HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023

[Glenn-UK]

Good to see you're still making progress.

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

day 275 -17

been a definite slowdown on my updates, and a lack of following other builds, for which i apologise  im still here though, puppy training and where possible getting on with my build

i have a few redo;s but the foremast which is nearly complete, and i will give myself 2/10 for presentation

as for the puppy, he is coming on in leaps and bounds, mainly leaps, and the getting along with the older dog is getting much better

pup is not yet 4 months old yet and needs surgery to remove his bottom fangs as they have not grown correctly, and in doing so to help prevent the adult teeth doing the same

 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

day 291-19

its been a couple of weeks since my last update, real life has hindered the progress, lost central heating for nearly a week, the puppy has had a operation to remove his bottom fangs, but some progress has been made i will let the photos do the talking, but i am presently working forward to aft, and every now and the i will go and tie in some more ratlines,

loving this build, and have another @chris watton kits for Christmas " the Duchess of Kingston, amongst other non maritime kits

 

 

 

 

[Kevin]

[No Idea]

Happy Xmas Kev to you and yours 🎅

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

standing rigging day 334-46 (lol about 6 weeks lost to puppy training and OCCRE Loco) 

 

well the build went back onto the table a few days ago, it was nice to see her back, 

even after a short break, it took a while to find out where i left off, but basically im still on standing rigging,

here a a few catch up photos

[Old Collingwood]

Good  to  see   you  back  Kevin,   how  are  the  boys  getting on together?

 

OC.

[Kevin]

On 2/5/2024 at 6:10 AM, Old Collingwood said:

Good  to  see   you  back  Kevin,   how  are  the  boys  getting on together?

 

OC.

good evening OC, was never away, lol just lingering on the side-lines, bois are getting on quite well now and will share a same room now, but the young one does tease him a lot, hard to believe he will be six months old tomorrow 7th Feb

[Kevin]

good evening everyone, 

day 344-48

sorry about the pants photos, but now the freezer has moved out of the mancave, and its waining, so no wheelie bin, plus the mancave has had a bit of a sort out so i have to find somewhere to take the shots for tonight

spent some time tidying up the front end, but even tonight i see the spirit yard is not sitting right

i will label up a lot of the lines in the next day or so but today was sorting out the fore mast truss, i have to cut the lines to the jeers to do that, serves me right for not doing it in order (again)

horses still to be sorted, but in the right place

and lots of loose ends still

 

 

 

 

[Kevin]

indy day 355 - 48

 

good evening everyone

appologies to anyone following my logs that this has not been so informative or descriptive, been a combination of puppy training, DIY, and taking advantage of building where i can rather than posting, saying why i haven't done anything lol

anyway good progress was made with the backstays and the jeer pendants lift stays etc, and although it took a while i got the truss pendants to look ok, a lost a couple of days when that broke and i had to remove the yard and do again

i will tomorrow try and do a line recognition photo, someone asked me to do one like i did with my Vic build

 

 

[Glenn-UK]

Looks great Kevin, well done.

[No Idea]

Lovely work Kevin 👍

[yvesvidal]

Fantastic work Kevin. I admire your patience...to do all this rigging.

 

Yves

[Kevin]

1 hour ago, yvesvidal said:

Fantastic work Kevin. I admire your patience...to do all this rigging.

 

Yves

ty you have it all to come on yr build

 

[Kevin]

good morning everyone

 

day 359-48

 

i have never ever classed myself as a good modeler, messy/untidy, and lack of attention to detail spring to mind,  but i love the hobby, and the satisfaction of (i did that)

i also share my attempts with others that are interested, therefore  most of my posts are shared with two other forums Flory, and Locate and cement, formally All Scale Modeller) , and Facebook, in the forums which are mainly plastic i have been asked to detail some of the rigging lines, so here goes, 

main yard/spar 

with all blocks and lines ready to fit, the mast and spar have been drilled and pinned 

 

the pinning allows the spar to be placed intro position, and ease handing

 

 

the spar is support by large blocks called Jeers and  slings

 

to keep the main spar against the mast, a series of ropes called truss are used,  and the lines that keep them in place are called the truss pendant

 

the line above it stops the slack in the line and is called the nave

 

 

the jeers and now laced up

 

Edited February 21 by Kevin

[Glenn-UK]

Thanks Kevin, very informative. 

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

big lesson learnt

i didnt mess up, but i did try to go my own way on this build and work fwd to aft on the rigging, well im not clever enough for that, and lost my way, i will always remember the fact the sequence  of rigging is for a reason, nothing is lost or damaged, just looks a mess at present untill i catch up

so i am back to plan 16 with just some upper ratlines to do, and then move onto 17 and progress the main and mizzen backstays 

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Looking so   complaex  and  good  Kevin.

 

OC.

[Knocklouder]

There is a sequence  for rigging 

Kevin your log is one of the kind a newbie like myself  see and it so overwhelming  good  I fear the journey .  I always follow your build and advice, except  about the First Mate, I learnt she wins all the time.lol 

Just had to say fantastic work. 

[Kevin]

58 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

There is a sequence  for rigging 

Kevin your log is one of the kind a newbie like myself  see and it so overwhelming  good  I fear the journey .  I always follow your build and advice, except  about the First Mate, I learnt she wins all the time.lol 

Just had to say fantastic work. 

lots of progress has been made, but she dont look much different to my last post, i will do an update tomorrow, dont get to excited waiting lol

[Kevin]

Good morning everyone

Main mast Back stays

at last i am starting to get some quality time on the build all the main backstays are fitted

 

, and last night the Main Topsail Yard Tye went in

Apollo Ruth and Dobbie, 3 loves of my life

 

Edited March 11 by Kevin

[Kevin]

Day 384-50

good afternoon everyone, thank you for likes

 

a lot of tidying up has been done on the foremast, and a lot of lines have now been added  to the main, hence the clips just taking the weight

few extra lines are

 

 

and a few photos of how she looks this afternoon

Edited March 17 by Kevin

[Blue Ensign]

That fourth. photo  gives a great impression of the mass of rigging involved with a square rigged sailing vessel.

Nicely done Kevin.👍

 

B.E.

[Kevin]

2 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

That fourth. photo  gives a great impression of the mass of rigging involved with a square rigged sailing vessel.

Nicely done Kevin.👍

 

B.E.

Thank you BE, Appreciated

[Kevin]

unfortunately i have put my indy on a short hold, here is the reason why, copied from one of my many FB Cocker Spaniel sites

 

 

Dobbie Pingate Periscope  Blogg Day 3159 aged 8 years 8 months

Two weeks ago during a referral ear infection check-up, I mentioned that the boi was a bit grumpy, and out of sorts, and I suggested it might be a flare up of his pancreatitis, the Vet  examined his tummy area  and suggested that it should be looked at again at his next visit, his ear infection had not improved so  another course of antibiotics and Metacam for his tummy problem

Two weeks passed and another vet visit Wednesday 3 April, took a fairly happy boi into the vets

What she felt previously had grown and it was decided to leave Dobbie in for a ultra sound, this detected a large mass on his spleen,

He was booked in for a general anaesthetic, Xrays and spleen removal yesterday, 4^th April but a phone call after the x-rays confirmed the dreaded news that he had tumours throughout his body and classed as stage 4 cancer,

We have been given 3 to 6 weeks life expectancy 6 to 9 months with surgery and chemo

Dobbie is showing very little signs of being ill and that helped us with the decision we as a married couple made, that hardest decision was to cancel surgery and bring home our boi and let him enjoy his time with us

Perhaps not written very well, and maybe against many others’ views, I felt it was important to let others know what is happening, after all, a lot of members have been seeing posts of him for over 8 years now

Please don’t flood this blog with hate messages, the quality of life for a short period of time outweighs the slightly longer time he possibly could be given with all the surgery and drugs, we will let Dobbie enjoy his remaining time with us, and not allow him to  suffer

From a devastated Dobbie owner

Kevin, Ruth and puppy Apollo

 

i will of course return to my Indy when i can and feel up to it,

 

[Jim Lad]

Kevin, I'm so sad to hear of your devastating news.

 

John

[Blue Ensign]

So sorry to read this Kevin,

 

For what it’s worth, hard as it is, I think you are making the right decision.

We invest so much in our cocker family members, and the pain we feel when their time comes is very real.

 

I know you will do right by Dobbie.

 

B.E.

 

[glbarlow]

Who would send hate mail. You made the right and best decision. We love our dogs, taking our previous 17 year old beagle for that last trip is heartbreaking, no matter how right it is to do. 

[James H]

Just damn 😢

[No Idea]

So sorry to hear this Kevin and I would have done exactly the same thing as you.