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HIPEXEC

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  1. 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
  2. I'm straining my 80 year old eyes to make chainplates for the main shrouds. Tiny chain, tiny everything.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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?
  8. 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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