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!