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Like your innovation, looking the business well done. Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
Current Build:
Endeavour Cross section,D51
Completed: HMS Victory
Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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Been getting quite a bit done now, I have finished the lanyards,and threaded all the clump blocks, Be it right or be it wrong, I have put a spreader plate to the top of the ropes, this involved cutting a piece of 5mm x 2 mm wood, putting 10 saw drafts in to it, to take the ropes, and after the ropes were glued in I put a piece of 2mm x 2mm timber on the back to stop the ropes coming out of the spreader bar. This gave me equal spaceing's for the ratlines, I also put eyelets in to this bar to take the deadeyes from above on the foretop.  I then tied the ropes from the deadeyes from above, on to the eyelets on the spacer bar.   I then marked the positions of the ratlines on to a piece of card and taped on the the side of the ship. This gave me the right position to work to as I ascend the mast. Boy this is a long process, but got on good,    The only thing I am really unhappy with is the seizing to the dead eyes at the bottom of the lanyards, the heights are all over the place, On the other side they are all good for the same height, will have to do something about this, don't know what yet.
MoMo
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This is just a test to see if I could get a video on the post.
MoMo
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Got a good bit more of the standing rigging done. I have now started the lanyards and shrouds to the rear mast now. Once I have threaded the shrouds, I pull the white thread through to the front, by positioning the thread between the deadeye and the lanyard thread, sometimes there is enough of a gap, other times I have to use a needle threader, I then pass it back to the side and tie it off at the back, out of sight.   Again once all done, I can start the task of tying the ratlines, what a long job this one is. After that, I decided to do the upper sections to the main mast, But I had already glued the top and second top sections together, so putting the lanyards in to this middle section of mast was more difficult, I had to do this in situ.    All in all, quite a lot of progress getting made,    Mo Mo
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well Mo, you have inspired me with your workmanship and enthusiasm on this build so much that i have taken the plunge and ordered the kit. She is a great looking kit and with the help from your build diary i only hope i can end up with something a fraction as good as you. current builds
victory,endeavour,thermoplye,constitution
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She,s getting a big girl now Mo    HMS Surprise
HMS Snake
HMS Bounty
HMS Royal Caroline
HMS Victory rebuild
HMS Supply
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alantait wrote:well Mo, you have inspired me with your workmanship and enthusiasm on this build so much that i have taken the plunge and ordered the kit. She is a great looking kit and with the help from your build diary i only hope i can end up with something a fraction as good as you.
It was was not for this forum, I would have been unable to turn something like this out, so a big thanks to all that have contributed, I have only built one ship before and it was a part completed Danmark by Billings. And this was done back in 1985. I eventually lost it somewhere along the line, but what I remember was quite poor. The Surprise is a big ship.
Mo. 👍 🔨 Mo
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Good to here from you again, Get cracking, look forward to seeing you progress.
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Hi Mo, hope you are proud of what you have achieved because you should be.... looking great and progressing very nicely....
Regards
Alan
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You are doing an excellent job there Mo. Well done. Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
Current Build:
Endeavour Cross section,D51
Completed: HMS Victory
Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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Sorry to here your not to well, hope your better soon, and we can swap log stories.
Mo. Mo
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Thanks Mo I will be putting up some pics hopefully on build at the weekend as I have not been happy with what I have done so having to go back a bit, I just want it right as to the real ship. Love the rigging you have done so far will be definitely using some of your tips. Keep the Surprise flag flying. Builds in progress: HMS Victory.HMS Surprise.
Completed builds: Revell London Bus 1/24.
Builds to do:Sovereign of the seas, Hms Albion.
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Thanks Hans & Pete for your encouragement,
MoMo
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Mo
This is a very well executed build that you have here. Bravo. Your little jig is a good idea for tensioning shrouds to the same level. I have often used a slightly simpler version made from a paper clip cut and bent to a form like so L__________I. You can make as many of these as you need and then set the top and bottom dead eyes onto the hooked ends. This gives approx the same result as yours but it is simple to make a whole set at one time.
John
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yamaska wrote:Mo
This is a very well executed build that you have here. Bravo. Your little jig is a good idea for tensioning shrouds to the same level. I have often used a slightly simpler version made from a paper clip cut and bent to a form like so L__________I. You can make as many of these as you need and then set the top and bottom dead eyes onto the hooked ends. This gives approx the same result as yours but it is simple to make a whole set at one time.
John Good tip as well John, always good to hear other people's idea's. I think it's quite good, when some of the shrouds are slightly different heights, on a real ship they are at different heights, ( That' s my excuse for mine ending up higgle d piggilty.
Mo. 🍻. 📌 Mo
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You are learning Mo, thats the exact same way as I have always done them. Practicaly foolproof as long as you dont overdo the tension. HMS Surprise
HMS Snake
HMS Bounty
HMS Royal Caroline
HMS Victory rebuild
HMS Supply
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