tarbrush Posted March 4, 2015 Share #451 Posted March 4, 2015 awesome work Ray, and I look forward to following your HMS Tantside build when you start! Ray 1 Quote John future build: to finish Mary Rose http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8507-mary-rose-by-tarbrush-scale-172-1545/?hl=%2Bmary+%2Brose completed builds: Constructo Steam Launch Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobbsie Posted March 6, 2015 Share #452 Posted March 6, 2015 Don't you just love those Parrel's, I like the way you done yours though. Looking real good Ray. Be Good mobbsie Ray 1 Quote mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaslambo Posted March 8, 2015 Share #453 Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Hi Ray, I'm new to MSW and this build log. I just finished taking a couple hours reviewing your log. What an incredible two year journey you've been on constructing the Diana....really an outstanding build to be sure. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to document at such a great level of detail....with both your informative narratives and simply top notch photography to go along with it Boyd Edited March 8, 2015 by thomaslambo drtrap and Ray 2 Quote Boyd Current Build - HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina - Scale1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share #454 Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks for the many likes and positive comments, the photos are getting harder now the rigging is taking place, taking photos of the rigging is more problematical, close-ups are ok but when showing a rigging run, it is hard to get all the run in, and in the longer shots the runs are hard to see, and not just looking like mass of ropes,but as the photos seem popular I will try to keep them coming.Part 3Lastly the topgallant yards have been fitted to the mast in the same way as the topsail yards. The Parallels definitely go on better when tacked to the mast. Keith_W, Barbossa, Bettina and 5 others 8 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share #455 Posted March 25, 2015 Just a small updateThe next rigging job to be completed has been all the yard lifts,the topgallant lifts were belayed to the cleats tied to the shrouds. Mizzen lift Main & mizzen lifts Main yard lift gjdale, Timmo, dgbot and 9 others 12 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share #456 Posted April 8, 2015 Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid me up for over two weeks.The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space. Tac toggle in the making Toggle through rope loop Toggle through a block Fore main yard Main yard Main & Mizzen Mizzen WackoWolf, schnu, VonHoldinghausen and 12 others 15 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_W Posted April 9, 2015 Share #457 Posted April 9, 2015 Hi Ray, it's time for me to jump in. A few days ago, I thought I would research this frigate as my next build. A search brought me to your log, which I have read every evening before going to bed. You may have noticed from the "likes" you started receiving for posts made a couple of years ago Congratulations on your build, she is a masterpiece and something for all of us to aspire to. And thanks for sharing with us. Quote Regards, Keith 2007 (completed): HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina 2013 (completed): Viking Ship Drakkar - Amati 2014 (completed): HMS Bounty Launch - Model Shipways Current: HMS Royal William - Euromodel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted April 9, 2015 Share #458 Posted April 9, 2015 well done masting and rigging Ray, Your "HMS Diana" ist a beautiful model Nils Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share #459 Posted April 20, 2015 Spritsail Yard I decided the next job would be to fit and rig the spritsail yard,this has now been completed with photos below. My next job will be to add the fore ,main and mizzen braces, again leaving the gaffs and the the tac sheets for access, also at some point soon I will make up the ships boats,most likely after the braces. GuntherMT, schnu, mort stoll and 12 others 15 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipyard sid Posted April 20, 2015 Share #460 Posted April 20, 2015 Greetings Ray Excellent work throughout your build, and now lots of cracking rigging work. I have only just purchased this kit and got as far as dry fitting the bulkheads. Yep your build is something special. Keep enjoying it . DAVID Ray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share #461 Posted April 25, 2015 Lower stun sail boomsOne other outstanding job was to make and add the lower stun sail booms, the plans and instructions are rather sketchy on these, so a look at the box photos sorted out the main mast ones,but it does not show them fitted to the fore mast but they must have been fitted and a look in R P S M shows them hooked into the hull,the kit supplies enough brackets for four booms so I just lined up the fore mast ones with the yard, and added them the same as the main mast one. Bettina, Blue Ensign, WackoWolf and 12 others 15 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_W Posted April 25, 2015 Share #462 Posted April 25, 2015 I love what you are doing with your model, Ray. Rigging looks nice and neat. And the combination of painted and bare wood looks fantastic - I have always liked that look. It is for this reason I am steering away from the Agamemnon/Victory (too much paint hiding that lovely wood) and towards something like Diana. Ray 1 Quote Regards, Keith 2007 (completed): HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina 2013 (completed): Viking Ship Drakkar - Amati 2014 (completed): HMS Bounty Launch - Model Shipways Current: HMS Royal William - Euromodel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share #463 Posted May 13, 2015 BracesThe braces were rigged next the fore main braces were rigged as per Pegasus and R P S M which runs through blocks fixed the the rear of the top not blocks around the lower mast. The rest of the braces other than those from the mizzen rigged to the gaff have also been added. Bettina, drtrap, WackoWolf and 12 others 15 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share #464 Posted May 19, 2015 Gaff & BoomsTime to add the Spanker boom and the Gaff boom,again the supplied rigging drawings are sketchy and difficult to follow,so I decided to rig the booms as per L Petersons R P S M which is my rigging bible I highly recommend this book which can be purchased for around £25.The booms are now both rigged and the last of the braces which rig into the booms have also been added. One thing that will to be attended to is re-tensioning some of the rigging, but I will do this when the rigging is completed,the only rigging remaining are the tac sheets,and then just the dummy rope coils and a few odds and ends.Next job ships boats or the stand. Diana as she is now starting to look the real deal realworkingsailor, rafine, Bettina and 23 others 26 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted May 20, 2015 Share #465 Posted May 20, 2015 Beautiful work Ray. She looks magnificent. drtrap, Ray and mort stoll 3 Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schooner Posted May 30, 2015 Share #466 Posted May 30, 2015 Just stunning Ray. Your ratlines are some of the best I have seen. Everything looks so clean and crisp. Tim Ray 1 Quote Tim Current build: Continental Navy Frigate ALFRED (build log) Past builds: Steam Tug SEGUIN (build log in the kits 1850-1900 section) Liberty Ship SS Stephen Hopkins (Gallery & Build Log) USS Basilone (DD-824) (Gallery & Build Log) USS Olympia (Gallery) USS Kirk (FF-1087) (Gallery & Build Log) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share #467 Posted May 31, 2015 Thanks for the many ticks and comments guys, I have been working on the ships boats they are turning out to be little mini builds on there own, so I will update the log soon and go through the builds rather than just one update on them all. justsayrow 1 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobbsie Posted June 1, 2015 Share #468 Posted June 1, 2015 She's a real feast for the eye's Ray, wonderful. Be Good mobbsie Ray 1 Quote mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share #469 Posted June 10, 2015 Ships boats I decided the next job was to build the four ships' boats,I started with the smallest one, the 18ft cutter, this was to be my first real build of a ships boat, as the ships boats on Pegasus were hulls I fitted out. Again the kit drawings are a bit basic, so using the boat kit as a starting point, I built the boats adding detail from The Anatomy of ship Diana s drawings, off the ships boats and will hopefully, using the experience gained on the first one built, be able to build, the others even more closely to the books boats. ( below is a photo of the the kit plan for the 24ft cutter and the plan from the book)The cutter hull build went OK double planked with some 4mm x .5mm timber I already had, I made sure to overlap the joints of the first planking with the second planking to add strength (after a little bit of filler to the the first planking), the frame tabs were then broken off and the hull sanded inside and out with only a tiny amount of filling required, I then planked the bottom inside, the A O S Diana shows fore and aft gratings, so some wooded packs, and a plastic moulded one were ordered, they were both way too thick, so I cut the shape for the aft one from the plastic grating, and then reduced its thickness, and it looks fairly good,next the internal frames were added using plastic strip and painted yellow ochre, and the the seats added, the wash strake next, again from plastic, and the row-locks were then filed out. The tiller was again made from plastic sheet with the hinges added and lastly the tiller arm, the outer hull was then painted, on the 18ft cutter a green band waqs painted, and the rest of the hull satin white. Lastly the anchor, boat hooks, ropes and oars were added for effect, overall I am pleased with this cutter and hope to improve my small boat building on the other three, and I have made a start on the next boat whilst waiting for coats of paint to dry on this one. Kit plan and the plan in A N O S Diana ( these are the 22ft cutter) first planking 2nd planking keel added grating wash strake thwarts & grating Painting tiller Completed no fittings Completed cutter fitted out schooner, mtaylor, dgbot and 19 others 22 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensign Posted June 11, 2015 Share #470 Posted June 11, 2015 Hello Ray, Your treatment of the ships boats is inspirational, I am keeping copies of each step of your log for when I start on Diana. Thank you for providing such detailed information on a very competent build. Regards Gary Ray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted June 11, 2015 Share #471 Posted June 11, 2015 Your ships boat is a model in itself. David B Ray 1 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted June 11, 2015 Share #472 Posted June 11, 2015 That is a sweet little cutter, Ray. It looks great. Ray 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted June 11, 2015 Share #473 Posted June 11, 2015 Great work on the cutter Ray, and the overall look of your Diana is so impressive, just love the look of her. Cheers, B.E. Ray 1 Quote Current Build: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-164-scale Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ finished 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ finished HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobbsie Posted June 11, 2015 Share #474 Posted June 11, 2015 A beautiful cutter to enhance a beautiful ship. Well done Ray Be Good mobbsie Ray 1 Quote mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted June 11, 2015 Share #475 Posted June 11, 2015 beautiful work Ray, I`m also curious on the other boats your yard has an build order for, as you said.... The HMS Diana is a fantastic and well built model.. Nils Ray 1 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mort stoll Posted June 12, 2015 Share #476 Posted June 12, 2015 Hi Ray, The boat looks great. Who did you order the plastic grating from and what size was it? CMB has wooden grating in various sizes. Look forward to more posts, Mort drtrap 1 Quote Current Build - Caldercraft Victory Completed - Artesiana Latina Swift, Harvey, MGS Prince de Neufchatel, Imai USS Susquehanna, Mamoli Constitution, Rattlesnake per Hunt Practium, Caldercraft Snake, Diana, Kammerlander Duke William Waiting to be Launched - Bluejacket Constitution Proud member of The New Jersey Ship Model Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share #477 Posted June 14, 2015 Hi guys thanks for the coments and ticks. Nils the other boats in the shipyard are a 24ft cutter which is nearly finished (photos soon), a 26ft launch and a 32ft pinace. Mort the gratings are Amiti A4328 100x40mm hole size 1.5 mm to my mind they look very good at this scale as mentioned in the log they are too thick but with care can be thined down. I obtained mine from Cornwall Model Boats. mort stoll and drtrap 2 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share #478 Posted June 22, 2015 Ships boats 2The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels. Frames and keel clamped 1st plank 1st planking and filler 2nd planking planking done and false keel added inside hull prepared deck & grating inside painted inside fitted out wash strake & rowlocks painting tiller Completed cutter Both 18ft and 24ft cutters jim_smits, Keith_W, rafine and 20 others 23 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share #479 Posted July 1, 2015 The next boat to be completed is the 26ft launch built as the other two plus some photos of all three only the pinace to do now as before the early stages done but on holiday for two weeks from Sunday so they should all be completed by the end of the month. Keel & frames 1st planking 2nd planking false keel inside ribs decks added seats row locks & winch tiller painted tiller added inside fitted out completed tiller inboard three finished boats Beef Wellington, Dfell, SimonV and 13 others 16 Quote Ray Current build A set of HMS Diana`s boats @ 1/48 HMS Royal Marine a Military class Trawler Completed HMS Diana Completed build The Lady Nelson Completed Build HMS Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobbsie Posted July 2, 2015 Share #480 Posted July 2, 2015 NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE, some very smart little boats there Ray. Well done mate. be Good mobbsie Ray 1 Quote mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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