discussion HMS Supply

[Guest]

thanks gents well just got home last night after a 6 weeks trip so only got 2 weeks left before i go back, had a new grandson born 5 weeks ago who i met for the first time today so got alot going on just now and not sure if i will manage to make a start this time home or not but will certainly try

cheers steve

 

[Guest]

HI all

Well home again for a well earned rest after all the storms and back on with my build, in the last couple of days I have started the fiddly task of the rigging beginning with the foremast. I have put the small 3mm deadeyes on the upper part of the mast and the first shroud and also redone some of the blocks before continuing with the shrouds as I think it would cause me problems if I left them till later, I also intend doing the top half of the rigging before fixing the masts in place.

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cheers steve

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[Guest]

One thing I am noticing with the rigging plans and the colour plans and the booklet is some of the rigging is different and also some of the blocks shown on the rigging plans are not on the colour plans so I don’t know if I’m adding or missing blocks that I will need or not as time goes on ?.

Here are some more pics showing my progress so far all be it very slow and my photographic skills are much to be desired (may need some new batteries in it ).

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Doing the ratlines i tied them on with a clove hitch and then put a drop of glue on each end before cutting of the excess twine.

cheers steve

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[flyjoe180]

Photos are a tad blurry Steve, but looks like you are making good progress.

 

[Guest]

Yeh i know Joe not sure why but think i need to change batteries even tho the meter shows it has plenty of power left ? either that or my eyesite is getting worse lol

cheers steve

 

[Guest]

Not much progress since my last update as this is taking me a long time as never done anything this intense before but want to get it looking the best I can and it all adds to the experience , I’ve now fixed the mast to the ship and as you can see I have started attaching the shrouds and also got myself a small vice to make life easier

cheers steve

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[flyjoe180]

Looks good Steve, lots of detail rigging in that lot.

Re the camera, I have to ask as the photos are very difficult to look at again, is your lens clean? Or do you have it set on a time value or some other setting? Try giving the lens a clean and using an automatic setting just to see if that makes a difference. I'm sure others as well as myself would like to see your hard work in clarity.

 

[Guest]

Hi Joe

yes im fiddling around with the settings trying to get it right its a new camera but what im doing just now is taking a few pics at a time loading em to see if things are better or worse,i think the last few pics have got abit better so fingers crossed and got some more to have a look at later and hope these will be better

cheers steve

 

[Guest]

i think these pics are better and as you can see not progressed very much but it is a fiddley job especially the ratlines tying clove hitches in each one all the way up but i am glad i ran the twine through the beeswax tho as this helps because i can squeeze the twine together after making the first turnmaking it less likely the twine will move as long as im careful with it

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[Guest]

well thats it for this leave folks why is it my time at home always goes quicker than my time at sea ? got a week left to get all my stuff together and putting all my model stuff away today so next time i start this again will be in April.

cheers steve

 

[flyjoe180]

Safe trip Steve, look forward to more HMS Supply in April

 

[Guest]

thanks joe and hopefully things will be alot clearer lol and still plenty of work on her to do yet

cheers steve

 

[flyjoe180]

Yes, the pictures in the latest post were clearer, thanks for that.

 

[Guest]

Hi folks

Cant believe its been nearly a year since i last updated my log, still been a busy time for me what with work and things getting in the way had to put the ship on the back burner but hopefully now i can get down to finishing this one and starting my next project.

I have invested in a 3 jaw self centering chuck for my lathe a set of digital callipers and bought a proxxon k230 bench saw which came the other day and not used yet but should be over the next day or so,anyway so today i set up my lathe and decided to have a go at making some of my own belaying pins as the ones supplied in the kit are plastic and im not happy with so here are a few pics of my attempt at making some 12mm belaying pins from tooth pics which i can get 3 from each one.

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cheers steve

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[Guest]

Well thats it i have finally managed to complete the ship it's been a steep learning curve as this was my first attempt at building a period ship but found it a very enjoyable experience and learnt a few new skills along the wayView attachment 104730

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[Guest]

Excellent model

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Superb work Steve ......... All that string would finish me ......... It'd be in the bin way before now. You have my admiration matey.

 

[Guest]

it certainly stretched me at times doing the rigging as the plans are not the best to be honest one diagram will show blocks and rigging going one way then nothing leaving you to guess where it should go or the other way round where there is nothing then you look in the booklet at a pic only to find there is rigging going from a to b so i found it a bit of a headache at times and yet this kit is labelled as a begginers kit.


All in all despite the problems it has been an enjoyable build and i have learned quite a bit from doing it which was why i did it in the first place so i have an idea of what to look out for in future builds, doing some things differently would have made life easier or caused more problems further down the line but for a first attempt i am pleased with the outcome and over all look of the kit.


cheers steve