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    Wonderful job Jared!!! Congratulations on a job well done!! Very nice to see the quarter boats mounted on their davits, I intend to do the same . Now I have a much better idea of what they will look like! Both you and George are to be commended for finishing the build! The pressure is definitely on me now to also finish!! Rick
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    Jared, Peter and Rob, thanks for your kind words and encouragement!! I have certainly taken encouragement and have learned much from your builds!! Your models are beautiful and this has inspired me to try and meet the high standards you have set. Rick
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    Well, as the end of summer approaches, work on the FF has progressed. I finally rigged the mizzen Spencer and spanker booms. Ran into a problem with the run of the peak halyard as the mizzen top prevents a direct run to the appropriate belaying pin. This necessitated belaying the halyard 8 pins aft. I checked the measurements of the top and they were spot on. I also moved the throat halyard aft to be symmetrical with the peak halyard. The topping lifts were belayed to the spider band, while the spanker sheets were belayed to the mooring bits. I kind of made up the belaying on the bits as I not sure how this was done. Also added some rope coils. The topsail yard was added to the topmast and the topgallant shrouds installed and the topmast placed on the mizzenmast. The topsail yard chain halyards and the topgallant chain sheets were also rigged. The tails of the lanyards were finally secured to the last up leg as per the USS Constitution. Finally, the rat lines were installed on the lower shrouds.
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    Well done!!! looks great!! I will miss reading your updates!! Rick
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    I really enjoy the detail work! looks really good Rob! Rick
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    Well done Rob!! Rick
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    Looks good Rob! Rick
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    Looks great Keith!! Rick
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    Jared, congratulations!! FF looks great!! Well done!! A remarkable achievement, I can only hope to get there someday! Rick
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    Looks great George!! My last office in Mentor was just down the road from Garfield’s house. For 25 years I flew out of Cuyahoga county airport (CGF), just north of Cleveland Hts. your model looks great!! Good luck on your move! Rick
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    Rob, great to hear you are pain free!! Staghound is really looking good!! Rick
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    George, Cleveland is a great city that does not get the recognition it deserves!! Great food scene, world class museums and symphony, professional sports ect!! Rick
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    George, congratulations on your new job! Good luck!! Had to laugh when I saw the picture, as I have been on board her! The Mather! Lived outside of Cleveland for 36 years, in Mentor, lake county, before moving to Maine full time in December, 2019! My daughter and her husband still live there. Would love to meet you next time we are in town! Rick
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    Keith, another fun build!! She looks great!! Rick
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    Feel better soon Rob! Staghound looks great!! Rick
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    Welcome back Rob! Model looks great! Rick
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    Totally agree Rob. Jared, we all make aesthetic decisions based on what we know and what we think looks good/ correct. I will choose to mount the booms in their irons, the traditional way to display them. Not right or wrong, just personal preference. The model looks great!!! Rick
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    Nice job on the bell and binnacle, look’s really good! your Flying Cloud is coming along nicely!! Check the lengths of your chai plates, in the picture they look a bit long. Rick
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    Rob, thanks for your kind words and encouragement! To answer your question, no, I bend to complete the entire model, all masts, yards and rigging. Rick
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    Thanks Jared, you’re doing a great job on your model also! Rick
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    Thanks George and Snug Harbor Johnny! The arch on the stern is pretty crude, but I didn’t have a better idea. No way I could carve it out of wood and no good design for a decal . Rick
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    Finished the fore mast shrouds, with serving. parcelling and leather as per the main mast . Took 2 attempts to get the fore stay right. First attempt, I didn’t account for the line stretching, which caused the 2 legs to be misaligned in regards to the serving and leathering. Second attempt came out really well until I noticed that the legs were crossed. This necessitated cutting all 6 seizings which of course damaged the serving , which then had to be repaired. Self inflicted wounds are much too common! Next, placed all the shroud fairleads as per EdT. using 3/32 deadeyes with a groove filed to fit onto the shroud. Finally, placed and rigged both Spencer booms. I included the inhaul/outhauls as I have never seen a model with them on. I tied these together with bowlines as they would have been tied to the head of the sail.
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    Jared, I read that the stuns’l booms were tied off to the chain slings to get them out of the way when the sails were furled, just as Rob suggested. At sea, sails would not be furled, but they would be reefed. What then? Can’t imagine man handling those booms at sea so the sails could be reefed. Rick
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    WOW!! Rick
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    Looking really good Rob!! Rick

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