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Mizzen spanked boom work begins. 

Dry fitting... 

Continue working the mizzen mast

Starting to work on the second mast, le tape-cul.

Continued to work on the main Mast 

Little progress from last night 

Now that the Krabbenkutter is done. It is time to get back to my Thonier. 

I missed her dearly. 

I have been working on the main Mast. My goal is still to continue adding more details and follow as much as possible the historic plans. 

Here is what I have done and where I am

8 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

sorry I didn't get back to you about the anchor.........you did well with it anyway      she looks great!.....life preservers....the nets......and the rigging looks really super!  I'm sure the folks who you built it for,  will be quite pleased with your efforts!   well done......CONGRATZ!

Not a problem. Thank you for the notes of encouragement and suggestions. Your build log was a great source of inspiration.

8 hours ago, Mirabell61 said:

Congrats  !

Very nice Build Jean Philippe....

 

Nils

Thank you Nils!

Finished. 🤔 I think... 🤣 Oh yes... I am ready to move to another project. 

Here are some shots. 

Last minute enhancement. Remove the plastic buoys from the ship. Cut off the fake roping and redid with real rope. 

Mounted back on the ship

Ship naming day

On 6/13/2018 at 3:39 AM, popeye the sailor said:

yea....I kept comparing the nets to the rigs,  just to make sure they were wide enough.  for the beads,  I strung them on some thread and air brushed them.  if that's the kit box under the plates,  what is that box off to the side?  did you get a fitting kit?   good for you!!!!  more parts the merrier!   

This is just some replacement parts since some were missing  from the kit when I received it. 

Do you have any suggestions on how and where to rig the anchor?

Time to attach the buoy line. 

As I was preparing the dry fitting of the nets to the ship. I discovered that I made a mistake. The poles hold the nets were poining forward instead of back. This was making the nets been off-centered. I had to remove them and rigging them again. Not too bad, just a bit nerves racking.... 😥

Here is an example of the dry fitted net. 😊

Continuation of the rigging for the nets.thenets were a little shorter than the holder y about 2.5cm so I used chains to attach them. 

I painted the buoys for the nets

First net is completed. 

Working on the net holders. 

Very nice build. You are making some great progress. I have the kit on the shelf on hold. 

 Are you going to do the full mast with its rigging? 

Good idea. I will look into this evening. I saw this on your build and I think it is an easy change to make.

Continuation of the rigging for the main mast... 

Rigging continues... 

Main Aft mast

Mizzen mast

Beautiful work! 

Nice work.

Rigging is starting... 

Thank you for sharing this. I am checked and saw a lot of intersting items. Once I am done with this kit, I will have the equivalent of 3/4 of the same kit left on the replacement sent by billing boat. So I'm planning of making one for myself in the next few years. Maybe at this point in time, I will purchase whatever upgrade of fittings I can find on the site. 

Continuing to work on the main Mast. 

The mast is not yet attached to the ship.