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Ferrus Manus
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Especially since my original use of the kit-provided shrouds was met with resounding booing and jeering, i am proud to say i have tied the first pair of ratlines on the fore topmast shrouds. I cut the sheer-poles off the original kit shrouds and reused them for my own shrouds. They don't look horrible, do they?
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Answering your questions is a hobby in and of itself! Your questions are always welcome.
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The model showing the footropes in front of the sail is incorrectly rigged. Do not do that on yours. Like Marc said, their presence on ships like the Soleil Royal is debatable. I would have excluded them entirely, but it's your model. I believe reef tackles, if they were even present on this kind of ship, would be behind the sail. I can tell that lines 1117/1118 are the reef tackles for the course. However, if i were rigging the ship, i would go with my gut and lead them inboard on the yard, behind the sail, and have them fall to the deck somewhere around the mast.
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If you want to reef, you would want to reef the main. Having the fore open to the wind would, if i understand correctly, lead to better sailing characteristics. That's why clippers didn't have lower stuns'ls on the main or mizzen.
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That is absolutely shameful, and will never happen on this forum. I speak for everyone here when i say your Zeven Provincien is an absolutely marvelous build, one of the best. If anyone doesn't like you or it, they need not stay.
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Awesome job on the proto-bowsprit!
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What!? How! Definitely a hellerism. They should be tied above the yard or at the actual last top, once again above the yard.
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I have an idea that involves me stealing deadeyes from a different kit. I believe i have enough for this. Are round deadeyes okay? I figure it doesn't take much expertise, just a bunch of clove hitches. I will test this on the topmasts first.
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Okay, how am i supposed to go about doing that? I am terrified to start.
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I admit, i expected to use a lot more gold on this ship. The only gilded part of the ship is the swirly decorations on the lower part of the beakhead. If you look closely, you can see it in this image.
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The lower masts, bowsprit, fighting tops, and aft boom are painted and temporarily fitted into place on the ship. I went to the hobby shop and got some less-than-stellar cleats, as well as some wire that will become hooks once we start rigging the lower mast fish tackles. Next on the list is to finalize whatever hull work has yet to be done, with the exception of the ladders as they come last, and then glue the masts in.
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I would put the sheave hole just aft and up of the eyebolt to which the brace is tied. Maybe at the very aft end of the cap rail, and right beneath it. Belay it on a cleat, or better yet, a kevel.
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