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

[Knocklouder]

The Mizzen mast ratlines went well , the fore mast needs some straighting out but I will finish it up after Christmas.  The Party 

Is beginning, so Pile gave everyone the rest of the week off. Party time.

 I started sending my crew mates Emails say Merry  Christmas, I sent 10 now it says I have reached the maximum amount of messages for one day try latter. Lol that's a frist for me.

 So to all members and staff at MSW/NRG. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  And to all have a great New Year.

Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober . 

MERRY CHRISTMAS.  

 

 

[Knocklouder]

I just got a new Ipad and wanted to see how the pictures looked now. I noticed that they are not as straight as@Glen McGuire or @Loracs and @Pfälzer , those members I follow and try to do what they do, lol my only excuse is I am old and Shake lol. 

 So I have 104 clove hitches  left on the practice side, portside, so l better come up with a way to straighten them out . So on with the rat lines, I got several albums that I want to listen to well enjoying the  rigging. I should be able to turn the plans to page 12 this week  🙄 I hope,  two pages left to go . l😀.

  Back to the ratlines, thanks for popping by,  Pile and Goober are still partying perrty  heavy lol.  Have a great year my friends.      

Bob  M.

PFCGP

Goober 🙂.

 

Realignment  🤭

Edited December 28, 2024 by Knocklouder
More info lol

[John Ruy]

Pictures look good, Bob 👍 If you want the masts to look straighter, just back up a bit and zoom in. That should give a bit less of a wide angle shot. If that doesn’t do it. You may need to realign your masts. 
 

Happy New Year 🍻

Edited December 28, 2024 by John Ruy

[Keith Black]

3 hours ago, John Ruy said:

You may need to realign your masts.

That or Goober and Pile lost the drain plug.  

[Knocklouder]

The ratlines on the portside are finished,  a bit of lining up but for now looking good  .😊. Now to the starboard side. 

 

 

 Today I managed to tie on the Mizzen and the main masts ratlines, Pile was quick to point out that I missed two lines on the Futtock shrouds  🧐.

 Tomorrow,   because tonight everyone wants to watch a movie. A family  movie tonight, and I kinda got the feeling maybe I better show up lol.

I hope to finish the ratlines tomorrow,  and get the Bowsprit on and maybe the gammoning on as well. The knights feather is growing on me . Still I will wait till after I put the mast on first.  We will see, Pile wants a team meeting about  a few things so I told him to put it on the list, lol.

    The rigging is going ok, not nearly as neat as the logs that I follow for the Duchess,  @Glenn-UK and @DocRob plus few other as well. I try to learn as much as I can, the books and the help that members have shown me over the last couple years is paying off I think 🤔.  I have a long way to go on rigging,  I feel a little bit concerned about the way I rig. The knot tying  is shaky at best. But I think I got Clove hitches and serving  lines aced lol.

  I completely forgot about the King of the Mississippi diorama I have been doing.

Ratlines take president  lol. And I am pretty sure I will finish rigging the Pegasus next

 Got to run lol. Thanks so much for all the support and likes 👍 👌.

Bob  M .

PFCGP

Goober  🙂.

 

Forgot  one lol.

Edited December 30, 2024 by Knocklouder
More info lol

[Glenn-UK]

Your build is looking good, well done

[DocRob]

11 hours ago, Knocklouder said:

The rigging is going ok, not nearly as neat as the logs that I follow for the Duchess,  @Glenn-UK and @DocRob plus few other as well. I try to learn as much as I can, the books and the help that members have shown me over the last couple years is paying off I think 🤔.  I have a long way to go on rigging,  I feel a little bit concerned about the way I rig. The knot tying  is shaky at best. But I think I got Clove hitches and serving  lines aced lol.

Thank you for mentioning my log, Bob, but you are ahead of me with rigging. I only rigged the bowsprit so far and am afraid to do more. Thank you for reminding me of unfinished business, though . The build went so smooth and fast, but the rigging..., it will take some time and cojones to get it done with my build.
I will use your fine work and experiences as a guideline then .

Cheers Rob

[Knocklouder]

All good things must come to and end. .

I have finished the Ratlines,!!  Maybe I should see if @Glen McGuireneeds some help lol. Like I say I keep looking at the Pegasus for comfort, she has lotr of Ratlines, lol. I am pretty happy with what I have done. Some mistakes have been made, just to bad I had to make them on this ship though.  It is a beautiful ship, now I will start some yard work, right after I rig the Bowsprit .

The Crew is all excited, we are about to turn the plan to sheet 12. 😀. But first they wanted to get the picture taken so they can log it for the future. Lol.

The Bowsprit mast is ready  to go, but Pile ever the stickalur for details said hold on we are missing  blocks for the crossjack yards and the Mizzen yard blocks. Lets go over everything again.  Ok. Sounds like a plan.

Ok We looked at sheet 12, found a mouse, lol I had to laugh.  I can't seem to get rid of rodents lol.

 I am going to a hockey game tonight so that's it till next time. Thanks so much for looking in and liking  She differently got that Knocklouder style lol.  😎. 

  Take care my freinds and have a safe New Year. 

Bob  M. & The Crew.

 

Edited December 31, 2024 by Knocklouder
Guessing typos lol

[Glen McGuire]

17 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

Maybe I should see if @Glen McGuireneeds some help lol.

As Bob Barker used to say...

I'm fixing to start the ratlines for the upper shrouds of the Constitution, so I could use help from Pile, Goober, and the whole crew!

[Knocklouder]

Rigging is coming along nicely, but it seems to be a little bit harder for me to tie things up. The old hands are shaken pretty badly.  

I still have to touch up things and straight up a few things.

 I have to add Four single blocks and rig the bowsprit. Which is in need of repair , lol the hands may shake but they are still can do damage  lol.

Goober says  It is a clean break so it should not be to hard to fix. A bit of sanding, wee bit of drilling, and a pin just to be safe. And no one will notice it.  All though the pin won't help much when hitting it with a 275 pound sleghammer lol.

  Today  the four blocks and rig the bowsprit, then I get to flip to sheet 12. .

  Pile and Goober  are taking the Fifth about the  Missing Controls button.lol. but glad there are back. 

 Still having the time of my life modeling. Even when things happen, like serving 5 feet of line the wrong size, or breaking thing off lol. The enjoyment of the build surpasses the difficulties of the learning curve. I like to thanks everyone  for their support and putting up with me. 

Best of luck in the New Year. 

 

Bob  M.

PFCGP 

Goober                     

[Keith Black]

Bob, sorry to see you bowsprit mishap, that accident seems to be the most common with model ships. 

[Glen McGuire]

37 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

The old hands are shaken pretty badly.  

As Jerry Lee Lewis used to sing, "Whole lotta shakin goin on..."  Regardless, you're rigging looks great. Bob!  

[BANYAN]

Coming along very nicely Bob.  WRT to the 'shaking' - welcome to my world   You're doing a lot better than me.  I have had to stop my modelling at the moment while I find a way (medical) to get some sort of control over the shaking - 'Old fella shakes' as my doc calls them.  

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Knocklouder]

 

Well that was a couple of tiring days, but I conquered it lol. It started when I realized that I needed more F = 0.5 black thread. I quickly made up 5 feet and cut it up for the Backstays. For what ever reason, I ended up putting  the .5 thread were the .75 line was supposed to go and the .75 where the .5 line goes. And when did I notice  this? Lol, right after I tied the last deadeye on the Mizzen mast. Awww Fix Auto was what the First Mate said. She heard me scream out. When I told her what I did , she was sympathetic as she tried to hold back her laughter.  Lol. So yesterday, I cut it all off and started again. You can be darn sure I was using the right lines now lol. A few 3mm deadeyes got damaged but I replaced the ones that were damaged, I have 3 left from the kit, but I have lots of deadeyes from leftover builds if I need more.

So with that learning experience, I got back to the point of where I was two days ago lol.

 So with that, Pile FC, as he likes to be called , told me it's lookin good Bob, you be a modeler now  because  you never said it will do. You put on your modeling boots and fixed it. OK a bit of chest bumps between the crew, but  lets carry on lol.

 So once again Pile made me go over everything, 🙃 again, everything checked out. So today this is where she sits. The crew gathered around the plans.  Boom, sheet 12.. Pile let's out a laugh and says that we forgot to glue the blocks for the Main preventor stay and the Main stay lines that we shook off early in the build . Now where did I put those lol.

 

This is a wonderful build, the First Mate and I were discussing this today and I told her that I just have to get better at seizing , as try as I might I know that the deadeyes  are seized 3 times. But I only do two. Don't  know why lol.. things are lining  up and I have decided to wait for all touch ups and tighting all the lines for a less shaky day lol.   

Thank you so much everyone. 

 

Knocklouder 

Edited yesterday at 12:22 AM by Knocklouder
Edited by my first mate for your reading pleasure. LOL

[Glen McGuire]

1 hour ago, Knocklouder said:

So yesterday, I cut it all off and started again.

Nice recovery.  She looks great!!  And I'm sure the first mate's laughter was the supportive and encouraging type of laughter!   

[John Ruy]

1 hour ago, Knocklouder said:

Well that was a couple of tiring days, but I conquered it lol. It started when I realized that I needed more F = 0.5 black thread. I quickly made up 5 feet and cut it up for the Backstays. For what ever reason, I ended up putting  the .5 thread were the .75 line was supposed to go and the .75 where the .5 line goes. And when did I notice  this? Lol, right after I tied the last deadeye on the Mizzen mast.

Bob, a am impressed you are so transparent, most of us would recover from our mistakes alone in our ship yard and post the results with no admission of the struggles. I for one appreciate and admire your tenacity. Nice work! 🍻 

[Keith Black]

 Good on ya, Bob.