Then onto the nets themselves.
I made these from the same net curtain material, and in the same way, as the hammock netting but this time only one length of small rigging cord was used to strengthen the top edge. Once the netting was ready I lashed them to the rods with small black rigging cord leaving the bottom edge free. Another test fit allowed me to shape and mark the netting to go around the privy seats and the rise of the grate flooring. I then cut the net to shape as seen below.



The two sides were then re-fitted to give the final appearance, which I must say, I'm really pleased with.









Regards
Alan

Just a small note regarding the rigging ropes described earlier in post
#100.
Before fitting these ropes, (as will all the rigging on the ship) were coated with bees wax and stretched for 48 Hrs using my patented (NOT)
rope stretching machine.



Just something I knocked up the other afternoon. One end is fixed and has holes drilled to put the ropes through and knot or tie off.



The other end has razor saw cuts at an angle that the ropes can be pulled into, stretched and locked into place with a downward pull. By fitting a couple of dowel pegs in the bottom of the bar and drilling some locating holes along the base, it can be adjusted for shorter or longer lengths of rigging.



The actual rigging ropes attached to the knights heads should ideally be rigged from the other end down to the tackles, but as it may prove difficult to get in there later I have done it the other way and will hopefully be able to rig them in reverse. I have left them long enough, marked and rolled them up into a bag and the cherubs are keeping hold of them until needed



Regards
Alan

Hi Alan.
Fantastic work.look forward to seeing your progress ian

nice job,well done.

Figure head looks spot on, I must have missed it.

J

Thanks Steve,
It does strain the old eyes at times .
Regards
Alan

Thanks Robin,
Feel free to make as many notes as you like.
No guarantee that I'm 100% right though
Regards
Alan

Thanks Mike.
Regards
Alan

Hi all,
Another little update. As I was working on the beak head area I decided to have a go at the bumkins or boomkins whatever you wish to call them.
These are the small spars that are attached to the knight head posts and protrude out and at a downward angle through the beak head netting, and rest on the curved shape of the beak rail, I think they are tied down there as well. They are there to hold down and spread the the tack (lower angle) of the fore sail. Below is a photo of the starboard side of the real ship.



Although round in profile and tapering toward the outer end like a spar, at the point they attach to the knight head posts they are octagonal in shape as seen below.



So here is my attempt to make them. After getting some scale measurements
which shows them to be about 3mm at the knight head end, tapering to about 1.75mm at the farthest point. I started with two pieces of 5mm square profile timber.



I chose the square profile because I thought it might be easier to make the octagonal shape but as it turned out I had to file so much down I might have done as well with round profile, but anyway, I marked off some reference points and turned them in a drill chuck, while filing, to get the basic shape below.



Some more thinning down with small files and sanding pads got me to the next stage.



I then roughly calculated and filed the angle that they come away from the knight head posts and after some adjustments I was happy with the fit. I then drilled and fixed some small locating pegs made from filed down cocktail sticks that will locate into holes drilled in the sides of the knight head posts. A bit of final shaping to arrive at the finished items.



Below are some shots of them temporarily fitted in place.







Its not a perfect octagon but at this size it gives the impression of one.
If you look at the first photo of the real ship, they seem to have a slight downward bow in them and I'm pondering whether I should soak them in water and leave them to dry with some weight on them to achieve this, or just leave well alone in case I do more harm than good and just paint them black and be done. Whatever I decide, I won't be permanently fitting them for a while until they are needed, as little pointy out things tend to get broken off
Regards
Alan

Very nice addition with those "little mast things" I've not even noticed these on the de ag kit, will have to have to have a look through the official build to see
Steve