US Revenue Cutter 1815 by Jsk - Seahorse - 1/72 - CARD

[0Seahorse]

Good job!

 

I tie the thimbles with thread or rope around them, but before seizing, I secure the thread around the thimble with a minimal amount of CA glue, applied with the tip of the needle.

As for parrals, I think these beads are called "trucks", at least that's how I read Modefeld's drawings.

("Historic Ship Models" by W. Modfeld)

 

Boom and gaff probably definitely had these "beads". In the case of yards, it could be an ordinary truss pendant (i.e. just a rope).

("The Global Schooner" by K. H. Marquardt)

 

The suggestion to use wire insulation is simply an imitation of these beads, as they are so small that making them by hand without precise tools may be very difficult.

 

Best wishes

Tomek

[Jsk]

Thanks, Tomek. So the trucks are for the parrels. That makes life easier! I don't have any wire to strip the insulation from so I was going to cut sections from a CA glue applicator tip. I think I could make it work but now I know I don't have to.

 

[Jsk]

After working on the boom and gaffs I worked on the sails. I used a watered down acrylic paint (about 50/50) of a 'sandstone' color to color the white fabric. I hung the fabric like so much laundry on a line and let it dry for a good 24 hours. The fabric had a nice stiffness to it after the paint treatment. Since the sails are printed on one side only I used a thin lead mechanical pencil to draw the seams on the reverse side and then applied a thinned coat of watered down white glue to seal them. (I've happily used Aleene's Tacky glue for the entire project.)  I simply used an knife to cut the sails apart and glued thin strips of the same painted fabric for the tablings and reefing bands. I've not yet glued on the bolt ropes but decided to try the reefing points first.

 

So... were there standard lengths for the reef lines? And what's the best way to tame them?

 

 

The painted fabric:

I used a pin and some cork backing to open the reefing points:

Went away to Lewes, Delaware, for the weekend searching for some inspiration. Found some looking north:

Found some more looking south:

Returned home and added unruly reef lines to the fore sail:

 

Edited April 22 by Jsk

[ccoyle]

4 minutes ago, Jsk said:

unruly reef lines

 

You probably know this already, but you can tack the ends of the reef points down with a spot of Aleene's. They should hang straight down, perpendicular to the waterline.

 

Your Delaware beach looks much the same as a South Carolina beach. Here's one along California's Lost Coast, near where I grew up:

[Jsk]

@ccoyle, I have noticed a distinct lack of cliffs in Delaware. I might have to search the coastal areas a little more closely. 😉

[Jsk]

Well, reef points are done. Now that I look at them it seems like a lot of reef points!

 

This was a tedious process. I opened all the holes with a pin and then took a piece of thread several feet long and stiffened one end with CA. On the other end I tied a double knot about 1.5 inches from the end and then fed the stiffened end through the first hole. Once the knot hit snagged on the hole I back the thread out about 1/4 inch, applied a small dab of CA to the knot and then pulled the thread through again until the knot snugged up against fabric of the sail. I had intended on putting a second knot on the other side but quickly gave up on that idea. There's simply no way I was able to get the second knot snug against the sail.

 

I then cut the thread leaving about 1.5 inches on the back side. So I ended up with about 1.5 inches of thread on each side. Then tied a new knot and started with the next hole.

 

Taming the whole row of reef points got to be really tricky so I developed a rhythm of threading and tacking about a dozen lines at a time. I used little pieces of painter's tape to hold the lines in position. Then draped the sail over the corner of a box to ensure the points were against the fabric of the sail and used Aleene's to glue the top portion of the lines to the sail. Finally, I trimmed them short. I did have problems keeping them all the same length

. I suppose that comes with practice.

 

All in all I'm satisfied with the reef points. But... yeah, tedious.

 

I'm now working on the bolt ropes. That shouldn't take as long--I hope!

 

 

[Jsk]

Finished the bolt-ropes on all the sails. Not much to say, really.

On to the rigging!

[Jsk]

I'm trying to put names to the various lines in the plan's rigging diagrams. Can anyone identify lines 16, 20 and 40 in the diagrams below?

 

Seahorse United States Revenue Cutter Sail and Rigging Key

 

Sails
S1	Jib
S2	Fore Stay Sail
S3	Fore Sail
S4	Main Sail
S5	Fore Topsail
S6	Main Gaff Topsail
S7	Flag

 

1a	Gammoning
1b	Crupper
2	Bobstay
3	Bowsprit Shroud
4	Jib Boom Guy
5	Fore Shroud
6	Jib Stay
7	Fore Topmast Shroud
8	Fore Back Stay
9	Flying Jib Stay
10	Main Shroud
11	Mainstay
12	Main Topmast Shroud
13	Main Back Stay
14	Main Topmast Stay
15	Fore Stay Sail Halliard
16
17	Fore Stay Sail Sheet
18	Fore Stay Sail Inhaul
19	Jib Halliard
20
21	Jib Inhaul
22	Jib Sheet
23	Fore Throat Halliard
24	Fore Peak Halliard
25	Fore Gaff Vang
26	Fore Sail Brail (?)
27	Fore Sail Tack
28	Fore Sail Sheet
29	Main Throat Halliard
30	Main Peak Halliard
31	Main Boom Topping Lift
32	Main Boom Sheet
33	Main Outhaul
34	Main Gaff Topsail Halliard
35	Main Gaff Topsail Sheet
36	Main Gaff Topsail Tack
37 (Green)	Fore Course Sling
37 (black)	Fore Course Yard Lift ?
38	Fore Course Yard Halliard
39	Fore Topsail Yard Halliard
40
41	Fore Topsail Sheet
42	Fore Course Brace
43	Fore Topsail Brace
44	Fore Topsail Clueline
45	Flag Halliard

 

 

[ccoyle]

16 loks like the foresail tack, 20 should be the foresail downhaul, and 40 looks like the topsail downhaul.