HMS Harpy 1796 by Glenn-UK – Vanguard Models - 1:64 scale

[SaltyScot]

Nice tutorial there, Glenn, a real eye opener. It's nice to see old Stadler and Waldorf having a chat next to your fish pond too  

Edited May 19 by SaltyScot

[Glenn-UK]

20 minutes ago, SaltyScot said:

Nice tutorial there, Glenn, a real eye opener. It's nice to see old Stadler and Waldorf having a chat next to your fish pone too  

Stadler and Waldorf is a great feature in the garden.

[Glenn-UK]

Following on from my last post this is the method I am using to add deadeyes to the shroud lines. It may not work for you, but for me it is a method which produces the most consistent, yet not perfect, results.

 

The best item I bought for model making, especially for the rigging phase is the quad hands.

 

I form a loop in the shroud line and then using the quad hands it can be held in place, as shown below.

Next I add three simple cross over knots on the top. In the photo below I am in the process of adding the third crossover knot.

The loop can then be closed up by pulling the free end (blue arrow).

A deadeye is then placed in the loop, which is pulled tight around the deadeye.

After a quick visual check against the other shroud lines a touch of ca glue is added to the seizing and the excess thread cut away. The lanyard is then added as a further check and if necessary the seizing can be removed and redone.

The process is repeated until all the deadeyes have been added to the shroud lines.

The are not perfectly level but they do tend to follow the slight upward slant of the channel beneath which is to be expected.

 

[Glenn-UK]

Work has stalled on the Harpy build as I am pondering the distance to set between the channel and shroud deadeyes.

 

On my initial research it would seem the lanyard spacing between the deadeyes should be 5 times the diameter of the deadeyes, noting 4 times is also used and 3 times infrequently, this equates to 25mm, 20mm and 15mm respectively for 5mm deadeyes.

 

On this basis I decided to set the lanyard spacing to 20mm (4 x 5mm deadeyes) on the foremast. To my eye this spacing looks very large.

Looking at photos of the HMS Trincomalee and HMS Victory the lanyard spacing seems quite small.

When looking at the rigging plans provided with the kit the measurements seem to be 20mm from bottom of channel deadeye to the top of the shroud deadeye and the lanyard spacing, as measured from top of channel deadeye to the bottom of the shroud deadeye, is approx 8mm.

 

The lanyard spacing, as measured from top of channel deadeye to the bottom of the shroud deadeye,  on the main mast shrouds is much more appealing to my eye but still a bit more than those shown on the rigging plans at about 13mm

The foremast lanyard spacing will need to be reduced. I am currently undecided if I should reduce the overall lanyard spacing to approx 8-10mm which means I will have to redo all the shroud deadeyes. I have much to ponder over the next few days whilst my wife and I travel to Bramhall for a few days to help look after a couple of our grandkids. My current thinking is that I should remove all the shroud deadeyes so I can reset to the lanyard distance to approx 10mm, as measured from top of channel deadeye to the bottom of the shroud deadeye.

 

 

[ECK]

I used 2 cm from bottom to top