1 January 2025Hammock cranes4 photos
The dog ate the drawings
The hammock cranes from the kit are nearly all broken, and the dog has eaten sheet 3 and sheet 5, with the belaying plan.
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13 Hammock cranes
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Phase 1 Keel and bulkheads2 Planking the gun deck3 Hull planking4 Stern and quarter galleries5 Coppering6 Mouldings, head and rudder7 Fitting out the gun deck8 Guns9 Planking the upper deck10 Rails and capstan11 Ship's wheel and binnacle12 Upper deck guns13 Hammock cranes All postsJanuary 2025
2 January 2025Hammock cranes1 photos
Emailing Cornwall and the cavel cleats
On Piet's advice I ask Cornwall Model Boats for new drawings, and in the meantime I make the cavel cleats so that a rope can actually be belayed to them.
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8 January 2025Hammock cranes4 photos
Hammock cranes from tube
New hammock cranes from 1 mm tube bent round a wooden jig, with a small ring set into the filed-open end; flat or round rings is still the question.
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September 2025
5 September 2025Hammock cranes4 photos
Cranes on, netting from the kitchen fly screen
The home-made hammock cranes are on, the netting comes from the kitchen fly screen and the first hammock is a roll of cloth measuring 4 by 3 cm, coloured in rooibos tea.
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21 September 2025Hammock cranes4 photos and a video
All the nettings secured, now the two hundred hammocks
The nettings are attached to the horizontal rope with a small whipping and a loop, and with a strip of wood holding seven pins I roll and bind the hammocks.
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September 2026
19 September 2026Hammock cranes7 photos and a video
All 190 hammocks in line
After a year of rolling and binding, all 190 hammocks are in the nettings; at ten minutes each it was quite a job, and the hammock cranes are finished with it.
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