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  1.  Here's the update I promised yesterday... did a bit with the standing rigging and for most I used a serving technique developed by the late Hubert Sicard on his website Wooden Ship Modeling for Dummies, that is the  use of zip sizings.  I'll snopsize here but would urge those interested to head to the Dummies site, a wealth of info and building tips there.

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    here's a shot of the sizings before trimming, they are coils of line soaked in ca,

    first step is to find a form the size you want your finished sizing to be, I use a  drill bit, then apply a liberal coat of bees wax and polish it up.  You then coil your rigging line around it, the one shown below is 10 wraps

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    apply the ca

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    let it dry, then find something to push it off the form with cause even with the wax the ca will stick to it, I just close my tweezers over the top of it and push on the table top

     

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    and here's the coil ready for trimming

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    be sure to re-wax the form (drill bit) before making another one, to use them you just slip them over the line you want to represent a serving on.

    here are is a shot of one on a back stay of Jumbos froward mast

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    it's a technique I find useful, I hope you will as well

    now more riggin pics

    fore mast fore stays

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    foremast back stay, you can also see the main topmast stay and main stay deck attachments just forward of the grating

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    mainmast fore and back stays

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    riggin in the tops

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    fore top mast stay and outer jib stay

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    Needed to make some cleats for the catheads IMG_0508.JPG.5c9a98862b0fb412b62ed8086928a04b.JPG

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    here they are mounted, still need some paint

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     this is the same technique I use for cleats in my Hannah build, link is in my signature

    played around with rigging the anchor and catheads...these aren't permanent yet and will most likely be redone

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    and started prepping the fore yards

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    and that's about it for today...more rigging fun tomorrow, thanks for hitting the like button and leaving comments

     

     

  2. Thanks to all for the likes and comments...mast are stepped and rigging has commenced but first the ships boat was hung from the davits, I just made some simple hooks from wire and blacken it... 

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    top shrouds were rigged, with deadeyes, smaller size then the mainsIMG_0481.JPG.8baaad1c0a7677f02151e643e6d966e4.JPGIMG_0482.JPG.672bbc3fe924c4d96def2ceb277d02d8.JPG

    and the formast top shrods were ratted

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    I spun up the main shroud lines on the rope walk, no pics here, same story just different threads, and they were mounted to both masts, I made up a deadeye jig to size the shroud lines

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    and glued and tied off all the upper dead eyes

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    dangling deadeyes

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    rigged

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    all tied off. ratlines won't happen until last, the stays will be next

     

    mounted the bow sprint and gammoning

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    and that's it for today, stays will go up next

     

     

     

     

  3. Here's  shot of the rudder and the fake pintle and gudgeons, kinda chessie I know

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    ships boat complete and fitted out with rudder, oars and line

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    completed the upper shroud lines, still need to rig the deadeyesIMG_0472.JPG.415bd54a4bee621bb3b20f11ff9d951e.JPGIMG_0473.JPG.d3c085466dac96c2b9513870e70ff138.JPG

    rigged the anchors 

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    and that's it for now may step the masts and start rigging tomorrow

  4. Here are the pics of the sticks I promised earlier...IMG_0457.JPG.7f81fddbbd91586e8b292b023d278bb7.JPGmain boom

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    mast tops, decided to use deadeyes as opposed to just lashings

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    added mast rings and boom rests, these are just strips of card stock glued up and dyed and painted.

     

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    and added some bolts and rings for the fore stays. and that's it for now.   just trying to get as much done as I can before I step the masts as it's easier then working in the air, so to speak

  5. Hey all thx for the likes and comments...the channels and chainplates are done, my original plan to use the spun copper was a complete FAIL, the stuff would not keep a bend for nothing so I reverted to solid copper

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    wrapped the deadeyes

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    formed the lower sections

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    and blackened everything, used Jax for this

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    and finally mounted

     

    also got the masts, yards and booms prepped and ready, no pics yet maybe later today of not tomorrow for sure

     

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