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A small but irritating point: I made the same error on a model some years ago. The netting for stowing the sail is incomplete. The illustration we referred to only shows the first stage of creating the netting, the zig-zag part. A more experienced modeler pointed this out to me. The second stage is to tie alternating pairs of those longitudinal threads together (I used fine fly-tying line) to form diamond-shaped netting. It was fiddly and tedious work, best done on a jig off-model. But perhaps you didn't want to know this! However, you are doing such a lovely job on your rigging I thought I'd mention it.

 

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Hi druxey,

I know about this problem. This situation describes David Antscherl in his book of Swan model (the picture from your post is propably from this book). But on the other hand, I have no reason to disbelive informations which was published by Lees and Petersson (both books I own):).

Standing rigging is finished, the rudder is in place. Now is the time to prepare the sails.

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Thank you guys:).

After a short break I started to sewing the sails. I managed to get a nice soft batiste with a slight beige touch, so I did not have to work with a dye. At this moment, I have sewn all the sails on which "only" is left to add different reinforcement and reef bands, add a bolt rope and fasten the reef points. And then, of course, bending the sails to the yards - that´s enough work.

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Absolutely beautiful sails....  Wow!!!

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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superb sail sewing Marsalv,

 

it fits nicely into the picture of the whole shipmodel so far, well done !!

 

Nils

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Your work still rises upward Marsalv. I admire and support .. Ondras71 :imNotWorthy: :imNotWorthy:

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As a big fan of sail ship models with sails I want to congratulate you on that absolutely beautiful sail. Only about ten more to go. ;) Keep up the good work.

Cheers Peter

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Perfekt. This is a very fine fabric. 
Are there two or three folds at the edges. If two, how do you make it that the edges don't get fuzzy. And the belts, are there any folds or are they only one layer ?
 

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To Druxey - some sails will be partially furled - fore and main course, sprit sail and sprit topsail - from this reason I saved little bit time and made no water holes - they will not be visible.

To Ilhan Gokcay - there are only two folds at the edge. The edges are reinforced with diluted PVA ( 3 (water):1 (PVA) ratio). After drying is posiible tu cut the cloth without fraying.The belts are made from the same reinforced cloth - without folds.

Mike R - bolt rope is attached with glue for textile.

Now all the sails are attached to their yards.

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Thanks for the info Marsalv, much beautiful sails.
In the past I did use CA for the rigging. But now I only use PVA glue and this works well.
In my last model I made three folds at the edges with some fight. Next I will try the two folds.

 

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I started to install yards and sails. I wanted to furl the spritsail course and spritsai topsail, but I was not satisfied with the result, so I changed my mind and decided to leave these sails without furling. From this reason I had to make additionally the water holes in the spritsail course (Druxey - you were right). It was somewhat complicated because the yard with sail has already been installed on the bowsprit.

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9 hours ago, Dubz said:

No words. One of my favourite builds.

 

Dirk 

 

This for sure,......the work is a miniature marvel !!

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Abandoned: HMS Bounty (AL)

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Current WIP: Berlin by Corel

On Shelf:  HMS Bounty (Billings),

 

 

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I agree!  Awesome job!

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