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Finally done with the stays and backstays. Yards are next. I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Was starting the foremast backstays, which are just smaller versions of the shroud deadeyes. Using the same (2 x diameter) + radius relation between top and bottom, I decided to use another wire criss-cross jig so that all of the distances were more or less equal. The two crossed wire was so fiddly that I soldered the wires at the intersection. Now it’s easy to insert. before soldering I used a small nail to hold the tops of the deadeye in place, then bent the wires to go into the two lower holes. a little flux, and some solder… Hopefully that’ll work.
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All of the crowsfeet are done. And my stays look to be done. Ready to begin backstays. Here’s the full view so far. The blue tape is there to keep tabs on the back stays that remain. I tied those on before I stepped the masts. I’m actually logging my time on Excel, so each time I sit down and work, I “punch in”. It’s interesting to see how long it takes to do these features, and I try to improve that time if there are multiple of the same, like the guns or masts. I averaged about two and a half hours for each crowsfeet.
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Fore mast stays are done. Rounding off my 3rd Christmas time off with this ship tying (and retying, and re-retying) the maintop stay and maintop preventer stays and hooking them into the deck. I’ll trim some more of the pennants off when the glue dries. Also, I’ll use a jig to create rope hanks and place them on the pin rail. The tie off is temporary.
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Focused on the bowsprit today. Bobstays, fore stays and fore preventer stays attached. Also with touched up Pegasus figurehead. More tomorrow.
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I’m tired of ratlines and I have only the port foremast ones to do, so I thought I’d work with the bowsprit today. Got the gammoning attached. I removed the Pegasus figurehead to touch it up in the booth.
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Took advantage of some time on Sunday to get the mainmast ratlines finished up to the main top. That’ll be it for this week unfortunately.
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Gallbladder surgery allowed me to get out of doing fall chores and cleaning! My wife suggested to go and build my ship because it allowed me to just sit and heal. Got all of the sheerpoles tied off and the mizzen ratlines completed-both sides.
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Added sheerpoles. I tied them to the shrouds with a simple double knot, one in each side of the shroud. Then started the daunting task of the ratlines. I made a width gauge out of card stock to keep the distance the same and more or less keep the lines level. I also cut a black card stock shape to add some relief to the light color thread I was using. This is the stbd side mizzen done.
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The mainmast shrouds are finally done. A few more things and I start the tedious task of the ratlines.
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The foremast shrouds are attached. I found on a youtube how to video that the general rule on deadeyes was (2 x deadeye diameter)+deadeye radius. When I find the link I’ll reference it. I like the height. It “looks” right. I used a wire guide for height that hooked into the lower and upper holes to keep the distance relatively the same height. I saw some deadeyes that had contrasting tan ropes seizing the shroud to the top deadeye, but I decided to make three equidistant seizings of the smaller diameter black line to kind of blend in. Now for the main and mizzen deadeyes. Ugh.
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Port side chain plates are installed. That’ll do it for the time I have over this break (such as it was, having the flu). I’m happy with how they turned out. I think I’ll go over the brass tack heads with black to unify the color of the ironworks. I’m going to add some details to the gunports like lanyards and spans.
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All of the mast rigging and yards are ready. I’ve stepped the masts and am working on the channels. Also started the eight gun ports. Finally started looking like a ship. Each of the blue tapes is labeled to show what side and what number line goes to their corresponding deadeye in the channel.
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