Duchess of Kingston 1778 by Knocklouder - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Royal Yacht

[Keith Black]

14 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

I think Michigan is somewhere between you and Austin, so you might as well grab @Keith Black on your way and bring him down here to the ratline party.

 i'd be less helpful than the twins. 

Edited November 27 by Keith Black

[Knocklouder]

Last night I made my frist foot ropes, not bad I say. After I made them I painted it and left dry over night. This morning after ll:30 I put it all together. 

This is as far as I want to take this at this time, so I put the spritsail yard and mast away for safe keeping.

In these plastis containers  I have the fixing for four ship. The Duchess of Kingston, Pegasus, Bluenose  and an  Astrolabe.  

So now the plan is to make the foremast  followed by the main and Mizzen.  Then start the rigging  from Mizzen mast to sprirtmast . That is the plan today, I have come to learn plans change lol.

So now I have everything set up for the mast. Just have to follow the plan. The yards are all going to be hand sanded  and tapered 

So tomorrow I will start the foremast and yards, that's lots of work right there lol.

  This is just so much fun , the build is down to just the yards and anchors.  Plus the rigging  of course .            

 

 Bob  M.

PFC GP 

Goober 

 

Edited November 29 by Knocklouder

[Knocklouder]

Well I started to put the blocks on the fore mast, but my brain was not working so I had to ask @Glenn-UK for some help. Thank you my man. I could not figure how many blocks on each side. 

He cleared that up for me and away I went. Thank you .

 

Now the foremast was blocked, the main mast went pretty smooth. I had all the blocks for the main mast ready to tie on. It went pretty good, so just the Mizzen mast left to go. It only has 5 or 6 blocks, and one hole to drill. But that's as far as I can go tonight. Not sure if I can find anytime to build tomorrow, but Monday for sure.

 Soon I will set the masts and rigging can commence.. Opps I forgot the yard work lol. That will take some time, but looking forward to it.

Time to start  learning more about serving lines and what sizes I am going to make, what gets sized and what gets served, lots of fun. 

   Hope everyone had a great weekend , talk soon. THANKS  for peeking and the likes.

 Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober           

 

 

 

 

Edited December 1 by Knocklouder
Typos

[Knocklouder]

Now that all the masts are blocked I set the mast. They  looked good so I glued them on. As luck would have it when I glued the Mizzen mast it was not setting the same way it was before I glued it. If I set it in the hole the mast stands straight up. I think it had something to do with the ring at the base. It was all glued up so I set it the best I could. It'ill do.

I had lost part of the channel edging strip a few weeks ago.  Today I found it lol, so there is hope for the feather to show up lol

I set up my serving  device. And got some thread and can't wait to start that. I should be pretty good at it by the time I serv  all four of my ships.

 But that's in the future.  Today I made all the yards, and got t the point were I put the ship out of the way and started the yards.

 This is just the first coat of paint, I will sand it down and recoat, then apply the footropes.  Tomorrow 

I am so happy  with this model so far. 

It is an amazing experience, thank you so much @chris watton for this.  And to MSW for helping me learn, there is just so much information  and pictures  here.

 Well rigging is not that far I better get learning lol. Thanks so much ever grateful , .

 Bob  M.

 PFCGP 

Goober 

Edited December 3 by Knocklouder
typos of course

[Glen McGuire]

I hope you tell the First Mate that you've been doing yard work the whole time she was out of town.  She will be so impressed!  

[Knocklouder]

Today the yards are finished, and put away for the time being.  Now it is time to turn my attention to installing the shrouds and deadeyes.  Followed by, dare I say it.   Ratlines.  Lol.

I started with the Mizzen mast, then move on up to the Bowsprit mast.  After that it was time to put these on the self while we get to serving some  shrouds lines. Yes just the rigging left and I am finished.  Then I will rig the Pegasus. 

 

Still lots to do though, deadeyes, shrouds lower and upper plus all the chainplates. This will take some time but I think this will be fun as I am teing the shourds different this time lol. I am teing them the way it says on the plan. SHEET 11 RIGGING PLAN 1.LOL 

I will try my best at rigging the Duchess of Kingston, but i notice a considerable amount of excess shaking. Plus I looked  at these little blocks, glasses on and under magnification, there is a hole inside . It is a 2mm single block. Oh my that is tiny lol.

So on the the rigging of the  Duchess. So many people to thank, everyone who has help along the way I am so greatful that you are showing me how to build models.  Thanks you.

Knocklouder   

 

 

[John Ruy]

Bob,

NICE work! 
 

John

[Knocklouder]

Well I made 16 inch of served rope. I used a   .50 line and served a small thread on it. These as it turns out will be the right size for the lower shrouds.  The upper shrouds and some stays will be made from  smaller line.

 Serving  lines is turning out to be a lot of fun. I hope I can make them look decent at least . Time will tell.

The top thread is my served line the bottom  one is what the plan calls for. Sorry about the fuzzy picture.

 I figured I need 8 lengths at 16 inch for the bottom shrouds and 6 that are 8inch. X 2 for the other side. So lots to serv. But I had to get the Duchess  ready. Let me introduce you to  Elizabeth Chudleigh The Duchess of Kingston.

She is a looker, she flirted  with Mark Twain all afternoon  in the drying department.  Lol. Then I introduced  her to Captain Bert. Yes they hit it off too  , what a lady. Lol.

I put the figure of the Duchess, for the display stand by the ship for now.

 

And I put Mark Twain  on The King of the Mississippi  boat, he says he could use some company .Awful lonely  🙁  here by myself. Lol I better get to the build some day lol

 So now that the Duchess is on board the Royal Guard has been called out. They almost arrested Pile till he told them who he was. Lol. 

 My good friend @Gabek has made me a bag full of figures, 3 commanders and 13 crew members .  He even has a 12 foot yawl for the ships boat ready for me to pick up . They are just fantastic, thanks so much my friend. Pile says we should get back to serving. We will paint  some more another day. So back to learning more about serving  talk soon my friend's.  Thanks for looking in.

Bob  M.     

& crew

Edited December 7 by Knocklouder
always typos

[Keith Black]

 Bob, you've got a regular ship building opera going on there.  The served line looks the cats meow. Gabe is awfully good people.

[Knocklouder]

I had a wonderful day. I served three different  sizes of line today, a .5 and a .75mm plus a 1.0mm for the shrouds.  Serving the lines is actually quite easy once you get the hang  of the right tension .Blue llines show lines that are served.

And soon I had lines of various sizes hanging all over the ship yard. But very happy with the lines. Now it is time to make some little jig for the deadeyes.  This is the frist time I rig the shrouds this way, and I am finding it pretty straightforward, I tied two shroud lines on, tomorrow I will do two on the other side and carry on from there.

 

Getting ready to size the shrouds, smallest thread I have.

 

I have two shrouds put on, I will wait till they are all on then

straighten them up before I tie them all up the same size. Hopefully. 

This just shows the jig I made, tomorrow the shrouds on the other side will go on.

So far so good, lots of work to do but loving every moment.   It may be awhile yet but ratlines are on the horizon.  Lol 😆 

Bob  M

& Crew

 

Duchess of Kingston. 

 

Edited December 9 by Knocklouder

[Knocklouder]

The foremast shrouds are in place. It took a bit but I managed to get them pretty close.  Not counting the first two on the port side.

The crew have loaded the jig so here we go.

Goober  set up the lanyard thread and the seizeing thread.

Two down. A bit uneven  but you know me it'll do. Lol

Dang as they say in Texas, got the last deadeye on upside down and  the lower one is broken at that too.

But the starboard side I like.. Except my seizeing could be better, I like that they look half decent to me.

 

This is one of those  moments when you say yes take it all off and do it better , but you love it because you did it 😏. If you know what I mean lol.

  I know Chris  peeks in from time to time, please forgive my weak use of the force, I heard that in a movie I think lol. But it will get better 😌  on the main mast. I have been looking at the logs rigging is tuff for old shakey crew members like my self , and nothing looks like what I try to  do but it's the fun of it. 😆. 

So the journey continues, on to a better main mast. And this will be the display side for the ship. 

Everyone getting excited for the holidays and it keeps snowing  and snowing , time in the ship yard will be when I get a chance lol.

 

Bob   M.

PFCGP 

Goober.  

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 10 by Knocklouder

[Glen McGuire]

45 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

Dang as they say in Texas, got the last deadeye on upside down and  the lower one is broken at that too.

I reckon nobody will ever notice that upside down deadeye but you.  Your Duchess is coming along quite nicely.  Tip of the hat to PFCGP and Goober for keeping you in the shipyard while the snow piles up outside!

[BANYAN]

Hi Bob, somehow I have missed your build - sorry for that.  Nice build mate, she is looking great and I love the figures, they add a touch of life. 

 

cheers

 

Pat

Edited December 10 by BANYAN

[Knocklouder]

The lower shrouds  on the main and formast  are done. GRIN. I am happy  with them, just a little  fixing here and there but I like it.

I was determined to do better, please  go to @Glenn-UK log of the Duchess  his is fantastic. I take far to many short cuts but it looks good. But his is the proper way to go. He even doing a Sherbourne, got me thinking  I should buy one, but I have so much to rig.  

Today was interuped by a visit with the neice . She loves the ship, and the figures, her favorite one is Captain  Marvin.  She keeps  asking when will he be back from space. Lol.

She had to introduce Taz to the Duchess,and also take apart the thread dispenser  lol.

But all too soon she left and I got back to learning.

 

Now its time to switch to  the .75mm  served lines that I made. I am short a single line for the Mizzen  mast. Plus all the upper shrouds  lol, so serving  somemore, I almost could do some ratlines on the lower shrouds, lol. I will wait till all the shrouds are done then start the rats. I find it better to do all the rats with one shot.  It's such a great relaxing thing to do.  I can't wait. 

The first  couple  went well , so we just kept on rigging. 

This is my .75mm  served line that I have to make more of . A little  fuzzy  but I will fix that soon.

Happy with the progress  

 Thank you everyone, I look at my model and see some improvement.  But also see lots of room for more lol. But loving it.   So go a lot of serving to do plus I want to start making the Futtock shrouds and rods . Ohhhh Ratlines.

 

 Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober 

 

 

 

Edited December 14 by Knocklouder
typos of course

[Glenn-UK]

50 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

I was determined to do better, please  go to @Glenn-UK log of the Duchess  his is fantastic. I take far to many short cuts but it looks good. But his is the proper way to go. He even doing a Sherbourne, got me thinking  I should buy one, but I have so much to rig.  

Hello Rob

Many thanks for the mention. I still have much to learn and improve with regards to the model ship building and the Sherbourne was really helped me improve my planking skills.

 

You are doing a fantastic job.

Glenn

[Knocklouder]

The serving of rope G---7.5 mm

 black thread, I figured I would need close to 15 feet just to be safe. I  took a .5mm thread and served it. It came out to .75 to .76 close enough. 

  Then I soaked all the lines in a 50 /50 mixes of glue and water and hung everything up to dry for the night. 

 The serving is going gang busters, I got the hang of it now.. I belive I have enough lines done now.  I am only  serving  1.0 and .75mm Also. 5 mm. Anything smaller  I am just going to  use what it says to use. It is to small for me to see the difference  lol.

Blue lins show were the served lines are.

 

I  even got cocky and did two five foot lengths of line. Once you get the rhythm going  I think you could go on and on. But winding five feet at a time is a lot of cranking lol. Almost as much fun as ratlines. Lol.

  So rigging of the upper shrouds tomorrow I hope.  I got the stays made as well.

Once the Duchess is rigged, I plan on rigging the Pegasus right after well everything is still fresh in my mind, lol

 so on to the upper  shrouds.  The boys were getting  antsy because  the were whacthing me serving lines all day, but didn't  mind the slow day at all lol.

 

Knocklouder  

 

 

Edited December 13 by Knocklouder

[Knocklouder]

We got the lower shrouds finished, now I have to clean up all the holes for the upper deadeyes.

These served lines are great I think. Once it's all done it will look good .

 

Futtock staves, one hook PE 94 seized twice.  And leave them two inch long thread with .75 black thread.

Made the first of 20, when that's finished we will attach the staves then the upper  deadeyes and shrouds.  Sound eazy enough  lol. But that's a lot of rigging, and the season is upon us so progress will be slow I guess  but very happy  with what I am doing.

  Thanks MSW, and members  , also thanks for all who looked.

And thanks for all who made a Duchess of Kingston  log , been looking  at them all . Taken ideas from all of them. They are all great.    That's it for now.

 Bob  M

PFCGP 

Goober 

 

Edited December 14 by Knocklouder

[Knocklouder]

I started rigging the Futtock shrouds, and was looking at a few logs and said I hope I left enough line. 

So I double checked and I think I am ok. I decided to do a few clove hitches.  It  seems everyone is doing ratlines.  I could not resist.  Lol  plus my Good  Freind  @Gabek  gave me these figures  I had to play lol. Shakey on the ratlines but was that fun .lol 

Pile  put it all away and get back to it. 

The inspectors  said knot bad 14 out of  15.  I just love ratlines, they are a lot of fun trust me.   .  Just do them like the plan says you be fine. I like mine lol.

  Darn spoke to soon , grandkids are here. I got to go , no idea when I will get back they are on  vacation lol . But just  look at Gabes sailor  fantastic. Can't wait to get back.

 Thanks everyone.  MSW.

Bob M.

 

Edited December 15 by Knocklouder

[Bryan Woods]

Everything looks great Bob! One day I’ll understand all the nautical terms 🙂 Don’t you wish you could have built like that when you were around 12 years old! I wouldn’t have even thought about those G I Joes 🙂 I can feel your fun.

[Knocklouder]

Knee deep into the rigging I go.  The Mizzen mast  went fairly well.  I didn't  install the Catharpins correctly on the Mizzen  but , how does that saying go, you got to make one to know how. The Foremast catharpins are rigged right.

The best part is I am actually rigging it according to the plan. The way I tie it and use way less CA I see progress in my builds.  They still are a lot of fun to build.

Goober wants to take it for a little trip, but Pile says NO WAY rember how sick we got the last time we did that. Let's just get back to seizeing Shell we. Lol.

The grandson made this Daintie  sever for his grandmother and ask if I could finish it for him.  Sure we can let use Tung oil on it , I am told that the best beside Lacquer which stinks lol.

 

He told me he makes the bottom then use a  3D printer to etch the bottom then he made the sides. Not bad for the little fellow, just turn 16. I tryed getting him interested in models but he is  hooked on his games lol.

   Thanks so much for peeking in, and for all who made A Duchess log, I would be really lost with out them. Thank you.

I peeked at sheet 12 of the plan  stays and yards just try. Lol. It does say ,stays and yards Jeers/Tyes  . The crowsfeet rigging looks scary.  So I went back to sheet 11, there is still lots to do on this page, no scenes worrying about that just yet. 

 Talk soon my freinds, thanks to all of MSW.      

 Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober  

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 05:32 AM by Knocklouder
Guessing typos lol

[Knocklouder]

The Futtock shrouds are finished, just have to install 8 on the starboard side.  I thought I would run through my process for the Futtock shrouds. 

First I have all my threads ready , and put a hook in the thrid hand

 

Some members can thread these hooks with out using CA to stiffen the end of the line. I can't, once in a blue moon one will go through lol. And I fined once the thread start to unravel its a no go. So to save myself trouble, I just add a small drop at the end thread it through and clamp it with forcepts , then two seized lines to it.

Soon they were all done, now just have to tie the last 8 on.

This is my first attempt at replacing the feather , it looks  not bad at normal veiwing distance , up close its a maybe lol. I might leave it white , although gold might hide it a bit. We will see. 

 

 

 

The crew is getting  excited, just the upper shrouds and then dare I say it RATLINES.  

I have enough  .75mm  served line  , close to four feet left but I can use it on the Pegasus. but I need to make some more .5 mm. This I will do after all the shrouds  and  lanyards are finished.  Then all the stays. 

That's all for today.  The crew wants to keep going till we are finished but tomorrow is another day.  Lol.

  

 Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober 

 

Edited Thursday at 04:26 AM by Knocklouder

[Knocklouder]

All the Futtock shrouds are finished, and the upper shrouds are run. I forgot about the stays, so I need about 30 inchs, that still leaves about 18 inch left of the .75mm  served line.

Pile was concerned about the size of the upper shrouds line. A trick I was told a few years ago on how to find out how big your line is. Wrap the line around a dowel 10 times, divide by 10 that's your size. Pile says this line is .78 mm. Goober says who will be able to tell go for it. Lol.

So I figured out what I needed, draw up a little plan and away we went. Got as far as only 12 shrouds left the rig. Seizing takes a lot of time, today I seized 8 Futtock shrouds, then put the upper shrouds on and rigged four lanyards  , that was a whole lot of shaking lol. But I find the shaking help with moving the Seizing up and down until it's in the right place. Lol.

 

After I rig the rest of the upper shrouds and deadeyes, I will take a break and go make 5 feet of .5 mm line for the top masts and some stays are .5 mm as well. Then on to the ratlines, I will be in heaven lol.

But that's all I can do today, thanks for looking in.

                        

 Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober 😀

 

 

Edited Friday at 05:48 AM by Knocklouder
More info

[Keith Black]

 Bob, it's great to see you back in the shop and working away on the Duchess. You're making tremendous progress and doing a great job. Makes me smile it does it does. Hey, neat little trick on measuring line thickness, thank you for sharing. 

[Knocklouder]

Rigging of the upper shrouds are completed and I think it's my best work. I really like it. The served lines look great. The whole ship is awesome  lol.

Pile is very happy with the progress, most of the deadeyes are lined up, I left a few uneven just for authenticity. lol.

So now I have to make some lines for the topgallant shrouds  and some stays.  I have to add the Futtock bars for  the upper gallants and paint them and I will be good to go after the lines are made. Lots to do in and out of the shipyard. But loving it all.  

Thanks for the support from MSW , and members how help me along, I have a ways to go on neatness, but starting to understand how things work. Now if I could just learn how to use my computer and articulate better 🙃  lol.  The crew wants some time off for Christmas  so I said sure. Goober flew home today, Pile is staying with me as  he has only us now. But he is a very greatful shipmate, and really happy  to be part of the crew.

  Ratlines I am so excited 😊  lol. 

Pile says I am nuts lol, I have to agree.

 Have a great holiday my friends, stay safe.

 Bob  M

PFCGP 

Goober 

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Knocklouder
typos of course

[Pfälzer]

great job Bob

[Keith Black]

 Bob, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours. 

[John Ruy]

4 hours ago, Knocklouder said:

Rigging of the upper shrouds are completed and I think it's my best work. I really like it. The served lines look great. The whole ship is awesome  lol.

She’s coming along wonderfully, Bob. Nice work… Merry Christmas 

Cheers 🍻 

[Glen McGuire]

5 hours ago, Knocklouder said:

I think it's my best work

I agree with you, Bob!  It looks fantastic.  Really well done.