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The reason your weathering looked horrible, as you put it, was because you had the wrong paints for the job. I am assuming you were using Revell paints. Revell paints are generally of very poor quality and not suitable for weathering. To weather, you need a stain. Revell doesn't give you those.
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It doesn't have to be. Most people who build with wood stain their ships in large swaths, with wide strokes of the brush. I am pretty bad at painting as well, but i manage. "I'm not artistic enough" was an excuse I gave for a long time before i made my second model. EVERYONE can get better, even you. I certainly did. Getting realistic weathering is a very simple, uncomplicated matter: basically, you smear a paint that looks like grime onto your model, and that's it. Simple as that. I have some paint recommendations for you.
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Today is Columbus day, so ironically, it's a great time to work on your Santa Maria model. I assume you are using the Mataro Nave as a reference? It looks like you took a significant amount of features and replicated them on your model, which is probably a good decision.
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You're making real headway on this! I haven't seen many scratch nao's, so i will be following your build very closely.
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It definitely looks like the standing rigging is done. Good job! Now you have an insane amount of blocks to strop.
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This is the proposed size and shape of the gaff topsail, laid out on the table. Jackyard topsails were the largest variant of gaff topsail, and often rivaled the size of the main gaff itself. Racing yacht riggers used them to legally increase the sail area of their ships via a loophole in racing rules, hence their prevalence on the racing yachts of the early 20th century.
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Are we able to see it on the ship?
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Today, i got the first sail bent. I cut it out by eye, trimmed it down, and then made a stupid mistake. I lashed the sail to the yard and boom, which i painted yesterday, before i remembered to stain the sail. I went for it anyway because why not. I poured myself a cup of coffee, but the coffee wasn't for me. I dipped the sail, spars and all, into the coffee, not knowing if the hot liquid would strip the paint, which would mean a junk sail and a second paint job. Luckily, the paint didn't strip. For "jaws" for the gaff and boom, i simply tied a rope around the end of both and tied the ends around the mast. I made "mast hoops" by running a line through the head of the sail and tying it around the mast. Here is the finished result, minus gluing and trimming the knots.
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I meant that thing that looks like a mast with a sheave in it that's sitting in the far background, up against the back wall of your workspace and partially obscured by the sheet you have protecting your workspace.
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Will you end up making a calcet (sheave piece on the mast) for the yard's lift? Edit: I JUST realized you're making... another boat? You had two kits?
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The mast definitely looks better. I had to compare it to the first photo because my eyes initially failed me. You could probably, if you have a drill, make a custom lathe out of that. Your life would be made way easier.
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Remember the fact that typically, boats and ships of this time had pretty spindly masts, that were held in place by thick backstays. It looks like you've turned it to a smaller diameter on a lathe. It looks better than it was, perhaps it's just the angle.
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