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  1. _SalD_
    Thanks Dirk, one down, eight to go, and thanks Lawrence and George for the kind words.
  2. _SalD_
    Just small update. Finished all the yard arms and hopefully attached all the required blocks and pendants. And then.... raised my first yard!! I pinned the yard to the mast as described in the manual but only glued the pin to the mast so the yard is free to move, just not vertically. Tying the truss around the mast was, lets say, an exercise in patience. Should've of done this twenty years ago when the fingers could move a bit more without cramping up. One lesson learned was that I made the sling on the mast a little too long so there's not much of a lanyard between it and the thimble on the yard.
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    Great craftsmanship Thomas :im Not Worthy:
  4. _SalD_
    Very clever, I like it.
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    Hi Jesse, I had thought about doing something similar before I took the easy way out and bought replacement cannonades from Bluejacket. I had thought about dipping the cannons in thinned black paint a number of times to build up their thickness, sort of like dipping candles in wax. I never tried it so I'm not sure if it would work. If you need extra cannonades to experiment on let me know I can send you the ones from the kit I didn't use. Not sure about the sails.
  6. _SalD_
    Thanks Ken & Richard, appreciate the kind words. Richard , I just followed Chuck's directions on make the foot ropes and it worked out rather nicely.
  7. _SalD_
    Nice work Richard, the belaying pins look great. I also like your idea of the mesh clamped to the vacuum hose, that should save me from digging around on the bottom of the shop vac anymore.
  8. _SalD_
    Thanks Elijah and you're right about the shine. I plan to paint them with some flat black paint.
  9. _SalD_
    Started the yard construction and since all the yards basically follow the same 4 step construction procedure I decided to build all eight at the same time. All yards were cut and tapered following the plans using the appropriate size dowel. For the octagon shaped section of the yards I used some dimensional lumber from Midwest Products that I had purchased a while back. Using a caliper I measured the diameter of the lower mast (0.156”) then determined the circumference (3.14 * 0.156”=0.49”) and divided that number by 8 (0.49/8=0.061”) which very closely equaled the width of the Midwest lumber. The ends were rounded and glued in position. These pieces were also very thin so the edges didn’t need to be beveled. The gaps were filled with some Hobbylite filler and then sanded smooth. The topsail and topgallant yards were done the same way but with a different size wood strip. For the cleats I glued two rectangular pieces of 1/16" square wood stock to each yard. After the glue set for a day I sanded the the blocks to the shape shown on the drawings. For the lower notch I used a file that had teeth on its edges only. The yards were then painted. Foot ropes added. The 28 gauge wire was used for the footropes as described. Still need to add them to the topgallant and spritsail yard.
  10. _SalD_
    Dave, I think we all are our own worst critics at times and I think your right about when build logs stop. It's good you keep moving forward and she's looking fine from what I can see. Nice work.
  11. _SalD_
    Thanks again Joe and to you too ole salt.
  12. _SalD_
    Nils the ship looks awesome. Hope everything turns out okay at the doctors, in the meantime I hope you have a nice Fraulein masseuse
  13. _SalD_
    Thanks Joe, you're too kind
  14. _SalD_
    Your welcome Jesse, glad to help.
  15. _SalD_
    Thanks Gary & Thomas, it's nice to be appreciated. And as always thanks for all the likes.
  16. _SalD_
    Chuck, all I can say is your coils good great and if you ever decide to market them at Syren please let me know I'll be first in line. For the life of me I can't make a decent rope coil.
  17. _SalD_
    Thanks Dirk, George & Elijah for the nice comments. She is coming alive, don't you just love rigging.
  18. _SalD_
    The boom and gaff were assembled as per the drawings and as you can see I decided to paint them black. Finding out the hard way, there is one boo-boo on the drawing. The cleats shown mid-span on the gaff are in the wrong position. They should be located on the sides of the gaff and not the top & bottom as shown on the drawing. I also decided to put the foot ropes on the boom before it was installed on the ship. I went to rig the boom’s topping lifts and discovered I had missed two blocks under the main top when installing them in chapter 17. They are the two blocks attached to the trestle trees. Using a pin vise and lots of patience the holes were drilled below the top and the blocks installed. At the end of the boom topping lift paragraph it says, “Note the “leg” of .008 rigging that runs from the topping lift to the boom. It is shown on the rigging plans. This should be rigged as well.” I don’t believe this is shown on the drawings or at least I couldn’t find it but I think it’s the line shown on page 122 in chapter 20. The staysail rigging was installed per the instructions and the only change I made was to seize some left over split rings to the end of the downhauls instead of making eyes. Now I need more rope coils, my least favorite thing to make.
  19. _SalD_
    Many thanks Richard
  20. _SalD_
    Nice job on the ratlines Bob.
  21. _SalD_
    captgino just catching up with all your builds!! Where do you find the time? New kid, new house, new degree and building three ships, wow. The ships look terrific, nice work.
  22. _SalD_
    Thanks Bob, Elijah, Craig, Captgino, Thomas & Jack for all the nice comments and thanks to all for the likes. Elijah, she's not finished yet but getting closer. Still need to do all the yards and their rigging. Craig, It's a great kit and I'm sure you'll enjoy building her. The only major parts I replaced were the cannonades that I got from Bluejacket. I also use the 3mm hooks from the Syren Model Co. SOS, I'll need to send out the press gangs to come up with a crew.
  23. _SalD_
    Elijah great work on the stern, she coming along nicely. It appears you've got a lot of great help out there in Chicago.
  24. _SalD_
    Thanks Dirk & George for the kind words.
  25. _SalD_
    Rudder coat looks great Jesse. It was good you did it while you could still turn the ship upside down, makes it a lot easier. Sorry to hear about your health issues, wishing you well and stay strong.

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