Davy Jones Posted June 9, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 9, 2020 Does anyone know what Heckblocks are all i have in my insructions are. (see pictures). Any help would be greatly apreciated. Davey. Quote Current Build Mamoli. Lexington American Brig. 1/100 Scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted June 9, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 9, 2020 That's a brand new term to me, Davey. I'll be really interested to know where it comes from. John mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted June 9, 2020 Share #3 Posted June 9, 2020 I suspect heckblocks is a misspelling and isn't it Tanganyika not Tanganjika? Who is the kit manufacture? mtaylor 1 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted June 9, 2020 Share #4 Posted June 9, 2020 I'm pretty sure 'stern blocks' is a literal translation. Can't quite see how that fits the illustration from the instructions, but at least it is a starting point. Just had a thought: in the earlier steps, did the instructions tell you to carve/shape pieces to support the transom? Possibly these are the 'stern blocks' and you are being told to plank over them? mtaylor 1 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Jones Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted June 11, 2020 On 6/9/2020 at 11:14 PM, Keith Black said: I suspect heckblocks is a misspelling and isn't it Tanganyika not Tanganjika? Who is the kit manufacture? Hi Keith. The kit manufacturer is Mamoli. Davy Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Build Mamoli. Lexington American Brig. 1/100 Scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Jones Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted June 11, 2020 On 6/9/2020 at 11:30 PM, bruce d said: I'm pretty sure 'stern blocks' is a literal translation. Can't quite see how that fits the illustration from the instructions, but at least it is a starting point. Just had a thought: in the earlier steps, did the instructions tell you to carve/shape pieces to support the transom? Possibly these are the 'stern blocks' and you are being told to plank over them? Hi Bruce. Yes. I have already made those but as you see they are on the otherside of the transome. I dont mind telling you that the instructions for this kit are not very good. Davy. GrandpaPhil, bruce d, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build Mamoli. Lexington American Brig. 1/100 Scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted June 11, 2020 Share #7 Posted June 11, 2020 According to my copy of Schiffahrts-Worterbuch 'heck' is stern and the closest entry to your puzzle is 'heck balken' = 'horn timber'. BTW, 'block' = 'block' ? HTH Bruce mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted June 11, 2020 Share #8 Posted June 11, 2020 Then I remembered another resource - German-English Dictionary of Technical, Scientific and General Terms - A.Webel, first published 1930, and bingo: Heckbalken = transom Block = pulley block So it seems to be a near-miss in the translations but it doesn't look like a critical instruction. Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Jones Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted June 12, 2020 22 hours ago, bruce d said: Then I remembered another resource - German-English Dictionary of Technical, Scientific and General Terms - A.Webel, first published 1930, and bingo: Heckbalken = transom Block = pulley block So it seems to be a near-miss in the translations but it doesn't look like a critical instruction. Thankyou Bruce. So what your saying is the Heckblocks is a Transom Pully block. So basically i'm supposed to plank the Transome pulley block. I just love puzzles lol. I also Google translated the word heckblocks and in German it means Stern blocks. Anyway i think i have the solution to this puzzle after looking at Zappto's build log. If you notice on the 1st picture my transom gun ports go all the way to the bottom of the transom. But if you look at Zappto's transome finished they do not which makes me think there must be a block under the short planking at the bottom of the gun ports. I wonder could these be the heckblocks mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and bruce d 3 Quote Current Build Mamoli. Lexington American Brig. 1/100 Scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr PR Posted June 13, 2020 Share #10 Posted June 13, 2020 German-English translation is also "tail blocks." Not much help. But your drawing Figure 10 shows gun port cill or rebate and a 1 x 3 mm strip could be used for these. The rebate is what the port lid/door closed against, and ports often had this framing on all sides for better water seals. It is similar to the molding in a door frame that the door shuts against. The guns were run out against the lower cill before firing. Sometimes there was an additional block or bumper that the gun carriage contacted to set the firing position (battery). mtaylor and bruce d 2 Quote Phil Current build: https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/19611-albatros-by-dr-pr-mantua-scale-140-about-1815/&tab=comments#comment-601276 Previous build: https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/19321-uss-oklahoma-city-clg-5-1971-3d-cad-model/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted June 13, 2020 Share #11 Posted June 13, 2020 Translations are always going to have glitches. In the '70s a very expensive piece of electronics arrived from afar wrapped in plastic. The plastic had printed warnings in different languages and the English said: Do not store children in this bag. It's all p[art of the fun. Bruce mtaylor 1 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Jones Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted June 13, 2020 Thanks guys. I think my problem is solved. But i can see with the instructions for this model there will be many more. Davy. bruce d and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Build Mamoli. Lexington American Brig. 1/100 Scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr PR Posted June 14, 2020 Share #13 Posted June 14, 2020 Bruce, Sounds like very good advice to me. Davy, Think of it this way - overcoming difficulties builds character. At least that's what they tell the Marines. bruce d and mtaylor 2 Quote Phil Current build: https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/19611-albatros-by-dr-pr-mantua-scale-140-about-1815/&tab=comments#comment-601276 Previous build: https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/19321-uss-oklahoma-city-clg-5-1971-3d-cad-model/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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