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This is so good makes you want to buy one, nice job it must be so much fun.
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Hey I must be on the autism spectrum because I use a micrometer to make ALL my deadeyes look the same. I should change my name to The Good Modeller. Lol But even with that, they are out a little lol. Sooner or later, you'll come across a log that will have a picture or explanation. I would check out @Katsumoto log of the Santa Maria. He showed me how to do ratlines , and I like doing them his way. Not many people like doing ratlines but I do lol.@Blue Ensign Pegasus log has so much information about lines, serving, seizing, attaching, etc... As for how to keep everything from unraveling, tension is the key, don't let go of the rope, lol. Easier said then done. 😉 I have enjoyed following along and seeing the detail you put into your ship, hope this helps.
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Ouch!!
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Glad to have you aboard!!
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That's very nice.
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This is going to be a very cool , like there was any doubt 😉. Looking forward to seeing the water
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Good luck at the Vets my friend , man can you build fast,very nicely done , is an understatement WAH !!!
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Well thanks to everyone for their ideas on the servo. As luck would have it our meat slicer broke, so I tried to fix it, it's a no go. But now have some gears and small motor for winding the rope. We will see. The first Mate dropped off these sails, all done except for the seizing, and staining of the sails in coffee. I put one one for a peek, looks good to me. Now continuing on with the shrouds and deadeyes I know , I have been doing my shrouds and deadeyes backwards, making them and tied to the mast. But It works for me, and they look even, or close enough lol. I have a few more books coming tomorrow that will help. I am trying to do modeling better as to how it supposed to be done as to how I am doing it. But happy with my progress. So here is were we are now. Lots of outside interference and building has slowed, plus a pick up of some side work that will slow me down for a month or so 🤔. Oh well, See you soon, thanks for looking
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Hello, I am a newbie here at MSW, you have come across a valuable site. The people who have commented so far are Masters, They will answer any questions or lead you to the right one, all you got to do is ask. Whats the name of your ship? And if you can, start a log for your ship, Good luck on your journey and
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Still in a sate of WAH!! Way cool. Check out @hollowneck, his Camilla log is fantastic, best water I have seen, my opinion, there are doing a work shop in June here at MSW on water making, but we can't wait that long can we lol. OR, use Australian ginger beer, it like water I hear. Lol 😆
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Hello from the Mid Chesapeake area!
Knocklouder replied to C Keith's topic in New member Introductions
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Very nicely done!! I will be jumping over to your Cheerful log , see you there , again nicely done.
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To serve ,or not to serve that is the question 🤔? As I dive deeper in to my modeling journey , I want to up my game on how my models look. I wanted to try serving the lines on the Mayflower, but I had no idea what to do. So started looking for pictures, Holy it looks hard. Then I find out about server machines, ok but to get one I have to pay enormous amount of shipping. I can't get passed the First Mate, shipping is more than the machine find a better way😒. So I looked at how they used to serve lines before machines. Ya that ain't happening lol. So I decided to for go the serving on the Mayflower . But will do as much seizing as I can.. Studying rigging and moving forward, I came up with the idea to do all the shrouds, ratlines, and standing rigging first. So I broke out my third hand and started, I have four done with three on the ship, temporarily not tied on, as I want to tie both sides at the same time. So with 36 shrouds to go and all the rat lines I will be busy for awhile for sure. But I will get there lol. I t can get overwhelming rigging, but I have learnt to back off a bit, study more and come back better I hope Lol The plan is to do at least one shroud a day already two days behind schedule lol. But this is were I am at now. Thanks all for looking and helping me out. Most of all thanks for helping me learn how to build ships. So much to learn, so little time left lol. Bye for now, got some work to do lol.
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