harlequin
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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.
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I would do it anyway....it is not complicated.
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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.
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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
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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.
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a friend of mines last job in the Navy was Quartermaster on board HMS Victory.....what a cool job.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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this emergency has seen some speeding up in various builds......great stuff grandpa..
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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.
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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
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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.
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