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Ferrus Manus
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As long as it's not critical mass, you should be fine. If it is, you're dead in a week. -
I also got the main course started. I rigged the main lift topping lifts, parrel lines, and braces.
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Thanks! Stick around, it gets better.
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I can get away with erroneous rigging and shoddy repairs on this build, because that's probably how the real Mayflower looked at the time of her Atlantic crossing.
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And yes, running rigging is much better and more fun than ratlines.
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Trust me, it will. I'm currently doing a build for the Mayflower. Would you like to check it out?
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Merry Christmas to all my fellow shipwrights on Model Ship World. Today, i finished the fore course.
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I've now done all the large lines on the fore course. I also went to the model shop for some line and thimbles, which will be used later.
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How did you make the deadeyes? There can't be a pin vise bit that small.
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Running rigging, you say? that should be fun.
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How do you procure any of the rigging elements you do in such a miniscule size?
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Oh no WAY! For reference, i have those exact same clips and use them on models, and they are about 3/4 inch in length. Now, compare that to the deadeyes he is using. My question then becomes how do you make deadeyes so small, much less rig them? What sort of magnification do you use?
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The rigging of the spritsail is done. This one was fun, owing to the fact that i have never rigged a spritsail like this before.
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Now, there are two ways the yard could be positioned when furled. The first preserves the overall symmetry of the ship, while the second avoids the tangling of rigging on a yard that would ordinarily be perpendicular to the bowsprit. For that reason, i am likely to go with the second option.
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I made and attached the catheads... ...and i made my executive decision. The rigging of the spritsail will be done tomorrow.
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How's it going, mate? I haven't heard from you in a while. How's the Perseverance coming along?
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Alright, guys. It's time to start the running rigging, and i have an idea. I think it might be time to experiment with a furled and hauled-in spritsail, as per Baker's demonstration on the Pelican: There are, obviously, two ways we could show the spritsail on the model: Which one do we think would be better? While this is a display model, i would like to portray it as it would have looked while sailing on the Pilgrim voyage. This is the process of shortening sail on a galleon: It is very plausible that the spritsail might not have been needed in some situations. An added benefit of taking in the spritsail for the purpose of this model is it would look better than if the spritsail was flying, because i have never figured out how to fly a spritsail on a model and have it look natural. What do you guys think?
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That's it for the standing rigging!! I am very proud of myself for doing something i have never even attempted before, and i hope you guys are too.
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Today, i completed the main topmast ratlines. I also put in the fore and main backstays.
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