Old Collingwood Posted April 16, 2020 #361 Posted April 16, 2020 16 hours ago, harlequin said: I am using corels supplied rope and caldercrafts black rope....I will as usual get the colours wrong, I will end up mixing the fixed with the running as usual......the blackrope is not too bad just got to work it slightly to get rid of all the fuzz, and it doesn't take to pva as well as the corel but I think all will be well Folks have recommended bees wax to de fray ropes. OC. Canute 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
harlequin Posted April 16, 2020 Author #362 Posted April 16, 2020 I have heard this Old....cheers will try it. Old Collingwood and Canute 2 Quote
harlequin Posted April 18, 2020 Author #363 Posted April 18, 2020 no stopping me now KARAVOKIRIS, JpR62, Kevin and 5 others 8 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted April 18, 2020 #364 Posted April 18, 2020 Those stays look great mate. OC. Canute 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
harlequin Posted April 18, 2020 Author #365 Posted April 18, 2020 first of the shrouds.....I have dyed the corel rope for the shrouds....this made the rope quite stiff but workable and will probably make the rats easier to cope with. Canute, coalman, GrandpaPhil and 6 others 9 Quote
harlequin Posted April 19, 2020 Author #366 Posted April 19, 2020 just found this stuff.....applied to the hemp rope before fitting to Bellona.....best stuff I have found for getting rid of the fuzz.....I drag the rope through then roll it with my fingers. It then sets without any residue. JpR62, Canute and Old Collingwood 3 Quote
harlequin Posted April 20, 2020 Author #367 Posted April 20, 2020 foremast lower shrouds.....bring on the rats.....well maybe not just yet.. JpR62, GrandpaPhil, KARAVOKIRIS and 2 others 5 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted April 20, 2020 #368 Posted April 20, 2020 That looks perfect mate. OC. Canute 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
harlequin Posted April 23, 2020 Author #369 Posted April 23, 2020 Beef Wellington, hamilton, GrandpaPhil and 5 others 8 Quote
Mr.Deep Posted April 24, 2020 #370 Posted April 24, 2020 Maybe you should try to paint the gun port covers in the color of the skin. Canute 1 Quote
harlequin Posted April 24, 2020 Author #371 Posted April 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Mr.Deep said: Maybe you should try to paint the gun port covers in the color of the skin. deliberately kept like this as a contrast to the skin.....they are not supplied with the kit and painting would in my opinion look worse. Old Collingwood and Canute 2 Quote
harlequin Posted April 29, 2020 Author #372 Posted April 29, 2020 progress GrandpaPhil, Old Collingwood, yvesvidal and 3 others 6 Quote
harlequin Posted May 6, 2020 Author #373 Posted May 6, 2020 been a busy bee as of late...….most of the shrouds completed. GrandpaPhil, WalrusGuy, petervisser and 1 other 4 Quote
harlequin Posted May 6, 2020 Author #374 Posted May 6, 2020 started on the dreaded rats.....a few rats then a couple of beers will eventually see me through....also bought these hooks for the rigging instead of making my own.....lazy on my part but better looking. Old Collingwood, shipcarpenter, Beef Wellington and 5 others 8 Quote
harlequin Posted May 10, 2020 Author #375 Posted May 10, 2020 all the shrouds and futtock shrouds now completed …..started on the rats...….things that make me go AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH...…..running out of single malt whisky, running out of Cuban cigars and running out of ratline before the end of the shroud and having to undo the other clove hitches and start again Old Collingwood 1 Quote
harlequin Posted May 15, 2020 Author #376 Posted May 15, 2020 50% of the rats now done...……...which means 50% still to go.. Old Collingwood 1 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted May 16, 2020 #377 Posted May 16, 2020 My rats nearly sent me cross eyed so difficult to keep them uniform - but you are doing a fine job. OC. Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
harlequin Posted May 16, 2020 Author #378 Posted May 16, 2020 I just use the "rack of the eye" when doing the rats, I don't have a gauge that I keep too or a measure behind the shrouds....just clove hitch and go...starboard side completed....Victory and Greyhound look on in the back ground. JpR62, yvesvidal, herask and 9 others 11 1 Quote
Sailor1234567890 Posted May 19, 2020 #379 Posted May 19, 2020 Are they all the same scale? Old Collingwood 1 Quote
harlequin Posted May 22, 2020 Author #380 Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/19/2020 at 3:35 AM, Sailor1234567890 said: Are they all the same scale? more or less the same scale yes.... Old Collingwood 1 Quote
harlequin Posted May 22, 2020 Author #381 Posted May 22, 2020 today should see the rats completed.....things will move on quickly after that I think......seems like an age that I have been doing shrouds then rats.....I see clove hitches in my sleep. Old Collingwood 1 Quote
foxbat Posted May 22, 2020 #382 Posted May 22, 2020 hi there...am currently building same ship...Corel Bellona....love your black stays but my kit only has tanned rigging...nothing black. Perhaps I can dye black the thicker rope for the stays....your thoughts? Old Collingwood 1 Quote
harlequin Posted May 22, 2020 Author #383 Posted May 22, 2020 33 minutes ago, foxbat said: hi there...am currently building same ship...Corel Bellona....love your black stays but my kit only has tanned rigging...nothing black. Perhaps I can dye black the thicker rope for the stays....your thoughts? that is just what I did....dyed intense black.... along with some spare Caldercraft black rigging.....The dye doesn't get right to the centre of the rigging so I touch up any visible tan area. Old Collingwood 1 Quote
harlequin Posted May 22, 2020 Author #384 Posted May 22, 2020 Oh happy day...ratlines all done and dusted.. WalrusGuy, coalman, yvesvidal and 7 others 10 Quote
hamilton Posted May 22, 2020 #385 Posted May 22, 2020 Awesome work Harlequin! Victory, Greyhound and Bellona look great together! hamilton Old Collingwood 1 Quote 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 Greyhound; Fair 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
harlequin Posted May 22, 2020 Author #386 Posted May 22, 2020 cheers Hamilton...….seven short years to this stage. Quote
Sailor1234567890 Posted May 23, 2020 #388 Posted May 23, 2020 Have you any more shots of the three of them together? She's really taken a step forward with the ratlines done. WalrusGuy and Canute 2 Quote
harlequin Posted May 23, 2020 Author #389 Posted May 23, 2020 11 hours ago, Sailor1234567890 said: Have you any more shots of the three of them together? She's really taken a step forward with the ratlines done. I will do some more later and post......It is the tediousness of the rats that gets me.. Old Collingwood 1 Quote
harlequin Posted May 28, 2020 Author #390 Posted May 28, 2020 more rigging completed....backstays all done for all three masts. She is slowly getting there. Bill Morrison, GrandpaPhil, WalrusGuy and 1 other 4 Quote
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