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    Congratulations! Beautiful work!
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    Nicely done! I made my first deadeyes for my Prince de Neufchatel. I used a dowel rod and cut slices after cutting the groove. I drilled the holes last. I keep seeing these yacht America builds. Eventually, I am going to end up building one.
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    In Bjorn Landstrom’s “The Ship”, there is a two page picture of Victory under full sail that is clear enough and precise enough that I intend to use it to make my sails (I’ll have to modify the dimensions slightly to account for variances between my model and the picture).
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    Welcome!
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    Welcome! Looking forward to seeing progress. You can probably take a look at other cutters, on the forum, and adapt a sail plan (most Royal Navy vessels were pretty standardized), if you wanted to.
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    Welcome!
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    Welcome back! Well done on finishing the hull. Finishing the hull is the hardest part for me. I really enjoy fitting out the hull and doing the detail work.
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    Looking good!
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    Congratulations! Well done!
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    Thank you, Emmet. Thank you all for stopping by and all the likes. Victory’s artillery is completely rigged. Next, I believe that I will make and install the shot garlands.
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    Carronade number one:
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    The bow chasers are done: I got the rigging plan for them from a plan of an American Privateer from the War of 1812, that I found in a Model Shipbuilder magazine from the 1980’s. Hopefully, it is accurate. It looks functional to me.
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    All quarterdeck guns are completely rigged: Next up: bow chasers!
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    Good morning everyone! I hope the day finds all of you well. Mark and Edward, thank you very much for the comments! I am making good progress and having a lot of fun. Thank you very much to everyone who has stopped by and everyone who has hit the “like” button! The port side quarterdeck guns are rigged: To anyone who would follow in my footsteps and use Tichy HO scale eyebolts, please remember that they are plastic, and when used with a double pulley system, are prone to breaking. There may, or may not, be many blocks that are glued directly to whatever they secure to, now. Take great care while tensioning the rigging. Having said that, the Tichy eyebolts still look great and work beautifully. Stay healthy and take care.
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    Welcome!

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