md1400cs Posted August 9, 2017 #511 Posted August 9, 2017 Mark, Super clean rigging work --- Nice! marktiedens 1 Quote Michael Current build : Sovereign 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 -
marktiedens Posted August 9, 2017 Author #512 Posted August 9, 2017 Thanks Michael,your comments are appreciated. Mark Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
Greg the peg leg sailor Posted August 9, 2017 #513 Posted August 9, 2017 Bloody marvelous Mark. You must have been a shipwrite in your past life. So clean, tidy and amazing mate. You also must have been a bit 'knotty' to hava break from the rats. Havagooday Greg Quote "Nothing is impossible, it's only what limitations that you put on yourself make it seems impossible! " Current log : The Royal Yacht Royal Caroline 1749 1:32 by Greg Ashwood:...
donrobinson Posted August 9, 2017 #514 Posted August 9, 2017 Yah, that rigging is looking real nice marktiedens 1 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus
fmodajr Posted August 9, 2017 #515 Posted August 9, 2017 Mark, Awesome rigging work! Congrats! Frank marktiedens 1 Quote
marktiedens Posted August 9, 2017 Author #516 Posted August 9, 2017 Thanks Greg & Don. Rigging is not my favorite thing to do - very slow at it. I don`t know why the rope looks a little fuzzy in the last picture - it`s Chuck`s rope & there is no fuzz on it. May be an artifact from my cheapo camera. The first two pictures are a little blurry - they were taken in my camera`s "no mans land". Too far for the close-up setting & too close for the normal setting. Mark Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
marktiedens Posted August 9, 2017 Author #517 Posted August 9, 2017 Thanks Frank! Mark Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
popeye the sailor Posted August 9, 2017 #518 Posted August 9, 2017 looking great so far! marktiedens 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
marktiedens Posted August 9, 2017 Author #519 Posted August 9, 2017 Thanks Popeye. Mark popeye the sailor 1 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
Beef Wellington Posted August 9, 2017 #520 Posted August 9, 2017 Everything looking really good Mark, nice work! marktiedens 1 Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop)
marktiedens Posted August 9, 2017 Author #521 Posted August 9, 2017 Thank you very much,Jason. Mark Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
marktiedens Posted August 17, 2017 Author #522 Posted August 17, 2017 Update - All the ratlines are now done. A real test of eyesight & patience. Next up will be the stays. Mark BillLib, Beef Wellington, BenD and 7 others 10 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
piratepete007 Posted August 17, 2017 #523 Posted August 17, 2017 Mark - what can be said but yet another superb stage in the RW construction. What a huge effort and well done !!!! Pete DenPink, md1400cs and marktiedens 3 Quote
marktiedens Posted August 18, 2017 Author #524 Posted August 18, 2017 Thanks Pete & everyone else looking in. One more picture of the topmast & futtock shrouds - Mark BillLib, Beef Wellington, DenPink and 7 others 10 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
Papa Posted August 18, 2017 #525 Posted August 18, 2017 Super job on the ratlines. I can't even come close to that level of perfection. marktiedens 1 Quote
marktiedens Posted August 18, 2017 Author #526 Posted August 18, 2017 Thanks,ragove - happy to have them done. By the way,I think I forgot to mention the ratlines are standard Coats & Clark sewing thread & the spacing was done by eye. Mark Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
popeye the sailor Posted August 22, 2017 #527 Posted August 22, 2017 very well done on the ratlines Mark.........neatly done! marktiedens 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
marktiedens Posted August 22, 2017 Author #528 Posted August 22, 2017 Thanks,Popeye. Mark Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
marktiedens Posted August 30, 2017 Author #529 Posted August 30, 2017 Hi mates & thanks for looking in. A little more progress made - I have finished installing the main & mizzen mast back stays & the mizzen stays. The crowsfeet at the mizzen top are also done. The shroud cleats provided are really nice,but looked a little large on the mizzen stay,so I had one a little smaller that I used. I will use the kit ones on the other areas where they are needed. Just about time to install that fragile bowsprit & hope I don`t snap it off while turning the ship back & forth. Mark BenD, KingDavid, BillLib and 6 others 9 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
piratepete007 Posted August 30, 2017 #530 Posted August 30, 2017 Whow Mark, That 'little more progress' represents a large amount of time and effort. The ship is giving a good impression of how it will look when finished and you must be excited yourself on how it is all coming together. Well done. Pete popeye the sailor and marktiedens 2 Quote
marktiedens Posted August 30, 2017 Author #531 Posted August 30, 2017 Thanks Pete - yes, it is starting to come "alive" now. I`m trying not to rush through it & mess it up. Mark popeye the sailor 1 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
marktiedens Posted September 1, 2017 Author #532 Posted September 1, 2017 Another little update - I thought I would take a little break from rigging & add some nails to the wales as Ken did on his RW. The nails I used are from the railroad area of my local hobby shop. They are called track pins & the nice thing about them is they are already blackened . Mark Beef Wellington, Landlubber Mike, coxswain and 5 others 8 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
Ulises Victoria Posted September 1, 2017 #533 Posted September 1, 2017 Yes! I use them extensively marktiedens 1 Quote There aren't but two options: do it FAST, or do it RIGHT. Current Project Build Log: Soleil Royal in 1/72. Kit by Artesania Latina. Last finished projects: Royal Ship Vasa 1628; French Vessel Royal Louis 1780. 1/90 Scale by Mamoli. 120 Cannons Future projects already in my stash: Panart: San Felipe 1/75; OcCre: Santísima Trinidad 1/90; Wish List: 1/64 Amati Victory, HMS Enterprise in 1/48 by CAF models. So much to build, so little time!
md1400cs Posted September 1, 2017 #534 Posted September 1, 2017 Yes here as well - have used them on my current build. Look great in scale. marktiedens 1 Quote Michael Current build : Sovereign 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 -
marktiedens Posted September 4, 2017 Author #535 Posted September 4, 2017 Another little update - after re-doing the bowsprit mast ratlines,the bowsprit was set in place. The gammoning was then done & the rack blocks were made from some walnut strips & set in place. Finally,the bobstays were rigged to the stem & bowsprit. Mark BillLib, md1400cs, piratepete007 and 2 others 5 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
marktiedens Posted September 11, 2017 Author #536 Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) Another little update - I have got the fore stay & preventer stay done & snaked.I should be further along,but I am fighting a nasty cold,so not getting a whole lot done right now. Mark Edited September 11, 2017 by marktiedens ken3335, popeye the sailor, coxswain and 5 others 8 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
piratepete007 Posted September 11, 2017 #537 Posted September 11, 2017 Take care of yourself Mark. Stays and preventer stays looking good. Pete marktiedens, popeye the sailor and md1400cs 3 Quote
fmodajr Posted September 14, 2017 #538 Posted September 14, 2017 I hope your well soon Mark! Very nice work! Frank Quote
marktiedens Posted September 15, 2017 Author #539 Posted September 15, 2017 Thanks Frank - getting better every day. Mark Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
marktiedens Posted September 21, 2017 Author #540 Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) Hi mates - another update. The main stay & preventer stay are now done,as well as the snaking. The fore & main top crowsfeet are done also. 2mm rope was used for the main stay & 1.6mm rope for the preventer stay. As always,thanks for looking in. Mark Edited September 21, 2017 by marktiedens piratepete007, Beef Wellington, petervisser and 8 others 11 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
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