Duanelaker Posted August 23, 2019 Share #1 Posted August 23, 2019 I have noticed in the plans and instructions that there is no mention of installing a brass loop on the traveler before installing the traveler, how ever there is a picture of it on the instructions. Do I need to install this and what should I use as there is no reference to a part number. Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyCity Frankie Posted August 23, 2019 Share #2 Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) Likely it’s a good idea to attach that lower sheet block now, your instinct is quite right. If it was me, I’d strop the block using wire and I’d just form an eye over the traveler (often called a Horse) while I was at it. I’m skeptical of the single block shown in the photo, I believe a double block is more likely given the loads involved with the Main Sheet. In my opinion. Edited August 23, 2019 by JerseyCity Frankie mtaylor 1 Quote Quote Niagara USS Constitution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted August 23, 2019 Thank you for your response! I will look into what you are saying and hopefully do what works! This is only my second model (first with real rigging), I have completed a dory and I am also working on the AL Bounty Jolly at the same time. I have come to realize my skill is not what everyone else's is, but I have to start somewhere even if its ugly. I have a hard time understanding that I am not going to produce museum quality for quite some time, if ever. mtaylor 1 Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsutcliffe Posted August 24, 2019 Share #4 Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) Hi there is no part number because you have to form the piece from 1/32 brass rod as per the photo, bend the ends over and insert into predrilled holes in the position shown, job done, a little ca should hold it in well enough, the block to be attached would have either an eye or a hook to move along the traveller as frankie says above which you could fit now or when rigging Hth regards Paul Edited August 24, 2019 by paulsutcliffe Quote The clerk of the cheque's yacht of sheerness Current build HMS Sirius (1797) 1:48 scratch POF from NMM plans HMS Winchelsea by chuck 1:48 Cutter cheerful by chuck 1:48 Previous builds- Elidir - Thames steam barge Cutty Sark-Billings boats Wasa - billings boats Among others 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted August 24, 2019 I understood the 1/32” brass transforms into the traveler (as the instructions were clear for that), my question was how/when/what to connect the block to it as there was no instruction on when or how to do it, I might use the eye as you mentioned or twist wire around the block I guess. I’ll have to look others logs I guess. Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted August 24, 2019 Looks like a found a picture on another build log that explains it Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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