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The levels of detail and realism are fantastic. Thank you for this wonderful model!

Thank you BE for your kind words.

Your work is a great inspiration to me and I will follow with great interest the progress on the  Muirneag.

Perfect work as always. It will become a very beautiful ship !

Thank you to all the 'Likes' and thank you Captain_hook for your advice. I would pay attention to the tension of the stays.

So far I have set up the footropes and the bowsprit shrouds.

The footropes still need to be coated with a mixture of white glue and water to make them look more real.

The shrouds must be still tight and definitively secured. On the sheet 5 of the plan they indicate that the belay line must be secured around the block.

Not very convinced and I wonder if I will not attach it to a timberhead on the main rail...

The bobstay is now in place on the bowsprit.

I will add now the footropes and the bowsprit shrouds.

Thank you Brian. I will do this using the method you used.

I also changed the nylon rope to that of Syren which seems really very realistic to me.

Thank you David for your advice. I will try to follow it and make more diagonal cuts to better simulate the splice.

The rigging of the boom has been carried out.

A temporary rope is placed at the end of the boom while waiting for the boom topping lift to be fixed.

I don't know if I can already fix the ends of the boom sheet and of the outhaul on their cleats definitively or if it is better to wait before giving the final tension to these two ropes...

Next step : the bobstay

Thank you Brian for your help.

It's always reassuring to know that you can have the help of people who have already done this same job.

I will mostly use the practicum to acquire the basic techniques.

For the rigging sequence, I will follow the method read in the Cheerful instruction manual and especially reread the various logs on the AVS ☺️.

I'm officially starting the rigging steps 😁

I need to learn some skills first.

Robert Hunt's practicum is very helpful in my learning.

I'll start with the boom first and move on to the bowsprit.

It's been a really long time.
Having worked on the Queen barge and on the Medway longboat, I had put aside my work on the AVS. In fact I was waiting to be able to build the support.
Having been able to acquire a Byrnes table saw, I therefore tackled the construction of the support.

As during the construction of the support for the barge, I was greatly helped by these dear legos ...

For the precision of the cuts, the Byrnes table saw is a formidable efficiency !

The support is ready to receive his ship.

Superb work on these flags Michael.  She is going to be beautiful !

I can only confirm: this kit is a little gem. Chuck really did it all perfectly.

Happy owner of volume 1, I ordered without hesitation of this second opus.

Knowing the quality of the work of the two authors, I could not ignore this final volume. 😁

Very interesting topic on how to secure a cut.

As the new owner of a Byrnes table saw, I too have been subjected to these kick back effects.

Novice in the matter, I learn by trial and error to avoid them.

If an experienced user, could illustrate the correct way to do this using step by step photos  or a video, I think more than one of us would benefit from it ...

Apart from that, the work of Olha Batchvarov is absolutely remarkable and her youtube channel very informative. It is a pleasure to read his posts in this forum.

23 hours ago, Chuck said:

Your model looks fantastic.  Quite well done and it was a pleasure to follow along as you built it.

Chuck, always easier when the kit is of high quality. Thank you for your beautiful models !

19 hours ago, Ryland Craze said:

Congratulations Jean-Paul on finishing your first ship model.  You did an excellent job on building this model and it turned out to be a model that you can be proud of.  I enjoyed following your build log and will follow your other builds.

Thank you Ryland, my first ship model is in fact the AVS, but rigging will probably take me time... The Medway longboat will probably be finished before 😉

19 hours ago, MEDDO said:

Very nice presentation. I like the way you have displayed he sweeps/oars. Today is sweep and flag pole day for me and you model is a great inspiration.

Thank you Michael, I will follow the progress of your work on the barge with great interest. She will surely be magnificent.

18 hours ago, glbarlow said:

Great and creative display for your excellent barge. If this is your first model, we’ll all look forward to more great build logs!

Thank you Glenn, as the Cheerful will be my next model, thank you too for your excellent build log.

And thank you to all the 'Likes'.

I will put some more photos when the base is finalized.

Thank you to all the 'Likes'.

The oars are in place.

I still have to order an acrylic display covers and finalize the border of my base.

Glad to finish my first model.

Thank you Derek. Yes this barge is a nice model. Syren provides us with magnificent models.

The end is coming. The barge is positioned on its support.

I still have to add the oars.

Superb work as usual and a very instructive step by step again. Thank you !

Thank you for all your comments and thank you to all the 'Likes'.

I have fun like a child with my new Byrnes table saw. What a pleasure to obtain parts of the same length and with a perfect cutting angle.

I wonder how I have been able to do without it until now...

I am inspired by the supports that we see in some museums.
Being able to adapt the dimensions to my convenience, I take this opportunity to make them coincide with the size of the legos.

It facilitates the assembly and amuses my daughter a lot who sees me bringing out these old boxes of legos.

I take this opportunity to build a second support which will be used for my Armed Virginia Sloop.
The one for my barge is in american maple while the second is in pink pear.

When assembly is complete, the bracket is glued to the base.

I will be able to finalize my project.

Superb ! This battery of guns is absolutely magnificent ! The time invested was worth it 😉

What else to add ? Just exceptional !

Thank you for brightening up this day !

Wonderful ! From an another world !

Thank you Captain Hook.

Yes,  Byrnes work with UPS. But I must admit that the shipping costs are extremely expensive...

Fortunately the VAT taxes in Switzerland (only 6.5%) are very low compared to those in Europe.

As I received my new toy: a table saw from the Byrnes brand, I was finally able to start working on my base.

At first, I wanted to buy a Proxxon table saw for Christmas, but finally I decided to wait a little longer to allow me to buy the reference of the table saws : a Byrnes and I do not regret my purchase. Donna and Jim are really charming and very professional. The order tracking is perfect: in less than a week the saw had arrived in Switzerland. In fact it took longer for delivery in Switzerland (less than 200 km) than for that from Florida to Switzerland !

The pear wood was purchased from Bibigon in Russia. A very good address with quality service.

Then it's just a matter of patience ...

Great start ! Very happy that I can follow this new build. And the Granado is a very interesting subject !