bosco72
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More than 6 months later still no progress, very disappointed that I've not had chance or the time. All the while my collection of kits grows. I'm going to force myself to get back onto this build in the coming weeks.
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Loving this build so far. You have done some great work, and I respect that you do what you want and you are realistic about what you can and want to achieve.
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I can't believe its been nearly a year, I'm itching to get back into this. Loads been going on. Kitchen renovations are nearly done. Just putting natural slate slabs down for the floor, absolute nightmare to cut with the angle grinder. We have had covid in the house so it's slowed everything down a bit. I have increased my kit stash considerably, certain kits have become hard to find and very expensive. I will be back on this build in the next couple of weeks.
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Not given up on this, just been decorating my workshop, which is my kitchen. Build is on hold, but I have a new kitchen nearly.
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Started working on the stays, it's been tough last couple of weeks to get motivated on this build. Spent a lot of time just working out processes.
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Stunning build, you must be very proud. Great build log too, thank you for sharing, I too have learned a lot from it and taken a lot of inspiration from this. So thank you again. Can't wait for your next build.
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The both look good, but the constitution is another level from an visual preference. I've been after the Revell uss constitution 1/96 or the uss united states 1/96, for quite some time.
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I'm not a fan of putting sails on, purely because the supplied ones are never very good and also its my asthetic preference, but your sails look fantastic so far.
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Still working out how to rig the deadeyes with a level of confidence and that is comfortably repeatable. Happy so far. Also reset the bottom deadeyes to match the orientation of the rigging and chainplates.
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Slight colour change which is not very visable, but it makes a big difference. Also added first deadeye.
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Still at it. Been busy working on staining the deadeyes, working on what to use for strops and the how to fix them in place ready to be rigged to its partner. Also been waiting for more deadeyes ordered and some dark natural beeswax.
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Looks great, the extra/added details. Loving this build.
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Deadeyes arrived. The 3mm ones are in kit format and incomplete so will have to wait a little longer.
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It looks great.
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Looks great, the chain plates look great too, did they come with the kit or did you fit them custom? If you want to stop furry lines on future builds you could try running the thread through a block of bees wax. Not sure if there is a fix with fitted lines, maybe one of the more experienced builders might have a suggestion.
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I like the Noel C L Hackney books, the R C Anderson book is hard going, but very informative. I have a book about the Susan Constant, by Brian Lavery, its a very well put together book.
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Did this, got some numbers, I think I have most of those sizes in threads, or very close,. So I'm waiting for dead eyes to arrive.
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I have now 😉, very much appreciated. Seeing as I couldn't work it out myself.
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If I'm honest, I'm unsure of how the sizes are worked out, the paragraph in the above book looses me. I get, Main Stay should be about 1/6 of the widest circumference of the main mast. (which in my case is 1mm) I get The fore stay should be 4/5 of the main stay. (which in my case is 0.8mm) Then I'm usure as to which I'm basing the rest of the measurements on, as the book does not state after that, is it the 1mm or the 0.8mm. Or are the measurements taken from the last measurement worked out (if that was the case the thread would start to get almost invisible) Much appreciated if anyone has read 'the rigging of ships, in the Days of the spritsail topmast' and has a greater understanding of this paragraph. Thanks in advance. Happy to post the paragraph if I am allowed.
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Thanks again for the info, it's much appreciated. Should I work off the images, the spreadsheet, or work from the diameter of the main mast?
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I did measure them with digital calipers the other day. Largest are about 4.5mm and the smallest are around 2mm. I was thinking going with this set. https://www.hismodel.com/articles-detail-1488 Not sure if I'm allowed to post that link, apologies if not.
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Stripping back the rigging again. Completely gutted it, will have to repaint and fix damage.
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The book is interesting and the history part is decently put together. I think for the scale it would be a mix of sizes, comprising of 7mm 5mm and 3mm triangular deadeyes. This was also mentioned here on an earlier post. I just need to figure out which sizes go where and try and find someone selling those sizes. Also I still need to convince myself I want to, spend the extra time and money.
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Thinking of adding in triangular deadeyes as the plastic ones with the kit look bad and have bothered me from the beginning. What size would be best? Thanks.
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