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    I scour old garage and estate sales. Sometimes I get lucky Here is another.This is a replication of a famous painting I recall seeing. Rob
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    Yikes...I must have measured my 10 wraps incorrectly...... I was not wanting to compress the rope so I cam up with .155". Making my rope at a scale of 1/128 to be around 6.22" rope. that's ginormous..... Maybe I need to make my first caliper reading a bit snugger? At your scale of 1/72 that makes about a 3.5" line. Rob
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    Thanks Ed...good advice. I was looking at your examples, on your ship and an example of the material I have, and it is quite small...and I too realize the larger number generally means the smaller size....but in this case it is confusing, because anything smaller then the 30 I have is going to be really tiny stuff.... So for comparisons sake...the average size you generally use...wrapped around a dowel 10 times, divided by 10 measures out to be what? So I can compare. Thanks again. Rob
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    Thanks...that was a painting I picked up in San Diego about 30 years ago...well executed and alive. I also have this painting that was done in 1942 another original. Rob
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    What is the size difference from 100 and 30. I have several rolls of ECRU Art. A-105 Cotton Mercerized cotton line size 30. Rob
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    Fantastic work Ed. Rob
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    It's so true..we can spend far too much time on truly minor issues. However, the purist can't help themselves. Personally, I've concluded that it is an impossibility, to try to duplicate every aspect....from the actual materials used on real vessels, to models of them. Linen, cotton, synthetic, blends.....? Non of it is hemp or steal cable NOTHING we build our models from was ever used on the real vessels for the same purposes. We use copper(for fabricating iron work)...They, real Iron. We use bass wood and all manner of fine grained woods....They, Live Oak, Yellow pine, mahogany. We use water based acrylic paints...They, lead based paints and worse. We use brass/copper sheathing...They. Muntz (Yellow ) metal Etc, Etc, Etc...... Personally, I feel you can use whatever is on hand to (REPLICATE) what you are trying to replicate. This is such a personal hobby...were some major on minors and others somewhat less. I appreciate the work and skill that is represented here...probably the greatest appreciation is representation in accuracy of actual historical items....NOT in what material was used to create it. These rantings are all my personal view and I'm almost positive do not represent the majority of participants. On a personal note...Ed...your attention to detail and fabrication is among the level of very few, and I appreciate you bringing us along on your great adventure. The building of a first class clipper ship. Rob
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    I placed the fore and mizzen mast back into the model to see how things look...coming along nicely. When I have time I kinda get some stuff done. Now that the front porch is finished. The Great Republic gets to sit on the mantle in my Den. Rob
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    Ratlines are finished on the mizzen mast. I forgo the ratlins on the futtock shrouds at this time to facilitate running rigging passage later. They will be added at that time . Now onto the main mast....and lastly the spanker mast which will have rigging limited to futtock shrouds and top shrouds and ratlines at this stage.
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    Feeling better I spent some time on the mizzen mast and finished up some items...the shrouds and the spreaders. Now I just need to ready myself for the long process of rigging the ratlines...... Rob
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    Tom...new shipyard looks amazing...great space...glad things are working out and you can be back to work in no time..... Pickin out my seat.... Rob
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    Thanks everyone for the well wishes...I won't die...but it feels like I will.. I mustered up some time ro do a bit more work on the Mizzen shrouds.
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    I surely didn't get much done today....My head is swimming and my ears are totally plugged. I'm feelin pretty horrible...but I did manage to rig some of the mizzen top shrouds. I'm going to bed... Shovin-off . Rob
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    Once cleaned up the band is fit in its location....eye bolts added and then glues secure. The entire spar and bandings will be painted black as was on the real vessel. Rob
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    Once cut free I slide(with some finesse)... the bands off the cutting dowel and sand and file.
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    I haven't got myself back into the swing of things yet to tackle the shrouds(probably this afternoon....been pretty sick). However I did want to show some pics of the banding process for the yards. Again...I like to use anything and everything I can get my hands on to aid in my builds...not to exclude the use of any Dental items. Here are some dental copper bands used in temporary crown fixtures and margin stabilization procedures. My collection is ample enough to permit me to fabricate bands for every location on the spar....so no having to make by soldering or the like for specific bands....just cut the size I need from the pre-sized material. I use a dental diamond cutting disk to cut off each band. Rob
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    I'm not like other builders...I don't make every item for the ship myself......I prefer to use other folks hard work. I incorporate it. modify it...if need be...or simply buy what I don't want to make. I don't think it makes the model any less significant. Working on the shrouds today....it became problematic, because one particular line I was using does not take adhesives well...when you think it is secure....it ain't. How frustrating. So I removed the old line I had already begun and took a break(well....because I'm sick today so I have very little energy). I opter to divert my energy(what little I had left) to beginning the main yard. After much internal debate I settled on One of Crothers suggestion that might have been on the Great Republic...and I followed that up with verifying this in Underhill's book, Masting and Rigging, The Clipper ship and Ocean Carrrier. I will be installing internal topsail sheet sheaves...instead of the external design. I made the iron sheet block and the sheet chain passes through it very well. I've currently finished the banding for the chain sling and both bands for the truss..to include the truss itself.. I will not be adding the jackstays at this time...as mentioned earlier, that will be affixed to the main course and placed when the entire sail is installed. Here are a few images of the slow days work.
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    Thanks Ed.....I know the top sheave is for lifting the yard...and now that you pointed it out I see the use of the bottom sheave is for lowering and lifting the topmast. I've sean the principle before....just overlooked it. Thanks. Rob
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    Because the sail is bent to the jackstay and then the sail rests across the face of the yard....I'm thinking that I could fix the jackstay to the sail...prior to instal..so the sail and jackstay are glued to the yard as one piece. This is done after the yard is fitted out with all its banding and stunsail ironwork...not to mention the foot ropes and flemish horses. then as an entire piece...the yard and its fixtures(set sail) can be mounted to the mast. Lots to think about Rob
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    Hey Ed...I was thinking and I noticed you have not utilized the top mast sheaves for anything....what will be their purpose within your rigging scheme? Rob
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    No pics this time(I know..I'll hear about it). I spent time banding the masts for futtock shrouds for the topgallants and I installed the futtock shrouds themselves. I also installed the lower deadeyes on the main and mizzen masts. I wanted to get some of the repetitious jobs that were common to all the mast finished up before I began installing the shrouds for the main mast. Tonight I will finish touch-up painting the ironwork. I also spent a bit of time calculating out the yard dimensions for each mast....I have the yards already made for the main mast but still need to turn the Fore and Mizzen yards. One detail I'm wresting with is....because I will be installing a full set of sails and that those sails are bent to the jackstays....at this scale do I forgo adding the jackstays(which will be covered by the sails) for simplicity's sake and you won't see them....or go the extra mile and add what won't be visible? Being a lazy modeler..... THAT is a tough question to answer at this point. Rob
  22. rwiederrich
    Yikes! snow? My sweetheart has been asking me from day one..can we replace the front windows? She found the replacement windows and I put them in...along with a front porch...veranda...French doors...etc. Now I will spend this evening working on the mainmast of the GR...Yeah. Rob
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    I hope it is an easy transition.
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    It all started with my wife wanting the front window replaced...and one thing led to another and a second story French door/veranda was born...not to forget to mention the gutters and roof...and the deck that will come...... I did most of it myself....an.....I'm exhausted. I NEED...to get back to my GR build. Thanks for the encouragement. I look forward to slow fall evenings in my model room.......mmmmmmm. Rob
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    I did track down an image of a painting of the rigging and sail plan I intend to replicate for the GR. From everything I can gather and from written first hand accounts...her sail plan was originally designed as depicted in this painting....NOT as so many have depicted her with 6 sails per mast........as she was REBUILT by Palmer. She had the largest square sails set on any ship of her day. Rob

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