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  1. Jared
    Thanks @ClipperFan for all this detailed information and your evaluation of it all. Interestingly, the Model Shipways drawings you attached are not the same as the ones that came with my newer Model Shipways Flying Fish kit. Offhand I cannot say how close the two sets are measurements wise. Its hard for me to compare from the small size and resolution of the drawings you attached and the need to see a scale bar on the earlier plans. I do note one obvious difference in the locations of the ships boats.
  2. Jared
    Given how many design errors you have all discovered in the fore section of the plan, I am apprehensive to find out the accuracy of the rest of the model's build plans 😳. Hopefully they are not going to be an issue. On the positive side this kit has been an excellent educational tool, both for honing fine boat building scratch-building skills and making me really appreciate how the art of tall ship building evolved.
  3. Jared
    I think you are all doing an important service to the hobby so I was I was happy to join NRG this week to support what you are all doing. When one thinks about the many hours us modellers spend perfecting our models, it goes without saying that we want them to be as accurate as possible. The state of my build is too advanced for me to redo the revealed bow corrections. They would require a major effort and skills beyond where I think I am. However I don't think anyone starting to build the model would have any real difficulty incorporating the plan changes through scratch building.
  4. Jared
    Unfortunately that is not so easy. Many (perhaps most) craftsman kit builders come from very different non-nautical backgrounds and believe when spending a fair bit on money on our kits that they are historically correct. When I bought my Flying Fish kit in 2006, I had just completed the CW Morgan whaler by Artesinia Latina. Half way through that build I learned the model was very inaccurate and I used scratch building to fix as much as I could. For my next build I wanted a kit with quality historically correct plans and was attracted to the Model Shipways Flying Fish based on positive comments at the time about the accuracy of the Langford plans that were part of the kit.
  5. Jared
    This month has been a real eye opener for me on the many inaccuracies in the plans of the entire bow section of the Flying Fish that have recently and not so recently come to light. For the benefit of future readers, some of this is discussed here, some in the FF build log of @Rick310 and some in the completed FF build log of @gak1965. Thanks @ClipperFan, @rwiederrich and @Vladimir_Wairoa for sharing your discoveries.
  6. Jared
    You certainly have been busy with your travels and model George. You visited many interesting sites that I sure would like to photograph.
  7. Jared
    Completed securing the fore mast stays to the hull and martingale. Footropes still need to be added.
  8. Jared
    I have completed the standing rigging on the foremast. The forestays have been secured to the bowsprit and jib-boom, but not yet to the hull. It has been a learning curve for sure. Slow exacting work with a few difficult challenges thrown in to make things more interesting. Thanks for your interest and encouragement.
  9. Jared
    Thanks Rob. I really appreciate your clear explanation of the well thought out approach you follow when rigging. It will be very helpful as I work through the rigging challenges ahead and try to adapt your recommendations to my present state of build. Thanks again.
  10. Jared
    Thanks Clipperfan. A detailed article describing Rob's technique will be extremely valuable to this community. I have about 30 books on model ship building including a several of major well known works on rigging. These explain in great detail and with wonderful drawings how tall ships were rigged. However when it comes to guidance for rigging model ships, the suggested rigging sequence is covered in one or two paragraphs with little additional explanation. I think your article will fill a real void!
  11. Jared
    Thanks Rick. I am sure every method if rigging will have its unique challenges. With respect to the cross trees, GAK had a great idea for making then more robust by gluing a small brass strip underneath the fragile wooden spreaders. I followed his method and am glad I did. Looking forward to seeing your wonderful progress.
  12. Jared
    I fully agree. As each new line is added my model is beginning to look more and more like something special. I expect to complete the standing rigging on the fore mast this week. My biggest regret so far is installing the lower yard on the fore mast before completing the standing rigging. I have accidently hit it so many times 🤬. Given that my that the lower main and mizzen masts are already glued in place, I would appreciate advice as to how to best proceed from this point. My thinking is that once the standing rigging is complete on the fore mast I should finish off this mast with yards and halliards and lifts before moving on to rigging the main mast, and subsequently, rig the mizzen mast. Installing the yard braces to be left to the end or there abouts. Thanks
  13. Jared
    Been actively working on the fore topgallant mast. While the mast was off the ship I added the standing rigging lines to the topgallant section and the lift grommets for the toppgallant, and royal yards. The grommet for the topsail yard was also made, but will be added later after the standing rigging lines for the royal mast have been applied. I simplified how I made the lift grommets (photo 1&2) using superglue instead of solder to secure the wire to the brass thimble. Once 2 of these were made it was very simple to make the lift grommet by twisting the free end of each wire around the adjacent piece (photo 3). The upper futtock shrouds with small bullseyes were made in a similar manner (Photo. 4) Photo 4&5 show the present state of the rigging with the fore topgallant shrouds.
  14. Jared
    The discussion on the previous page of this build log of the FF's bow / forcastle has been quite facinating and the research has been quite thoughtfull and eye opening. Thanks to all of the contributors!
  15. Jared
    Thanks. Attached is a photo of my lightning rods.
  16. Jared
    Nice craftmanship. For the lightning rods at the tops of the masts, I used the pins that come with new shirts. I painted the plastic ball part with a metalic paint and cut the metal pin part to the desired length. I glued the ball to the top of the mast with super glue. I used a small drill to create a bit of depression at the top of the wood mast to provide a better seat for the ball. I recently remade all of my topgallant masts out of a stronger wood than the kit's basswood due the breakage problems. I have decided not to add the lightning to the mast tops until the rigging is complete, to minimize risking knocking them off (again).
  17. Jared
    Just completed rigging of the shrouds on the fore top mast section. It had to be completely handmade on the ship, as the lower and topmasts had already been glued in place. Having done this, I can more fully appreciate Rob's method of rigging the masts off-model. I can't begin to describe how many times I bumped into the fore lower yard while tying the lanyards and ratlines. The lower yard lifts, which had already been rigged, also got in the way. However, after 2 challenging days, I got it all done.
  18. Jared
    Thanks Rick and ClipperFan. I intend on making the gaffs and all of the other thin spars using the hardwood dowels. Fortunately only a relatively small diameter the lower diameter spars have been made so far from the basswood so not a lot to remake.
  19. Jared
    Back at it again. I found a speciality wood store that had a variery of hardwood dowels of diameters 1/8", 3/16", 1/4 and up. They were labelled birch or maple. I was easily able to remake my 3 topgallant masts by turning these on a drill and sanding away carefully and using calipers. I glued strips of basswood to the base of each mast and sanded them to the required shape, as shown in the photo (the new fore topgallant mast) I not added the fids or top lightning rods yet.
  20. Jared
    Congratulation on your retirement Rick. Welcome to the life of leisurology. I look forward to seeing your continuing progress on your beautifully built Flying Fish.
  21. Jared
    Thanks for your suggestions ClipperFan. The recent break occurred to the mast as I was rigging it off the ship, trying Rob's approach. I think my only option if the problem continues is to bite the bullet and remake all of the thinner spars using a stronger wood like boxwood or degamme.
  22. Jared
    Thanks ClipperFan. For now I have used super glue for the repair. On another similar tip break of the jibboom superglue wasn't enough and I had to resort t epoxy which so far is doing well. In both cases the breaks occurred in a thin area where there was a drilled hold for rigging. If I could of I would have drilled into the wood on both sides of the break and inserted a steel pin as an internal splint. I can tell you that it took hardly any force to cause these breaks. I am going to try applying superglue around other fragile mast sections to strength. them in hopes of preventing such problems as I go forth.
  23. Jared
    After spending a week tracing the various standing and running rigging lines I am back at rigging again. I am going to adapt Rob's approach of rigging the masts and yards off the model as best I can, as all the lower masts are already glued in place as is the fore top mast. I spent much of today agonizing over how to build the lift grommet for the fore skysail yard. The first figure shows it is made of siezed rope with a thimble in each side loop. The line is 2" rope, which at scale equates to 0.007" dia. thread. I knew there was no way I would be able to produce it from thread. After a lot of thought I came up with another approach using thin black wire for the rope part and thimbles made from a thin narrow strip of brass. The sequence and final result is shown in the photos. I have one major criticism about this model kit abd it is the choice of fragile basswood for the masts. As I was assembling the grommet on the thin mast the mast broke in my hand at a point where a hole had been drilled for the shysail hailiard. I have glued it back together but still need to do more work on it to make the repair look better.
  24. Jared
    If you expand the photo I attached, you will see someone tried to repair part of the sail using a mesh fiber tape. There is also damage on other sails, with some small pieces of sail broken off. She is in discussion with a tall ship builder regarding repairing some of the rigging that has become loose. As I recall from one of the Revell tall ships I built when I was a kid, the plastic sails were supplied in the kit.
  25. Jared
    I have a friend who inherited a fully rigged Revell plastic model of the USS Constitution from her father. The model, made many years ago had been fitted with the kit's plastic sails. Over the tears the sails turned yellowish and became brittle and broken. A photo is attached. I suspect sunlight exposure was consequential here.

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