Captain Edward Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Very, very nice! Love the stern detail and the custom cannons. Good luck on updating! Quote
Mr. Townsend Posted April 18, 2017 Author Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) Its not the best picture but I wanted to show the progress that has been made on the Matterhorn lately. The project is finally back in progress after two moves of 1200 mile. From trip one she lost her bowsprit and trip two the stern had to be rebuilt. Now I've got a solid build space to bring this project to completion. I won't offer a timeline as I've never been anywhere near accurate with them. Normally when I sit down for a session I'll throw one or two strings up and then re-shelve her for a spell. Topmasts are now in place. Backstays and rigging the topgalants is mainly what's left on her standing rigging. Then will come sails and running rigging. I've gotten pretty good on the sewing machine so sails shouldn't take near as long as they did on pinnacle. Hopefully I'll make them right on the first go rather then the third. This photo never made it into the thread so I'm adding it now. The idea is that Matterhorn has been launched and is in process of being rigged. In the meantime her captain is throwing a party for local politicians and military officers to show off the new vessel. It took three iterations of the tent before I was contented. Edited April 18, 2017 by Mr. Townsend Quote
kurigan Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 Glad to see you didn't lose her nor did we lose you good sir. Cheers! She is shaping up main well despite all her tribulations. Were you going to do anything more for rigging out ahead besides the one bobstay? Quote
Mr. Townsend Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 After 8 years, I've cleaned the dust off and started making progress again. Seeing the Fortuna brought me back to this project, which has been sitting on top of my bookshelf. I've got a few more parts to order and a few more sail templates to make but I'm excited to be moving forward. Quote
Sebeus I Posted March 11 Posted March 11 It's great to see you're picking up again on this one! Quote
Franco Clarke Posted March 14 Posted March 14 Nice to see an old build heading for competition at last, good thing she didn't suffer any damage whilst laid up. Quote
Mr. Townsend Posted yesterday at 03:28 AM Author Posted yesterday at 03:28 AM I'm going to update this post more often than I have in the past, even when the progress isn't massive. Last week, I completed the full set of sail templates and started transferring them onto cloth. Once the patterns are on the cloth, I will sew them in, dye the cloth in tea, then cut to shape and hem. Quote
GeoBrick Posted yesterday at 07:59 AM Posted yesterday at 07:59 AM Looks like a formidable opponent for the privateer frigate Fortuna with its extra gun mounts. Quote
Yperio_Bricks Posted yesterday at 12:15 PM Posted yesterday at 12:15 PM Very interesting look behind the scenes! Thanks for sharing. The ship looks fantastic (as do your other ships, like the Pinnacle (I was just browsing your flickr))! I have no idea about the collective weight of the cloth sails. Does it have any effect on the stability of the masts? Quote
Mr. Townsend Posted yesterday at 01:32 PM Author Posted yesterday at 01:32 PM 1 hour ago, Yperio_Bricks said: Very interesting look behind the scenes! Thanks for sharing. The ship looks fantastic (as do your other ships, like the Pinnacle (I was just browsing your flickr))! I have no idea about the collective weight of the cloth sails. Does it have any effect on the stability of the masts? The weight isn't much, but with the extensive rigging, the masts are incredibly sturdy. Each mast has a dowel running through its middle to increase rigidity. One of the things that makes the rigging so strong is that it is connected to the hull at the base of each mast, with backstays pushing tension to the stern and forestays pulling it forward. It was slightly loose until the bowsprit was anchored down into the keel (you can see it running in front of the figurehead), but now there is very little possible movement. Quote
Yperio_Bricks Posted yesterday at 10:49 PM Posted yesterday at 10:49 PM 9 hours ago, Mr. Townsend said: The weight isn't much, but with the extensive rigging, the masts are incredibly sturdy. Each mast has a dowel running through its middle to increase rigidity. One of the things that makes the rigging so strong is that it is connected to the hull at the base of each mast, with backstays pushing tension to the stern and forestays pulling it forward. It was slightly loose until the bowsprit was anchored down into the keel (you can see it running in front of the figurehead), but now there is very little possible movement. Gotcha! Quote
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