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  1. HIPEXEC
    Well, figuring out how to add all the braces, sheets, outhauls, downhauls, etc will be a monumental job for me. The plan calls for many braces to be well outside the hull yet show being belayed to a belaying pin inside the hull. I can't figure out how to neatly go over or around the netting. The various halyards make the most sense to me....the rest reman a mystery that I'll have to solve.
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    Well I got the square sails permanently attached to the masts. Now for the job of rigging halyards, braces etc. I bellyed the sails as if a light breeze was blowing from aft just so they didn't hang calm flat. Next I'll rig the spanker with its boom and gaff. Then the jibs. I'll probably leave off the staysails so I can view the intricate deck work better. I shaped the sails by attaching them to a screen and blowing them with my Admiral's hair dryer and spraying them with water soluble hair spray
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    Come esta, When finished, my Constructo USS Constitution will be magnificent. Getting there has been a lot of work. Constucto's plans are poor in many areas. Right now I'm rigging the sails with very poor pictorial support. Another area is the wood they supply. While beautiful, Sappele, the dark planks, is extremely difficult to work with. I managed, but with great dificulty. Please feel free to ask me questions as you go along. You might as well take advantage of my work.
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    Here's the belaying pin plan Constructo gave me. It looks like 60% have lines to them. I put pins in all the holes since it was a lot of work to drill all those holes nice and even.
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    From the looks of the rigging plan Constructo gave me....it looks like that is so....but lord knows where all those lines will come from. I'll never be able to rig all that!!!
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    The hammocks were mainly used for defense and all hammocks stanchions were stuffed with them to absorb wood shrapnel and sniper bullets., etc.
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    I'm back from whale watching and started to make neat the rigging I have already installed. It's very dificult since my fat fingers barely fit in the deck area anymore. I'll neaten up what I 've done before installing any more yards and sails.
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    My shipyard will be closed for a week while the Admiral and I go whale watching in the Sea of Cortez. "Thar she blows!!"
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    Coming along real nice!
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    Thanks for the great video!
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    I made the hammock cranes or stanchions out of flattened brass stock I bought at a hobby shop. Constructo only gave me round wire to made them and I didn't think that gave me much gluing surface. After I shaped the flat stock I glued them on to the rails with CA glue. I used some soil cloth I had laying around because it naturally wanted to curl up in the shape of a rolled hammock. I tied each one (ugh!) and slipped them into the netting. Getting the netting nice and straight is a pain. By the way, the brass etched pieces they gave you should have a nib sticking down that will help holding them in place. Mine just depend on the CA glue which seems fine for now.
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    Help! How do I attach halyards to fife rails? On my first model all went to cleats which I knew from actually sailing how to do.j
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    Jack, just look on my page 107 and I already posted a picture of it. Let me know if you want to see different angles. It's just a post with a fairly strong clamp screwed to the top. It holds my yards very tightly.
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    Geaorge, After I lashed the sail to the yard, I wet it with water and rigged it onto the jig/workholder I created. I set the sheets to the angle I wanted and used a blow dryer to get the shape. As it dried I used my fingers and a brush to get the shape just right....then I used my Admiral's hair spray on it. It's water soluble so I used a liberal amount. When it all dried....it held its shape just fine. Good luck, Rich
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    My mizzen sail is partially rigged. I "billowed" the sail to look like a moderate breeze is blowing. I do not want limp hanging sails. At this rate it will take me ten more weeks of rigging to get all sails on.
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    Wow! It loks very good! The picture/drawings Bilings gave you look very detailed compared to what Constructo gave me. Good luck...I'm looking froward to watching your build.
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    I love those hand pumps! Do they work?
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    She's looking real good. Very nice work.
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    Bedroom is my shipyard!
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    All my yards are easily removed for detail work on individual yards. That's why I built a workholding jig for the yards. Thanks for all your great suggestions. They all help.
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    Here's what I'm working with to date. One small photo from the Constructo manual. Sail names from another pub. Constructo's prints which describe everything with numbers that have to be cross referenced to figure out what it is and where it goes. I've made my own sketches to assist me in installing all the blocks, etc in their proper place. I've even practiced threading line through installed blocks with my beading needles. They work just fine. After all the Super Bowl stuff dies done I'll start rigging one yard at a time.
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    Frank, I will bring my stuff Saturday. The only problem I have is that I have to leave a 11 since an important event originally scheduled for Friday got changed to Saturday just an hour ago.
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    I'll tell you....It's taking me an awful long time to figure a good sequence of installation for me. I don't want to get trapped and have to un-do anything. Also, even though I've sailed conventional sail boats for decades...I really don't have a feel for these square riggers. There's a lot of lines that make no sense to me. Sheets and braces I understand...it's the miriad of others I can't figure out. Oh well...if it was easy anybody could build these beautiful models.
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    Yes, Sam, Constructo supplied the sails and they are very well made. What do you know?
  25. HIPEXEC
    Not much action in my shipyard while I practice a few things. First, I shaped a sail to see how it will look. I think it's pretty good. The sail is supple to the touch yet holds its shape as if the wind is filling it. I wet the sail, installed it on my workholding jig, blew it with my Admiral's hair dryer, then I spray water soluble hairspray on it. Next, I practiced threading those tiny blocks I have to use. My beading needles work perfectly. I also made a sketch of my own sail plan. It's still a work in progress.

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