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Re: Crosstrees (was Re: Rigging line sizes)

Clayton Johnson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:27:01 GMT

Thanks Fred, that will help! Pretty much what I thought, but I didnt know yet that they changed beginng holes from port to starboard. Cheers! Clayton

Crosstrees (was Re: Rigging line sizes)

fredhocker — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:55:50 GMT

Deadeye lanyards are rigged in standard form, based on the wear and erosion marks on the 139 surviving deadeyes. The knotted end is on the inboard side of the

Re: Crosstrees (was Re: Rigging line sizes)

Clayton Johnson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:56:46 GMT

Hej Fred! Thanks! That should definately give me enough information, along with the museum plans to accurately reconstruct these. I should be able to figure

Crosstrees (was Re: Rigging line sizes)

fredhocker — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:12:52 GMT

You are in luck, since we have much of this material surviving, specifically one trestletree and both crosstrees from the foremast and a crosstree from the

Re: Rigging line sizes

Clayton Johnson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:15:19 GMT

Thanks Fred! Only need one more piece of information before I can start rigging. I need to know the right diameter of the tops, or dimensions of the cross

Re: Rigging line sizes

fredhocker — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:38:32 GMT

Afraid that I can't reach any of the lower stays to measure them without the crane, but can say that the strop score in the mainstay deadeye is 135 mm wide,

Re: Rigging line sizes

Clayton Johnson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:14:01 GMT

Hello group, Here is a site with pictures from last weekends model ship show in St. Paul MN:

Rigging line sizes

Clayton Johnson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:45:49 GMT

Fred and group, I am just back from my detail early since I finished my work, and beat the rain. Thanks for the dimensions on shrouds. Do you have the same for

Re: Cannon sizes

fredhocker — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:12:34 GMT

Generally it is best to ignore Mondfeld, as there are too many errors in his book to count. We reconstruct the shrouds diameters from the strop scores in the

Re: Cannon sizes

Arno Janssen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:50:53 GMT

Hello Fred, I am almost beginning with the rigging. Are the rope sizes of the shrouds in the book of Mondfeld correct. If not what are the thickness of the

Re: Cannon sizes

Clayton Johnson — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:42:00 GMT

Hello Group! I forgot about the documentation that was a result of the 17th century salvaging of the guns. Too bad they did not document closely where they

Re: Cannon sizes

Peter Jenssen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:55:23 GMT

2009/10/22 fredhocker ... That is interesting. I hadn't noticed that before! They are furled on every illustration.. I wonder if that

Re: Cannon sizes

Peter Jenssen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:05:10 GMT

Hi Clayton, You wouldn't be doing a 1:75 scale set by any chance? ;-) Peter 2009/10/21 Clayton Johnson

Canister shot (was Re: Cannon sizes)

fredhocker — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:56:59 GMT

We don't have any direct information about the canister shot other than the presence of the canisters, which were not yet filled when the ship sank. They could

Re: Cannon sizes

fredhocker — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:47:29 GMT

An interesting discussion! The reason that the 1:10 model in the museum does not have upper deck armament is that there was insufficient information about the