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Thanks Christian. Comments appreciated. Henry

Ratlines, Futtuck Staves, Catharpins installed. Ready to start on tops.Ed

Working on standing rigging.

Bow sprit and bookings rigged

Decided to rig Pegasus, so making the masts is next.

While the lighting remains intact, the effect is underwhelming without more views of the lower deck I’m afraid. Lots of effort with little return.

Bow sprit and jib boom completes the hull.

I decided to use rice paper for the ensign. I placed the paper over the pattern which was produced on a regular lined notebook sheet. As suggested by David, the rice paper was wetted and taped over the pattern to a board just as it started to dry. Once dry, I painted the first side. When that was dry, the rice paper was peeled off the pattern. In doing so, areas of the pattern paper adhered to the rice paper. These were removed by wetting the painted rice paper and gently rubbing off the adherent paper. A tear in the rice paper resulted in a small hole which was covered with a patch. The ensign was turned over and taped down again, this time over waxed paper. The reverse side was then painted. The patch adhered nicely. When dry both sides were touched up. Final trimming of the edges to the proper dimensions was followed by gluing a narrow strip of sail cloth along the halliard edge, folded over to the reverse side with the halliard incorporated. The composite was clamped until dry. Next, the halliard was passed through the sheeve atop the ensign staff and down around a cleat at the bottom of the staff. The final step was wetting the ensign with a paint brush and shaping it to resemble a flag assuming a collapsed posture in the absence of wind. The result is shown. The next image shows the big bower anchor in a styalised pose representing the process of fishing it towards its stowed location on the ship’s side. The cat fall and hook are still engaged, the stopper and shank pendant are in place, and the fish hook is engaged around the inboard fluke arm. I’m afraid that this will complicate rigging the model some if I decide to proceed in that direction.

If I want to search a specific topic, such as beveling individual frames, how would that be done without going through the list of some 400 subtopics in the framing and planking section? Henry Drinker

Ha Ha!

Pegasus!!

Always proof!! Fish davits, boomkins

Fish favor, bookings.

Lower deadeyes, chains, billboards, bolsters and linings in. I’m leaning towards rigging the build. In reviewing the plans for the bowsprit, I noticed that the various diameters as specified in the plans differ from those in the text, vol II, ch. 11.27. As I seem to do with some regularity, I’m likely missing an obvious explanation. But perhaps Greg or someone could explain it.

Sparex - H2O rinse- Brass Black- H2O rinse definitely produced superior results. Stern lantern complete.

I glued the pieces to a wooden mandrel and when finished ate away the mandrel with my Turbo Carver. 😊

That’s what I ended up doing, Toni. Worked fine and was quick! Henry

I have started using Sparex, rinsing in water and then putting the pieces in a 5:1 (approx) of Birchwood Casey Brass Black. It does seem to work better. Much appreciate the tips. While I await a new delivery of .032 “ brass rod to complete the starboard site chains, I’ve experimented with making a pattern in wood for the stern lantern. Making a hexagonal rod in 1:48 has proven a challenge so far. I tried my mini tilting arbor table saw with the blade angled 60 degrees, but had trouble securing the work against the fence once the fence surface became smaller. Then tried my milling machine (Sherline) with a tilting clamp. That should work, but am having a time getting the bit centered on the stock properly. I think I could use some advise from Greg. Henry

Thanks for that discussion. I will try Sparex after soldering before blackening and cut the Brass Black with water at 1:5 and report. Is the Sparex suitable for degreasing such that the pickled piece can go directly into the blackening solution, or is it best to rinse with water or acetone first? HD

It’s like the patina rubs off. I’ve tried cleaning again with Acetone and dipping a third time, but that doesn’t seem to really solve the problem., Any thoughts?

Yes. Overlooked the section in vol 2. What does it mean when my blackened pieces, even after 2 drippings in Birchwood Casey Brass Black, when dried, leave spots of copper looking metal when gently rubbed????? Henry

Remaining swivel guns, rails, safety ropes. Deadeyes and stern light next. Can someone tell me what the large beam mounted across the foredeck and protruding well off the starboard side was for? Henry