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    Wonderful and masterfully done. Rob
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    Wonderful progression. Rob
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    A mighty miniature collection. Rob
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    I wouldn't say you were wrong. Different techniques require different situations...scale and modelers ability to name a few. Not to mention trying to furl a sail on a yard is tough OFF the mast...let alone being brave enough to attempt it on a mounted yard. I agree that adding furled sails and their associated blocks and rigging to the yard prior to the yard being installed makes the greatest sence...as in ease and less damage induced. On the other hand, my latest clipper it was far easier to install the billowed sails to the fixed yards, while the mast was off the model. A perfect example of how techniques and ability contribute to what we conclude is the *easiest*. Sometimes we are not even talking about the same thing. A mounted furled sail in NOT the same animal as a mounted billowed sail. Rob
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    I shot the jibs to show off their many hanks holding the sails to the stays. I'll rig the first mizzen backstay then work my way of and begin adding the topgallant stay and so forth...always balancing the rigging...not to stress or warp the timbers. Lots more to go...but I can see the end of the tunnel.....about a half a year away...... Rob
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    While glue was drying I began to fashion the first of many 4mm cleats that the braces will belay to.
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    Worked on the mizzen ratlines tonight..here are some pics. Finished the port now I'm working on the starboard side.... Rob(these boogers take a lot of time)
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    Oh yeah...I have most of my hands function back....enough to finally do some fine work. I was going mad...not getting in any shipyard time because of this injury. I'll get about 5 hours in tonight...so the riggers are gonna get some new orders tonight. Rob
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    Oh my....what wonderful workmanship.... Be it rope or wood work...you have superbly mastered the art of model ship building. I'm working in a much smaller scale...(1/128) and if I could pull off such attention to detail....it would be a miracle. Love your work. Rob
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    I agree completely. The rigging is not the where for all of the model and if the sails are placed appropriately... there will be ample rigging to admire besides. IMHV, the rigging and the sails compliment one another...and to view all the *extra* rigging provided by the sails...the rigging freak will have a hey day. Again..thanks for following along and for your fine comments. Rob
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    Thank you very much. I concluded that a sailing ship....a clipper ship.... had two major distinct elements...one, her sleek hull design and her massive array of sails. If the former was tackled with as much skill as I could muster...then the latter had to employ at least as much skill...and with a greater aptitude of convincing. Sails IMHV have to not only be in scale, but must somehow exude an emotion of action....motion....life. I do truly feel that any *masterful* expressions I may have expressed were namely focused on using simple paper for the sails...no tricks or skillful seamstress abilities were required. The same stuff used on the rest of the build....paint, string, wire(clues) and will. Any fearless, ambitious modeler can add sails to any model....if they approach it systematically and do as much work off the model. The end result will not only enhance their hull wood work...but really complete the model by providing the main element of a sailing ship....her sails. Again....thanks for the fine humbling compliments. Rob
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    Finished up the mizzen shrouds. Didn't take long. Now onto the ratlines. Rob
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    Exactly! In my case, I removed each mast from the ship and rigged the sails off ship....Kinda the same principle as rigging the sail on the yard prior to installing the yard to the mast. It just dawned on me, that scale has a lot to do with what technique one may employ as well. Rob
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    What a fun and fanciful subject to incase in a wonderful bottle...... Beautiful subject and execution of it...... Rob
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    Masterful work...just wonderful. Rob
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    Every application can have a different process.... in your application of furled sails...I agree. Adding the sails and its associated blocks to the yards prior to fixing to the mast is a preferred method. Easy, repeatable and efficient. However, in my application, I required the sails to be billowed and that billow needed to originate at the sails origin...where it is bent to the yard at the jackstay. Not to hang limplessly as in drying or in a doldrum, but naturally as if in a stiff breeze. My technique, required the yard to be firmly fixed to the yard so the sail, when positioned properly, could then be supported and glued in its correct attitude. A vary hard thing to do if the sail was first bent to the un- mounted yard. Rob
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    I don't know...On my current build of the Clipper Great Republic...I preferred to install all the yards on the mast first..then rigged all the blocks and then installed the sails. I found it actually easier then rigging the yard prior to install. The main benefit was once the yard was installed I could glue the sail at the right billowed angle...supporting it from the mast. Rob
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    Just so everyone knows the scale I'm working in..here is a simple comparison....I places a penny next to the aft house and mizzen fife rail. Rob
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    I also finished adding the main royal stay as well(not pictured). Once I get the port mizzen shrouds finished...I'll get to ratlining all the shrouds .... Lots of work done on this wet and rainy day.... Rob
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    A few more of the main backstays with the mizzen atarboard shrouds.
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    Began working on the mizzen shrouds on the starboard side.
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    Well I worked on the main backstays and finished them up..here are some pics. Rob
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    Thanks so much Popeye...yes I'm feeling much better and the numbness has diminished considerably....allowing me more fine detail work to be done. I plan on putting many hours in the shipyard tomorrow..so that means some rigging is getting done........Yippy. Rob
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    Bob..as much as I would love to accommodate you....I think I'm going to stick with just the main sails....like in the painting of her. Just a reminder: The area she will be mounted won't be able to accommodate that extra width. I have entertained the notion myself....but the fact of the matter is...the Great Republic never ever set her stunsails as originally designed. It must have been a real sight of the imagination to have seen her in that rig under a brisk flury. I have nothing but respect for your opinions...never *Hate*. Even if it means having to tare stuff apart and redo all kinds of stuff and add more stuff with more rigging and stuff...... Rob
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    Thanks. Even when I think I know everything there is to know about this ship...I surprise myself. I've tried so many new techniques and perfected others on this build it's dizzying for me. But I think the result is acceptable to most. Trying to cram in as much detail as possible in the wake of EDT's fabulous YA build is a daunting task and in a far smaller scale to boot. The bar is surely high. Rob

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