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Managed to get all the sails except for the main and fore course sails bent to their respective yards. Also made some gaskets and hung those from the jackstays just for some added detail. 
 
Here are pics of the fore sails. 

 
and a close up of one of the gaskets. 

Still have to do all the hanks on the stay sails and bend the top gaff and spanker sails to their yards. Seems like their is always something else to do when working with sails. 
Tom

I make mine out of silkspan. As mentioned earlier, material is a bit too much out of scale at most scales used especially if you are going to use a sewing machine for seams. 
 
There are some basic instructions on how I make them on my Leopard and currently in progress Morgan builds. Dre the links in my signature. 
 
Tom

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom
 

Managed to get all the sails except for the main and fore course sails bent to their respective yards. Also made some gaskets and hung those from the jackstays just for some added detail. 
 
Here are pics of the fore sails. 

 
and a close up of one of the gaskets. 

Still have to do all the hanks on the stay sails and bend the top gaff and spanker sails to their yards. Seems like their is always something else to do when working with sails. 
Tom

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom
 

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I have managed to get some things done such as all the yards. I needed to take a couple of weeks to make 21 table centerpieces, 80 place card holders for table assignments, and a bride and groom’s table centerpiece for my daughter’s wedding in January. Why did I agree to doing all these things? Oh yeah, I have a hard time saying no to my daughters. Between cutting down birch trees and getting pine cones and everything else I didn’t think I would see my Morgan model ever again. 
 
Now that wedding stuff is complete, I’m back to modeling. Currently working on laying out the sails so I can attach to the yards and then install those assemblies to the masts. 
 
Here are some pics of my various projects. 



21 table centerpieces 

 

80 place card holders 
and finally the newlywed table centerpiece. 

Tom
 

I reached the standing rigging completion milestone. Well sort of. All the lines are attached but most of the back stays are not secured. This will give me a bit more room to get to the belaying pins. 

There are a lot of lines hanging from the blocks under the tops and trees  all coiled up and labeled. It is much easier to thread the blocks when the masts are off the model. It gets a bit scary looking now but since each line is labeled it is actually pretty easy. 
 
 
I also finished all the rigging on the bow sprit (I think).  Time to start thinking about the jib sails. 

And finally I put in the cutting tackle today. 

Next I need to start making and mounting sails to the yardarms. Then mount those to the masts. Should be a piece of cake!😂
 
Tom

Summer has been busy but I managed to get in a bit of rigging anyway. The fore and main top masts are in and shrouds are rigged. 

Also started on the bow sprit rigging. I finally got to use some of the super fine chain I made a while back. I think it does the job nicely at this scale. 


I am having fun with the rigging but I keep wishing I was back Sandals Southcoast in Jamaica. Maybe when I finish this ship I will sail her back there. 😜😂🤪
 
Tom

Finished making all the whaleboat components and started putting it all together.  There is a lot of stuff in these little boats!  I spent way more time than I guessed I would on these but I think they came out pretty good. 😁

I’ll finish up the other three and put them away for safe keeping until the end when I mount them to the Morgan. Now I can get back to working on the Morgan herself. 
 
Tom
 

I have been off from work this week so I am putting a bit of time in the shipyard.  I managed to make the 10 lances for the boats. Originally, I was going to just take a piece of wire and stick it into a wooden handle. I fiddled around a bit and managed to come up with a way to make them as a single piece with a barb from a toothpick. The handle is .040” in diameter and the iron is .025.  They are 1.50” length overall. 

 
I just noticed the one on the right end has a slightly longer iron shank. If we run across an extra fat whale we can use that lance. 🐳😂😜
Tom

I got the appropriate number of colored bands on the appropriate oars so there will be no confusion when Moby appears on the horizon. 😜

 
Now I need to make a bunch of harpoons, paddles and oar locks and then finally the mast tabernacle, mast and furled sail. 
 
Tom

Thanks Tom,
 
I had a suspicion that’s what they were. The detail is great. I also like your sails, I am certainly going to try silk span when I get to some smaller scale. I’ll check out your process in your Leopard build log. 
 
John

Hi John
From what I read, I guess early on they used to carry the gasket ropes up with them when furling sails. I guess somebody got smart and just left them tied to either the yard or jackstay if there was one. 
Tom

Managed to get all the sails except for the main and fore course sails bent to their respective yards. Also made some gaskets and hung those from the jackstays just for some added detail. 
 
Here are pics of the fore sails. 

 
and a close up of one of the gaskets. 

Still have to do all the hanks on the stay sails and bend the top gaff and spanker sails to their yards. Seems like their is always something else to do when working with sails. 
Tom

Managed to get all the sails except for the main and fore course sails bent to their respective yards. Also made some gaskets and hung those from the jackstays just for some added detail. 
 
Here are pics of the fore sails. 

 
and a close up of one of the gaskets. 

Still have to do all the hanks on the stay sails and bend the top gaff and spanker sails to their yards. Seems like their is always something else to do when working with sails. 
Tom

Managed to get all the sails except for the main and fore course sails bent to their respective yards. Also made some gaskets and hung those from the jackstays just for some added detail. 
 
Here are pics of the fore sails. 

 
and a close up of one of the gaskets. 

Still have to do all the hanks on the stay sails and bend the top gaff and spanker sails to their yards. Seems like their is always something else to do when working with sails. 
Tom

Thanks! Tried to keep it fair.

Ahh - sorry to heart about that!
hamilton

Sorry to hear about store closing.  I have really enjoyed your products and pricing..

No, I've only got 3 kits left. Basically I'm selling off what is left and closing down the store in a couple of months.

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom
 

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom
 

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom
 

Thanks Rick. Hope your family has a great Thanksgiving. 
Tom

Finished up the silkspan sails except for the main and for courses. Those two will be at least partially if not fully furled so as not to obscure the deck details. 
 


I used 3 layers of 00 (fine) silkspan which I believe is the thinnest. It measures about .002” thick. The center ply has lines drawn with a 3H pencil to simulate the cloth seams. The outer two layers  are painted with Liquitex spray paint (unbleached titanium). I sprayed one side of the center ply with ordinary spray adhesive and applied a painted piece to either the starboard side of the staysails or the aft side of a square sail then rolled it flat with a wallpaper roller. I then trimmed the painted ply to match the center ply. 
For the other side, I repeated the process except when trimming the excess, I left .060” all around. This excess flap will wrap over and hide a .010” copper wire that will be used to form the billowing shape. Just an ordinary fabric glue or 50/50 white glue works. 

I then glued all the various tablings using Liquitex matte medium.   Aft we all was done i went over the sail with a warm iron to flatten. 
 

Bolt ropes are then glued to the edges using fabric glue.  

I believe my build log for the Leopard has a more detailed explanation for making these sails. The only difference is the center ply on the Leopard is regular 20# copier paper. With this project at 1:96 scale, i wanted to make the sails as thin as possible to keep somewhat to scale. That is why I used silkspan for the center ply this time. 

I guess the next step is to bend the sails to their respective yards, then mount the yards. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my modeling friends in the US. Those outside the US have a great day as well. 
Happy modeling,
Tom