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  • Birthday 09/18/1961

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  1.    Mr Whippy reacted to a post in a topic: 1797 Leopard Shear pole
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  4. toms10
    Hi Jack thanks for the compliments throughout my build log. Sorry you won’t be at the conference. I know how “real life” can get in the way. See you at the he next one! Tom
  5. toms10
    Well I guess it’s a wrap. I completed my Charles W. Morgan today. It has been an educational and fun 2 year journey. Thanks to everyone here on MSW for all the support. Not sure what my next build will be. I will take a break for a bit. I still have a 9000 piece puzzle of the Battle of Algiers. That will be a good project to take a break with. Here are some final pics. I need to figure out how to make an album and mark the build log finished. Happy modeling!
  6. toms10
    We the day finally came, all the sail rigging is complete. The only things left to do is rig the cutting stage, attach the davits and then rig the whaleboats to the davits. Sounds simple enough…..yeah right!😂🤪😜😁 The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter! 😁 Tom
  7. toms10
    Sails on the foremast installed and rigged except for the braces. Time to start on the main mast sails. Seems like there is always something cropping up to be done. I still have to install all the davits and whaleboats! I don’t think this model will ever be completed! 🤪😂 I am hoping to finish in time for the Northeast Joint Conference ant the end of April. Allowing for life getting in the way it is going to be very close! 🤪😜😁 Tom
  8. toms10
    Hi Allen, Yes you are correct. You need to have bare wood for the stain to soak into the wood. You can seal it afterwards with urethane or shellac if so desired. There is a product you can apply to wood before staining called a leveler. It is a watery substance that is intended to help level out the color when applied to wood with coarse or varying grain texture on large surfaces. I don’t think it is necessary with the types of wood we use and relatively small surface areas. Tom
  9. toms10
    All the fore-aft sails except the gaff and spanker sails are installed as well as a furled fore sail. I will continue with the fore mast yards and work my way aft. Tom
  10. toms10
    Finally got my first sail up along with the fore yard. All the hanging coils of rope waiting to be belayed will slowly start to disappear and become orderly…..I hope. 🤪 Tom
  11. toms10
    John, I ended up cross tying the battens just for appearance. I think the knot adds a bit of realism instead of just a flat intersection of the batten and the shroud. The port side is complete! Only another 268 more to go on the starboard side but who is counting! 😂 Hope everyone has a great holiday season. 😁 Tom
  12. toms10
    Hi Brian, I just cut off enough line to get from where the line starts to where it gets tied off and then add about another 1 1/2” for tying off to the belaying pin. One end is usually fixed to a block or eye, then run through whatever blocks are hanging under the tops, trees, etc. the loose end is just coiled up by wrapping it around my finger and then putting a small strip of the sticky note pad paper around it to kind of keep things organized. I also write down what line it is on the paper so I don’t have to go back and retrace which line is which. Tom
  13. toms10
    Hi John They are glued in place. I may cross tie them later just for appearance. Tom
  14. toms10
    Managed to get all the lower rat lines or should I say “rat slats” since these are wooden. The upper ones will be rope so I see many clove hitches in my future. 🤪😜. Actually at 1:96 scale, I think I will do some test lines to see if the knots will look too bulky. The rats will be done with .005” diameter thread to maintain scale but I don't want the knots to be the dominant feature. The picture is a bit cluttered in the background and there are coils of rope with labels hanging everywhere but you get the idea. 😁 Tom
  15. toms10
    I make mine out of silkspan. As mentioned earlier, material is a bit too much out of scale at most scales used especially if you are going to use a sewing machine for seams. There are some basic instructions on how I make them on my Leopard and currently in progress Morgan builds. Dre the links in my signature. Tom
  16. toms10
    Hi John From what I read, I guess early on they used to carry the gasket ropes up with them when furling sails. I guess somebody got smart and just left them tied to either the yard or jackstay if there was one. Tom
  17. toms10
    Managed to get all the sails except for the main and fore course sails bent to their respective yards. Also made some gaskets and hung those from the jackstays just for some added detail. Here are pics of the fore sails. and a close up of one of the gaskets. Still have to do all the hanks on the stay sails and bend the top gaff and spanker sails to their yards. Seems like their is always something else to do when working with sails. Tom
  18. toms10
    Thanks Rick. Hope your family has a great Thanksgiving. Tom

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