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  1. travis
    Decision point. To rat or not to rat. Sewing thread is the best scale but looks a little weak.
  2. travis
    Deadeyes and starting to tighten up.
  3. travis
    Was thinking about using belay pins /pin rails but scale would be small and I'm having trouble consistently turning that small. I think I'll go back to lash on the rail. Anyone have pics of the proper way to lash running rigging to rails?
  4. travis
    Finish the deck furnishings. Went with turnscrew for carronade instead of the wedge.
  5. travis
    Final sail is ready. Now to finish the deck furnishings (finally decided to make my own blocks for the carronade and main boom horse/traveler). Then it's time to set the deadeyes and shrouds.
  6. travis
    Bending staysail. Using small rings for the hanks, lashed to the bolt rope.
  7. travis
    Now I just need to find a few more single blocks.
  8. travis
    With chain and chain locker hatches.
  9. travis
    More work on the deck. Decided to add a classic windless since I am using anchor chain.
  10. travis
    Top sail on. Added split rings around edges for the down haul to collapse the top sail which the model excluded. In to the forsails. Thus model has a single staysail. I'm thinking I'll do a proper jib on the forestay and then a staysail behind it. Current day schooners seem to always have a boom on the staysail but I would have to do a bit more mode for that so I'll probably just eliminate the boom on the added stay sail and lash the line from the tack clew to a rail.
  11. travis
    Thanks matt. Sail material is a little heavy but I'm liking it so far. Main sail rigging in process now
  12. travis
    If only it wasn't so slow and detailed to make the cleats! Moving on the the bowsprit. And stays
  13. travis
    Decide to go with cleats on the mast instead of the eyelets on the deck. Also got a distance line on the mast hoops. Should make the hole setup look better.
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  15. travis
    Bending first sail.
  16. travis
    First sail. Used a combo of techniques. Panel seams are created by slowly removing a single threse from the fabric for each seam. Edge seems are folded like true seams and fabric glue to hold. Cut and glued strips for reef bands. Sowed bolt rope on edge with fabric glue to hold. Wrapped traditional cringles. The used micro drills and toothpicks to ream the eyelets for brails. Only 4 more sails to go!
  17. travis
    Redoing the lower dead eye and chainplates after watching some videos. Much happier with this. (Too much brass wire shown before!) I know the "chains" for chainplates is probably not authentic but I really like the look of it over the cheap wire for this kit. I'm thinking of using the same chain for my anchor chain (again, might not be authentic but should look really good! First gaff is almost fully set with blocks. Decided to use more rings for hanging the sail. Found a good dock on how these gaffs were historically rigged with eye plates and for the spanker sheets, collars around the lines to hang the blocks. Added some banding to the goos neck too. This also shows eye bolts for the parcels but I'll need to find/make smaller eye bolts to get that right. We'll see.
  18. travis
    I'm finding I struggle with block stropping falling apart. My current process form a block with no becket is to put a dot of cyano on the opposite end of the block to temp hold the line in place. Wrap it around into an eye or around a large wire to create the loop. One of the lines comes back to the block. Then strop. My stropping basically waraps around three lines in total. This pulls loose unless I cyano the stropping which then looks crappy. Any suggestion out there?
  19. travis
    Boom and gaffs set with new gooseneck. Added cleats to the boom for topsail sheet and topping lift. Anchors wrapped and ready to attach.
  20. travis
    A little more carronade rigging done. I also decided to ditch the pot metal goosneck saddles and make my own that are more accurate. Rather than the one piece version, I mad the saddle with the two halves, nailed on and then even include the "shoe" (??) in between with a wire to allow it to actually pivot against the mast when the boom would be raised and lowered. Turned out pretty well for the first one.
  21. travis
    First attempt to set a block for the caronade. This is going to take a while!
  22. travis
    Good idea on the pins! I think I am going to rag on poly next so that will make it easier to add the deck items after.
  23. travis
    Finally moving forward again after a little pause. Decided to get a better setup to shape the masts. Built a new drill press that was setup well to horizontally taper the masts like a lathe. Now that I'm back, the masts are ready. Placing temporarily to get placement for the shrouds and channels. Got one side set for channels. I'm following the process of making the channels. Then slice the end off through the holes for the chain plates. Drilling two holes through the channel into the rubbing stakes and pinning the channels while gluing (I take more picks on the other side). I didn't like the challenge of soldering the lower dead eye chainplates. After lots of research, I decided to go with larger brass wire and twisting. I also decided to use actual chain. May or may not be historically accurate (couldnt figure out for sure from my research) but looks good and is stronger than the wire that some complain about stretching.
  24. travis
    Rails done. I like how it turned out running them flush to the stern. Helms battens on the deck. New tiller crafted. Just need to trim the end once the rudder is on to get a good fit Dont like the look of the wire traveler that goes mid-deck. Going to see if I can find a sample of something crafted where I could maybe use a painted dowel the same thickness. More to research. Working on the caronade next. Need to decide if I'm going to replace the metal firing quin. Painted the canon and hinge (i like the polished brass look for these smaller guns - takes me back to my navy days polishing vertigre off brassworks with the fruit punch they served in the mess hall!)
  25. travis
    I'll try that. Thanks!

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