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  1. ScottRC
    You can't have just one of them. I have two as well.
  2. ScottRC
    I think I am liking the process of attaching the running rigging for each mast and spar before attaching the backstays and ratlines. Its so much easier to get to belaying pins. I have the mizzen almost complete.
  3. ScottRC
    Its been a while and I have been neglecting my log. I have finished the standing rigging minus the shrouds. I thought I'd do those for each mast as I complete the majority of the running rigging. I find its much easier to get to the belaying pins. I almost lost my mind on the Constitution trying to thread through the ratlines to get to the pins on the fife rails. I am starting at the mizzen and attaching and rigging each yard and then running the lifts and other mechanicals for the entire mast before finishing the ratlines. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/534x712q90/923/dgGTam.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/534x712q90/924/WLMom6.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/534x712q90/924/yqvQfg.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/949x712q90/922/wHqByp.jpg My Constitution in its final stages. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/553x738q90/923/Mo7jOY.jpg
  4. ScottRC
    Really nice work Jared. You are past the monotonous part of rigging shrouds, running rigging can be fun since every line is different which does present a challenge, but in a good way.
  5. ScottRC
    Hi Nenad, I am back for a short visit here on MSW and am so glad to see your back on your scratch build. Your metal work is coming along fine. She looks so good with all her furniture on the deck and now her masts are going up. Regards, Scott
  6. ScottRC
    She looks splendid Gary.
  7. ScottRC
    I'm following along with your build because I like these old solid hull models. I have two Marine kits in the stash I hope to build.
  8. ScottRC
    Debated until the cows came home on whether to use the pre-molded shrouds or make them up, but time and budget overruled and I'm using the ones off the kit.
  9. ScottRC
    Weather and a mild case of Covid kept me indoors so I sat down and did some work on this project. I completed the bowsprit and dolphin striker rig. Now starting on the lifts, braces, and then shrouds. Its not pretty, the fingers and eyes are out of practice with my threading and knot tying. But that is what this project is about.
  10. ScottRC
    Interesting story, I look forward to watching the VR presentation when I get some time. Thanks for sharing this. Scott
  11. ScottRC
    Welcome, I was raised in Great Falls and went to school in Havre and was the only one building sailing ships in my club. I now live in Kansas.
  12. ScottRC
    Thanks George for putting out such a great build log. I am just starting rigging a clipper and your photos and details help a lot. Especially with motivation. Great job!
  13. ScottRC
    Very nice job with the planking.
  14. ScottRC
    I bought one a while back, was only $14 and everything was there. Its a nice kit and the older the kit, the better the molds.
  15. ScottRC
    Its an odd scale. 1:120, but I seem to recall questions about a variance. I was going to look into it once I started mine.
  16. ScottRC
    Thank you, I have been lurking on your build and its keeping me motivated.
  17. ScottRC
    Because the decals have rotted off the model, I picked up the photo etched nameplates and they look really good. I also got the flag set they offered. Anything to dress her up a little bit more.
  18. ScottRC
    Had some time this last week to actually spend in my workshop. Added more standing rigging. Hope to add more soon. I am kind of in the doldrums with building at the moment.
  19. ScottRC
    Coming along nice with the rigging. This boat that you rode to the lighthouse looks a lot like an old 40' USGC utility.
  20. ScottRC
    Definitely go with the laser cut grates. I have this kit and was wondering what to do with it. Using the hull and scratching the rest sounds like fun. I following your build with renewed interest.
  21. ScottRC
    Your build is looking very clean and sharp.
  22. ScottRC
    The Dupont glue has the fumes like Ambroid and produced strands to when the applicator was pulled away, by the time I was done building, the model looked like it was attacked by a spider. The stuff was also hot, put too much on and it would melt the plastic. I remember building a 1/72 Japanese float plane one night, and the next morning, the pontoon and wings were melted from using too much glue. Those old glues taught me how using less it better than using more. Things are a lot different today with CA glue pens and liquid cements that are applied with brush and syringe applicators.
  23. ScottRC
    Started the forward standing rigging. Its been a challenge to come up with a sequence with so much already done. I have been replacing all the old plastic eyelets with brass since the original ones are so brittle. This entire model was built with Dupont and Testors tube cement. I'm using the kits instructions for rigging. Trying to use any other rigging plan will probably make me want to not proceed with this project.
  24. ScottRC
    Its been a long time, but I got the new lower masts built and setup along with a new bowsprit. I snapped this picture off before going to work this morning of my current state of progress. I know its not much, but at least I feel I accomplished something.
  25. ScottRC
    That is a well build looking model that would be a nice restoration project.

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