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GrandpaPhil

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  1. GrandpaPhil
    Middle staysail is on and rigged:
  2. GrandpaPhil
    The fish and chips looked awesome!
  3. GrandpaPhil
    Fore gaff is on and rigged:
  4. GrandpaPhil
    All jibs are in and rigged.
  5. GrandpaPhil
    I wasn’t happy with it. It looked too neat and to plasticish. I inked it with a rusty brown and rehighlighted it. It looks well used now. I’m happy with it now.
  6. GrandpaPhil
    The outer jib is on and rigged:
  7. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations! Well done!
  8. GrandpaPhil
    The inner jib is installed and rigged:
  9. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you for all the likes! All sails are ironed. The Fore Staysail is permanently attached and rigged:
  10. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you!
  11. GrandpaPhil
    What is a flying jib traveller inhaul and where does it attach on the sail?
  12. GrandpaPhil
    I really like the models of the America that I have seen. I have the plans in one of my Chapelle books. I am going to use them to build one, one of these days.
  13. GrandpaPhil
    Popeye, Excellent work!
  14. GrandpaPhil
    John, How did your Victory turn out?
  15. GrandpaPhil
    Looking good!
  16. GrandpaPhil
    I removed the sail because that picture made me realize that a) I should have ironed it and b) I erred in not attaching the halyard block. I will remedy that tomorrow.
  17. GrandpaPhil
    First sail on.
  18. GrandpaPhil
    One complete set of sails for a Baltimore Clipper: Next step, iron and install/rig. As a quick side note, I was going to billow was sails, but decided against it out of concern for the effect of age on starch which could cause discoloration over the years.
  19. GrandpaPhil
    I have always really liked the Tamiya armor models.
  20. GrandpaPhil
    Outer jib is done. Only have the one flying jib sail left.
  21. GrandpaPhil
    I’ve got one and change sails left to make for the Prince de Neufchatel. I’ve learned a lot building it. It’s been great training to finish the Victory. I’m looking forward to picking back up on Victory. I’m a lot more confident in my skills. I’m still set on scratch building the rest of the Victory from the AOTS plans instead of using the rest of the Mantua kit. I’m kind of in a quandary though. I paid almost $100 for the wooden life boat kits for the Victory from Cornwall Model Boats before I decided to finish the model from scratch. It would be incredibly wasteful to not use them, but I believe that I can do better from scratch because I scratch built the ones for the Prince de Neufchatel and they came out very well. Maybe I’ll use the Mantua ones as a base and improve upon them. I have a while to think about it.
  22. GrandpaPhil
    Double planking gives you have a good even surface to put the second layer of planking on. I haven't built it, but according to Nature Coast Hobby Shop, it's double plank on bulkhead.
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Congratulations! Excellent work!
  24. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent work!
  25. GrandpaPhil
    Awesome!

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