HMS Grecian 1812 by ECK - Vanguard Models - 1:64

[ECK]

At the beach for a few days. Completed yards, blocks, steeped the masts and attached the yards. Although the plans do not explicitly call for footropes, the parts are on the etched sheets.

 

[ECK]

Shrouds done. I tend to do the first on each side measuring the distance from bottom of the lower deadeye to top of the upper. Here 2 cm. Then I eyeball the rest based on the first one.

[ECK]

442 knots later, the ratlines are done.   After finishing one side, as I do the other I insert a plank every 5 rows to make sure things are staying even.

 

 

Also installed the halliards onto the yards. you can also see the upper rings used instead of deadeyes inserted into their holes.

 

 

 

[Dr PR]

This is developing into a very pretty model! I like the green bulwarks. Chapelle (The Baltimore Clipper) does say green was one of the colors used on these vessels in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

[ECK]

Thanks. Yes , if you tour the USS constitution in Boston harbour the inner bulwarks are green.