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This past week, I made up and rigged the wingsail gaff and the topmast yard. I also did the spritsail yard braces. The wingsail gaff is a dowel, tapered at both ends, and using the kit jaws. The parrel is beads strung on a piece of wire inserted into the jaws. I added paper bands and an eyebolt and painted the gaff black. The gaff was then mounted and rigged, doing the peak and throat halyards and the vangs. The topsail yard was made up like the main yard, using a dowel filed square in it's center section, then built up with strip and filed eight sided. The ends were tapered, the various cleats added, and the yard painted black. Before mounting, I added the foot ropes and stirrups, the blocks for the tie, the lifts/topgallant sheets, the clews and the braces. I also made up and added the parrel, done like the main yard with beads and strip wood ribs. The yard was mounted and partially rigged, doing the tie and it's double falls, and the topsail clews and sheets. For the spritsail braces, I ran the running parts through blocks on a short span attached to the main preventer stay. These are shown in Lees and the kit plans, bur not in AOTS. I will next finish up the mainmast with the topgallant yard and then move on to the mizzen. Bob
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Thanks so much Russ, Thomas, Ken and the "likes". Ken, I actually used carpenters glue, but the alcohol works just as well on it. Bob
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The past week has been spent making up, mounting and rigging the main yard. The first work was to make the yard. As usual, for me, I started with a dowel, filed the center portion to a square, added strip to the square section to build it up, then filed the built up square section to eight sided. The yard was then tapered by sanding. I then added the sling cleats, yard arm cleats and the PE boom iron yokes the yard arms. Lastly, I made up the inner and outer boom irons from wire and slices of styrene tube. I didn't add the boom irons until after I had added the blocks and rigging lines to the yard. The yard assembly was painted black. The stunsail booms were also made at this time . They are tapered dowel, stained golden oak and finished with wipe-on poly. I then added the foot ropes and stirrups, the jeer blocks, the topsail sheet blocks, the clew blocks, the yardarm sheet and lift blocks, and the brace pendants and blocks. Next, the line for the jeers, clews and lifts were added. Finally, the parrel was made up and attached at one end. The parrel was made from line, beads for the trucks and ribs made from boxwood strip. Lacking a table saw, I made the ribs by gluing strips together, shaping the whole stack at once, then using isopropyl to separate the pieces. The boom irons and booms were then added. The yard was then mounted on it's pin on the mast, the parrel was tied off and the rigging of the jeers, lifts and clews was done, but the clews were not tied off. The spritsail braces were also done at this time, but not tied off. Next will be the wingsail gaff and the main topsail yard. Bob
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Your planking is looking great Eric. Bob
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Your usual fine metal work Nils. The overview just blows me away. Bob
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Thanks so much Martin. You are so right about the chisels. The one you spotted is one of a number of small chisels I have that are indispensable. Bob
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Thanks so much Albert, Joe, B.E. and Thomas for the generous comments and thanks also to the "likes". I still find rigging to be one of the most enjoyable and satisfying aspects of any build. Bob
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A spell of chilly weather (for South Florida ), has led to increased modeling activity and progress. I've not only finished the standing rigging, but begun work on the spars and running rigging. To begin with, I finished the main topgallant mast rigging, doing the shrouds, backstay and stay. I then did the bowsprit manropes (horses). This completed the standing rigging. Before describing the further work done, a few words on my general plan for the running rigging. It is my intention to do all of the yard control rigging ( slings, jeers, parrels, halyards, lifts and braces) and much, but not all, of the sail rigging. I will do clews, sheets and tacks, but not buntlines, reeflines or bowlines. I am also doing somewhat simplified headsail rigging. This reflects my practice for some time and is purely a matter of personal preference on my part. I began by mounting the spritsail yard, which had previously been made, and mostly completing it's rigging. This involved the sling, the halyard, the standing and running lifts and the clews (I chose not to do the sheets for this sail). I will do the braces after doing the main yard. The next work was to do the headsail rigging, consisting basically of halyards and downhauls. I tied off most of the lines leading to timber heads in the bow and added rope coils on those lines. The halyards and the spritsail clews were not tied off at this time. Next up will be the main yard. Bob
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A great model, getting even better. Bob
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Thanks so much Thomas and the "likes". Thomas, I have to admit that at this point in a build, I have to slow myself down. I get impatient to see it completed. Bob
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I had intended to complete the standing rigging by doing the mizzen ratlines and then doing the main topgallant mast rigging. Unfortunately, after doing the ratlines, I discovered that I had stupidly run out of rigging line to do the main topgallant and had to order more before continuing. While waiting for delivery, I chose to make up the spritsail yard. The mizzen ratlines went smoothly. At some point, you just seem to be able to do the clove hitches without even thinking about them, although they remain mind numbingly tedious. I'm glad to see them done. The spritsail yard is a simple spar, round throughout, and merely needed to be tapered. I added the sling cleats and yardarm cleats and painted it all black. I then did the foot ropes, before adding as many of the rigging attachments as I could. These included the sling, the halyard, the clew blocks, the fixed lift deadeyes, the lift blocks, and the brace pendants and blocks. It looks like quite a jumble lying there, but is infinitely easier than trying to do them in place. Bob
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Thanks so much John for the overly generous comments. Greatly appreciated. BTW, you must have gotten a cramp from hitting all those "likes" Bob
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Well done Sjors. Great to see you back at it. Bob
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"Show side"--"wall side". Eric, I've never done it any other way. Great work on the planking. Bob
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Thanks so much Denis and the "likes". Denis, I think all modelers are pack rats. My Admiral certainly believes that. Bob
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Denis, you are a braver man than I am, doing such a complex ship in such a small scale. You're off to a nice start. Bob
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