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Your to kind Keith, thank you. I really learned quite a bit on this one. One mistake is on the shrouds. They didn't go as planed, but for the next ship I think I know what to do now. It's all a learning curve  lol.

  But I am still Grinning on this one. She turn out wonderful, in IMHO LOL.

Thanks @Keith Black for all your  encouragement, as well as everyone else.  Back to the coils of life lol.

Bob M.

Nice work my friend, looks great.

 Bob M.

All the sails are set. This is the way the sails will look. They are all tied  off and secure.  I just have to make all the rope coils,easy work. Then just the Bowlines and flag.    other than the Bowlines  I think the rigging is done 

Just got a lot of rope coils to do lol. The Rock is in site  😎. 

Bob M..

This will be the display side when it go's under the case. This will be the last ship I can put in the case. No more room  lol.

I bought this case when I finished the Santa Maria.  And  said I going to fill this up one day lol.

That  day is almost here lol. Most likely  will move The Sea of Galilee  Boat to behind certain below , will put a plex glass  front on it . It should hold  SOG and a King of the Mississippi  as well. We will see.

 I know the Pegasus  will be in its own case , right by my big chair in the living room.  I still have no idea where too put the two Bluenoses and the Astrolabe.  But that's a long way off. 

  See you at the finish line, lol

Bob M.

Good luck on your journey   

Bob M.

Like @HardeeHarHar other members come to mind  @mrcc  the 400 looks good on my sails, I like them. Today I have to thank @David Lester for his tip on rigging  bitts.

Frist I pin a headless nail in the bitt. Then rigginged it off ship. 

Then I just glued it in place, let it dry really well, then snuged up the line ready for a coil.

Thanks Dave I am sure I would have struggled with the way I was going to do them. This made them fun thanks .

 So many  to thank.

Rigging and more rigging, notts to tie , more lines to run. And two flags lol.

Most fun ever,   

That is awesome work .

Congratulations, very nicely done sir. 

Bob M.

Thanks so much @HardeeHarHar Brian, it's been a fantastic voyage,  as we go along , we remember things that happened along the way.  Ever time I look at the flower on the sten, I think of you and  your help to make it look at least presentable. And since it will be displayed with the stern showing I will think of you often lol. 

 Thanks Brian. Ship mates forever. 

Rigging is coming along nicely    I have the formast and the main mast  tied up , I have to make some rope coils but will do them all later.  I still have to rig the bowsprit sail and the Mizzen sail  but it is 

all coming together, at least I know where all the lines go. Should be rapping it up soon. But I have learnt  no to speculate on the amount of time it actually takes  lol. 

What a tangled web I got going here lol, it all tried up nicely thought.  0Captain Marvin says he is most impressed.  He is a bit sad I told him he was being replaced by a bunch of Pilgrims.  Lol to make him happy, I told him he could take the wrapper of our next build . He was not impressed 😕  lol.

 The ship is looking  good at least for me, this is so much fun. Can you belive rigging is fun ha ha ha I lost it lol. But yes having the time of my life. Thanks NRG/MSW.

So this is how she shapping up tonight. I have to repair the outrigger that I broke off , then finish the Mizzen rigging and move on to the Bowsprit sail.  Soon it will be just rope coils and flags . This has been a fun adventure, I learnt lots, but still need to learn lots more, so looks like I'll have to renew my membership  again 😀 😊 😉. 

Talk soon because  I sailing to the finish line. Lol

Bob M.

Good luck on your journey!! 

Bob M.

It's the most fun you'll ever have. You'll see you will  be buy all kinds of things soon lol. Go slow buy good tools . Good luck on your journey. 

Bob M.

Coming along nicely, there is a lot of details on this ship.  I made a metal ship from metal tec. It was the the same ship  but nothing like this it looks awesome. 

Bob M.

Awesome work my friend , it looks so nice.      

Are you a NRG Member?    YOU bet I am, with out a doubt. 

I join MSW three years ago, with the entry level membership.  After one year the amount of knowledge  and help I received was amazing.  Year two I tried to make more of a contribution.  The third year I up it a couple of levels,  

 The reason being that  NRG/MSW  was and is available to me,  The amount of fun I am having is priceless,  they are still trying to teach me how to build ships. . Lol 😆. 

I for one am a proud member, and will continue to support them.

So we (I)  can learn  how to build ships. 

Thank you NRG/MSW  and all  45, 955 thousand or so  members who have help an elderly gentleman  with his hobby,  and making him feel like he's 18 again lol  ok maybe 14 lol 

Bob M.

John, have no fear on your journey, anything and everything  you need to know  is right here on NRG/MSW. The data base , the logs, and some of the best modellers in the world, who go out of their way to help .  You will see. Most of all have as much fun as you can. Good luck on your journey. 

Bob M.

Thanks @Bryan Woods and thank you so much for all the support.  I am overwhelm, by all who reach out,  thanks. Everyone  MSW/NRG  and so many members Thank you so much. 

Today I managed to rig the upper main mast sail as well as most of the Mizzen sail. I know it looks like @Glen McGuire ghost ship Jenny, but once I tighten all the lines up , it will do. 

Got some good air here today lol. Not sure about the sails I might air brush some light paint we will see 🤔. 

Thanks for looking, I can't wait for tomorrow because I get to do more rigging. Lol. The plans are for the most part helpful, but they don't tell you lots that you really need to know.  Like what size, what color, how the  lines are attached , that sort of thing. But we got a handle on it. And Captain Marvin says he feels the home stretch. Lol. I think he just wants to start another  model. Lol.

All the best my friends, thanks  again  

Bob M.

3 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

Yes, Gary.  I'm experimenting with adding a touch of Tamiya clear blue to some gloss varnish to see if I can get a good look.  The Tamiya clear blue is sort of translucent and I'm hoping it will give me just the slightest hint of blue while maintaining the shine of the gloss varnish.   I've got lots of leftover icebergs to play around with!

 

 

 

 

Hey Glen, When the melt happens up here in the artic you can track were the Penguins have been during the winter , much like you can tell were Dimples has been as well, I am sure. I would keep just a little Tamiya Brown ,  just in case .     🐧💩

Hey my friend, this ship is shaping up to be another awesome display.  It looks so impressive.  I can't help but ask, what is the name of your new assistant manager  🤔.  

Great work , Glen !!!        

The sails are all hung. Now it time to take them off and shape them. Plus I will get a chance to apply all the blocks for rigging  that go on the masts. Some 2 hole blocks go right on the rigging  and some on the mast. I will have to go over the plan carefully  so I don't miss any.  Plus the bitts need to go on as well.

 Have to go pick up the First Mate at the airport, her flight was delayed twice today all ready. So she will be a bit tired and Cranky but she will be home finally. 

 A few pictures of the Mayflower, as she sits tonight.  Strom coming  supposed to be windy for a couple of days lol Hopefully I can get the sails back on in a couple of days , we will see.    The flags are just around the corner, I can see them lol

I decided to add the wind today. Iapplied a good coat of GAC 400 to both sides of the sails, rolled them  up and went to the airport while they dried  😀. 

Now it is a matter of putting  on some blocks, running some lines to the sails  and then the flags. But lots to do yet on the old ship but  like they say" after all tomorrow is another day".  And can't wait to wake up tomorrow and go " rigging"   Take care my friends  thanks for looking 

Thinking about the next build  all ready lol. 

Your ship looks awesome, nice work on the paint. It's great to see different  looks to the same ship. 

Bob M.

16 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

I like the way your sails look, Bob.  Especially the way you tied them to the yards with double loops.  

Thanks Glen, there seems to be a problem with the size of my sail. I don't know what happened.  Maybe because I made them last year and they srank.  The coffee bath  I don't know. 

 So decided to  carry on with my original plan. First, I decided to try furling.  My one attempt looked like a  Penguin  stuffed and wrapped  ready for the barbaqu.  So back too. Shapping them on bottles and cardboard rolls. 

 Thanks for likeing it .

Bob M.

Furling the sails looks a bit difficult, and the size of the sail that I have would be way to big. I must learn how to make sails someday.  So what I decided to do was finish the sails , see how they look the way I make them. We will see. I have the yardarms  done.  Three more sails to hang, then shapping of the sails. 

I can feel the wind, plus @Gabek says he has some things that will take all eyes off your mistakes and focus on something awesome.  As soon as Captain Marvin  and I are done zapping each other with x-rays and magnetic ray guns we going to meet up . Can't  wait . Bigger grin, I peeked  they are amazing.

  So I still have to hang three more sails, but It will do.

This is so much fun. The model comes together nicely,  craftsmanship  needs work lol, you can add to it, or build  it out of the box, or builded it like I did, but don't look at they way I tie things lol so much to learn lol.  Rigging is going good, have figured out most of it. There is a couple of  Knotts  I got to go look up no biggie  lol.

  Back to my  basket weaving, I mean sail hosting  lol.   

Bob M.