HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by palmerit - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build

[Kenchington]

36 minutes ago, palmerit said:

As in this book?

 

https://archive.org/details/TheAshleyBookOfKnots

 

 

 

That's the one. See the previous page (Ashley's #3162 to 3164) for a better idea of how it went around a spar in full-size.

[Stuka]

Good progress you are making on the Sherbourne Palmerit. I have gotten very stuck on this model cause the instructions are unclear and the images just wrong in certain areas. But I skimmed through ECKs build log and once again we might have ourselves a blueprint error.  The very knot on the main mast with the 2 thimble blocks.  Apparently the images in the manual show a diffirent setup having them on the very top end of the main mast while the blueprint location of the 2 thimble blocks is just two blocks though im unsure what exactly.  You can spot this in the images of the manual now I just made this discovery so im trying to figure out what to do myself.  But I wanted to give you a headsup aswell 👍

Take page 49 images for reference to the plan sheet 10. The location doesnt match.

Edited Tuesday at 06:42 PM by Stuka

[palmerit]

The photos in the Sherbourne instructions book at the end for the rigging are actually from a different (similar but not identical) model ship (maybe the Alert, I don't know) - the instructions do say that. You need to follow the plans (with the photos in the instructions book just for some other reference points).

 

I think all the rigging could just be done with regular knots. There is a photo in the instructions showing what seems to be a regular knot to tie a piece of thread to an eyelet and they you tie another knot around the block. I think everything else in principle could be done using just regular knots. I'm trying to figure out what other options there are to decide how much more detail - if any - I want to add (and to learn more about what the rigging actually does and how it would be on a real ship).

 

I'm just not sure how to do the other pieces of rigging. The photos seem to show something more than just simple knots. Maybe since this is a pure novice model ship (and the photos were from a model a step up) they just wanted people to not worry about that level of detail and just tie basic knots. Having a novice ship that required seizing lines would have made a beginner's head explode I think.

Edited Tuesday at 07:18 PM by palmerit

[palmerit]

On another thread, someone suggested this book as another source on rigging (as in really rigging a ship): https://maritime.org/doc/steel/

 

And volume IV of TFFM by member David Antscherl.

https://seawatchbooks.com/pages/collection-bundle

 

And "The Riggers Apprentice" by Brion Toss.

Edited Tuesday at 07:15 PM by palmerit

[Stuka]

5 minutes ago, palmerit said:

The photos in the Sherbourne instructions book at the end for the rigging are actually from a different (similar but not identical) model ship (maybe the Alert, I don't know) - the instructions do say that. You need to follow the plans (with the photos in the instructions book just for some other reference points).

Im aware of that they show a diffirent ship but that comes just after after these Images I pointed out. Though looking through the blueprints these "2 missing  blocks" are not present on any blueprint so that talks for what you say. But im still unsure what to think, You can even see these blocks by the mainmast on the boxcover of the model.

[palmerit]

For anyone following (or finding) my build log - and for future me trying to remember - there’s a useful discussion of rigging here:

 

[DB789]

5 hours ago, palmerit said:

The photos in the Sherbourne instructions book at the end for the rigging are actually from a different (similar but not identical) model ship (maybe the Alert, I don't know) - the instructions do say that.

That’s Trial, not Speedy.

 

I’m away for a few days but I’ll open up my Sherbourne when I get home and will try and work out where those blocks go too.