HMAT Supply by Kiwiron - FINISHED - Caldercraft 1/64

[kiwiron]

Popeye you obviously have winter at the wrong time of year.Who has heard of snow for xmas,thats ridiculous.We have got it right down here,ha ha.Tom you're right there i saw dan vads AL supply kit and Franks Jotika the Jotika looked like better cast parts.Jotika need someone to build it from their instructions and fix up the text and fix the mistakes in them.If it was'nt for Franks photo's i would'nt be able to work it out and probably leave it half done.

[cpt. Tom]

The main thing is you have a nice ship and you like it, that's important, isn´t it??? Whether it is historically accurate or not but that's just my opinion

[kiwiron]

You're right Tom i would'nt have a clue if it is accurate or not as long as it looks ok and it does'nt get knocked of the shelf and break.

[Dfell]

Ron - you are moving along really well - all looking very good.

[kiwiron]

Thanks Doug great to see you back here.

[Dfell]

Thanks Ron - The site having changed / crashed etc + one or two other things have taken the 'wind out of my sails' but have been looking in now and again and enjoying your build and it's my turn now to copy you

 

Have managed to get back into doing my build - will post some pictures soon.

 

Keep up your good work

 

Regards

 

Doug

[kiwiron]

Hi Doug when you get to the yards one of the yards has the wrong set up on it.

[Dfell]

Ron - you are going to have to tell me as I would not know what I'd be looking at - unless you can point me in the direction of someone who has shown what's what.

Thanks for help.

 

Doug

[kiwiron]

No worries Doug i'll put the details here after work.It's only by looking at a later rigging sheet plan i saw a discrepancy.It's the bowsprit yard.

Edited June 13, 2013 by kiwiron

[Dfell]

Ron - would I be right in noticing the blocks change size for the bowsprit from sheet to sheet ?

[kiwiron]

Hi Doug,ok now i've got the sheets beside me.You're right,on the spiritsail yard they have the blocks on the outside as J's they should be H's,(single 3 mm blocks) as in sheet #5 and in the centre there should be 2 x J's not one.For the direction the blocks face on the yards look at later sheets to see which direction the rigging comes into the block from and where it goes after the block. The 4 blocks on the spiritsail its self face forward. On the bowsprit it's not clear how many O 5mm deadeyes you should use.It should be 3 one thread goes to port,one to starboard and one to the stem.Hope this helps,surely they should have checked these instructions before releasing the kit.The spiritsail yard is the 3rd one down in the photo.Ron.Good luck.

[Dfell]

Thank you very much, Ron, for showing me what to look out for. On the bowsprit I have already the 3 deadeyes so at some stage I must have by luck got it right......but on the yard I have only one block in the middle and will make sure to get the right size of blocks for the rest of the yard as I am just about to come to that point . On checking the plans (6 of 6) I see only one block required in the middle. Maybe I have still not understood...... Photos soon I hope.....

 

Doug

Edited June 15, 2013 by Dfell

[kiwiron]

Hi Doug for the bowsprit it was only by doing a trial fit of the spirit yard  that i could see one block won't work because thats where you fit it to the bowsprit.I was putting a hole in the center for a 1mm brass rod for later attachment.On the bowsprit as well you have 2 blocks one each side for the center 2 blocks of  the sprit yard.

[kiwiron]

Just a small bit of progress but took a while.Next onto the upper shrouds.

[augie]

Time doesn't matter.  Looking fine!

[popeye the sailor]

ohhhhh!  I am in envy!   you have shrouds and futtocks!   looking great,  my friend!

[kiwiron]

Thanks,just hanging the rope for the upper shrouds deadeyes.Just finnished doing some odd rigging off the mast while i can get to them easily.It was good to get the futtocks done putting some more tension on the shrouds to make the rats easier.

[kiwiron]

Little bit more.

[augie]

Yup, that looks familiar.  You work for months keeping things nice and neat and suddenly you have loose lines hanging all over.  Get used to it ----it all comes together.

[riverboat]

Hi Ron....... the rigging is looking real good.... glad to see you have your futtock shrouds attached and the stave attached correctly

I messed mine up on my foremast  .... Don't go too fast now, I don't want you to finish before I do      !! 

Frank

[kiwiron]

Thanks men,the top deadeyes are too far apart but in 100 years who will know,they are tensioned up now.Frank not much chance of me finishing first.Looking forward to the ratlines,at the moment anyway.Hope i've got some spare 3.5mm deadeyes,where did that last one end up?

[popeye the sailor]

looking good ron..........  I can't wait till I get to run some shroud lines.

[kiwiron]

Top shrouds done now to make a template for the ratlines and get into it.Looking forward to it after going cross eyed trying to thread 3.5 mm deadeyes.

[augie]

Deadeyes are nice and even.

[popeye the sailor]

nice work Ron.........looks real good!

[riverboat]

Good job Ron.... everything looks  ready for  the ratlines.... Have Fun!!!!!  

Frank

[kiwiron]

Thanks men,it's good to get to the next stage i guess sooner or later you run out of things to do.

[riverboat]

Not for awhile Ron.........

[kiwiron]

You're right there Frank,i'm only up to plan sheet 3 out of 6.Plenty left for me.

[mtaylor]

Looks great, Ron.  If and when you run out of things to do on this one, there's always the next one.