Jared

Thanks Rick. I think some of my lines loosened after probably over tightening other lines. It really does not take much to do this. When the rest of the rigging is done I will see what I can do and if necessary, if I can't fix things, I will replace the stays.

It is mostly with the forestays George. There is a tiny bit of looseness in the bowsprit which I am having difficulty troubleshooting. The give is not much - but just enough to make the sagging worse. I have tried glue at the base of the bowsprit with a weight attached to the tip but it did not work. Will try again. Thanks

While rigging the lower main yard lift I noticed that I had made an error in rigging the lift on the lower yard of the mizzen mast. The upper portion of the rope should have passed through the lubber hole and not outside the top see #310 & 313 above). This has now been corrected.

Thanks for the suggestions. The lines that I am concerned about are some of the stays, which are starting to sag as you can see in the attached photo. I have tried coating the lines with dilute white glue but so far it has not fixed the problem. I am going to try more concentrated white glue near the rope attachment points once the ship has been completely rigged. Cheers

Nice work George. I like the idea of the frame reveal in the hull, sonething I would like to incorporate into my next model, if I can figure out how to scratch build it.

After a great eco-photography break to the rain forests of Costa Rica, I am back to my build. Over the last 2 days I have rigged the lifts for the lower yard on the main mast, which required a lot of patience. One question I have for the group. As I proceed through the rigging I am finding that some of the lines have begin to sag. I am looking for suggestions what I can do about this. Having to tear out lines and re-rig would be a real nightmare. Thanks

Incredible work Rob. Question: What is the putty material that you apply before sanding Rob.

You did a fantastic build. Congratulations. This will be my next model build, after completion of my Flying Fish clipper by summer's end. Your build log will be a valuable guide! Thanks.

Hello from Costa Rica. Really nice work George.

Well done George. That certainly was no easy feat to make these!

I am pleased to report that I have completed the mounting of all yards on the mizzen mast, along with the yard lifts and halliards. The rigging of the top-most 3 yards was considerably easier than the lowest 2 yards. I still have a few rope coils to add to a few of the belay pins. My plan is to next mount the yards, lifts and halliards on the for the main mast and then the fore mast, starting in about 3 weeks. Thanks for looking.

I tell you you can't let your mind lapse on this build. I just realized the mizzen topsail yard lifts should have been black, not white. Fortunately the fix was quick and easy: a dab of black paint. I have now mounted the mizzen topgallant yard and installed that yard's hoist.

Thanks George. At times I wonder how I got this far! The rigging really make this model so beautiful.

Progress on my Flying Fish has been slow this past month, due to the difficulty of the work involved with the rigging of the lower mizzen yard and mizzen topmost yard. There were a few times I felt like giving up as the rigging challenges seemed overwhelming, because of the small scale and really tight spaces I had to work with. However with a lot of thinking I came up with some tricks and compromises which allowed me to complete the following: 1. Beginning with the mizzen lower yard, I secured the chain sling and the lower mizzen yard lift. 2. The mizzen topmost was then mounted and the standing lift installed. 3. Rigging the mizzen topmost halliard was the most difficult due to its complexity and the very tight spaces. I had to remove the gin blocks from the model to allow me to run the fine chain though them. To help rig the chain I used fine 0.01" dia thread attached to a fine needle to help me fish the fine chain (see photo) through the gin blocks and eyebolt on the top center of the mast. (I decided to skip creating a gin bolt on the mast). Another simplification I did was to tie a square knot to secure the halliard to the belay pins. The belay pins supplied in the kit are too short to allow rigging around the bottom part of the belay pins. As a rope coil is secured to the belay pins, this hides my simplification. I have attached several photos to help the viewer see how the lines are rigged. Unfortunately with the depth of field limitations of the camera lens and numerous outer lines already on the model, it will be difficult to really understand it all. Thanks for looking.

Excellent work on this George.