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    If you are looking for a double top gallant, lower then it will be hung like the lower top mast. this image is for a single top gallant. it is correct. Rob
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    Hope this helps. Rob
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    These last images are showing the configuration of all the yards and their fixtures. Images from Campbell and Underhill’s books Rob
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    Crane for the top mast cap. Rob
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    Next…..Glory was rigged with Howes double topsails. these two images come from, “The masting and rigging of American clippers” and “Masting and rigging of clipper ships and ocean carriers”. They show the Howes double topsail design. Glory was slightly modified from the image with the banded support arm. Rob
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    Glad….here are some diagrams from several sources first this overall image shows the yards and how they are fixed to mast. This image shows the lower double royal mounted as the lower topsail. Glory did not have one of these Image is from “Lore of Ships” Rob
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    To pipe in....along with published numbers...I always use calipers or drafting dividers to cross reference these numbers with actual photographs. Dead reckoning via direct measurements of photographs....either validates or causes you to remeasure. Like any good carpenter....measure twice(5 times if necessary), cut once. If I can reverse engineer the entire hull from knowing the actual length of the figurehead....I can do the same with the masts and yards. Rob
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    Typically built masts had hollow centers and just atop the mast cap there was a vent cap to permit air flow within the mast....to prevent rot. I have yet to add this feature to my mast caps. Hope this helps in understanding built up masts. you're doing a wonderful job. Rob
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    This image shows slightly different built mast. the chapeling is limited to just under the banding and the valley's appear quite pronounced. Rob
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    And here is a picture of a built up mast that came from an (unknown) wrecked clipper. This is the mizzen mast. Again...notice the chapeling beneath the banding....this design is similar to yours with a flat valley floor. Unlike that of Glory's replacement main mast in the previous image. Notice the number of iron pins utilized to secure this mast...in this one section. These mast were quite robust. Rob
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    Here is a closeup of Glory's main mast chapeling and banding. Notice the tapered ends terminating in the sharp valley recess. Rob
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    See Vlad....you did it....and nicely too. What did you use for your banding? I like your approach a lot and at your larger scale you can accomplish finer detail. Well done. Rob
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    Man Vlad...you're moving out on those yards. Great job for sure, that's a lot of detailed work..... I notice you have six yards that have trucks mounted to them......Glory (and most all Howser rigged clippers) only had the lower yards on each mast that had iron trucks supporting the yards away from the mast. The lower topsail yard had a sling banded to it and it was mounted to the top band by a crane arm and then was supported by an iron support bar from underneath. All the other yards were of a composite band constructed to the yard that slid around the mast and permitted the yard to be lowered and raised...via the haulyard and downhauls. So I'm a bit confused by all the banded mounted trucks you have on 6 yards. Could I be mistaken? Rob
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    Couple more. Rob
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    Worked on the mizzenmast futtock shrouds and deadeyes. Rob
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    I too originally intended to only make my (Original) Glory....the one this thread started with....a simple hull model, but as you say....it would leave Glory a pitiful shadow of what she really is. Your scale does slightly afford you with a bit larger and *easier, to make, I would assume(NOT) rigging and accessories. I fully agree....EdT's Young America is a great example to mimic...and the plethora of images available on his thread...are a builders blessing. A couple of good rigging books might help and surely Michael Mjelde's second book will aid in rigging her by using his drawings as reference. Currently, I am planning and thinking out my process for making the futtock shrouds and their connection to the lower top deadeyes. I do things unothodoxical, so too keep things simple and highly repeatable. I'm remembering and refreshing my thoughts as to what I did for the Great Republic. I'll duplicate the technique I used then. I've got to clean up and prep a lot of deadeyes and strop them first. Rob
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    I've been meaning to ask you Vlad.......what was the factor that caused you to change your mind and go ahead and finish your version of Glory? I also saw that you are working on her bowsprit and jibboom as well. Nice to see your efforts again. Your 1/72 version will truly be a big model. Glad you're back in the shipyard. Rob
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    Model railroading are always my alternate sites for accessories....like chain. Cast Your Anchor's supplier no longer provides them with the 42 lpi chain apparently. That is where I have purchased my chain for years....too bad. I could get it in 6ft lengths too.. Rob
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    Thank everyone for the fine comments. Sometime prior to her 1877 San Fran image she relinquished her stunn sail booms. Probably because she became a West coast carrier, rarely going far South and not rounding the Horn any more. Accommodating doldrums was no longer going to be a burden for her. The true reason stun sails are carried. Honestly, I’ve spent more time lately, planning the addition of the futtock shrouds and their dead eyes to actually be doing any work on Glory. I did add the bell and bell arm to the forecastle leading edge. Not much Rob
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    I did a bit of minor work on the masts. Banding and adding the chain hoists. This kind of work takes time since making and blackening eye bolts takes time. Rob
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    A start I’ll be looking forward to. Rob
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    I use 42 LpI chain for all my 1/96 clippers I blacken it without flaking issues. I have very good results with it. Cast Your Anchor is my supplier. Rob
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    Beautiful work indeed. Rob
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    Ed while revisiting your log for the 1/96 version....I couldn't help but wonder if you ever got back to her and finished up her masting and rigging? It has only been nearly 6 years and I was wondering if you had found new fire within to take her to the finish line? I'm just now beginning the masting and rigging of my scratch 1/96 Glory of the Seas...myself. All the best, Rob

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