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rwiederrich

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  1. rwiederrich
    Tom....what is ship that in your avatar? Looks like a clipper. Rob
  2. rwiederrich
    Absolutely wonderful work...nice and clean. Will she be fully rigged as well? Rob
  3. rwiederrich
    Beautiful little vessel...and a most wonderful job in presenting her....nice and cleanly done. Rob
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    painstaking detail in the extreme.....words cannot describe the emotions induced by your work.... Breathless...…. Rob
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    Interesting jig to make those straps. Lots of prep work and tooling. Fun. Rob
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    Still have buntlines and their blocks to instal and plenty more stuff to add...but I posted the mizzen on the model.....she's looking like a clipper all right. Rob
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    Spent some time today working on the upper topsail install..lots more work to do but, I'm moving along. Rob
  8. rwiederrich
    Now I've secure the sheets to the sail and am finishing up with rigging details and buntlines. Rob
  9. rwiederrich
    Spent a bit of time today working on the topgallant sail and its rigging. This image I just glued the sail to the yard and am supporting it till it dries. Rob
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    I'm more of a hack then fast....but thanks for the compliment. I've learned what details can be avoided or masked with other detail.... Rob
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    Some more images of the state currently. Hoping to spend more time tomorrow. Rob
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    I also spent some time finishing up the addition of the foot ropes and addition of all the eye bolts for the mizzen main yard(crossjack).
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    Worked a bit on finishing up the royals rigging.
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    Now onto the royal and its rigging. I used the smallest alligator clips I could find for this work...their just over an inch long. Just can't have that much weight hanging on things...but I still need good clamping. Rob
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    Spent some time today on the royal sail of the mizzen. Lots left...ie...clew lines and the addition of more blocks for the main mast braces. Slowly but surely..I'm working down the mast beginning with the sheet lines(chain). Rob
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    Thanks for the fine comments Popeye...I appreciate your kindness. Oh, I miss stuff for sure...that is why I give a new set of eyes a pass days after I finished something...knowing full well I forgot something. Rob
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    Still need to add brace blocks to the rigging for the foremast and mizzen topgallant/royal yards to the main mast(for both afix to the mainmast)....and I'm figuring out the process and location of all those blocks found on the mizzen for the main topgallant.royal yards. I hate having to reach within the spidary web of rigging to add a block I overlooked(Damage is just on the horizon if that happens) I enjoy the light transparency these sails naturally produce. Exposing the reef bands and extruded panels. Rob
  18. rwiederrich
    Spent some time today working on the lower topsail yard and fixing its haul chain rigging. Still need to add sheet chains and the chain haulyard to the upper topsail yard.
  19. rwiederrich
    I believe that can be considered a true statement. Even the tedium of fabricating rope coils can be pleasantly improved upon. Not sure about ratline thought........ Rob
  20. rwiederrich
    Going back and seeing how I performed certain processes I realize how differently I proceeded. Even repetitions were modified and I changed sequences from one mast to the next...without consciously knowing I had altered a sequence. I suppose the process evolved and I made it easier for myself. Rob
  21. rwiederrich
    No....not at all. I consider myself nearing the end..because I'm closer to it then the beginning..since the spanker mast has no square sails to set. Still have to configure and add all the braces and their blocks and pennants. Not to mention any an all details i previously overlooked. Rob
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    I dry fit the mast against the others to see how I'm progressing. Rob
  23. rwiederrich
    Need to finish up the foot ropes and stirrups after I added the gin block and all the eye bolts needed for blocks and sheet control eyes.
  24. rwiederrich
    Spent some time working on the GR today. Trying to finish up the Mizzen. I worked on the royal and topgallant earlier and I finished up the basics of the topsail yard...now working on the topsail yard with its gin block lift rig. Here are a few images.
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    Scott..that sounds fantastic...love to watch that come together. Rob

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