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    Well Jeff something or the other is up my sleeve...that's for sure... I've worked extensively with plain white paper. I've used simple yellow food coloring mixed in isopropyl alcohol 90%...and I've used brown India ink also diluted in alcohol. Once sprayed(Misted) on the sail it colors the sail as well as ages it. I don't have very many images of the process..except one image I found of a sail I did representing an extremely weathered patched old sail..hanging to dry. I was replicating the Portuguese Ferriera(aka..Cutty Sark) when she was laid up in some old backwater for years...rotting away. Her sails were very bad off. I tried to mimic the extremely wrinkled weathered drying sail...much like these sails drying on this clipper. But much worse off. Rob
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    I've decided to make my sails in like fashion..except using paper.. Rob
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    Well, unlike your masterpiece, I'm barely touching on detail. I really do appreciate your fine comments. Nothing could be less ornate then a greyhound of the see...stripped of all finary and things of comfort...speed is bread into them and any encumbrances to that goal are left at the dock side. Again...your comments are very appreciated..especially coming from one so masterful and accomplished as yourself. Rob
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    Thanks Patrick...I work relatively fast when I have the time to do so. I plan out my work in stages and finish each stage before moving onto the next. I feel I get more accomplished when I tackle small jobs....they eventually all add up. Once I can measure the finished dimensions of the ship....I'll probably frame out(from knotty maple) a display case. Unlike most of my models that are out of reach by most..this one will be at table top level and needs protection from marauding grandkids fingers and creeping feline-ical critters. Rob
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    Are those ventilators directional? Man..what a jumble(Forest) of ventilators on that old steam liner. You/re doing such a wonderful job Nils...love it...just love it. Rob
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    B)You are an astute observer,,,,my names sake. Well...my avatar anyway...... . ?...what do you use for water in your builds....some kinda clay....? Rob
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    Cat..fantastic job. I will be making paper sails for my Great Republic Clipper. That will be roughly 25 sails for a model 1/128 scale. I've made paper sails before..in various stages of decay...from new to heavily warn/stained and patched. Have you ever died your paper sails after you made them? I mist mine with a brown India ink Alcohol solution...they look used and weathered...pretty niffy trick. Anyway...loved your post. Rob
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    Your vessel is a bit different then my ship...Great Republic(clipper). However, in the past(I have yet to get to the sail portion yet), I always attached the sail to the yard of ship....so that I could make all the rigging additions such as leach and bunt lines an most importantly the blocks at the jackstays that they run through. Once finalized it was only a matter of running these lines through their appropriate blocks underneath the cross trees. Plus you can hang the mast via parrels or truss and sling. I built a jig to hold the yard from tip to tip and dressed it with sail and rigging..then fixed it to the yard. No rustling or wrestling fore and back stays. Good luck....OH..were those sails premade that you got aftermarket..ready to hang? Rob
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    Are your sails starched? Rob
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    OH. boy...I'll be following this for sure...8 ft..good night nurse! In your preemptive list you didn't mention the benifactor......unless you have a castle you plan on displaying it in. I'm ready....... Rob
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    I spent a bit of time adding the futtock shrouds.....More work to tidy them up.and get them ready for the deadeyes.
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    Thanks Popeye...I appreciate that very much. And thank you everyone for your likes. Rob
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    I thought of you Jeff...when I saw her in the shop....Just had to have it for the bath decore. I'm all about nautical(Good authentic nautical) Rob
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    Looks almost like a flat bottomed keel boat....... Great work. Rob
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    I always use tung oil.....Fine product in my view. Rob
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    Sorry about all the clutter behind the model...it's just too big to move around all the time for images. I have to make sure I pay close attention to getting all the mast hoops for the spanker sail in place before I mount/step the spanker mast. So too for all the other masts that will be having pin posts added to their bases. I probably won't secure the masts till they are totally complete. Clear skies and smooth sailing ....... Rob
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    Well after lots of quality time working on the build...I finished up the spanker mast....oiled it and the jimboom..tinkered on a few other minor details..I think I'm done for the day. What's next..... Well I still need to rig the top deadeyes and futtock shrouds on each mast and then rig the topmasts and so forth till I'm done with the masting. Here's a couple more pics. Rob
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    Amazing!..How you do it is besides me...... Working through that little opening. Heah..I found a ship in a bottle in an antique shop the other day...I think it is the Charles W Morgan...there is a whale along side the ship splashing. What do you think?
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    Well..I'm almost there. Here are a few images to bring ya'll up to speed. I finished the tops and rigged them with their eyebolts...now I'm focusing on the spanker mast. Rob
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    Finished the foremast top. I had to make 3 sizes of eyebolts for this build and set the medium bolts for the clew/leach line blocks. They were probably painted....because black iron rust horribly in salt air. After I finish all three masts..I will add the deadeyes and futtock shrouds. Rob
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    Amazing story...thank you for sharing. Rob
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    OK..I see what direction you are headed. I wasn't sure of the sling design Webb's mast crew used. Slinging from underneath the top via an eyebolt to the yard sling band is probably the easiest method anyway. Earlier clippers may have used the sling that goes up and around the mast head with a leather sleeve. What I do, is make a measurement of the length of the chain sling and mount the chain to its eye bolt up between the cheeks...and then let it hang until I am ready to mount the trussed yard. I will then make adjustments to the sling length(If need be) before making the final connection to the mast sling eye bolt. This way...I can have the mast finished, stepped and ready for yards without trying to add the tedious sling later. Any way...that's my way. I really appreciate following your build...it motivates me and sets a good example to follow. Rob
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    Just so no one is confused(especially myself)..... the Fore/main/mizzen lower masts doublings will be painted black as will the top mast doublings. I left them white and was waiting till the mast is fully assembled before painting them. The top masts and topgallant masts will be Varnished...only the doublings will be painted black. More later....as later gets closer. Rob
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    Thanks Russ. Before the top gets mounted on the mast head...I still have to mount all the eyebolts for the bunt/leach line blocks. Rob
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    I was noticing Ed...how will you be attaching the chain sling to the mast....is the eye bolt hidden? Beautiful work. (Upon further study) I was wondering if the YA design called for an additional thumb cleat aft to support the chain sling that ran up through the lubbers hole to the thumb cleat...or will the sling stay low down near the bolsters. Will you simulate leather sheathes? Rob

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