JesseLee Posted April 28, 2014 #1 Posted April 28, 2014 Are chain plates supposed to go above or stop at the rubbing strake/strip? My kit shows them crossing below the rubbing strip which makes them not flat against the hull. Doesn't look right to me. Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
russ Posted April 28, 2014 #2 Posted April 28, 2014 If they pass below the rubbing strip, then they probably go under the rubbing strip. That is how it was done in many places here in the states. I learned that the hard way. Russ T'aint a hobby if you hurry Completed projects Cross section model by Russ 1/48 scale Biloxi schooner model restoration 1/24 scale Biloxi oyster skiff 1/24 scale Biloxi schooner 1/48 scale POB Current project Biloxi lugger Captain Roy 1/48 scale POB
Jim Lad Posted April 28, 2014 #3 Posted April 28, 2014 The country, type of ship and time period would help, mate! John
JesseLee Posted April 28, 2014 Author #4 Posted April 28, 2014 Scottish Maid, Great Britain, 1839 Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
jud Posted April 28, 2014 #5 Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Common sense would place the chain plats behind the rub strakes or you would expose the chain plate to getting hooked and torn off. jud Edited April 28, 2014 by jud
JesseLee Posted April 28, 2014 Author #6 Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) That was my thought. I would defeat the purpose of the rubbing strake which acts as "bumper". You wouldn't want any important rigging on the outside of this to get damaged. The rubbing strake for this ship is not very thick or wide- not much room for passing under it. I've got to figure out how I am going to do this..... Seems there are 3 options..... (1) have the bars coming down from the channels to contact the deck right above the rubbing strake & stop there (2) have it contact the deck a little higher up(making for shorter pieces) & have a very short flat piece that joins that lays flat on the hull & stopping at the strake, or... (3) same as #2 but have the flat piece pass under the rubbing strake so it can be longer or quit worrying over this so much & have them pass over & below the strake. I have seen pictures of it done this way on the web- it still doesn't make any sense to me Edited April 28, 2014 by JesseLee Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted April 29, 2014 Author #7 Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) Thank you John! I searched the web for 2 weeks & couldn't find a picture at all. Edited April 29, 2014 by JesseLee Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
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