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    That's quite impressive but, unfortunately beyond my skill at 1:96 scale. :(

Dave

“You’ve just got to know your limitations”  Dirty Harry

Current Builds:  Modified MS 1/8” scale Phantom, and modified plastic/wood hybrid of Aurora 1:87 scale whaling bark Wanderer.

Past Builds: (Done & sold) 1/8” scale A.J. Fisher 2 mast schooner Challenge, 1/6” scale scratch built whaler Wanderer w/ plans & fittings from A.J. Fisher, and numerous plastic kits including 1/8” scale Revell U.S.S. Constitution (twice), Cutty Sark, and Mayflower.

                  (Done & in dry dock) Modified 1/8” scale Revell U.S.S. Constitution w/ wooden deck and masting [too close encounter w/conc. floor in move]

Hope to get to builds: MS 3/16” scale Pride of Baltimore II,  MS 1/2” scale pinky schooner Glad Tidings,  a scratch build 3/16” scale  Phantom, and a scratch build 3/16" scale Denis Sullivan.

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On 11/16/2019 at 7:12 PM, archjofo said:

@Dubz

@BETAQDAVE

@druxey

 

Hi, 

first of all, I would like to thank you for your interest.

How I'm doing the hook, I explained elsewhere in the report.
Here I show again the corresponding picture:

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 Your hooks are beautifully done. One thing I've noticed, though, is that it doesn't appear that you've "moused" any of them. "Mousing" is taking a few turns around the body of the hook between the bottom of the eye and under the outward turn of the point of the hook and then seizing the turns with a series of half hitches. This is done when hooks are used. It served to keep the hook from unhooking from the ring if and when the line goes slack. Perhaps you are planning to mouse your hooks when all the rigging is done, so as to avoid having to undo any of them along the way.

 

It's a small detail, and certainly not meant as a criticism at all. I hope it won't be the "last straw" that sends you over the edge! :D

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, archjofo said:

Hi Bob,

Thank you very much for pointing out this tiny detail.
Since the hooks are very small, it will be very difficult to do it properly.

So I do not know yet if I'll do it.


Johann,

Seeing your fine execution of details, I have no doubt you could replicate the mousing. I was noticing the same thing, but Bob was quicker to comment. 
 

Below is my amateurish and feeble attempt at the same scale on a long boat.  I’m sure yours would be much better. 
 

cheers

 

 

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Able bodied seaman, subject to the requirements of the service.

"I may very well sink, but I'm damned if I'll Strike!" JPJ

 

My Pacific Northwest Discovery Series:

On the slipways in the lumberyard

Union, 1792 - 1:48 scale - POF Scratch build

18th Century Longboat - circa 1790 as used in the PNW fur trade - FINISHED

 

Future Builds (Wish List)

Columbia Redidiva, 1787

HM Armed Tender Chatham, 1788

HMS Discovery, 1789 Captain Vancouver

Santiago, 1775 - Spanish Frigate of Explorer Bruno de Hezeta

Lady Washington, 1787 - Original Sloop Rig

 

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@Dowmer


Thanks for your nice words.
A fine model, your long boat.
On the model of the La Créole in the Musée national de la Marine Paris in 1:40 scale the mousing looks like this:
 

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Maybe I'll do it. Let's see.

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Yes - stunning work indeed  :imNotWorthy: 

Michael

Current buildSovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal

Under the table:

Golden Hind - C Mamoli    Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati

Completed:   

Santa Maria-Mantua --

Vasa-Corel -

Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th

Gallery :    Santa Maria - Vasa

 

 

 

 

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Your work never ceases to amaze me Johann.

 

Thank you for the video, it pulls your progress together so far perfectly.

Finished builds are 

1/35 Endeavour's Longboat by Artesania Latina

1/36 scratch built Philadelphia Gunboat from the Smithsonian Plans

 

Current build is

Scratch build Boudroit's Monograph for La Jacinthe at 1/36

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Johann, your work on the blocks is inspirational, they are so beautifully executed.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Hi,
for the many nice comments, I thank you very much. It is a real pleasure to receive such a recognition. That encourages me to continue like this.
Also for the many LIKES a big thank you.

 

Continuation: Guide blocks inside the bulwark
In addition to double blocks, a series of single and triple blocks must also be made as guide blocks for the bulwark. In contrast to the large single blocks with iron fittings (length 6.8 mm in the scale 1:48), the simple blocks with strops are much smaller copies with only 4.3 mm in length. That does not make splicing much easier. In this respect, the short splices are not as uniform as they have already seen.
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The next picture shows a single block in size comparison to a cent coin.
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Sequel follows …

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hello,
many thanks to all for the continued interest and your nice comments.
Today I uploaded a video about the standing rigging.
I hope that you like it.

Please follow this LINK.

 

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Johann,

 

Indeed stunning work. Beyond anything that I will (most of us?) see in this "hobby". I was laughing, in kindness, my work, by comparison, is from a Lagos box --- haha :imNotWorthy:

I have learned so much from just following your work - Thank you !

 

Sincerely,

Edited by md1400cs

Michael

Current buildSovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal

Under the table:

Golden Hind - C Mamoli    Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati

Completed:   

Santa Maria-Mantua --

Vasa-Corel -

Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th

Gallery :    Santa Maria - Vasa

 

 

 

 

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Hello friends of model making,
another year has passed and you followed my project with interest. Therefore I would like to thank everyone warmly. With new energy and motivation, I hope we will continue to enjoy our hobby a lot.


Merry Christmas and good wishes for the coming year.

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Hello,

before I attach the ratlines, I have to install the rope ladders in the bulwark area. There are two ladders per mast, one on the starboard side and the other on the port side.

Here is a photo excerpt of the Parisian model of  La Créole: 

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Quelle: Musée de la Marine Paris – La Crèole


The design on the Parisian model is probably not entirely based on the original, as the following photos from this era show.

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Therefore I believe that the rung goes through the rope and secured with a rope binding, as can be seen in the following picture.
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Who can give me more information about this?

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