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Thanks…….I wanted to demonstrate different sail applications. Rob
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Well...you've posed many good questions....many of which I have done myself....Sails(paper), for my 1/128 Great Republic,.... Diorama, my Ferreira(AKA Cutty Sark), .....Repair scene, Cutty Sark getting a new rudder,..... furled sails my current build Glory of the Seas.
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Bob...clear your mind and just try to remember...there is standing and running rigging. Standing generally gets rigged first...however if you build in sections Like I do, then you will combine your rigging to accommodate your process. Ask me any questions about rigging and I can help. I've been rigging clippers for 45 years and apart from some specific unique items...the rigging is generally all the same. Rob
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Thanks Druxey. The more lines that go in...the more and more I need to be diligent not to tangle or cross them.(I almost get crossed eyed). Praise God, I have had only one line I had to remove and re rig due to slight crossing, and that was a main topgallant brace...I failed to recognize it had to have a greater range of motion, because the yard is hauled down. When she is raised the brace would interfere with the brace from the mizzen counterpart. All is well. I think my plan is being fruitful...by doing all the internal work first...to include braces, downhauls and any stay work....and leaving the backstays for near last. Once I figured out the sequence...even though it appeared to work against what seamed to be the logical next step, things move along quite nicely. The real work will come when I need to introduce all the rope coils at all the belay points....using ft long tweezers...... Rob
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Thanks Rich. Still have the top yards and the entire main yard rigging. It will be a great contribution to the gossamer web of lines. After the rigging is finished on the main mast, I will add the Davit’s and their gear. Then one more mast and I’ll be through. yeah………. Rob
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Turned her around and am setting up to do it all over again. Some close ups too. Rob
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My goal is to get the main mast rigging all done on the starboard side today. I did a lot of work……about 8 hours of work. Rob
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Finished the top gallant, royal and sky sail yard braces for this side. I’m not addressing the topsails till I mount the main. Makes working around it easier. Rob
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All starboard back stays installed. Now it’s time to add the main mast yard braces…………man what a spider web.
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I hope you left yourself enough room to belay on those pins. Rob
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Now I’m ready to begin the starboard backstays. Rob
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Thanks everyone for the fine compliments. I spent time running the rest of the main mast haul yards as well as the starboard mizzenmast braces. All these internal lines must be rigged before the back stays. I opted to work this side as much before I flip her around…….since that is becoming a real task. While I was thinking, chose to drill out the hull fairleads for the main upper and lower topsail yard braces. Here is a few pics of what I have done thus far. Rob
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I build and add the rigging to each mast off model. I rig every aspect for yard control and sail control. Then set the mast and then begin the complex running and belaying the lines to their appropriate pin. you need the shrouds mounted first. before you can rig up the fairleads for the bunt lines and then belay them as well. Currently I am finishing up the haulyards for the main mast yards. The trick is deciding when to include the braces for the mizzen yards....BEFORE I rig the backstays. It is a *layering* maze for sure. Good luck. I'll help in any way I can. Ro
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I love polystyrene formed strips...they come in every imaginable form/shape.....love-em. Great job....... Rob
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This is so true...One must also take into consideration the type of line you are using...cotton or nylon, coupled with the direction you are reeving the lanyards in the deadeyes. I've been able to control twisting by these simple tricks. Rob
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Next I added the main yard down hauls and their purchases. Next will be the mizzenmast braces. Rob
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I opted to add the Down haul and lift rigging for the stays. Simple but appropriate. Rob
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These little guys(No more then a 1/4" long) are problematic in their installation. But they have to go in pretty much as the line gets belayed....because of space restrictions. I can spend an hour just planning out the next series of installs. Do I run the mizzen yard pennants and their braces down to their main mast blocks and then down to their belay pins......or do I do the same for the main mast yard pennants and their braces down to the mizzen mast blocks and down to their belay pins.........or lastly...do I run all the haulyards and their purchases for the main mast yards first? This mental process takes time....but really what is happening, is I'm trying to devise the easiest systematic process for install of all these elements, in the easiest sequence. For my mental stability's sake. I chose to run the main mast haulyards first....because, I had to reach deep within the build to add the deck eye bolts for the haulyard origin and the return blocks on the opposite side, mounted on the pin rail cap. 8 holes drilled for 4 eyebolts and 4 blocks-n-eyebolts. Thank the Lord I have small 90deg drill heads for my dental hand pieces......Or I would never have been able to successfully drill the holes for all those eyebolts. Foot long sharp tip tweezers are essential. One final note. I'm not sure if I will be adding the stay sail rigging....most of the time, these sails and their rigging where un bent and brought down while the vessel was in port. I'm still thinking about it. All of this before I install the backstays Rob
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The 70’s I think, it has the plastic sails. The hull isn’t painted copper, like my 50’s versions. Rob
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Good job, very clean. I was out yesterday and I found a CS kit at a local steam tractor museum for sale(believe it or not), and it is still in its original plastic wrap. I’m gonna use it for parts. Rob
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That’s a quick and easy solution. Make sure the eye is on the bottom that you have on the top. Proper deadeye position. Good move. Rob
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Yeah……those fair leads are smaller then a 1/16” and with 3 leads through them that thread like needles. Tiny stuff. I had to add two more belay pins at the rail to accommodate all the additional lines coming in from the mizzenmast yards. Calculating the sequence of line install takes as much thought at actually installing the lines……so I have no mishaps with tangling and crisscrossing. Thank for the confidence. Rob
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