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  1. 72Nova
    This info is very interesting and contradicts most everything I've read in my limited research, thank you for sharing your extensive research, Mark. I'm in agreement with Trevor though on the lack of rigging leading to the forecastle timberheads, at the time I was too focused on the Payne engraving and others builds when reworking the beakhead area when I came across information that Paynes engraving was made prior to S.O.S even being rigged, by then it was too late and I think I made reference regretting this decision, at any rate I will run a few lines to the forecastle as Illustrated in an earlier post and move forward. I appreciate you guys taking time to share your thoughts. Small update, I've rigged the halliard which is lead to the range and working on the standing lifts void of any knots, sometimes these have knots according to Lee's, anyways thanks for looking. Michael D.
  2. 72Nova
    The spritsail is bent to the yard and furled and the yard attached to the bowsprit, still much fine tuning and rigging left to do but at least it's one less loose piece floating around. Michael D.
  3. 72Nova
    Thank you, Frank, for the wonderful compliment. I've been experimenting with how I'll be displaying the martnets and this is early in the mockup stage, I think using just two will suffice in their presentation at this scale. I'm still undecided on where to run the falls, either under the top attached to the stay or taken up to the topmast top with pendants. As always, I appreciate the comments and recommendations. Michael D.
  4. 72Nova
    Your sewing machines stitches per inch look really good at that scale, better then most I've seen and your hand stitch looks really good as well...hehe. Sails look great!! Michael D.
  5. 72Nova
    Thanks Trevor, I will attach the clue of the sail later on and still undecided on the martnets, I might just rig them as I did on my Vasa with 2 per side instead of 4 and I think will look fine as in this picture. Michael D.
  6. 72Nova
    The furled sail is for the most part completed along with mocking up the rigging of the single jeer, next I'll be working on the sprit sail yard while I figure out the martnet situation. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  7. 72Nova
    Work of the fore course continues with the rigging of the buntline blocks and the furling of the sail, I still to manipulate it some and tone down the white before finishing up the gaskets but looking good so far. My plan for the martnets is to let them hang down below the yard instead of drawing them up tight above the yard like I did on the Vasa, this will be quite the challenge. Michael D.
  8. 72Nova
    Nice work Patrick. I've found twisting the dead eye one turn in the direction of the twist and redo the lanyards corrects this. Michael D.
  9. 72Nova
    Thank you for the compliments gentlemen, Ian the 100wt silk thread works great for the crow feet and upper stays along with the 50-60wt polyester thread for some of the other lighter lines. Tumblehome I hope my Vasa build log will be of some use to you. Wish you all the best on your build and do hope to see your progress? Michael D.
  10. 72Nova
    The Royal and Top Gallant stays are completed, I changed my mind regarding the Top Gallant stay and decided to rig the crows feet mainly for the challenge and I think they turned out okay. Thanks for the kind complement, Trevor and all who stop by just to look and like. Michael D.
  11. 72Nova
    I have the royal shrouds, lanyard and parrel completed. The deadeye's measure out at approximately 1.30mm in diameter, a little overscale and a bit crowded looking but the smallest I'm able to work with when trying to drill 3 #80 holes and rig the lanyards, I'm happy with the result. Michael D.
  12. 72Nova
    I'm continuing my climb up the fore mast with the completion of the top gallant shrouds, I've rigged the burton pendants as added detail, the royal mast shrouds are next along with finishing up the stays, keep in mind that top gallant top is smaller then a dime so rigging those shrouds and lanyards will be challenging to say the least. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  13. 72Nova
    That turned out really well! nice addition to your collection. 👍 Michael D.
  14. 72Nova
    You're forgiven..haha. For this build I'm using rope from Syren, ropes of scale and silk linen thread for the smallest lines, hope this helps Tumblehome? Michael D.
  15. 72Nova
    It's been quite the journey thus far Marc, the amount of hand fabricated parts in a world of 3D printing is nice to see and has really brought your build to life!! That proverbial light shines brighter upon competition of every detail/phase. Michael D.
  16. 72Nova
    You're very prolific at building these card models, great work as always 👍 Michael D.
  17. 72Nova
    I got lucky this time Ian, only 3... Michael D.
  18. 72Nova
    I started rigging the fore topgallant futtock shrouds and also did a little back tracking regarding the spritsail yard, Initially I was going to use a sling but I mistakenly added the saddle for it which was not in use at the time so I removed it and decided to use a parrel instead which was in use up to 1640 according to Lee's. The parrel ribs measure out at approx 2mm long and 0.75mm thick, for the trucks I used 0.75mm rod and a #80 micro bit for the holes, I do like the added detail of the parrel, keep in mind this is just slightly over scaled but one still has to be able to handle them and think visually it looks okay. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  19. 72Nova
    The topmast stay is completed using .25mm line with a 2mm single block seized at the end, the whip is .20mm line with a 1.5mm block seized at the end, for the fall I used 60wt thread that's led through a 1.5mm block stropped to the bowsprit and brought inboard into the beakhead area. Also, I finished up the topmast burton pendant falls. The topgallant stay will be rigged in a more conventional manner according to Anderson and Lee's, not as depicted in Payne's engraving but first I need to complete the topgallant shrouds, and this is where things start to get really delicate moving upwards. Cheers! Michael D.
  20. 72Nova
    I haven't had a lot of time for my S.O.T.S but was able to complete a few steps, the topmast shrouds, burton pendants and the falls, topsail yard and blocks, parrel and securing the top rope, far from perfect but looks okay and hope you enjoy the photos. Up next will be the topmast stay. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  21. 72Nova
    I believe the reality is the spritsail topsail was used very little and only in certain wind conditions like from astern, being braced horizontally limited its use as it was unable to be triced, no doubt the most dangerous area of the ship in certain conditions. Thank you for the compliment and your insights, Trevor. Thanks for the kind words, Marc, for the most part I use just two colors on the small parts, with that I can still achieve multiple shades, some flaws are unavoidable at certain scales as you know, I guess it's how good we are at hiding them...lol. Michael D.
  22. 72Nova
    Great stuff as always Marc, but what is vinyl Bondo out of curiosity? never heard of it. Michael D.
  23. 72Nova
    Work of late has been devising a belying plan in the beakhead area for all the necessary lines since I chose not to use the Gammon lashing block.... maybe I should have.... based on Payne's engraving which may or may not been correct. What you see here is just simply a mockup that I think works well using a combination of Lee's, Anderson and artistic license. Now I can remove all of it and continue the rest of the standing rigging on the fore mast, thanks as always for taking time to take a peek. Michael D.
  24. 72Nova
    Patrick your work is just exquisite mate!, and the pace at which you work is equally impressive, WOW!! Cheers. Michael D.
  25. 72Nova
    Very nice work as always Marc, keep chipping away at it! Michael D.

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