Prince de Neufchatel by Coyote_6 – Constructo – 1/58 scale - American privateer

[Chuck Seiler]

Square away that rudder mate!  

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[Coyote_6]

Whew!  The holidays.  Am I right?

 

So here we are 4 months later with remarkably little to show for the time.  But to @Chuck Seiler I can attest I have indeed got the rudder and tiller squared away.  (At least mostly anyway!)

 

Starting the new year correctly at the shipyard with a safety brief, the assembled staff paid keen attention.

 

 

 

Here is the rudder installation completed.

 

The devil being in the details, we have:

 

The pinned "Wood lock" is installed with a removable pin.   The Wood Lock prevents the rudder from unshipping (falling off).

 

And of course if it did unship, the Rudder Pendants (brass chains) keep the rudder close to the to ship to facilitate repairs.

 

 

And of course the tiller yoke.  If you remove the pin, the tiller yoke can slide out of the rudder head.

 

 

From the external bumpers up and the whole deck/bulkheads/rails have 3 coats of wipe on satin polyurethane clear coat.  When cured,  we will be ready to start some rudimentary rigging (tiller rigging and guns to start).

 

 

 

Thanks for looking in, and wishing everyone  great new year!

 

Steve