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4 hours ago, Tigersteve said:

Wow, great progress. I really have to get back to mine!

Steve

Thank you! Initially, I believed the build would be complete in just 1.5 years, but how mistaken I was—it's turned out to be a 6-year journey. LOL. I've been observing your progress from the early stages. Looking forward to seeing you get back at it😊

Garnet Tackle work. 

Fore Topmast Stay rigged 

After hours of work, I finally completed the ratlines on the ship's rigging. Although the task was not particularly difficult, it was incredibly tedious, and my hands were tired from tying countless knots. But the sense of accomplishment I feel now that it's done is well worth it. I'm eager to move on to the next step and start working on the standing rigging. Regardless, I'm excited to keep making progress on this project and see it come together piece by piece.

Rigging the shrouds

More rigging 

Rigging..... 😊😛

Sorry forgot to take pictures of the masts creation. This is all I have 😢 Jumping into the rigging already 😊

Worked a bit more and added the channels and deadeyes 

Here is a quick recap of the work completed 

On 8/7/2019 at 7:05 AM, Barry1 said:

Just wondering if you are going to finish your Mayflower for this year’s Thanksgiving. I enjoyed following your build log, your work is very good. 

I have failed to finish it yet. I worked on a lot of other projects like a caronade, the Syren and a few models repair and upgrade for families of fellow Ship Modelers that could not finish their ships. 

But updates are coming. 

Thank you for the recommendation. I am done with 80% with the sanding of the frames. It still need to get the bevel and various angles figured out. 

I am assuming that you first put together the stem and deadwood  with the keel, right? 

Hi All,

I was given this ship and trying to identify what could be its name. it looks like a Cutty Sack or a Flying Cloud but either the bow or the stern varies.

Thoughts?

New blades new cuts. Here is yesterday's work.

Starting to cut the frames. 

Stopped after 4 and ordered some new blades which will provided smoother cuts. 

Here is the video of these activities.

Worked on finishing up the stern shaping and sanding.

Here is the video of these activities.

Framing the stern part started.

Fairly challenging process to get the exact position of the gun ports.

Working on finishing up the framing of the gun ports. Here are some pictures.

And the video of the process.

Thank you for the recommendation. Here are the last few templates glue to the frames. 

Shaping the Sills and Lintels for the gun ports. 

8 hours ago, WalrusGuy said:

I really like the videos! There aren't many build videos on YouTube so I wish I started my Syren after you, would have helped a lot in visualizing the steps 😄 

Ha. Well I am far from been the expert so I will follow your build and you can help me 😊

Here is the video of these activities  

Worked on reattaching the new stem. Here is the result.