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Great work Harlequin - quick question - how did you get the snaking done without distorting the forestay and preventer stay? I tried snaking on the Blandford but removed it because I couldn't figure out how to add it without it pulling up on the stays and spoiling their run.....

hamilton

current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780); Admiralty models Echo cross-section (semi-scratch)
 
previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); 
MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit)HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS GreyhoundFair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851)Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch); Off-Centre Sailing Skiff (scratch)
 
under the bench: MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy

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Really nice standard riging, and I agree  with hamilton   about the snaking.

 

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On ‎5‎/‎28‎/‎2020 at 10:52 PM, hamilton said:

Great work Harlequin - quick question - how did you get the snaking done without distorting the forestay and preventer stay? I tried snaking on the Blandford but removed it because I couldn't figure out how to add it without it pulling up on the stays and spoiling their run.....

hamilton

I glued with watered down PVA after every couple of snakes......I used one continuous piece of rope and secured with a clove hitch at each stage.. It has a slight distortion but I can live with it.

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A milestone on Bellona...the first of the yards being prepped for final fixing...….to think I came within a hairs breadth of scrapping Bellona because of the way it was going is a lesson to others to just keep persevering. Loads of errors and mistakes but I think they add to Bellona overall character....well that's my theory and i'm sticking to it. 

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On 5/29/2020 at 6:03 AM, harlequin said:

more rigging completed....backstays all done for all three masts. She is slowly getting there.

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Hi Harlequin, can you cast your mind back to doing your transom. I'm having troubles bending the moulding for the deck edge & rail. Neither soaking & plank bending jig nor scope iron heat worked. I was wondering if putting a lengthways slit on one face might work. I'd appreciate your advice as yours looks fine. I also somehow stuffed up the quarter deck levels & as you can see had to improvise with some extra steps. Oh! Well. Such is life

All the best G

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3 hours ago, Christopher Carl said:

Your work is excellent. I started my Bellona two and a half years ago, and followed your build ever since. You helped me solve a number of problems. I just started a build log myself. Take a look when you get a moment.

 

Christopher Carl

I will do Christopher...glad I could help....I had many problems with this build and to be honest I don't know how I stopped myself from setting fire to it......I have altered things on it most obviously the metal gun ports, but it was either those or the scrap yard...….will take a look at yours today.....reagards

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8 hours ago, Gan Do said:

Hi Harlequin, can you cast your mind back to doing your transom. I'm having troubles bending the moulding for the deck edge & rail. Neither soaking & plank bending jig nor scope iron heat worked. I was wondering if putting a lengthways slit on one face might work. I'd appreciate your advice as yours looks fine. I also somehow stuffed up the quarter deck levels & as you can see had to improvise with some extra steps. Oh! Well. Such is life

All the best G

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I really cant remember to be honest.....if you post a pic of the edge you are talking about I will try to remember exactly what I did....cheers.

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I can utter the immortal words......Bellona is COMPLETED...……..apart from the ensigns which I may or may not add.....after over 7 years of toil, Bellona and me are at one. It has been a journey full of angst and doubt. At one stage Bellona came within a hairs width of being scrapped. Pictures to follow soon.  

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Congratulations Harlequin, I've been following your build for the last 2 years, ever since starting my own.  Your build log has been very helpful as this is my first build,(I think I might have bitten off more than I can chew).  Anyway I have plenty of time on my hands, so slowly slowly.  Fantastic model you must be very pleased.  Maybe time for a celebratory Rum, aaargh.

 

Cheers

Overboard

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8 hours ago, Overboard said:

Congratulations Harlequin, I've been following your build for the last 2 years, ever since starting my own.  Your build log has been very helpful as this is my first build,(I think I might have bitten off more than I can chew).  Anyway I have plenty of time on my hands, so slowly slowly.  Fantastic model you must be very pleased.  Maybe time for a celebratory Rum, aaargh.

 

Cheers

Overboard

cheers Overboard.....I am quietly pleased with the result, and if I can help you with yours I will be more than happy......I have to decide whether or not to include the ensigns or not....corels flags are not very good so need a more realistic one before I add them.....keep going with it, mine nearly ended up in the scrap yard buy i'm glad I persevered with it....will post some pics soon. If anyone has a flag producer I would love to know. 

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Congratulations on a superb build! Wonderful to see.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is a habit, not an act.

~ Aristotle 

 

I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me, fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs, have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all of my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I would spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life!

~ The Voyageur, Grace Lee Nute

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lovely build and great log

 

thank you for sharing

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Congratulations on your very fine looking Bellona. I was following along and you had a very interesting build log. I like the fact that you kept with the all natural wood finish. it really shows off your craftsmanship.

Cheers,

Peter

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On 6/19/2020 at 9:45 AM, harlequin said:

I can utter the immortal words......Bellona is COMPLETED...……..apart from the ensigns which I may or may not add.....after over 7 years of toil, Bellona and me are at one. It has been a journey full of angst and doubt. At one stage Bellona came within a hairs width of being scrapped. Pictures to follow soon.  

CONGRATULATIONS on an exquisite model!  Well done!

 

Bill

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