GrandpaPhil
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Excellent work!
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I bought 2 pairs of long tweezers along with 2 pairs of long angled tweezers for reaching into the rigging and belaying to belaying pins. They have served me well. They enable belaying the running rigging behind the shrouds on square riggers. Reach in from in front of the shrouds or behind the shrouds. Don’t try to reach through the shrouds. Use the angled tweezers to get behind the belaying pins. Model Shipways sells a nice set of them. Don’t buy the cheap ones, mine went in the trash when I made that mistake. For the order of rigging, I follow Zu Monfeld’s recommendations from his Historic Ship Models. I start with the bowsprit, move to stays, install shrouds and ratlines, install backstays and then go from fore to aft, bottom to top for the running rigging.
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I am in the process of sewing my sails. It is very slow going (but fun). I am using an old fashioned needle and thread. I am making reefing points as appropriate. I’ll post some pictures when I have something worth showing.
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I'm currently making sails for the Prince de Neufchatel. I'll be back to the Victory soon enough. I've resumed planning for the Victory in the meantime.
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Oseberg by Davemc - Billing Boats
GrandpaPhil replied to Davemc's topic in - Kit subjects built Up to and including 1500 AD
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Bottom to top, front to back is the recommendation in Zu Monfeld’s Historic Ship Models. It has served me well.
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I’ve coppered two hulls now. It’s well worth the work.
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They just want to help, lol.
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Very nicely done!
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Mistakes are how you learn (it’s how I learn at any rate). You just have to fix them the best way you can and keep going. Have fun with your build. If it’s not perfect, that’s perfectly okay. The odds are that the only one who will know that there is a mistake is you. The important part is to have fun and to finish the model, don’t give up or start over.
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You’re doing well! Keep at it! In my opinion, planking the hull and getting the rough work done, is the hardest part of the entire process. Detailing the hull and the deck is the fun part for me.
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The rigging plan for the Prince de Neufchatel, which had a hermaphrodite rig, can be found in The Search For Speed Under Sail by Howard I Chapelle.
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