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GrandpaPhil

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    Amazing work! Your Soleil Royal is coming along beautifully!
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    Making progress, slowly but surely:
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    Still busy, but Hannah is back in work. I’ll be back to working on Victory soon enough.
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    My method for making sails: I have a sewing machine that I have never used. When I get around to finishing the Victory I’ll learn how to use a sewing machine.
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    One set of rough cut sails:
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    Fore and aft sails templates test fitting: I adjusted the jib sails a bit to allow a bit for variation due to rescaling errors. I still need to make a template for the fore top sail. The rigging is one of my favorite parts of the model. Detailing/fitting out the hull is my other favorite part.
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    I think that Hannah is ready for sails and the running rigging. I do not think that I have missed anything. I do know that next time I need to plan out the running rigging better. If I am going to use one of the plans from the Hahn books or an AOTS, then I need to study a better belaying plan, or generate my own, and plan accordingly. Thankfully, this was a schooner and not a larger warship. I need to install deck blocks BEFORE I put in masts and standing rigging. Oops. Oh well, lol. We will call this one a lesson learned. I share it to help others avoid making the same mistake. On to sails!
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    Congratulations! Very well done!
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    Mark, Well done on the carvings! The Belle Poule is looking great!
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    The jib stay is back up: The standing rigging is back to being finished. Time to finish installing the rest of the blocks for the running rigging. Then, it will be time to make sails!
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    Thank you all for stopping by. I’m mostly moved in now and Hannah is in my new workshop. Hannah took minor damage during the move. She popped a jib stay. Repairing that will be my first order of business.
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    Welcome! Check out the Vanguard line of kits. They are phenomenal!
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    I like card models. It is a very versatile medium, that bashes in well with other mediums. You should look at Doris’s and Ab Hoving’s card models. They are phenomenal.
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    We are always our own worst critic. My first hull that I planked was terrible. That’s actually the most difficult part of a model for me. This is a great place to learn.
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