seadog Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 Rigging continues... last of the back stays are on and I've started on the bowsprit, jib boom and flying jib boom ensemble...flying jibboom isn't on yet.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 A question seadog. Are there no upper tops on this ship as you seem to be amiss the main mast upper top. Nice work by the way. foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 If you check out Chappels's drawing back on page one, there are no tops at all, just cross trees. I added the top on the foremast as I figured the RN would have sorted that one out right away. Mainly, though, it's a schooner and they didn't have maintops, even a 'Brig-Schooner like this 'un. Proper brigs did, however. Also the main topmast was always of a piece. F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Thanks mate for clearing that up. 'I think'. . foxy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Yeah, all gets horribly complicated and in the second quarter of the 19th century things were changing fast. Not so much in the Navies, but merchant shipping was going for anything that mde for more efficiency - and a smaller crew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 OK...the fore gaff sail is up for a fitting, still needs brails and clew lines and about a dozen blocks before it's actually glued in. Mustn't for get the parrel beads either. lots of bits to a sail! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Looking Sweet Beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 She's coming alive...... Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Set up the lightning conductor, Igor! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 It is looking really good now, and the sea adds much to the general atmosphere of the model. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Thanks Bob. I think it'll be a pretty thing when it's done if I manage to get through the Rigging without snapping off a mast!. I think I'm going to make life a bit easier on myself next time and do an Essex smack or similar...I have drawings. One mast, simple rigging.... . I'd love to do one of the late 19th century ocean liners like Stella, but I need to build a bit bigger, I think, my eyesight is getting to be a bit of a problem, as is my general ham fistedness.. I did notice that the people who do the Scillonian do a Channel Island Tanker, the Sarnia Cheri, which, converted to plastic card and wood might be a fascinating build... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 I need lots of blocks, single, doubles and a few triples... Impossible to do small single dead on scale but I can get fairly close. For what it's worth this is how I've been doing it... First drill the holes for the lines... My next step is to use an edged riffler to groove the sides... Then I drill a cross hole to thread the strop through, make it easier to keep it in place...a touch of CA helps too! Then the strop is tied off. Can be stropped with wire the same way... A finished single ...and a couple of doubles OK, it isn't quick.... but it works. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Nice detail, thanks for sharing Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Nice work seadog. Having a milling table makes this a lot easier I have found, so thanks for putting me on to that. Nothing in this scale makes it quick but cheaper than me buying them made up lol. Nice work. Foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollsroyce Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 HI really nice precision detail there. Patience and saints spring to mind Cheers Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Not been doing too much as I've got a couple of illustration projects on the go as well...not to mention procrastinating on making the dozens of blocks I'll need. This shot and the next one are of the mains'l, getting it's reef points - both sides, of course. And here it's getting laced to it's gaff... with blocks attached for the lift and brails.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Very tasty !! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 Well, the garage insulation job is nearing completion and my corner is operable again. So I figured it was time to carry on with rigging Rosamund... Time it got it's square sails, but first it needs a main boom... which was 60 ft long on the actual ship. It's horribly thin in 1/144th scale and turning it was a real hold yer breath job. now it needs various bits stuck to it. Ought to be pinned, really. We'll see. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Yeah Happy Days !! Great to see this back on the stocks Glad to see you've got your ' corner sorted ' no more excuses now Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 As long as it's not IN the stocks... Spare the whip, spoil the shipwright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Lol You can't say you've not been warned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Great project, lots of wood being used , just my thing! What are the sails made from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 Thanks...actually, in terms of bulk, not really a lot of wood, as it's pretty small. The sails are made from Daler layout paper. It's thin, quite strong and acid free, Once coated with acrylic matt medium they should last a long time. Used the same technique on Scottish Maid, if you want some more detail! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Thanks for that, it's likely that I'll end up doing something with sails one day so that's good to know. They look very convincing on your schooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just looking at your drill set up, figure I'm going to have to go down this road. Am I right in thinking that's a Proxxon drill press, what's the set up on it? Time we saw some modelling out of you Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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