Post Scriptum
Gentlemen,
Today, I proudly present you the finished Yamato Rigging Guide.
In 34 different rigging procedures and 344 pictures, I exposed the origin, trajectory and destination of Cables and Cords, Insulators and Lanterns, Brackets and Lug Rings in all the different areas on Yamato’s Rigging Manual.
In all these chapters, the location of qty = 146 Brown Ball Insulators and qty = 39 White Bar Insulators have been unveiled with corresponding text and pictures.
Let me tell you : it was quite a challenge during all those years
but I did it with a lot of pleasure.
The articles : Terminology.I am the first person to admit that these rigging steps can not be read like a novel.
Explaining how cables run from point A to point B, and all the unforeseen problems that show-up during that process is a challenge. It takes a special kind of language to explain problems to people and to simplify the description in a comprehensible way. To do so, you need to use technical terms and expressions.
That’s the main reason why all the rigging steps are written this way.
And repeating some words and terms countless times to avoid misunderstandings is a big part of the job.
So, yes, these articles are not meant to be read like a novel.
The Indicator Colours (arrows/ stripes/lines/circles/ tags).You all noticed I did use a lot of different colours for these Indicators. Why so many different colours ?
Very simple : because of all the pictures I used in the Yamato Rigging Guide, there are not 2 alike when we talk about clarity or exposure. It’s possible that in a same picture, 1 single object needs different colours of indicators. And then I forget to talk about the back-ground colour which can differ a lot in the same picture. Changing background colours are a nightmare when you want to clarify an object in a picture ! So that’s the reason for so many different indicator colours: for clarity and contrast.
A little side-notice : as far it was possible, I tried to use Yellow Colour for Port side rigging and Blue or Light-Blue Colour for starboard side rigging. Did not always worked out like I wanted but sometimes it did. Good Colour codes make it much easier to understand pictures.
2024 : A brand new destination for the Yamato Rigging Guide.When in jan 2024, I restarted making articles for the Yamato Rigging Guide, some clever & forward thinking people of this site proposed me to publish my articles in the Tips and Tricks Section of the Ship Model Forum.
The reason for this proposal was to avoid that all Yamato rigging steps would be buried in the numerous articles of the 160 + pages “ calling all Yamato fans” section.
Consequently, all the rigging steps moved to the Tipps and Tricks section of the Ship Model Forum. If you go to that location you can easily find the Yamato Rigging Guide.
And the following address brings you to the first page of it :
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3832042024 articles.Since my restart in jan 2024, the following rigging articles were newly created & published :
Main Chapter 02. BRIDGE
02.07. Rigging Connecting Cables from Main Yards to Mid Yard.
Main Chapter 03. MIDSHIP
03.00. Mast Assembly Part 1.
03.00. Mast Assembly Part 2.
03.01. Rigging MC1&4 from Main Yard tips to Side Mast tips.
03.02. Rigging Cable Nr 9 from aft SLPF to Side Mast Lower Lugs.
03.03. Rigging MC 2&3 from Main yards 60cm Searchlight Platform to the Main Mast.
03.04. Rigging Funnel Attachments.
03.05. Rigging 2 cables from Side Mast Arm tips to Main mast Lower lugs.
03.06. Rigging Connection Cable between the 2 Side Mast Arms.
03.07. White Cord from Mainmast tip-Pulley to 40cm Searchlight Platform – Vice Admirals flag.
Main Chapter 04. REAR RANGE FINDER (RRF)
04.00. Rear Range Finder (RRF) Rigging
04.01. White Cord from RRF Front Pulley to Junction Beam Pulley – IJN Navy Flag & Samourai Banner.
04.02. White Cord from RRF Bracket Nr 4 to Aft Beam Upper Triangle – The 3 odd Lanterns.
04.03. White Cord from RRF Brackets Nr 1 to Triangles on Side Mast Arms.
04.04. Cables RRF Brackets Nr 4&2 to the Connection Line between the 2 Side Mast Arms.
04.05. Cables RRF Brackets Nr 3 to the Upper Triangle Aft Beam.
04.06. Cables RRF Brackets Nr 2 to the Side Mast Upper Lugs.
Main Chapter 05. AFT SHIP
05.00. Aft Ship Rigging .
05.01. MC1&4 Double Split above the Aft Ship.
05.02. Cables to the Aft 155mm Gun Antenna.
05.03. Cables to AAA Platform Front Railing Brackets.
05.04. Loose cable from AAA Platform Front Railing Brackets to Structure Wall.
05.05. Stretched Wire from Side Mast Arm tips to Second Level Deck.
Main Chapter 06. STERN
06.00. Rigging MC1&4 above Stern up to Jackstaff.
And what about the original 2017 articles?Creating new articles, from jan 2024 on, had a positive consequence : I was able to use more advanced computer techniques than I did in 2017. Nothing more than a time-related advantage.
But when I compared the 2024 publications with the 2017 articles, I saw an immense quality gap. A gap that needed to be filled.
So I decided to revise every article I published in 2017 and if necessary to adapt text and pictures accordingly.
Since end april 2024, all the 2017 articles were revised & corrected.
The visual indicators, or more precisely :
the complete lack of them, is the reason why many new pictures were added, but this time with comprehensible arrows, circles , lines and tags.
A lot of text in the articles disappeared where I judged it to be obsolete and when it was not contributing to the rigging subject. I’m afraid that in 2017, I sometimes took the discussion too far away from the rigging subject.
The result today is that the 2017 articles are conform to the 2024 standards, shorter and showing more accurate pictures with comprehensible indicators, arrows and tags than before.
I consider this as a progress.
Any questions or remarks ?
I repeat myself from my first article on 04 march 2017 when I say that I’m not an expert. Not even close.
So it is possible that somebody, (an
expert for instance) might discover errors or mistakes in my articles. I take that into account, already since 2017.
If such happens, may I ask you to send me a message via Ship Model Forum so we can solve the problem and make sure that the Yamato Fans receive correct data ?
Needless to tell you that every serious matter will lead to a correction of the relevant articles by myself.
ThanksFor all the people that gave me positive comments for my rigging articles : Thank you.
I highly appreciated your posts & private messages during the making of the Yamato Rigging Guide.
I also want to thank Baseballbrat and Dan K. for their good advice and interventions when my knowledge and my aging eagle-eye came too short.
Thanks Jim! Thanks Dan K! You helped me very well…
When the publication button was jammed and the “next -to -be-published” articles were stuck in the pipeline, Dan K and Jim Baumann helped me several times out of my problems.
Thanks Dan ! & Thanks Jim for repairing the pipeline…
And I may not forget to mention Rob Wood. Everybody that followed the different rigging steps in Yamato’s Rigging Guide has certainly looked at some of Robs pictures without knowing it.
Thanks Rob, for allowing me to use your pictures. Today you can see they all served the right cause…
At last, I want to thank the guy- or lady that invented the snipshot technology.
You can not imagine what an ease that ment for me when I was preparing detail pictures for my articles.
Have a beer on me, snipshot guy- or Lady, wherever you may be !!
I hope sincerely that you all enjoyed the Yamato Rigging Guide.
It’s time for me to weigh the anchor.
And there is only one more thing left to say :
Gentlemen,
Have a nice day.
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