USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Complete Construction

[popeye2sea]

Glen,

The drawing above is not wrong. The question is what to do with the tackles? Which way do they go? Straight down to the deck or to another block under the top.

Constitution has hers rigged with a block under the top so that the tackles lead upwards from the yard.  Then the single hauling part of each tackle comes down to the deck to be belayed at the foot of the mast or the fife rail.

 

Regards,

Henry

[Glen McGuire]

On 3/4/2025 at 9:38 PM, popeye2sea said:

Constitution has hers rigged with a block under the top so that the tackles lead upwards from the yard.  Then the single hauling part of each tackle comes down to the deck to be belayed at the foot of the mast or the fife rail.

I went back and reviewed other build logs and I can see where some rig the truss pendants just as you describe.  When I read the description and look at the picture from the BlueJacket instructions, I still don't see the the rigging going upwards to the mast top and then back down.  But what you describe makes sense, so I will go back and see if I can reconfigure what I've already done.

 

In the meantime, I got the main lower yard hung (which means I will need to reconfigure 2 sets of tackle) and started work on the fore topsail yard.  The topsail yards are hung with different rigging than the lower yards.  Rather than a sling, the lower yards have a double block in the center of the yard with 1 line tied off above the crosstrees and the other running through 2 single blocks on each side of the mast just below the trees and then down to the deck.  Here's the picture from the instructions.

      

 

 

 

The yards is secured to the mast with a parrel which includes a double row of trucks.  I assume these trucks act as rollers to facilitate the yard being raised or lowered.  

 

 

I'm using 2mm beads for the rollers with the dividers made from 1mm thick basswood.

 

 

 

Here's the fore topsail yard hung with the parrel in place.

 

 

And the front view.

 

 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 06:38 PM by Glen McGuire

[Coyote_6]

Wow - the trucks and ribs look just perfect on the model.  Very nice!

[SaltyScot]

5 minutes ago, Coyote_6 said:

Wow - the trucks and ribs look just perfect on the model.  Very nice!

 

I can only second that!!

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, SaltyScot said:

I can only second that!!

 I third that!

[BANYAN]

OK, I'll continue the thread - fourth!

Seriously, nice work Glen, looks really good, especially the proportions.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Ian_Grant]

Very nice parrals, Glen. 👍

[Javelin]

I think I'll make a half-hearted attempt at 4 frames of a ship and then go to Glen in despair and ask him to finish it for me 😁. 

I know, the starting point here was by no means half hearted, but if Glen can do it better, why make the effort...😆. 

 

Joking aside, regardsless of some historical accuracy issues (perhaps), you're doing a marvellous job here!

[Glen McGuire]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words on the parrel.  The biggest challenge was making 1 of those dang ribs and then trying to make 30 more that were identical.  So don't look too closely at them as I don't think I quite achieved 6 sigma in my process variation.  In the middle of it all, I started thinking about @Ian_Grant and the way he's been using 3-D printing on his WW1 Battle Cruiser Restoration.  Hmmmm!   

[Keith Black]

1 minute ago, Glen McGuire said:

I started thinking about @Ian_Grant and the way he's been using 3-D printing on his WW1 Battle Cruiser Restoration.  Hmmmm! 

 Hu oh, the cows are gonna have to get used to a new hum coming from the main house. 

[SaltyScot]

2 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

and the way he's been using 3-D printing on his WW1 Battle Cruiser Restoration.  Hmmmm! 

 

I am an advocate for that, Glen. I fully intend to enhance my next build, the Endurance, with 3D printed parts!

[FriedClams]

Beautiful work, Glen - and now I know what parrel beads are.

 

Gary