Agilis by jct - FINISHED - Steingraeber - 1:60 scale - slave ship

[popeye the sailor]

the metal block look like brackets rather than blocks......jut not the envisionment of blocks with no real 'hole' to speak of.  if you want to use them,  it's up to you......my offer still stands  

 

I looked in Peterssons book to refresh MY memory........as I thought....no tops.   I was always under the impression that both masts are only two sectioned,  but I see that there is a short third section on the fore mast with it's own cross tree......   note the horse for the main mast boom.  doesn't appear that the cross trees act as a spreader either.........may be due to the rake of the masts.   your going to have a majestic looking lady there  

[jct]

Thanks much, I’m gonna give em a try, I want to see if I can make um work, a challenge, if you would.  I do greatly appreciate your offer though.

 

Im only planning on two step masts, main and fore.   Are you going to take the fore up to three?

[jct]

After my conversation with Popeye this morning I decided to scrap the tops and go with the cross/trestle trees as he suggested... 

 

so I made some cheeks

and trestle and cross trees

and inset them both

and glued um up

then made some bolsters, just quartered dowels

and glued them up

and that was it...so both masts now have the appropriate trees, thanks for the likes and comments...and thanks Denis for the solid advice, much appreciated

 

Edited March 20, 2020 by jct

[popeye the sailor]

as long as you left enough room up front for the second section to fit into,  your right in the ball park!    looks super.   as mentioned.....I was always under the impression that the fore and main masts were both two sectioned.   after looking in Petersson's book,  I see that the fore mast has a short top gallant section.   so yes.......I'll go three sections for the fore mast,  and two sections for the main mast.  I learned something too this morning.......thanks for making me take that second look  

[jct]

Thanks for hitting the like button...today's update, made and mounted the chain plates 

and also the pin rails

 

and then started laying out the deck furniture

This kit comes with a lot of hardware the problem is most of it is oversize (thus Jumbo the Clipper) the supplied screweyes are no exception....so I decided to see what I could do to make use of them. I straightened them out and recurved them with a pair of small round nose.  I think they will be usable

Well that's it for now, thanks again for looking in

[popeye the sailor]

yea....those eye bolts........I'm gonna hold them for the day I do a 1/8 scale ship...............ahhhhhhh,,,right along with the other handful I've been hang'in onto     hey......who knows,  I might even have a picture to hang   

 

she's look'in good......love the deck fittings  

[jct]

Yep Jumbo size  THX

[Edwardkenway]

12 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

she's look'in good......love the deck fittings  

As Denis said looking real nice😁

[jct]

Thx much Ed

[jct]

Decided to break out the rope walk and spin up some shroud lines and anchor rope

these will be the upper shroud lines 

anchor line

the upper copper lines will serve as chain plates to attach the lower deadeyes to the channels, once they're blackened that is, they are copper wire spun up on the walk

finished out the anchors

nd made up some mast rings

test fitting the bow sprint cap

Thanks for the likes thats all for today

[popeye the sailor]

the start of the rigging........looks good    I'll have to fix the anchors in my kit.........they are loose and the banding is beginning to peel.  I don't have a rope walk.........I usually rely on different  size thread                                                                                    

[jct]

Yep getting close...you should think about one, they are kinda fun to use and therapeutic  

[popeye the sailor]

I wouldn't know how to use one    is the thread treated with diluted glue before it comes off?

[jct]

You put a dab of ca on the very ends to prevent it from starting to unravel, but the twists in the line hold it together for the most part.  Mine is just a cheap one from Model Expo, there are some pretty elaborate ones I've seen folks make though

[jct]

I'll be posting an update soon...I hate chain plates

[jct]

Hey all thx for the likes and comments...the channels and chainplates are done, my original plan to use the spun copper was a complete FAIL, the stuff would not keep a bend for nothing so I reverted to solid copper

wrapped the deadeyes

formed the lower sections

and blackened everything, used Jax for this

and finally mounted

 

also got the masts, yards and booms prepped and ready, no pics yet maybe later today of not tomorrow for sure

 

Edited April 5, 2020 by jct
sppeling

[Edwardkenway]

20 minutes ago, jct said:

my original plan to use the spun copper was a complete FAIL, the stuff would not keep a bend for nothing so I reverted to solid copper

I found the same thing, I ended up stripping some heavy duty earth cable for the .5mm copper.

She's gonna look good considering the problems you had at the start with the de-lamination. Great job😁👍

[jct]

Thx Ed, much appreciated

[jct]

Here are the pics of the sticks I promised earlier...main boom

fore and main gaff

jib boomcont, dolphin strikecont, beesdone

mast tops, decided to use deadeyes as opposed to just lashings

added mast rings and boom rests, these are just strips of card stock glued up and dyed and painted.

 

mounted the furniture 

and added some bolts and rings for the fore stays. and that's it for now.   just trying to get as much done as I can before I step the masts as it's easier then working in the air, so to speak

[Edwardkenway]

She's coming on fine J😉

[jct]

Thanks Ed, she's getting there

[popeye the sailor]

look'in awesome J....your miles ahead of me now!  slips my mind,  but do you have the rudder done?

[jct]

Thx D, that's only cause you still have to go to work, thanks for that by the way...rudder is done, I cheated on the mounts though just simulated them with strips, fast and easy

[Keith S]

Wow! Sorry to barge into your build log, but this is kind of funny. One of my friends has had a model ship in his house for as long as I've known him. Over the years it's become a bit knocked-about, having its bowsprit broken and items of its rigging snapped and ripped off, as well as a coating of dust that made it look like a dandelion seed. I never paid much attention to it if I'm honest.

 

Anyway a couple of weeks ago he showed up at my doorstep with it (left it on the front step because we're in quarantine of course) and explained on the phone that his father had been given the ship years ago, and had in turn given it to him. When his father saw how poorly he had looked after it, he was very disappointed. So my friend was hoping I could clean and repair it. 

 

Well of course I said yes, and it actually wasn't in such bad shape under all the dust. I fished the bowsprit and fixed the rigging. Anyway the reason I'm telling this story is that I had assumed it was a scratch-build or something. Now I see, it's the same ship you're building! 

[jct]

4 hours ago, Keith S said:

Sorry to barge into your build log

No problem Keith, not an intrusion at all, you did a nice job fixin' her up, your friend should be pleased

[jct]

Here's  shot of the rudder and the fake pintle and gudgeons, kinda chessie I know

ships boat complete and fitted out with rudder, oars and line

completed the upper shroud lines, still need to rig the deadeyes

rigged the anchors 

and that's it for now may step the masts and start rigging tomorrow

[popeye the sailor]

is that the supplied ship's boat?  looks really neat      your progress looks real good too!  I haven't even made the rudder yet........I'm currently working on the cap rails 

[jct]

No it's scratched...used the kit boat as a buck to make a new one from paper...thx, trying to finish before the end of the month, not sure if I'm gonna make it or not, cap rails weren't to bad.  The rudder was a pain to align with the hole in the deck...I ended up drillin' a bunch and making a cover plate

[jct]

Thanks to all for the likes and comments...mast are stepped and rigging has commenced but first the ships boat was hung from the davits, I just made some simple hooks from wire and blacken it... 

top shrouds were rigged, with deadeyes, smaller size then the mains

and the formast top shrods were ratted

(lousy pic)

I spun up the main shroud lines on the rope walk, no pics here, same story just different threads, and they were mounted to both masts, I made up a deadeye jig to size the shroud lines

and glued and tied off all the upper dead eyes

dangling deadeyes

rigged

all tied off. ratlines won't happen until last, the stays will be next

 

mounted the bow sprint and gammoning

and that's it for today, stays will go up next

 

 

 

 

Edited April 13, 2020 by jct
sppeling

[popeye the sailor]

awesome job J!  I'll have something to follow when I get to the rigging  😎  the deck layout looks very good.