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  1. drobinson02199
    Continuing to work on shrouds. When I did the foremast shrouds, I followed the approach noted in the drawings (see below), which is certainly structurally sound and is probably how shrouds were "hung" off the mast on the real ship. The issue I had was twofold: alignment of the deadeyes when fixing the second deadeye in the loop, and more important, creating the proper alignment and spacing at the top. I really had to struggle to get separation and not have the shrouds cross approaching the top of the lower foremast, and the alignment I had on the foremast was marginally OK, but not what I really wanted. So for the main mast I went back to the approach I used on the Revenge, which is to rig the shrouds one at a time, fixing the alignment and tensioning at the top with CA gel. I'm much happier with the results. See below, including two pics with white paper behind the shrouds so the alignment up to the mast is easier to see. Regards, David
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    It's been a bit since my last post, partly because I was away last week, but also because I have hit the shrouds and ratlines -- and you all know what that's like. Never ends. Here's my first stage of those -- the lower foremast shrouds and futtock shrouds. Regards, David
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    The shrouds will be the traditional black. Regards, David
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    All the yards are now up. I also mounted the driver boom and driver gaff, even though they don't have rigging support, because I think it would be much more difficult with the shrouds up. A kit note: not enough parrell beads supplied. Fortunately, I had some left over from the Revenge. Now on to shrouds -- which I'll be at for a while. Regards, David
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    I have finished the 3 main mast yards and mounted them on the main mast, then stepped the mast to the boat. Picture below. When I started this kit, I wondered if the upgrade kit would prove worth it (other than the lifeboat kit it contains). But there are three brass fittings in it that have proven to be really valuable: The deadeye fittings are upgraded and are more secure. The footrope stanchions replace having to fabricate them out of thin wire, and are better looking than anything I could have created myself in the non-upgraded kit The fittings for the stunsail booms again avoid having to fabricate two fittings per yard end (4 per yard) out of separate parts. Regards, David
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    I guess maybe 2-3 hours per day when I don't have a lot of my professional work to get to. I spent more time yesterday on the main yard -- maybe 4 hours in all. Each part is an engineering challenge for me. I look at the drawings and think about how I'll build it, and part of that is the "what is the most efficient way?" Here's the catch: if you zoom way in on my woodworking, you'll see that it doesn't stand up to some of the really outstanding detail work I've seen here -- such as by Zappto, Vossy and AntonyUK. I think it's fine, and looks good on the model for normal viewing -- but I just don't have the patience that I've seen some others apply -- and their results show it. Regards, David
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    First yard done and mounted -- lower main yard. I hadn't run into stunsail booms before, but really like the interest they add to the yards. I know that some modelers pin the yards to the mast, but I'm always concerned that I will "prang" them during rigging with a random elbow or hand strike (and have done so many times), so I installed a pin on the back of the mast and "hung" the yard to that, which supports it but still allows for play in the yard. This one is lashed to the mast, but the next one above it will be installed with parrel beads and ribs. One yard down -- 9 more to go. Regards, David
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    Masts are done -- now on to the yards. Regards, David
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    Masts look terrific -- in fact, the whole ship is just fabulous. Regards, David
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    Finished the bowsprit and went ahead and did the bowsprit yards and mounted them. The only rigging on the bowsprit so far is the yard lifts. I thought the bowsprit was the most complicated block/deadeye assembly I have encountered so far in modeling. I also included a shot of the full foremast, which I completed since my last post. Regards, David
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    Thanks, Martin. I think I go fast and then slow, depending on what else is going on. I'm working on the bowsprit now, and there are a LOT of blocks to tie on. I think I'll do the bowsprit yards and attach them, and then shoot out another picture. Regards, David
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    Antony: I am in astonished admiration at the beautiful quality and precision you have achieved in a scratch build. This is a masterpiece. Regards, David
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    Finished the lower fore mast. It's just dry-fitted in the picture. Lots of detail and blocks to attach. I really like this kit, but one thing I don't much like is the instruction to dye natural thread black when a small diameter thread is needed. The reason given in the manual is that black thread gets brittle when glued, but there was plenty of it in the Revenge kit, which is a later Amati Victory series kit. So I'm using the leftover thread from that kit when I need thin black. Regards, David
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    Love the scale figures, Chris. Regards, David
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    Chris -- Give us a full shot of her at some point. Looks great. Regards, David
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    Chris: Yes, I do plan to rig them -- but I forgot and might have kept forgetting, so thanks for the reminder! Regards, David
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    All deck fittings and gunport doors now done. Next step is masts, yards, and rigging. Regards, David
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    Deadeyes and chainplates installed on the channels. Regards, David
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    Chris: This looks great -- I particularly like the stairs and balustrades. Eagerly awaiting what the fancy railings will look like. Regards, David
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    Chris: Thanks. If by "what different" you mean mechanically, I glued an eyebolt into place and trimmed it. If you mean photographically, I cleaned my lens! It had some stuff on it in the previous pic, I think. Regards, David
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    Spyglass: Great suggestion, which I took -- see picture and much improved rudder appearance. Re the barrels: I tested each carriage as I mounted it by making sure I could place a cannon through the windows -- particularly important because I framed the windows which makes them smaller. One or two are tight -- but I can get it done. Regards, David
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    Spyglass -- Thanks for the comments. Some answers to your questions: 1) Yes, I am leaving the top rudder pintle unconnected on purpose. I did it because once it's on the shelf, only the really sharp eyed like you would notice, and getting the other three aligned was difficult -- and they were barely aligned -- so I didn't want to add a fourth one into that equation. There's actually a fifth one provided and showing in the Amati pics, but on my model there's no room for it. 2) The under deck gun carriages are painted and mounted in place, so I just have to insert the guns through the gun ports. I'm waiting to the very last for that so I don't hit one and knock the gun carriage loose. 3) Yes, again your sharp eyes picked up those notches. I acknowledged this in an earlier post, and it's a learning for me. It comes from the plank bender blade biting through on that side. I actually don't need the plank bender, as my steamer will take care of all the bend I need. I didn't notice those notches until after I had mounted the planks and I wasn't going to rip them out. So for finished planks, no more plank bender. It's fine for layer 1, but not layer 2. I didn't get this on the Revenge, so I think it must be some aging in the plank bender and misalignment of the blade. Regards, David
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    Worked on channels: first picture shows channels with pins in. They are only 1.5mm, so it's delicate drilling. Second pic shows the channels installed on the ship. Regards, David
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    Rudder mounted as well as tiller & tiller housing. Regards, David
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    I worked too hard on the stern gallery to have that off-center lettering spoil it, so I removed everything in that section, repainted, and remounted. This time I aligned the letters on a piece of paper, and then picked them up with a small piece of painting tape. Added glue, applied the set, and then peeled the tape. That did the trick. Regards, David

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