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I got the cabane struts and their bracing done, so of course I had to give the top wing a trial fit.
 

Wing progress.
 

 

 
 

I got the cabane struts and their bracing done, so of course I had to give the top wing a trial fit.
 

Wing progress.
 

 

 
 

Wing progress.
 

 

 
 

Wing progress.
 

 

 
 

Hi, Robert. First, allow me to offer my condolences on the loss of your father. It's a commendable desire to have his model completed in his memory. It's a bit daunting that the model requires essentially all of its rigging work done, as that is no easy task. Another option to consider is to display your father's model as a hull model, which as the name suggests is simply the hull of a vessel sans masts and rigging. Finishing your father's model in that fashion would entail considerably less work. Hull models often include stump masts, essentially just the lower portion of each mast. Your father made the masts already, so that would be a straightforward fix. I'll add some links to hull models in the gallery so you can see what I've described.
 
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2836-enterprize-1774/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2824-hms-winchelsea-finished-1764-by-baribeaujm/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2736-hms-fly-1776-by-ccoyle/
 

Wing progress.
 

 

 
 

Wing progress.
 

 

 
 

Hi, Robert. First, allow me to offer my condolences on the loss of your father. It's a commendable desire to have his model completed in his memory. It's a bit daunting that the model requires essentially all of its rigging work done, as that is no easy task. Another option to consider is to display your father's model as a hull model, which as the name suggests is simply the hull of a vessel sans masts and rigging. Finishing your father's model in that fashion would entail considerably less work. Hull models often include stump masts, essentially just the lower portion of each mast. Your father made the masts already, so that would be a straightforward fix. I'll add some links to hull models in the gallery so you can see what I've described.
 
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2836-enterprize-1774/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2824-hms-winchelsea-finished-1764-by-baribeaujm/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2736-hms-fly-1776-by-ccoyle/
 

Hi, Robert. First, allow me to offer my condolences on the loss of your father. It's a commendable desire to have his model completed in his memory. It's a bit daunting that the model requires essentially all of its rigging work done, as that is no easy task. Another option to consider is to display your father's model as a hull model, which as the name suggests is simply the hull of a vessel sans masts and rigging. Finishing your father's model in that fashion would entail considerably less work. Hull models often include stump masts, essentially just the lower portion of each mast. Your father made the masts already, so that would be a straightforward fix. I'll add some links to hull models in the gallery so you can see what I've described.
 
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2836-enterprize-1774/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2824-hms-winchelsea-finished-1764-by-baribeaujm/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2736-hms-fly-1776-by-ccoyle/
 

Hi, Robert. First, allow me to offer my condolences on the loss of your father. It's a commendable desire to have his model completed in his memory. It's a bit daunting that the model requires essentially all of its rigging work done, as that is no easy task. Another option to consider is to display your father's model as a hull model, which as the name suggests is simply the hull of a vessel sans masts and rigging. Finishing your father's model in that fashion would entail considerably less work. Hull models often include stump masts, essentially just the lower portion of each mast. Your father made the masts already, so that would be a straightforward fix. I'll add some links to hull models in the gallery so you can see what I've described.
 
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2836-enterprize-1774/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2824-hms-winchelsea-finished-1764-by-baribeaujm/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2736-hms-fly-1776-by-ccoyle/
 

Hi, Robert. First, allow me to offer my condolences on the loss of your father. It's a commendable desire to have his model completed in his memory. It's a bit daunting that the model requires essentially all of its rigging work done, as that is no easy task. Another option to consider is to display your father's model as a hull model, which as the name suggests is simply the hull of a vessel sans masts and rigging. Finishing your father's model in that fashion would entail considerably less work. Hull models often include stump masts, essentially just the lower portion of each mast. Your father made the masts already, so that would be a straightforward fix. I'll add some links to hull models in the gallery so you can see what I've described.
 
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2836-enterprize-1774/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2824-hms-winchelsea-finished-1764-by-baribeaujm/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2736-hms-fly-1776-by-ccoyle/
 

Hi, Robert. First, allow me to offer my condolences on the loss of your father. It's a commendable desire to have his model completed in his memory. It's a bit daunting that the model requires essentially all of its rigging work done, as that is no easy task. Another option to consider is to display your father's model as a hull model, which as the name suggests is simply the hull of a vessel sans masts and rigging. Finishing your father's model in that fashion would entail considerably less work. Hull models often include stump masts, essentially just the lower portion of each mast. Your father made the masts already, so that would be a straightforward fix. I'll add some links to hull models in the gallery so you can see what I've described.
 
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2836-enterprize-1774/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2824-hms-winchelsea-finished-1764-by-baribeaujm/
https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2736-hms-fly-1776-by-ccoyle/
 

I haven't checked for blocks, but I have plenty left over from my Wuetender Hund build. I suspect only a handful are needed. As for pins, I suspect the subject predates their widespread use.             

Well, two weeks after placing the order, everything arrived safe and sound. You can add Seahorse to the list of conscientious shippers -- all was securely packed.
 
First glimpse inside. I believe Tomek has described his mast sets as something like "just sticks," but they are reasonably priced, and I like the fact that I don't have to source dowels of the right diameter and cut them to length. They will need to be shaped, obviously.
 

 
Pre-printed sails. These include suggestions for dying, reinforcing, and adding boltropes.
 

 
The kit itself. Believe it or not, my knife slipped while slicing open the protective plastic sleeve. Fortunately, I only damaged the back cover. Whew!!!
 

 
Some parts . . .
 
   
 
. . . and diagrams.
 

 
And, of course, laser-cut frames.
 

 
Looking forward to starting soon

Ooooooh!!
 

Maybe. I have to wait until I get home to check the mail.

I check the post tracker daily -- sometimes twice a day.

😂

Yes, yes, I know -- this will be yet a third concurrently running project. And actually, this project will not really begin for at least another week to ten days, because I just ordered the kit today, and it has to wing its way over here from Poland. So, first question is: Why this project? For several reasons:
I have long been wanting to try my hand at a card sailing vessel. This looks like a great kit for that purpose. The rig is super simple. It is hot off the presses. I want to be among the very first to build one of these (the urge to be an 'early adopter') -- hence the slightly premature rush to start this log.  
I will do a deep dive into the kit contents once it gets here, but for now here's a shot of the kit cover:
 

 
And a contemporary drawing of the subject by Willem van de Velde.
 

 
I ordered the discounted set for the model, which includes the kit, laser-cut parts, mast dowels, and printed sails. In total, this set me back a whopping US$30.62, including shipping, which is about half what it would cost to acquire a single Halinski kit along with its bells and whistles. I have remarked before on the value of ordering directly from Tomek at his website.
 
And now . . . we wait. In the meantime, I will try to get as much done on the Salmson as I can before the next project arrives.
 
That's it for now!
 

Just like on a real ship, you need to get your masts steadied first. This means your stays (forestays and backstays) and shrouds should be done first. In any case, you can't do the ratlines until the shrouds are set up.

So, last night I got the skins edge-colored and started work on beefing up the internal frames, starting on the center section. There are multiple issues here. First, the instructions and diagrams provide virtually no guidance on where the innermost ribs are supposed to go. Second, the wing is supposed to have a slight dihedral, as suggested by the shape of the spars, but the diagrams do not include a three view (which is a criminal oversight, IMO), and the frames do not include any kind of obvious parts for making sure the proper dihedral gets locked in. That means there is some guesswork involved here. I added the innermost pair of ribs at the joints between the left and right spars, glued the two wing halves together, liberally saturated the area with thin CA, and then left the whole thing to cure overnight while sitting in a crude jig. Will that sufficiently stabilize the center section? That remains to be seen.
 

 
In hindsight, I now suspect that the 'inner' ribs are supposed to be located at the outboard ends of the center section, forming a central 'slice' of wing that would butt join the outer wing panels by inserting the thinner bits of spar into slots in the center-section ribs (it would've been super nice if, ya know, this had been shown somewhere like maybe, I dunno -- IN THE DIAGRAMS??). This is just so unlike any construction method I have previously used that it didn't register in my brain -- at all. One upshot of this is that the beefy pseudo-rib I have created in the middle of the wing has too much material in it --  the center skin will not fit properly, so material will have to be removed from the internal framing. Sigh. 😑

Welcome aboard, Noggy!

Welcome aboard, Noggy!