HMS Erebus by Ship_Right - OcCre - Scale 1:75

[Ship_Right]

I am working through all the deck furniture components. Most have gone well, but bending the pump handles gave me some trouble. The piece that drops from the handle into the pump is too short at the location that is at top dead centre. I am not trying to modify these, just going with the kit.

I did purchase two Caldercraft 10-spoke wheels which I have assembled and am just about to paint. They are not yet installed so don't show up on the attached photos.

I am trying to decide what to do about the capstan. Looking at the ship drawings I believe the height of the one supplied is about right, but the diameter is small and the top is shaped improperly. I won't go too far with this, but I am wondering whether I can just beef up the top, and possibly use 2x3's instead of 2x2's for the barrel to give it a little more diameter.

I have just finished planning where to put the bottoms of the chain plates so the angles are correct - OcCre keeps it a secret. I worked it out by scale drawing the plates with respect to the tops of the masts, following down where the shrouds will go when they are rigged. We'll see how the installation goes ...

 

 

[clearway]

regards the capstan see my Terror log- i kept the base and post then scratchbuilt a new top.

 

Keith

[Ship_Right]

22 hours ago, clearway said:

regards the capstan see my Terror log- i kept the base and post then scratchbuilt a new top.

 

Keith

I had never looked at your Terror build, Keith, just the Erebus - Wow! So much good information and tips. Had I looked at it earlier in my build I probably would not have understood a lot of it, and since this is my first ship build I would likely have been overwhelmed!

Your capstan looks great, and is along the lines of what I was thinking of attempting.

Where did you get your silver-coloured belaying pins - or are they from the kit but painted that way?

Just a follow up on the stern davits - as you can see in the photos I went with straight davits, no tapering, no joins. I'm happy with the result, it looks mechanically correct to me.

Edited Wednesday at 05:33 PM by Ship_Right

[clearway]

1 hour ago, Ship_Right said:

Where did you get your silver-coloured belaying pins

Thank you Guy- the belaying pins are the brass ones from billings boats- cant seem to get them new anymore as they now sell wooden ones made to same dimensions (that is why my belaying pins on my Erebus are wooden though closer to scale than occre supplied ones).

 

Keith

[Ship_Right]

23 hours ago, clearway said:

Thank you Guy- the belaying pins are the brass ones from billings boats- cant seem to get them new anymore as they now sell wooden ones made to same dimensions (that is why my belaying pins on my Erebus are wooden though closer to scale than occre supplied ones).

 

Keith

Do you know what the correct size is Keith? I found some 10 mm brass ones, the OcCre ones are 10 mm long. My best guess from the plans is 6 - 8 mm, but I don't know how accurate the drawings are for something that small.

Edited Thursday at 05:35 PM by Ship_Right

[clearway]

8mm would be ideal- the brass billings pins on my Terror are 11mm but don't look too overscale as the heads are a smaller profile than the Occre belaying pins- the Terror and Erebus kits are roughly 4mm to the foot.

 

Keith

[Dr PR]

I bought some very nice 9mm bronze belaying pins from Ages of Sail, 20 per package for US$9.12. Part number AM4101/09. I think these are Amati parts. Unlike some other brass belaying pins I have, these are very uniform size.

 

[harlequin]

a good read