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  1. mtbediz
    If you are not going to include the fore sail you will not need the boomkins. Drawing shows how the boomkins were used.
  2. mtbediz
    If you are not going to make full rigging, you will not need boomkins. If you decide to make a limited rigging, you will not need them either. By limited rigging, I mean making the masts and standing and running rigging, but not adding sails. In the meantime, please feel free to share anything on my page.
  3. mtbediz
    Supports number 2, 3 and 4 are complete. I am making support number 1 in two parts. I am not 100% happy with the result but this is all I can do.
  4. mtbediz
    I remember those days as if they were yesterday. If I am not mistaken, you started with another company's kit. Then, after your conversations with us, you continued with the MS kit. My second year with this model will be up in June too. I haven't decided whether to make the masts and rigging yet. As every year, I will close the workshop soon for the summer vacation and will leave my decision until the fall. I apologize Peter, if you clarified this issue before, but I want to ask. Are you planning to add rigging and sail equipment?
  5. mtbediz
    Congratulations, canopies look beautiful. It was worth the effort
  6. mtbediz
    Then I'll make it parallel like most people do. Of the Conny builders I follow, only ERS Rich made it angled, all the others are parallel. Thanks friends.
  7. mtbediz
    If you did this consciously, that's fine. Otherwise, you'd have to do it all over again, which would be a disaster, I think.
  8. mtbediz
    You got a very good fit between rail and gratings. There's one thing that caught my eye though. Your lower headrail seems a bit short to me. Shouldn't it extend all the way to the end? In that case, it looks like support number 1 will be outside the rail.
  9. mtbediz
    Thanks for the photo. Yes, I'm talking about the second support from the left in this photo. It looks slightly angled forward in this photo also, but I am not sure either.
  10. mtbediz
    I agree with Greg. Your supports look pretty good. I don't see any problems.
  11. mtbediz
    I have a question for friends who are building or completing this model. Should the support named number 4 in the kit plan be parallel to supports 1, 2, and 3, or should it be angled forward? It looks parallel in the plan, but in photos of the actual ship on the internet—although not very clear—it seems like it might be angled forward.
  12. mtbediz
    The supports are removable and attachable, so there is no problem. I mark the positions where the notches should be by measuring on the model and cut them with a milling machine.
  13. mtbediz
    I started making the rail supports. Supports have not been glued yet.
  14. mtbediz
    I'm so sorry to hear this. His build log was a great guide for me when building my Essex. May he rest in peace.
  15. mtbediz
    Very nice.
  16. mtbediz
    Very good!
  17. mtbediz
    All rails except the top rails have been completed. I will add the top rails after installing the supports.
  18. mtbediz
    Thank you Peter.
  19. mtbediz
    I fabricated the support knees for the cat heads. I am preparing the 3rd rails that will be attached to the knees.
  20. mtbediz
    I don't have the talent or patience to do that. Congratulations.
  21. mtbediz
    Some modelers created a flat platform and placed the gratings on top, while others positioned them in a curved manner to match the bend of the second rail. As far as I understand, you chose the second option. I don't know which one is correct, and I haven't decided how to proceed yet.
  22. mtbediz
    I painted 2nd rails black, added white stripes and glued them in place.
  23. mtbediz
    I decided to do this because I was convinced that I could produce the supports correctly by making precise measurements on the model. It seemed to me that bending the rails to fit the supports would be more difficult.
  24. mtbediz
    Finally I decided to do this; first give the rails the required shape and glue them in place, then make the supports. I shaped the 3rd rails by heating them with an iron, since they required bending in three different directions. Of course, this was not easy, but I achieved an acceptable result. The 2nd rails were easier, I soaked them in hot water and attached them to the molds I had prepared beforehand and waited for them to dry. I tested all the rails in place and did not see any visible defects in symmetry. Now I will paint these rails and attach them to their places by adding the white stripes. Note: To name the rails correctly, I reviewed the MS plan again and renamed them. In this post, I have renamed the rails I made as 2nd rails and 3rd rails.
  25. mtbediz
    His name is Thomas

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