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  1. 72Nova
    I rigged up the winding tackle using .50mm line for the pendant and ,45mm line for the guy, the long tackle block measures out at .5mm, the single hooked block is 3mm and the fall is .25mm line. The guy is belayed to the lower headrail at the base of the fore mast; the fore jeer bitts is another option to belay the guy. Michael D.
  2. 72Nova
    I spent some time making the capstan, this is based off the Vasa as a good example by some sources and works for me. Not sure yet if I want to display the bars as things are already tight in this area and might hinder access to belaying points, thanks for looking. Michael D.
  3. 72Nova
    The lower futtock shrouds are just about complete, the upper Catharpins were not often rigged on the Mizzen according to Anderson and McKay mentions that they can interfere with the Mizzen course, I did a mockup, and the interference was with tackle for the jeers rather than the course, at least on this model anyways, so I omitted them and the lower shrouds show no distortion. Also, I figured it would be a good time to fit the ladders leading up to the coach deck. When the time comes for trimming the lashings I like to shield the adjacent shroud with paper to prevent a catastrophic snipping of said shroud, this is not much of an issue on larger scale builds. Michael D.
  4. 72Nova
    Thank you, gentlemen for the comments, it's nice to know one's work is appreciated and that means a lot coming from well esteemed modelers such as yourselves. Chapman, besides my continued enjoyment in building these, the biggest motivation is one day I won't be able to do this anymore, I'm no spring chicken, plus I have six more I want complete before that happens, Hehe. Cheers Fellas. Michael D.
  5. 72Nova
    The main Catharpin is completed. After calculating the distance, I rigged the tackle on the bench and fed the lines for the center legs thru the bullseye, as mentioned earlier this should be a 3-hole dead eye, 4.5" at scale. I placed the tackle on a piece of paper and fed the center legs thru the appropriate shrouds and glued one leg each side, the white background allows you to see the lines and make adjustments before gluing, once dried I placed clamps on the other legs, this allowed me to center the tackle before gluing them, I used the same process for the other legs, nothing earth shattering here, just sharing the process I used working at this scale. I figured it was good time to finish up the spritsail top mast ratlines. Michael D.
  6. 72Nova
    The lower fore futtock shrouds are completed, the threat of snipping a shroud is real, the Vasa wasn't as fortunate, but made it thru unscathed so far. Thanks for all the likes. Michael D.
  7. 72Nova
    The last couple of days involved making up the top mast dead eyes and rigging the futtock shrouds, usually there is two sections, the puttock plates and shrouds, I did contemplate doing this way but at this scale I went the simpler route by stropping the dead eyes with the shroud and a dab of glue to simulate the union between the Puttock plate and shroud, It looks somewhat convincing. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  8. 72Nova
    The lanyards for the lower shrouds are completed along with the futtock staves and upper catharpins on the fore lower shrouds, I used 1.5mm rod to simulate the dead eyes and 1.7mm blocks for the tackle, these blocks are made by fellow modeler Kevin and figured now would be a good time to show case them, I think scale wise the assembly looks pretty good. Michael D.
  9. 72Nova
    The lower shrouds are completed, and the lanyards are rigged but not yet tied, using sculpey clay I made up the tack fairlead, finished up the entry port by adding a step/landing. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  10. 72Nova
    Looks like she's ready to set sail into the horizon, you did a very nice job!. I have the same kit in my stash that I'll get to one of these days. Michael D.
  11. 72Nova
    I finally completed the lower stays, threading the 5-hole dead eyes for the Mizen stay was quite tricky even with the shrouds out of the way but I was able to get it eventually in the tight space. The Main and Mizen lower shrouds are also completed with the fore shrouds still left to complete, then on to the topmasts. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and look, very much appreciated as always. Michael D.
  12. 72Nova
    About halfway done with the Mizen shrouds, using .25mm shroud laid rope for these along with the pendants, for the tackle I'm using 2mm single blocks with the lower one hooked to an eye bolt on the side of the hull, kind of hard to see given the scale and the other end is led trough an eye bolt on the deck and tied to the railing using 50wt thread, lanyards are 100wt thread and the dead eyes measure out at around 1.75mm, things are pretty tight in this area but looking acceptable and thanks for looking, Cheers! Michael D.
  13. 72Nova
    I stropped the necessary blocks on the crossjack, the topsail sheet blocks are 2.5mm...19" at scale, lift blocks are 1.5mm and the mizen course bowline block are 2mm,16" at scale. Still contemplating if I want to rig the peak brails instead of the martnets, this will date it at around 1640 but yet Payne shows them, we shall see and thanks for looking. Michael D.
  14. 72Nova
    Small update regarding the parrel, I'm pretty happy with the first attempt and will keep it, it will be glued to the mast once it's painted, thanks for looking. Michael D.
  15. 72Nova
    I made up the Lateen yard and crossjack, as with the fore and main courses the Mizen course will use the tie in conjunction with the jeer, the block is 3mm and just a bit under scale and the crossjack sling block is 2.5mm, again slightly under scale. This is all in the mockup stage and still a ton of work left to do before permanently attaching the yards to the lower mast prior to gluing it in place. Michael D.
  16. 72Nova
    I finished up the lower main shrouds to the point of getting them around the mast head so I could rig the lower main stay and lanyard, up next I'll be working on stepping the lower mizen mast in place and the mizen stay before completing the lower shrouds. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  17. 72Nova
    The main pendant tackles are completed and started rigging the fore lanyards, trying to rig these correctly using a throat seizing is fiddly to say the least, I think they look okay. I'll only do a few per side before moving on to the main shrouds so I can then set the lower main stay in place before finishing up the fore lanyards. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  18. 72Nova
    Glad you like it thus far Kirill, good to hear from you. A few different phases going on in this update, glued in the main lower mast, turned a new main lower course yard, this measures out at 187.7mm, 103'-6" at scale, fabricated the parrel, the pendants of tackle are .40mm line served with 3mm single blocks and the falls are taken to the main deck close to the bulwarks using 2.5mm double and single blocks and finally rigged up the parrel rope and tackle using a 2mm double and single block, that's it for this retina straining update and thanks for looking. Michael D.
  19. 72Nova
    Thank you, Frank, nice to hear from you. I ended up redoing the knighthead for the main lower tie to a four sheave, I used .4mm line for the ties and top rope and .2mm for the fall, the rams head measures approximately 4.5mm, 30" at scale, also I needed to install the Mizen lower stay collar and fabricate a 1.70mm 5-hole dead eye, 9.75" at scale to check the clearance at the railing, next Ill fabricate the parral before finally gluing in the lower main mast. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  20. 72Nova
    The fore stay is finally in place, the mouse is made up using 1/8" rod pared down to the appropriate size, visually anyways, this was done on the drill bit in the pin vase, the lanyard is rigged but not yet tied off, I'll let it sit for a few days before that, also the lower tackles are just about complete, thanks for looking. Michael D.
  21. 72Nova
    Thank you so much Ian, means a lot coming from a long-time follower. Frequent breaks are mandatory working at this scale. The tackles are coming along pretty good, using 2.5mm double blocks on the runners that are led through an eye bolt and tied to a dead eye on the channels and 2.5mm single blocks hooked to eye bolts on the deck. Michael D.
  22. 72Nova
    Work on the lower fore shrouds continues, the swifter shroud was a little challenging getting the eye splice to fit around the mast head and look somewhat decent, not perfect but looks good, also a 3mm single block is stropped to the mast head for the main topmast stay. All of this is just in the test fitting stage to make sure the shrouds are not fouling anything like the guns, fish davit etc, still lots of work ahead like fabricating the mouse, gun port lids and pendant tackles, speaking of which I'll lead the runners down to the channel but the falls will be belayed on the deck close to the bulwarks rather than on the channels. Thanks for looking and the likes. Michael D.
  23. 72Nova
    I was able to lay up 4 pairs of shrouds, I'm using shroud laid rope for these, with the exception of the foremost shrouds which are served their entire length, the rest are served 14.4mm from center either side. I forgone using the bolsters at this scale. Michael D.
  24. 72Nova
    I made up the fore and main stays minus the mouse, mocked them up and I think they'll suffice, the main stay at scale is just under 5.5" in diameter and the fore stay is just over 4.5" at scale and looks about right next to the scale figure. The pendant of tackles are completed using .35mm line served with 100 wt thread and 3mm single blocks, long-tackle blocks where in use from 1733 to around 1773 in the aft pair. Test fitting revealed the main top gallant stay did have enough clearance to pass behind the stay and pendants, so I had to open up the cutout in the top just a bit. Michael D.
  25. 72Nova
    I made up the main stay collar using .63mm line served with 100wt thread, the main stay will be .76mm line, these are just slightly undersized, but not noticeable to the eye, this was done before setting the lower fore mast as it was easier to seize the dead eye in the bight, I also rigged the parrel tackle prior, up next will be rigging the lower fore stay using .63mm line while setting in the lower main mast along with setting up the shrouds, all in all, this old tiny vintage model is looking fairly convincing for what it is, thanks for looking. Michael D.

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