GrandpaPhil
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The main mast is fully rigged and the mizzen gaff has been glued in place! All I have left is rigging the gaff sail, installing the mizzen stay sail, and then one pennant, which will be the last thing I do to this model.
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Quick lesson learned from previous builds, always install and rig the gaff sail, or gaff, first, before proceeding with square sails, or yards, on that mast. That way you’re not trying to lower a gaff, with or without a sail, through a cage made from the braces. Also, always work one mast at a time.
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Thank you very much! The foremast is fully rigged now! For the scale, this model has a lot of rigging. The last time I rigged a barque (Mamoli 1:100 Endeavour), it took me several months, without sails. This one has about half of the rigging that a fully rigged model would have, but at this scale, the deck gets crowded QUICK. So, I’ve been belaying to anything I can find.
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The foretop sail is up and rigged! The fore top gallant sail is glued, drying and awaiting rigging!
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I went ahead and assembly lined the blocks on the rest of the yards and gaffs. That includes pre-installing the vangs on the gaffs. I should have been treating this model like any other model, all along, and assembly lining where I could. So, next, I’m going to pre-install the rest of the blocks for the yard-arm braces in the forestays. Then, I’ll cut out the rest of the sails, attach blocks where needed, and glue them to their yards. Due to scale, sewing them to the yards won’t look right and I have already tested glueing them with the first gaff sail.
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Thank you very much for the comments and for all the likes! Both jib sails are on: I am trying out the paper sails that came in the kit. I was going to make silk span sails, but I took the inspiration to use these, which are very nicely made anyway, from the paper sails on the Great Republic by @rwiederrich. They looked phenomenal on his model! The Great Republic is one of the best models that I have ever seen!
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The first jib sail is on and rigged: Tying off to the deck and the rails is really difficult at this scale. I am using the sails that came with the kit.
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I sew mine from muslin linen with standard sewing thread for my 1/72 scale and larger models. They look good on the models that they are on (to me anyway).
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I built this kit nearly 25 years ago. It was the first wooden boat kit that I ever built. I had a blast with it and learned a lot! I used an ink wash on the deck after drawing in plank lines. It worked reasonably well.
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I got an idea from a conversation at work today. My buddy collects action figures and was talking about the LED lighting for his display cases that he installed recently. I looked at it and realized a variant of it might work for the interior of a model ship. This model is a prime candidate for lighting because of its design and phase of construction. I’ve seen some of the interior lit models on this forum, and in museums, and they are beautiful. I’d kind of like to have one. If it works out well, some of my future models will also get lighting. I’ll make the final decision when I get back to construction on this model.
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Maybe using a heat gun with the former? If you heated slowly and applied pressure gently, it might take the new shape.
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All yards and gaffs are made: They still need paintwork, sealed and blocks installed, but at this point, all the wood parts are made. I used an old dowel rod I found laying around, a kitchen skewer and a couple of toothpicks. They are all carved with a scalpel. I laid them out in order as I was making them. Right to left it’s foremast, main mast and mizzen mast. I already sealed all sails and flags. Those will be cut out, have blocks installed, glued in place (at 1/200 scale, I am not sewing the sails to the yards, due to scale) and rigged, sequentially. As with any other vessel I make, yards and gaffs will be installed with sails already attached, and rigged in place, one at a time. I like to work fore to aft, bottom to top.
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Look and see if you have a local MakerSpace that has one.
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I’m looking forward to this build! Safari makes high quality plastic toy animals, including squids, that are cheap and easily modified, and would save you the trouble of sculpting one entirely from scratch. Amazon and Walmart sell them.
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A buddy of mine is making the final display stand for the Victory: It’s a slab of quarter sawn oak. I am going to make cradles for the Victory to sit in and transfer her as one of the absolute last steps.
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Welcome back!
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I would use a scalpel and shave it off slowly and carefully. I’ve done that with resin models in the past.
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