Fair American by rafine - Model Shipways - Kitbashed

[rafine]

Ken, I used veil netting.

 

Bob

[EdatWycliffe]

Hi Bob. I'm busy rigging cannon breech lines and waiting for blocks from Syren to rig the inhaul tackles. All the deck furniture is done and pinned. I'll probably add furniture as I place cannon. Question: I placed the rings for the breech lines on the bulkhead lower than and outside of the holes for the inhaul eye bolts. The plans show the breech lines higher than and inside the inhaul tackles. Is there some "authentic" rationale for the tack I've taken? Thanks

 

Ed

[Mirabell61]

Bob, thanks for updating and sharing this log

 

I can well imagine that this masterly built model is one of your favorites, its beautiful from hull to Fitting out and rigging, I love this ship

 

Nils

[rafine]

Ed, I did it the way you are doing it. Either we're both right or both wrong. I've seen it done in different ways, but I'm confident that the way we're doing it is a "correct" way.

 

Thanks so much Nils. You are absolutely right that this was one of my favorite builds.

 

Bob

[Gahm]

Bob, I just discovered your Fair American build log. This is one beautiful model! And your planking is absolutely superb! But what totally amazes me is your combination of highest quality and productivity. You must average at least one complex model per year! How can that be achieved? It takes me about 10 times that long!

 

Thomas

[rafine]

Thanks so much Thomas for the kind words. One of the benefits of retirement is the time available to do what you like. I really like to build ship models and spend a whole lot of time at it. When you look at it that way, one to two years per model doesn't seem such a short time.

 

Bob

[victorpapa]

Super post,superior craftsmanship,beautiful model.

What was to be a nightmare of rigging; has become clear and something to look forward to because of your photos.

Thanks for sharing.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Victorpapa. I early appreciate your interest and kind words.

 

Bob

[KenW]

I have a question -  While I'm still working on the lower mast's standing rigging, I am researching the rigging for the topmasts.  The main topmast stay attaches to the main topmast with a mouse and the stay passes through a 1/4 inch block on the foremast.  It then is seized to a 'fiddle' block (which I call a sister block) halfway down the aft side of the lower foremast.  "A purchase is rove between a single-becket block on deck and the fiddle block, the hauling end being hitched to the deck block at its strap."  Do you know, or have a picture of, how that hitch is done exactly?

[rafine]

Ken, I'm afraid that I don't know exactly how that hitch should be done or have a picture of it. I can only tell you that I used a simple single hitch around the strop above the hook and secured it with a spot of glue.

 

Bob

[KenW]

Thanks Bob.  That makes sense, given the instructions.  It's just that I've never seen that kind of 'tying off' before.  So unless someone else comes up with a better idea, I will go with that.

Cheers.

[russ]

I think Bob's solution will work. That sort of belaying was done more often than we realize.

 

Russ

[KenW]

Thanks for your insight.

[EdatWycliffe]

Hi Bob, hope that all is well in your shipyard. On the FA Instruction sheets, I notice that there are no lift blocks for the fore and aft yardarms on the lower masts. I'd like to add them as you did, but I can't figure out how you attached them to the mast caps. Are the blocks seized around the cap? If so, how is that done after the masts are installed? Or, are the lift blocks seized onto an eye in the bottom base of the mast cap? Thanks. Ed

[rafine]

Hi Ed. I had to take a look to remind myself how I did it. The blocks are hooked to eyebolts on the undersides of the caps. I hope that helps.

 

Bob

[EdatWycliffe]

Thanks, Bob. That wil work perfectly.

[EdatWycliffe]

Hi Bob, quick question if I may: Did you initially rig both brace pendants and yard tackle pendants to the main and fore lower yardarms P & S? The FA instructions and rigging plan appear to call for them, but I didn't see them both rigged initially to the yardarms on your log. Was either the brace pendant or yard tackle pendant added later? Thanks much.

[rafine]

Ed: I never did the yard tackle pendants. The brace pendants all appear to have been rigged before I mounted the yards. See log p.2, post #29.

 

Bob

[KenW]

Just my two cents:  I am not doing tackle pendants either.  The main reason is the absence of 'tie off' points.

Cheers.