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  1. Bill97
    Thanks Ian. So example would main stys’l’ or main top stys’l’? Got it. Will do some more thinking about them and look a a bunch more pictures. Kind of like some photos earlier in my log, I am going to set the topsail and top gallant sail on both the foremast and main. I am going to partially pull up the course sail on both masts. I am also going to set the he topsail on the mizzenmast. Still need to make a command decision on displaying the lateen sail on the mizzenmast and the two spritsails.
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    I have not posted an update or photos for a few days. Not to be concerned. I have my shoulder to the grindstone making my sails. Paper pattern, transfer to sail cloth, sewing all the seam lines and hems and adding rigging ropes, shaping to the plastic mold with white glue to achieve billowing, and adding the reef lines to the sails that have them. I do have a question. How should I treat the four sails that hang from the stays? I know they have a nautical name. There is one forward of the foremast. Two between the fore and main, and one between the main and mizzen. I see in a number of model builds that builders just leave them out. I know it is obviously personal preference.
  3. Bill97
    Thanks Marc. Snug Harbor I thought about using something like that but decided since I plan to airbrush the sails using one of the 100’s of pencils around my house was more economical 😊
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    Got a few of my sails made. Thought I would send a photo of the foremast top sail. I opted for a light weight cotton. Made a paper pattern that I then transferred to the cloth. Sewed all the seams and reef lines. Added loops at the corners and side where the pattern showed. The hen stretched it over the plastic mold and painted on diluted white glue. Clamped down the top edge to insure it stays straight and then put tension on the two bottom corners to get the appearance of tension. After it dries completely I will weather it with a little airbrush.
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    Good morning Jake. As you probably know there are a number of photos and videos on line showing the replica that was built years ago. That is what I used when building mine. There is also a great series on Amazon Prime Video (if you have that streaming) called Greatest Ships. There is an episode on the Mayflower where you can see the replica from all angles and up close. Of course as Hubac’s said above it is all conjectural. Kind of fun looking back at a build-log from over two years ago! 😊
  6. Bill97
    Incredible job as always Marc. The way you consistently dive into the authenticity of the model over what the kit represents is truly impressive!
  7. Bill97
    Kevin you are so right about being younger. The amazing things that are coming available! The 3D printing world, especially the metals I just saw, blow my mind! The instructor at the university I mentioned told me in the medical world recently the heart of a seriously ill person was imaged. Then an exact duplicate of the heart was 3D printed. The doctors then cut the 3D heart in half and were able to diagnose the issue within the patient’s heart without ever placing a scalpel to his chest!
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    Kevin there is an engineering university here in my hometown that my grandson will enroll next school year to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. I had the pleasure of joining him for a private special tour that had been arranged. I was blown away by the 3D printing lab, I guess you could call it. I am somewhat familiar with basic 3D printing of plastic but I was blown away by the metal 3D printing. The machines are able to use microscopic bits of metal like titanium to print 3D. They were printing replacement joints like knees. Incredible! Had never seen such a thing.
  9. Bill97
    Final rigging of the mizzenmast completed. I left the lines loose at the belay points since I will most likely untie them when I put the sail on the lateen. Now I am for sure in the sail production stage.
  10. Bill97
    Took a break from miles of running rigging today. Since sail production is on the horizon I decided to work today on making the paper patterns. A measurement of the lines on the plastic kit sails shows an approximate 3/8” distance between them. To begin my sail making process I transferred that 3/8” measurement to lines on a sheet of copier paper. I then made numerous copies. I then drew the sails on the copy paper by transferring the perimeter measurements of each sail and keeping the lines on the paper running the same direction as the lines on the plastic sails. After some adjustments to the drawings to mirror the actual yard length I cut out the paper patterns. I will later use the patterns to make the actual sails on the material I use for the sails and sew all the lines.
  11. Bill97
    Yes kirill4 that is correct. All the best to you as well. Want to compliment you on your language translation. Very good. Очень мило. Будет ли это правильно?
  12. Bill97
    Got the majority of he running rigging on the mizzenmast completed. Still have quite a bit of rigging to do on the lateen mizzen to include the special design parral, and the lift. Right now I have the lateen held in place with a pin into the mast and a simple lashing I will remove when I put the parral on. I think I am getting close to the time when I will start making my sails.
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    Is this your first Soleil Royal Marc? Very nice as well. In the first photo are the lines that look dark running rigging, braces maybe?
  14. Bill97
    Thanks Marc. I think they look much better as well. Still going to try to get by with the tan running rigging I already have done.
  15. Bill97
    Thanks Ian. That sounds like a plan. On a side note, wonder what is going on at the bridge?
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    Ok Gentlemen I come to you again seeking guidance. I am rigging the different yards on the mizzenmast. All was going great until I ran into two lines I am curious if I have another Hellerism. In the two pictures you can see lines 1049 and 1050 colored green at the top. Heller instructions have the line tie to the mizzenmast mast top, then go up to block pendants on the foremast topgallant yard arm, then back to blocks on tied near the top of the mizzenmast upper shrouds (e179 and e180), then down to belay points on the deck. No problem with doing that but if I do lines 1049 and 1050 will have to pass right through the top of the sail. I am thinking this is not right unless the two blocks are to be tied to the shrouds above the yard.
  18. Bill97
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my MSW friends who celebrate it! Thanks so much for all your help and support this year in this unique hobby we all love. Bill
  19. Bill97
    Thank you Ian my friend. I thought we finished my HMS Victory 😊. Now I am going to have to get her back out of the case to make the ratlines black!
  20. Bill97
    All the ratlines redone. I definitely like it better. In fact I will eventually get my HMS Victory out of it’s case and paint the ratlines.
  21. Bill97
    Ian I used this panel line accent color with a tiny tip brush. kirill4 I think I am going to meet you in the middle for changing the color of the ratlines and running rigging. I could darken my tan thread I intend to use for running rigging on the sails. That thread is obviously not on the ship yet and I could use some recommend method to do so. However I think trying to paint all the running I have already installed would be much more difficult than painting ratlines. I would be further concerned about lack of uniform color and stray tiny brush strokes and droplets accidentally getting on ship parts. As a result I would have possibly two different colors of running rigging.
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    Kirill4 you convinced me. Staining my ratlines. I have to admit I do like them better that way. However I am going to stay with the tan color deadeye lanyards to match the running rigging.
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    All very good points kirll4. I will consider taking a small brush and applying a thin wash to the ratlines.
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    Just out of curiosity I did some MSW research on the interesting question Kirill4 brought up. Pretty good discussion from a number of years ago.
  25. Bill97
    Of course kirill4 every time I look at your galleon I come away inspired by your work. Maybe my next build I will go darker colors. I have always thought of the deadeye lanyards as running rigging instead of standing rigging since they would be tightened from time to time like other lanyards throughout the rigging. Would that not be the case?

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