Armed Virginia Sloop By captain_hook - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48

[captain_hook]

Before I do the starboard side I took a break from knoting glove hitch knots and made the traveller ring from .8mm brass wire. Used a .5mm drill to drill two holes into the ring and soldered two eyebolds to each side to rig the traveller inhauls. 

[Chuck]

That rigging is looking very good.  That is a fine looking model. 

[captain_hook]

@Chuck: Thank you very much, but the honour belongs to your fine rope and accessoires 🤗.
 

The footropes on the starboard side are finished too. 168 glove hitch knots per side and this is only a cutter-likely rigged vessel - can‘t imagine if I will keep my mind when it comes to building a two masted ship. Anyway that completes the standing rigging. Will turn on the yards next..

Edited December 15, 2019 by captain_hook

[captain_hook]

Before I will continue with rigging the yards, I took a break to make the swivel guns. The supplied ones are made of Britannia casting and I substituted them with syren 1/4 scale swivel guns. Soldered two metal stripes together to make the holding and drilled a 0.8mm into the gun to add the handle. The handle was made from 2mm brass rod. The kit-supplied gun is shown in the lower left corner. I then test-fitted two guns on the ship.
 

[Chuck]

Wonderful work with the swivels.   Just great metal work.  

[Ronald-V]

great improvement!

[captain_hook]

Started work on the upper yard. 

[captain_hook]

Upper yard parrel is installed. Served the rope and used .08 brown rope lashing on one side. Three days break and then I will turn on the lower yard. Started this build on 12/30/2016 and hope to finish it before 12/30/2019. And BTW - I wish everyone on MSW a merry christmas. 🎄 

[JpR62]

Superb work ! This rigging work is a wonderful example to follow ! Merry Christmas and good wind for 2020 !

[captain_hook]

Thank you Jean-Paul. Lower yard is finished and test-fitted. All the remaining rigging will be done in the next 2 days.

[Ronald-V]

You did a wonderful job with the rigging!

[captain_hook]

Thank you for the nice comments and likes. Some more work on the topyard. The rigging is very time-consuming, today I haven‘t done half of the things I wanted to. But the ship is stuffed with different kind of tackles, jigs etc. If you‘re looking for some special kind of rigging - the AVS surely has it...

[captain_hook]

Happy new year!!! I have finished all the running rigging but still have to readjust the tension and to fix loose ends to the belay points. Unfortunately I‘m running out of tan rope and have to wait for another syren order to arrive to resupply my stock until I start to make some rope coils. Will use the time to finish the anchor and buoys and the base.

 

Edited January 3, 2020 by captain_hook

[captain_hook]

Some work on the anchors. The kit-supplied ones are very small, so I decided to use some bigger ones. Served the ring with .008 rope. Attached the anchor cable with a knot I found in Mondfelds „Ship models“ book. Surrounded two 3/16 double blocks with black card to simulate an iron band and attached two hooks made of eyelets. Made two new templates for anchor buoys that looks more to scale. Although the anchor buoys are made of cork AFAIK I think about leaving them unpainted.

[Bossman]

Captain, you have done a wonderful job on this ship! Not taking away from the ship by any means but the rigging is very impressive. 

[captain_hook]

I studied several pictures and drawings of anchor buoys and experimented with different shapes. As they are originally made of several layers of cork there was either the option to paint the blank ones I made before dark brown or to simulate the layers with thin layers of boxwood. A rather bright wood color will allow to see the different layers rather than a dark colored wood like pear. I made my final templates out of 1mm sheets of boxwood glued on each other with 0.8mm steel wire inside to prevent the assembly to break when brought to shape. Did this with a needle file in my stood drill as I don‘t own a lathe (yet). Now I‘m free to worry about rigging the buoys...

[Ronald-V]

Very nice result!

[captain_hook]

The ropework on the base has been finished. So it is finally ready for mounting the AVS on it. The anchor buoys are next..

[Tigersteve]

Looks amazing!

Steve

[DocBlake]

Very nice job overall.  I especially love the launching ways!  Well done!

[captain_hook]

Thank you for the nice feedback. I did some work on the anchor buoys. Used served .018“ rope to rig the buoys. But the proportions don‘t look right so I may redo the rigging on next weekend. The last steps seem to need the longest time.

Edited February 3, 2020 by captain_hook

[captain_hook]

The last steps ... As Carnival is celebrated in Germany these days spare time is limited. But I made some new anchor buoys templates more scale and have prepared the rigging but haven‘t decided which one I will use. The other ones will be stored for the next project. Will rig them next weekend and then hopefully turn to the final step.

[ASAT]

Beautiful work Captain, very skilled execution..... is that Fasching you are referring.to? I remember celebrating in Wiesbaden as a boy with my Parents. Dad was US Air Force.....

[Moab]

I’m joining this incredible build.... a few years late. What a wonderful, wonderful ship...Moab

[captain_hook]

Thank you for the nice comments and likes. 
 

@ASAT: Yes, there is an airborne base in Wiesbaden-Nordenstadt, but I don’t know if it is still active. There are several words for that - Fasching, Fasnacht or Karvenal depending where you live in Germany. It is hard to explain why Germans love to celebrate that. Starting on 11/11 every year it is a mixture of dressing up and some (political incorrect) entertainment and humor. There are meetings in big halls with evening-filling shows and street-parades with dressed up groups and dancers especially at the end of the season. 

 

Edited February 24, 2020 by captain_hook

[captain_hook]

Finally the anchor buoys are finished. Now I have to attach them to the anchors.

[captain_hook]

Rigged the cathead and test-fitted an anchor before the buoy-rope is attached to it. Only minor steps due to an influenza that knocked me out for some days.

[captain_hook]

Still recovering from the flu but at least managed to attach the buoys to the anchors. Have to tighten the rigging before the assembly will be installed.

[Chuck]

Everytime I look at your model it keeps getting better.   You are doing a fantastic job.   I love the base.   That will amazing when its all done.

 

Well Done!!!

[captain_hook]

As daily life is restricted here in germany due to government regulations during the corona epidemia I have plenty of time to continue the build. Installed the anchors and some rope coils.