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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 72Nova
    That turned out really well! nice addition to your collection. 👍 Michael D.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 72Nova
    You're very prolific at building these card models, great work as always 👍 Michael D.
  12. 72Nova
    I got lucky this time Ian, only 3... Michael D.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 72Nova
    Great stuff as always Marc, but what is vinyl Bondo out of curiosity? never heard of it. Michael D.
  18. 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.
  19. 72Nova
    Patrick your work is just exquisite mate!, and the pace at which you work is equally impressive, WOW!! Cheers. Michael D.
  20. 72Nova
    Very nice work as always Marc, keep chipping away at it! Michael D.
  21. 72Nova
    With the spritsail yard made it was time to mockup the braces, particularly the run form the headrail to the forecastle rail, Payne does not show this, but I'll follow Lees's and Anderson on this. Garnets will be next, but Anderson and Lee's differ on this, three-part tackle vs two-part, leading to the range vs forecastle etc. Thanks for looking. Michael D.
  22. 72Nova
    I did a mockup of the spritsail topsail braces and they will be belayed on the range rail, up next I need to turn a new spritsail yard and do a preliminary mockup of those lines also, but this rigging will not be finalized until all the stays are rigged/completed. Thanks for looking as always, very much appreciated. Michael D.
  23. 72Nova
    Well, the sprit topmast back stay exercise is completed minus some final crow's feet manipulation, the fall is led down to the range pin rail. Michael D.
  24. 72Nova
    A little better than a third of the way through, and the backstays are looking presentable, I'm purposely introducing a slight upward pull on the stay so when I rig the remaining stays the lower stay should relax a little, but if not I'm totally fine with it as is. Also, I still need to complete the furling on the sprit mast topsail yard, thanks for looking. Michael D.
  25. 72Nova
    This is an interesting take as an alternative and something I'd consider, but there is no evidence on how this would actually be rigged?, my main sources James Lee and Anderson make no mention of any rigging to counter react the pull of the sprit topmast backstays. Regarding the "wet and dangerous beakhead" the men would have to navigate out there anyways to reach the range pin rail and you make a valid point about the ratlines, but we really don't know as we only have images/paintings to go by in certain instances and even they differ. My take is their purpose is to help counter react the pull of the lower and upper stays would have on the bowsprit much like bobstays did at a later date. Here's an image that definitely shows some sort of shrouds forward of the gammoning, food for thought. Thank you Trevor for stopping by and offering up different possibilities, intriguing to say the least. Michael D.

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