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    Chainplates starboard side installed
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    I'VE ROUGH MOUNTED THE DEADEYES AND CHAINPLATES. NOW I HAVE TO GET THE ANGLES CORRECT BEFORE NAILING IN THE "TAILS". THEN I CAN RIG THE FIRST SHROUDS
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    Now it's my turn to strain my eyes.
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    I'm straining my 80 year old eyes to make chainplates for the main shrouds. Tiny chain, tiny everything.
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    I'd be blind by now if I tried making that! Great work!!
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    I just give it a little dab of PVA. It's not very visable so I can't see going through great lengths to make it realistic.
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    Here's my deadeye factory. From mounting the blanks, to preparing the rigging cord, to threading the deadeye, To glueing the deadeye, to trimming the finished deadeyes.
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    I rig my shrouds differently than most. I make jigs and pre-make the deadeyes. I use a bent paperclip bent to size and use a dab of CA glue to make a needle point of the rigging cord. I make a small knot at the end and thread it . Then I paint the back with PVA glue to hold it all in shape. I then install the chainplates with the deadeyes. When that's done I rig the shroud.
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    Amazing work! Your attention to detail is the best I've ever seen.
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    Jesse, I've used this child's balloon blow-up hand pump for years to dust my models. You can pump it strong or gentle with no trouble. I bought it years ago to blow up my kids balloons.
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    I just received new deadeyes from Amati and they are very high quality. I shall start rigging ASAP
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    Great work! Beautiful ship!
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    I'm starting to plan to fabricate deadeyes. I discovered the holes in my "new" deadeyes are so small I can't get a decent size line through them without drilling them out. Next, I realized that the new deadeyes have no depth. They are half the thickness of some old deadeyes I have. I'm going to have to purchase different deadeyes since I can't work with theses. Oh well?
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    Just installed Main Royal Stay and Main Topgallant stay
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    Great Job!! Looks fabulous!!
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    Great Job!! Looks fabulous!!
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    Main Top Preventer Stay. One pic before trimming. Then after trimming
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    Installing one simple stay will takes several hours since I have to wait while the glue dries at one end then do the other end. then Wait until that glue dries, then trim the excess rigging.
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    It comes with practice. This is not my first model.
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    Fore Royal Stay installed
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    Flying Jib Stay installed
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    Fore Topgallant Stay installed
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    There's a tremendous amount of rigging remaining.
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    Jib Stay installed

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