To HMS Victory and beyond

[dafi]

Going Bananas ?

Going Bananas !

Going Bananas !!!





XXXDAn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHthhhPxHfo

[dafi]

Just received two shipyard inspections right now.

One itzy-pitzy-teeny-weeny little tiny red spot with 6 legs and two antennas that was racing all over the model in such an incredible speed, that I couldn�t shoot it. The second one I got some nice shots off







Looks there were no complaints on the way the rigging was done as he/she left without further remarks ...

XXDAn

[LE BOSCO]

HI Dan

that is the official version !I suspect you, to make work this low cost workforce ,for the manifold nodes on your Victory !
funny pics
cheers
Nicolas

[dafi]

They work like those fish that eat the surplus skin at neurodermatitis treatment - those bugs clean the open end of the ropes

XXXDAn

[LE BOSCO]

They work like those fish that eat the surplus skin at neurodermatitis treatment - those bugs clean the open end of the ropes

XXXDAn

exploiter!
cheers
Nicolas

[dafi]

That is my nature, so what ?!?



Have a deadline to keep ...

... in the Year 2525 ...


...hihihihihihihi...


XXXDAn

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... 5+futurama

[dafi]

Who ever looked at the right hand corner of the ladybird pictures saw already my new ventures

Right, it was time fore shake-rattle-and-roll!

To add a new shade to the old black-and white discussion, I would like to widen up the discussion. Classically the two colors for the british ships is a neutral pitch-black for the standing rigging or natural hemp for the running parts. As stockholm tar has a more brownish color, I already added a brown touch to my shrouds.

The contemporary literature mentions the ratlines as "tarred". Also the hammock netting and the cover over it is mentioned to be tarred. But does it mean that it was black? We had some interesting discussions in our german forum segelschiffsmodellbau.com with the remark, that it was also used to impregnate cloth to wear :-0

So I opted for a shade that is darker than the natural hemp but much lighter than the dark shrouds. So I mixed the two of them.



The thickness was already tested out quite a while ago and I found a thickness suitable for both looks and handling.

So I took my tart section and placed a template behind the shrouds - have a look at the shortened hair clips - my girly is gonna kill me



The template proved to be to thick in the lines, couldn�t see my lines properly ...



... so replaced it with a newer version where a filmsy line in an apart softgreen trhat proved to be more suitable. Also I used the hint not to rattle up (or better saying down) in one go, but to always half the distances to avoid the curving in of the outer shrouds.

So it got slowly more and more full ...



... the backstays I did bend out of the way, there are rumors of modelers rattling them in also ...



The lower lines were tough, had to find a logical way to work my way through, remembering in which row they were done on the original. As the ratlines were the last items, so they had to go over everything.
But even this mess I managed to clear considerably

And then comes the point of taking out the guiding template.



Still had to clear the half hitches of the outer shrouds and arrange the sagging ...





... and up they can go

XXXDAn

[silvershadow]

Really awesome build. Just a general question. What are you going to do with this ship when she is completed, sell it, keep it, donating it to a museum? I always wonder when I see all these incredible builds and wonder where they end up after the build. Impressive work, really enjoying it all the way.

[dafi]

BannnnnnAnnnnna!

I still owe you my banana ...

... small but important detail: As the man with the lead has no hand to hold himself, he uses a breast belt that is fixed in between the lanyards of the deadeyes.

And here he hangs in his belt, throwing the lead far to the front, while the line runs quickly through his fingers, him watching the marks, 2 fathoms leather with 2 stripes, 3 fathoms leather with 3 stripes, 5 fathoms white, 7 fathoms red, 10 fathoms leather with hole 13 fathoms blue, 15 fathoms white, 17 fathoms red - the line stops, the lead is on the ground, one can hear the chant "By the deep 17".







Cheers, BannnnAnnnnaDAn

[dafi]

BannnnnnAnnnnna!

I still owe you my banana ...

... small but important detail: As the man with the lead has no hand to hold himself, he uses a breast belt that is fixed in between the lanyards of the deadeyes.

And here he hangs in his belt, throwing the lead far to the front, while the line runs quickly through his fingers, him watching the marks, 2 fathoms leather with 2 stripes, 3 fathoms leather with 3 stripes, 5 fathoms white, 7 fathoms red, 10 fathoms leather with hole 13 fathoms blue, 15 fathoms white, 17 fathoms red - the line stops, the lead is on the ground, one can hear the chant "By the deep 17".







Cheers, BannnnAnnnnaDAn

[dafi]

Orgies- we want orgies!





The breast backstay is in place, a model in it�s own sense. 3 different types of blocks, 5 different sizes of rope ...

... as I said ...

... orgies - we want orgies!

XXXDAn

[dafi]

@silvershadow

Thank you Sir, but I have no feint idea what to do with it once finished

But my wife does puzzles, builds them with big investment of time and then knocks them back to pieces - that sounds even more weird to me ...

XXXDAn

[dafi]

The nice thing on such a model is, that one has so many small projects in their own sense, and I believe it to be pure coincidence, that they form a bigger model in the end

Blocks for ...



... another shifting backstay ...



... and the tye for the top mast yard.



As everything was well planned before execution, I had to drill some holes in hidden places, so my barbecue skewer drill was asked for, here 0,7 mm it also sets the scale in the picture ...



... and new parts already fixed, to be seen in the second row, or to hardly be seen because mostly hidden and unsharp.

.

Here is the new grammatical comparisson: tight-more tight-I love it







And yes, one more thing, the main tack is also in place.

Gr��le, DAniel

[dafi]

And here we go again for the big things in life ...

...

... a bit of sprue of 4 mm, a hole of 2 mm drilled in the middle, one pick glued on each side, slowly warmed up on top of a candle and very sloooooooooowly pulled ...



... cut to length, and rewidened the holes using broken 0,3 and 0,5 mm drills:



Used a wire hook to glue them onto the backside of the shroud ...



... bound them too for having a stable fixation during rigging ceremony and ready are the shroud trucks.

And then came a nice summer bouquet of assorted halyards, sheets, bunt lines, clue lines and tricing lines in a rich assortment of thicknesses. Some clamps still free for the stun�sail�s rigging



And now you see the reason, why I went through the task of adding the clamps. But equally exciting was to fix the lines onto them as I had no access from the back ...



... later I will still add some bights.

Kenavo, DAniel

[Stefano Salesi]

there is a beautiful new mental illness care center down here, i made the project and all. i'm making sure to reserve a nice, soft and warm room only for you man. you clearly deserve it

[dafi]

Thanks Stefano, can the building report already seen as the application form or do you anything else ?!?



XXXDAn

[Stefano Salesi]

the building report is more than enough as an apllication form. room 157 is waiting for you!

[dafi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4



XXXDAn

[dafi]

... and just one more thing to make sure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kEW0gD3l_U

XXXDAn

[dafi]

As being an old incremetalist I chose the smallest possible headway - I fixed an anchor

Some loops around the stock and the timberhead ...



... a chain around the shaft and a loop around the palm should do the trick for the small display. Luckily the inside can�t be seen



Cheers, Daniel