HMS Indefatigable by ECK - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64

mgatrost · November 6, 2023

Looking great!

ECK · November 6, 2023

Thanks, now for a few months of rigging!

ECK · November 9, 2023

Rigged the mizzen yards, pinned the the yards to the mast and secured them

Glenn-UK · November 15, 2023

It is interesting to see you are rigging the yards to the masts before adding the shrouds and stays. It is something I have thought about doing as the access will be much easier.

ECK · November 15, 2023

You got it. I have tried it both ways but I find it hard to get into the areas once the shrouds are on. It is only a bit awkward when you are doing the ratlines.

ECK · November 15, 2023

I have not quite done with the yards as I unfortunately seem to be short at least 10 of the 4 mm blocks. I tried to order the ones in the kit but they are out of stock wherever I look. I found very similar ones and they should arrive Fri. I have all the lines ready to quickly finish the attaching of the yards.

ECK · November 18, 2023

Finally finished the yards and mounting them to the masts. I am still happy to do this now as fiddling with the lower mast rigging helped with the added work space.

Attaching the various riggings

The main yard of the mainmast has the yard central lifts tied off to the bits on the main gundeck. Only way is to thread it through the grate.

With the bowsprit in place temporarily the size of the ships is spectacular.

Kevin · November 18, 2023

beautiful

Glenn-UK · November 18, 2023

Looks great. I am finding making the masts and yards is very time consuming.

ECK · November 18, 2023

Thanks all. Yes it took me almost 3 weeks. There is certainly more details in the rigging than in any of the other ships I have done.

ECK · November 19, 2023

So started the shrouds. Things linig up . Yards not an issue. Only pain ti the formost gunport lids that I keep hitting as I am doing the foremast deadeyes

ECK · November 23, 2023

Main mast shrouds done. Lining up nicely with the chains

Glenn-UK · November 23, 2023

Nicely done

ECK · November 23, 2023

Thanks. A break today for Thanksgiving

Javelin · November 24, 2023

Brilliant work. She's already a very impressive model, even unfinished!

Enjoy the break.

ECK · November 25, 2023

All the shrouds set up. Catharpins done. Now death by a thousand knots.

ECK · November 29, 2023

Took awhile for my eyes to uncross but the ratlines on the lower shrouds are done.

ECK · November 30, 2023

Took all afternoon to fix all the shroud cleats.

Glenn-UK · November 30, 2023

They are tricky cleats to fit, you've done well to get them all in place.

Edited November 30, 2023 by Glenn-UK

ECK · November 30, 2023

They are also very fragile. I used ones I had around for the foremast as they were a bit heftier and the lasered ones on the main and mizzen. You an notice the difference.

I liked your adding the extra layer around the yards. I have done that in other models. It certainly beefs up the yard

ECK · December 3, 2023

Finished the upper shrouds. Will become cross eyed again for the next few days stitching the ratlines in.

ECK · December 9, 2023

Upper shrouds and ratlines all done, as Chris Watton said, the most tedious and longest part of rigging.

Glenn-UK · December 9, 2023

Always good to reach this milestone, excellent work.

allanyed · December 9, 2023

The model looks very nice. There is one thing that looks new for me. Regarding the lower masts I see a rope woolding without the requisite wooden hoops but also what look like iron bands. From James Lees' The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, page 2, "Iron bands superseded rope wooldings in 1800. They were 3 inches wide" (1.2mm at 1:64) From the photos the bands on the model look to be about 8 or 9 inches ( 3.5mm). As Indefatigable was near the time of transition, would there have been a mix of the types of rings used and a variety of sizes?

Allan

ECK · December 9, 2023

The several ships of this era I have built have had both. The metal banding a touch wide as I used tape that was a bit wider than per plan.

ECK · December 10, 2023

Tricing lines done. First time I have done this on a model. Chris includes lots of rigging that are normally found on other models. I can finally retire plan sheet #15. Time to attach the bowsprit so I can do the forestays.