Coyote_6

Those look amazing Phil. Great uniformity for sure.

What did we learn today? We're gonna need a bigger backdrop. (Maybe a bigger house 🤔🤪🤣) Pay no attention to the mast angles, the stays will correct that. And yes, that foremast has another spar to go yet! Hope everyone had a fun and productive weekend.

Belayed some lines at the bow, with plenty of excess line to the bitter end. Right now, as it stands, everything is more or less "functional", except for a little diluted white glue to ward off @Dr PR's Murphy. Before I started rigging I figured every pin would have a coil of line hanging from it, but now I wonder. Lines like the martingale stays don't need a lot of excess once belayed taught - Maybe enough to bend to if need be? Thoughts? Or am I taking this too far (having realistically scaled lines belayed and coiled)? Coiling actual excess might be a challenge with this line in tight spaces.

Good progress today. Have all the lines through the eyes in the staysail yard: Outboard: 0.012" line for the flying jibboom guys. 0.012" lanyards. (Chapelle plans.) Inboard: 0.012" line for the jibboom traveller inhauls port and starboard. 0.012" lanyards (Lever, fig 215, "travelling guys"). Middle: 0.018" line for jibboom guys. 0.012" lanyards. (Heavier line for heavier spar, Chapelle plans/Smithsonian Rigging Tables). Below shows port traveller guy/inhaul rigging. Identical guy starboard, overhand knot with superglue. (Forward line in traveller shackle is temporary for placement/tension.) I have two holes left in the dolphin striker and I hope the correct lines become apparent 🤣: Beauty shot to close out the day. Thanks for checking things out!

Some random progress over the last week or so. There has been much gnashing of teeth on bowsprit rigging (particularly as it relates to the travellers), and still there are questions. Detail of the jib boom traveller: And the flying jib boom and jib boom travellers together. @Dr PR provided invaluable insight on martingale spar(s), martingale lines, and traveller rigging. As I type this I believe we will have it sorted - jib boom traveller inhaul, port and starboard, through the staysail yard rings to the catheads. Flying jib boom traveller inhaul running the centerline via a block at the traveller. So many lines - yikes!! Some work on the foremast - top-o'-the top. (Should probably be all black but natural wood looks nice - can always stain or paint it later?) Bottom-o'-the top. Random deck rings for rigging and some mast cleats, all per Chappelle/Smithsonian plans. I am hoping for a productive weekend. Wishing you all the same!!

That figure looks pretty convincing, especially at a bigger scale. Nice work!

@TBlack Thanks Tom. I will give this a try with the one I got but if it fails to look good over time the local trophy maker will be my next stop! Appreciate the tip!

Beautiful work! Thank you for the great serving machine tip. Getting very close to that stage right now! She's looking good!

Welcome to Model Ship World. Looking forward to seeing your posts!

Keith - so glad for your reassuring news. Keep up the wonderful work sir!

@SaltyScot It is an exciting time, transitioning from the hull structure to the spars. Good luck Mark! Looks like we'll be going through this together.

@Chuck Seiler Our course is set Chuck! (Thanks!!)

Now that is just darn cool looking - wow Phil!

Very inspirational Bob! You are making it look easy but we know it is not. Very nice sir!

So this came today (from a river in South America). Apparently not for outdoor use as the ink fades to nothing based on some of the reviews. But since it's probably not a good idea to expose our models to extensive sunlight maybe it'll be ok indoors. For $11 delivered it is worth a try. Needless to say I will now be committed to finishing by June next year for display at the San Diego County Fair.

@BritByker Not from the Constructo kit plans. I actually took physical angles from the numerous Howard Chapelle works (which were not entirely consistant but approximate) and settled in at around 12 degrees. The kit design was incorrect showing like 7 degrees - fortunately a keen-eyed member of my shipbuilding guild suggested I research that a little more. (Chapelle's books were more like 13 degrees.) https://modelshipworld.com/topic/33099-prince-de-neufchatel-by-coyote_6-–-constructo-–-158-scale-american-privateer/page/4/#findComment-1050413

On to new things. Shaped the fore mast. "Turned" it with a cordless drill and some sandpaper. It is expedient to put together kit supplied parts instead of making from scratch. Stained from just below the hounds up. Still need to set it up for the cap, so well have to get out the black stain again. But at least you get the idea with the below mockup. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Gonna need to learn the serving machine soon.

Beautiful work. She is coming together nicely!!

@BritByker Nice work Keith! Your Prince is looking very good!!

Time flies. And Sophie and the ratlines look great. Half this hobby seems to be waiting for glue to dry! Great photo!

Very nicely done! I like the functional stuff. It looks awesome AND it works! Cool.

Jibboom guy pendants - 0.018" Syren ULTRA brown. (Chapelle plans and Smithsonian PdN Masting and Rigging Tables.) The falls (lanyard). Port and starboard, 0.012" Syren ULTRA tan. Placed my port block on the pendant 1/8" too far forward, but alas. Not gonna burn a foot and a half of line to redo that. Blocks are Syren 3d printed 5/32", 2 doubles and 2 singles). Brought the fall/lanyard inboard. Tied off on the bollard, and I'll let 3 scale foot drop down to the deck against the bulkhead. Enough for the sailors to work with if need be. (Found this in a post from clloyd on these forums - "From Steel GUY-PENDENTS are put over the jib-boom, the same as the horses, and the inner ends reeve through a thimble, on the quarters of the spritsail-yard, and turn into the strap of a double block, with a throat and round seizings, which is connected, by its fall, to a single block, that hooks to an eye-bolt, near the cat-head, and leads in upon the fore-castle.") Jibboom Martingale line was next (Syren 0.018"). Then installed the Flying Jibboom with a homemade brass wire guide fore and a 0.012" line heel lashing aft. Next came the Flying Jibboom footropes from 0.012" line (slightly smaller diameter than the jibboom footropes). Here I have rubbed them with dilute 50/50 Elmer's School glue and "training" them with the little copper clips. Finally the Flying Jibboom martingale from 0.012" line (also slightly smaller diameter than the jibboom martingale). Next up will be the flying jibboom guy pendants. I realize I will have a challenge installing travellers on the jibboom and flying jibboom - I am hoping to fabricate in place. (🤪) Any advice or corrections are welcome and appreciated.

That is awesome when art leads to knowledge. Very cool!! The details look great!

Your part has much more visual interest and character - very nice!

The work is stellar. It takes what it takes I guess. Keep it up Phil!!