep me busy in future retirement and to pass down.

 

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

 

Stop by and say hello

 

Have a great day

 

Tony

Tony....post some pics and see if anyone can help.....even if it is an embarrassing total disaster no one will give a monkeys but will see if there is a workaround.

Hi Tony.....we have all had disasters over the years......don't let it put you off.....my current build came so close to being pulped for various reasons. Keep going and it is never a waste of time even if you scrap the current build you are on because you will have learned from it. Practice on it even if you never display it, you will eventually turn out good stuff.

some of the yards completed.....corels blocks are not that good, but I am working with them. I roll them between my finger and thumb to knock any loose bits of wood from them and re drill some of the holes.   

And just an aerial view of the ship. Masts have not been fixed. 

jump straight in Nazir......you can pick tools up as and when you need them......I am a why cant I do it rather than can I do it bloke...….go for it is my advice.

Main yard now completed ….am I beginning to enjoy this rigging business?....been inside for too long. 

cheers Old...….rigging is one of those things that can enhance or ruin what you have done before as you know, and it is not so easily hidden.....but I grit my remaining teeth and carry on ...

all three masts now completed and fitted with their respective blocks etc. and the main yard is now underway.

foremast now completed.

Main mast fitted with all its blocks and deadeyes......Victory in the background keeping an eye on things.....My friend Keith was quartermaster on board Victory till he left the navy a few years back

I did follow that for a while.....it looked fantastic.

8 hours ago, Bill Morrison said:

Beautiful job so far!  I have this kit waiting in the wings, and you are inspiring me to jump in!

 

Bill

jump in Bill.....it is not without its problems being a corel kit but it is rather beautiful

13 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Hi there  (sorry to but in)  long time no speak since our  Greyhound  days   hope you keeping well.

 

OC

hey there old friend.....I have just brushed the dust from Greyhound....hope all is ok....

main mast furniture slowly being added......the only trouble is I have just found a glenfarclas single malt that needs some attention...

16 hours ago, hamilton said:

Wow - nice shot here Harlequin! I'm itching to get back to building - especially as the COVID situation continues....unfortunately, I have a mountain of work to get through before I can get back to the "bench" (i.e., dining room table)....hope you're all well over there! 

hamilton

all well over here cheers, and I trust and hope all is ok at your end.....sometimes I just look at the rigging and just think why do I put myself through this......then I go out and buy another ship to complete.....utter madness......I may do like albert finney did in the film network and stick my head out of the window tonight and shout....."I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" ...it may catch on.

mast tops dead eyes in place using aforementioned method.

3 hours ago, hamilton said:

She's looking great Harlequin! Impressive work

hamilton

hey Hamilton....long time no see.....hope you are keeping well......Bellona is now 7 years in the making.....Greyhound took about 10 months but my corel Victory about ten years.....

foremast dead eyes using my solution in previous post.....seems to have worked fine.

well... corels cast collars for the dead eyes mounted on the masts are useless(first pic)….they just keep snapping ….so my solution is a piece of black rope secured around the dead eye with just enough rope to poke through the mast and a brass eyelet poked through the opposite direction and glued in place. The eyelets will be blackened.....job sorted....just need 32 of them. Corels fittings are sometimes so bad they are not worth including in the kit. 

well this is the most rigging I have done in quite some time