Iron barque

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Fabulous Bob. Looking forward to seeing how you do the masts and rigging. Merchant ships can be massively appealing as far as I (and many, many others) are concerned and this one has the bonus of sails. keep the pictures coming.

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

I have now begun the masting and rigging, starting with the shrouds and ratlines on the fore lower mast, topmast and t'gallant mast, plus the forestay and cap stays. The next task will be to set up similar rigging on the main and mizzen. Then with the three masts firmly stayed, I will move on to setting and rigging the fore and aft sails before completing the standing rigging. Sometimes, I wonder if any other fellow model shipbuilders build, or even like, this type of ship, as I haven't seen any others around in ages!

Bob

[Byron Rees…(Ron)Participant @byronrees-ron]

Superb stuff Bob,

Where do you get your glasses from?

RON.

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

Thanks Ron, It is much larger scale than my usual 32 feet to 1 inch. At 25 feet to 1 inch, it has a hull length of 9 1/2 inches on the waterline. At the age of 74, the larger scale greatly simplifies matters. It is all a matter of "attitude" more than anything else. Lots of folk say they would like to build miniatures, but would never be able to manage them, so that kills it off before it has even begun! For me, they have always been more convenient than large ones. Also, I have always required the hobby to be self-financing, which a lot of modellers frown on. Several times I have been told that I "Know the cost over everything, and the value of nothing" But I always feel that I am contributing more to our seafaring history than a continual stream of Cutty Sark, Bounty, Victory and Titanic kits! All the behind-the-scenes research is as fascinating as producing the models, and as far as this one is concerned, I have combed newspaper reports, and know most details of her long career, even to the names of the officers and men who died in her when she was posted missing in 1913.

Bob

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

Progress 19th May, 2018. All shrouds & ratlines cmpleted.

Bob

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Lovely to see this taking shape. Fabulous work Bob.

Kind regards

Graham

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