HMS Beagle by Pete D - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:60 Scale

[Pete D]

the moment of truth. All yards are now attached , no going back . And then the masts . Too late now if I see anything missing....

[Pete D]

Attached the bowsprit also . Its seemed out of allignment , but I guess it was the angle of the photos 

[Pete D]

And now I thought that I could finally attach the BEAGLE....

[The Gimps Chimp]

Hi Pete,

You are making such rapid progress with this model.  (I'm just getting to the end of the second planking with mine.  I'm hoping to pick up the progress in the coming weeks.  Work has been a bit busy recently  )

Good to see that not only do you have great speed but the quality of your workmanship is extremely high.  This build log is providing some fantastic insight into what lays ahead for me.  I shall be following your progress very closely as you advance with the rigging.

Keep up the excellent work.  

Chimp

[Pete D]

So I started on the rigging of my Beagle . I decided to start from the stern working forwards , as it seemed it would be easier with less to do on the mizzen mast . I attached the shrouds with a simple knot

[Pete D]

Been a while since I worked on ratlines , so I tried some before I went further . Wasn't impressed with this lot so undid it to try again

[Pete D]

This was the second or third attempt before I decided to proceed . This is before I have glued or trimmed the ratlines

[Pete D]

Trimmed and glued

[Pete D]

I then started some work on the bow

[Pete D]

I started to work on some of the main mast shrouds . 

[Pete D]

This is a simple jig I made to keep the lanyards equal

[Pete D]

I then started to work on the top dead eyes and shrouds

[Pete D]

I have continued on  the process of rigging me Beagle . I thought I would show you how I went about this process. Any comments will be appreciated , as to method and process. This sequence was for the rigging of both lower and upper shrouds on the foremast.

 

First I measured off the lengths of  the lower shroud needed before attachment to the Mast

[Pete D]

I then  siezed the shroud , no glue , so that I could move the siezing up or down until the lanyard would be the correct length and attached the deadeye

[Pete D]

This is how the lanyards ended up

[Pete D]

I hen proceeded to tie the ratlines on the lower shrouds

[Pete D]

I then decided to try a different method for the upper shrouds. When I worked on the upper shrouds of the main mast , I pretty much used the same system that I have  just shown. It just appeared to be really hard work working in space , small , and the anchor point were really "brittle" , I was afraid I was going to snap the mast.

 

I decided that I could do all the siezing required , before attaching to the mast , in a more comfortable space away from the ship. When done I could then attach to the mast and proceed further

 

So I did the siezing in the conventional way in the vice

[Pete D]

These are the shroud lines prior to attaching to the upper mast

[Pete D]

Upper mast attached area , prior to attaching deadeyes and working our the length of the lanyards

[Pete D]

Completed deadeyes and lanyards , ready for attaching ratlines

[Pete D]

Ratlines attached .

 

Hopefully I have showed relevant steps that seem to have worked okay . If anyone has advice or criticism of the method , please go ahead

[Techtonic]

Thanks for detailing your process. I'm definitely going to use this as a guide when doing mine.

[Pete D]

Just a small update. Managed to complete the ratlines on the upper and lower foremast . Before and after the neatening up process

[Pete D]

Upper ratlines  foremast completed

[Pete D]

Started some work on the foremast and bowsprit stays

[Pete D]

Completed work on foremast and bowsprit stays

[Pete D]

Just a shot of my Beagle so far , as it appeared in the sunset

[Pete D]

Continued to attach all the mast stays . Some of the back stays have a block attached , this is the process that I used for attaching the block

[Pete D]

This is the finished product

[Pete D]

I have found that a floss threader comes in really handy when having to thread the blocks and eyes with those small holes that older  eyes struggle to see