Granado by rafine - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64

[albert]

Great work, very nice.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Sjors, Albert and the "likes"s.

 

Bob

[Gahm]

Wonderful work, Bob! I enjoy every bit of it!

 

Thomas

[rafine]

Thanks so much Thomas. Your interest and comments are always appreciated.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

Very fine and accurate work Bob,

I like your color giving. How did you get the blue color so sharply in the middle-line of the head rails (wow !!)

 

Nils

[donrobinson]

That is real impressive Bob

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nils and Don.

 

Nils, all of the head work was done using laminations ( a technique you seem to know well  ). Easy to get perfect color separation that way.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

Thanks for the answer Bob,

 

an excellent technique for color separation, thats for sure....

 

Nils

Edited December 1, 2016 by Mirabell61

[rafine]

Both lower masts and their tops have now been made and mounted. A busy ten days.

 

The mizzen is the simpler the two. The mast was made from a piece of dowel, squared at the upper end with a square tenon added. The lower portion was shaped to fit the enclosed hole in the hull former. Boxwood strip cheeks were added below the head on areas filed flat. The boom saddle was drilled and cut from boxwood sheet and it's brackets cut from boxwood strip. The mast pin rails were cut from boxwood strip with holes drilled for the pins. These were pinned and glued to the mast. The top, trestle trees and crosstrees were made using the kit parts, with the exception that the railing was made from boxwood strip.  

 

The mainmast is more complex. The starting point was again a piece of dowel, squared at the upper end with a tenon added, and shaped at the lower end for the mounting hole. The upper cheeks were cut from boxwood sheet. The extended cheeks were cut from boxwood strip and sanded to shape. Both portions of the cheeks were added to area of mast that were sanded flat. The wooldings were added using black line with paper bands. Paper bands were also used on the mast head. The top, trestletrees and crosstrees were again made using kit parts.

 

Mast coats for both masts were cut and drilled from boxwood sheet and painted black. I also made the caps for both masts from boxwood sheet, but these won't be added until later.

 

For both masts, the dowel portions were stained golden oak to match the boxwood  parts, and then finished with wipe-on poly. The heads, upper cheeks and tops were painted black. Brass mounting pins for the lower yards were added. The masts were glued in place ( I know that some choose to leave the masts loose to allow for adjustment during rigging, but I prefer the stability provided by gluing). The top assemblies were added after mounting the masts and bolsters then added.

 

You will see that I added only the deadeye for the lower end of the mizzen stay and the blocks for the spritsail braces under the main top at this point. The blocks are held in place by boxwood toggles.

 

Bob

 

 

[Mirabell61]

lovely masting under way Bob,

 

Nils

[Beef Wellington]

The masts seem to match perfectly Bob, just beautiful work all around.  The pin arrangement on the mast is not something I've seen before, very interesting.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nils, Jason and the "likes".

 

Jason, the mast pin arrangement is shown in both the kit plans and AOTS. I agree that the more usual fittings would probably be cleats.

 

Bob

[jwvolz]

Looking very nice Bob. 

[Gahm]

Super work, Bob! And amazing progress!

 

Thomas

[rafine]

Thanks so much Joe, Thomas and the "likes".

 

Bob

[Blue Ensign]

Very nice work on the masts Bob.

 

Re the mast 'pin' is that simply to secure the yard to the mast as a modellers aid to rigging? I am a bit confused because you mention cleats as the usual fitting, The only cleats I am aware of in that area are the sling cleats on the yards.

 

I have used small pins on my Pegasus to hold the yards whilst I rig the parrels etc. it makes life easier.  

 

B.E.

[albert]

Hi Bob your work is fantastic.

[rafine]

Thanks so much B.E., Albert and the "likes".

 

B.E., I thought Jason's question was about the belaying pins in racks on the base of the mizzen mast and answered it accordingly. I wasn't even thinking of the yard mounting pins, which I have used for a long time for the same kind of reasons that you mention. 

 

 

Bob

[Blue Ensign]

Lol the mast pins were the last thing I saw before Jason's reply, now it makes perfect sense.  

 

That  belay pin arrangement on the Mizen is the same as shown on the Pegasus kit plans, but I opted for the cleat arrangement.

 

Glad we cleared that up  

 

B.E.

[rafine]

Standing rigging on the lower mizzen mast is now mostly complete. This involved doing the shrouds (but not the ratlines at this time), the mizzen stay and blocks for the boom topping lift, gaff topping lift, gaff throat halyard and main topsail braces. All of this was straightforward and proceeded quickly. The only "unusual" feature was the pin rail fitted to the shrouds. As with the other rigging, the deadeyes are from the kit, the blocks and line are from Syren and sizes are taken from AOTS.

 

I'm now working on the main lower standing rigging.

 

Bob 

[Mirabell61]

Hi Bob,

 

I like those belaying pins in the shroud spreader boards, a nice alternative to cleats...

 

Nils

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nils and the "likes".

 

Bob

[rafine]

I've now done a good part of the standing rigging on the lower main mast. This included the burton pendants, the shrouds, the main stay, the main preventer stay, the lead blocks for the main wingsail gaff peak and throat halyards and the deadeye for the mizzen topmast stay. Also added were sheer poles for the shrouds and cleats for the jeer tackles. A number of items remain to be done including ratlines, the jeer tackle blocks and catharpins.

 

Once again, the deadeyes and hearts are from the kit, the blocks and line are from Syren.

 

Bob

[Red]

Hi Bob,

Very, very nice.

How do you tie your blocks, they look so neat and tidy?

Regards

Red

[rafine]

Thanks so much Dirk, Red and the "likes".

 

Nothing very complicated with the blocks Red. In the case of the pendants, the blocks are seized in a loop at the end of the pendant. In the case of the blocks at the mast head, they are seized in a loop and the two ends are merely wrapped around the masthead and glued in place. At this scale, at and at this point in my life , I am unwilling or unable, or both, to do seizings at the masthead. 

 

Bob

[russ]

Bob:

Great work on the deadeyes and lanyards. The look of tension is very convincing.

 

Russ

[Tigersteve]

Looking really good.

Steve

[Blue Ensign]

Neat work Bob, I'm glad to see that you have had the foresight to fit the Main Topsail Brace lead blocks to the Mizen, something I missed to my cost in time trying to retro fit them.  

 

B.E.

[John Cheevers]

This is really good work, glad I get to see it!

[rafine]

Thanks so much Russ, Steve, B.E. and John for the nice comments and thanks also to the "likes".

 

Unfortunately, B.E., no matter how much foresight we try to use, there's always something we forget.   

 

Bob