HMS Agamemnon by mobbsie - FINISHED - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1/64

[Sjors]

 

 we will be celebrating Sjors 65th birthday

 

 

 

 

 

Where is that DON'T LIKE button !!!!!!!

I need it and I need it NOW !!!!!!!

 

I'm gonna be 38.......

So please followers of Mobbsie's build log, DON"T believe him .

 

Very nice rigging work my friend and I will help you with making good pictures !

 

[Jim Lad]

Your Aggie is looking very impressive, Mobbsie!

 

Congratulations Sjors on his 21st birthday, and to you and  Christine as you celebrate 40 years of wedded bliss.

 

If the weather holds, make sure you take Sjors and Anja up over Hardknot Pass - from the coast side is best!

 

John

[gjdale]

Nice to see an update after all the refurb work Mobbsie, she's looking quite splendiferous! Really nice job on the ratlines. At the rate you work, I expect you'll be completely finished by the time Sjors and Anja arrive.

 

Speaking of which, congrats on the significant milestones (damn spell checker tried to say "millstones" - maybe that was just the Aussie dictionary ).

 

Noting all those celebrations, perhaps pictures aren't such a good idea..........

 

As for Sjors's age, it could be said that when he joined MSW he was a bit of an old woman. Since then he has aged considerably! :P

[Lukasvdb]

Very nice!!

[newbuilder101]

More beautiful rigging - a delight to see! Congratulations on 40 years! I heard that Sjors is celebrating the 36th anniversary of his 29th birthday.

[mtaylor]

Nice work, Mobbsie.    Congrats in advance on all the celebrating.   I won't even begin to try to sort out Sjors's age which apparently is somewhere between 18 and 81..???  

[popeye the sailor]

jeeze.......I guess we'll just have to flip Sjors over and count the rings         I wish you both well on your upcoming celebrations.

[PMG]

Superb, your rigging. Congratulations,

Pierre

[mobbsie]

Hi Guys,

 

Thanks very much for your comments and remarks on the build and for the congrats for our anniversary, also those who hit the like button, it's very much appreciated.

 

You have no idea what trouble you got me into regarding Sjors age, he really is very sensitive about it, but I suppose when you get to that age you are  

 

Popeye, if I turn Sjors over you can count his rings mate, I aint going there.   :D  

 

Sherry, 29 x 36 = 1044, you could be right.

 

Grant, I have some old dresses he could use, from my younger days you understand, I enjoyed a bit of drag.

 

John, Hardknot Pass is most definitely on the agenda, I travel that road every time I go up there, it's almost a tradition now, I may have a look at Hardknot fort this time round, trouble is there's hardly any parking. For those of you who don't Hardknot Pass it's a notoriously steep road over the top of a mountain range, at some points it's a 1 in 3 climb and bends like you've never seen before, at points the road just disappears and all you can see is the sky.  

 

OK to get back on topic, having said that I didn't want to fit any backstays just yet, I have to make an amendment, when fitting the Mizzen Topmast and Topgallant stays the Topgallant mast was waving around like a whip areal so I've had to steady it up, that's now done so I can now continue with the Main and Foremast stays, when they are done I will post some more pics. 

 

Thanks again ladies and gents.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[NAZGÛL]

Brilliant work!

 

 

/Matti

[mobbsie]

Hi Guys,

 

It's update time again.

 

Been fairly busy on the rigging and it's not been without it's problems, which is to be expected.

 

Apart from the Back Stays, Breast ropes and the Jibboom Guy Pendants the standing rigging is done, I want to try and keep the Back Stays and Breast Ropes off for as long as possible to allow easier access inside for the running rigging. 

 

Following AEW's (Arthur) enquiry regarding the Mizzen and Main Topmast and Royal anchor points I decided to make a few changes, I undid the fixings and replaced them with block and tackle, I used hooks on the eyebolts with a single 3mm block with tail rope attached, the running end had a 3mm double block tied on, the tackle was tied off between the lower block and hook, it's much better, thanks Arthur.

 

Bowsprit is fitted along with the corresponding ropes, Boomkins are also on with brackets scratch built and fitted.

 

I'm going to get some photography lessens when you know who arrives so you'll have to put up with my efforts for now, sorry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before the change ( Topmasts & Royal Stays )               Half way through

 

 

The end result, better I think

 

So that's it for now.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

 

 

 

 

[Sjors]

Nicely done Mobbsie !

 

And the pictures are not that bad at all !!!!!!

They are pictures ,so I like them     

 

[popeye the sailor]

sweet rigging Mobbsie     coming along quite nicely!

[gjdale]

Looking fantastic Mobbsie. The re-work on the topmast and royal stays looks much better - well done! By the way, nice looking blocks

 

And when you-know-who arrives, we expect nautical pictures from the Lake District.

[augie]

 Nice crisp work all around, Mobbsie.  1.5 years into the build and she is already most impressive.

[newbuilder101]

All I can say is beautiful! The block and tackle assemblies do look even better, but I thought it looked good before.

[riverboat]

Tony, your rigging skills are to be envied!!...... beautiful work !!..... your build is looking so good.

 

Frank

[mobbsie]

Hi Guys,

 

Thank you all very much for your very kind comments and remarks, also to all who hit the like button, thank you.  

 

Sherry,  The reason I changed the tie off on the stays was due to a conversation with Arthur (AEW), he was absolutely right about not being able to adjust or tighten the stays if they were just tied off to the eyebolt, I used blocks to attain my end result but Arthur is looking into using thimbles. The added benefit is that I get to use some superb blocks which were supplied by Grant.   :)  

 

Grant,  Nautical pictures will be forthcoming, research is currently underway, hopefully not in the rain, if that's possible.!!!!!!!!!!!!!   :D  

 

Augie,  1.5 years, is that all, seems a lot longer, when you consider that I used to build in just 3 - 4 months just shows old I'm getting.  

 

Frank,  You flatter me mate, if I follow your example and that of the many excellent modellers here I can only hope to not embarrass myself, I try.  

 

Denis,  Difficult to see the ship at the moment mate, just poked myself in the eye with the Bowsprit so I may change my Avatar to something similar to yours, such fun.  

 

Sjors,   I challenge you to improve my photographic skills mate, you will have your work cut out, old dog and new tricks comes to mind, see you Friday mate.  

 

Thanks Again Guys

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[popeye the sailor]

how in the heck did you do that?!?!   most folks endure the cutting method earlier in their builds...........I see that YOU like to impale yourself!  is that depth perception........or 3D?

 

new addendum in model ship safety:   always wear safety glasses........even around the ship!  {that's not a wink......I got something in my eye}

[mobbsie]

Hi Popeye,

 

Bowsprit is the some height as my eye line, I turned the ship around and the rest is history so they say, no damage to the Bowsprit but the air changed colour, funny how that happens init.   :angry:        

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[riverboat]

BE CAREFUL!!!!!!

[augie]

I'm surprised at you Mobbsie.  Last time I did that was with a main yard ---- now that's class!

[Sjors]

So now we are visiting one eye Mobbsie......

 

And I have to sit next to you in the car ?????

 

O dear......

 

See you on friday morning 7.00 AM sharp !!!!!!!!      

 

[gjdale]

Fortunately I was wearing my Optivisor nearly all the time when doing my rigging. It saved me from the same fate on a number of occasions!

[mtaylor]

Nice work there, Mobbsie.. or is now One-Eyed-Tony?????? 

[Jim Lad]

I thought you were only one-eyed when it came to football, mate!  I hope the eye is OK.

 

John

[popeye the sailor]

optical aides are Ok........I wear reading glasses now,  so I've been safe.  I have an optivisor........just can't seem to get use to it.  can't recall a time earlier,  but I'm sure I've done something like that in my day.  feel good in knowing that if you were working on an earlier vessel.......the bow spirit would have been used as a battering ram

[mobbsie]

Jeez your a sympathetic lot, you all nearly brought me to tears, oh hang on, that was the Bowsprit,   :D     I love it. 

 

The eye's fine gents, no worries there.

 

Popeye,  I also wear reading glasses as well as distance glasses and I use an optiviser, but not on this occasion. Tried the cutting thing, all my ships carry my DNA.    , to answer your question mate, it's depth perception and old age.

 

John,  I used to like you,     we don't mention football in this house anymore, we build them up just to knock them down again, that should be our National Sport.  

 

Mark, 

 

Sjors,   My driving might improve with only one eye on the road mate, 07:30 it is then.  

 

Augie,  I bow to your greater misfortune mate, at least I went Bowsprit to eye and not eye to Main Yard. It would be interesting to know what the percentage of eye injuries are with this hobby though, I'm not asking the question.     

 

Grant,  I have to wear it most of the time now but it's uncomfortable and so I remove it asap, too soon on this occasion.

 

Be Good Guys

 

mobbsie

[cog]

Mobbsie,

 

Maybe we should stick to perception and get some of those 'parking beepers' to use around ourselves if confronted with sharp objects. Be carefull

[popeye the sailor]

time for that later........I think you have company