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"1/64 inch plywood". Me mind is blown!! (Cape is looking fabulous. Very very nice bulwarks!)- 381 replies
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Mr. Nash has turned in the deadeye on the first starboard shroud. So far so good. I also got the shrouds served. Like a goofball I only served the top half of the forward shrouds - at least I got the aftmost shroud fully served. It was a good lesson learned. Lever confused me with "serve the forward shroud halfway". I just today received my copy of Steel and he be like "serve the whole fore shroud." Doh! So the rule for a fore and aft rigged vessel is to fully serve the foremost and aftmost shrouds fully. (On the Prince that only leaves the middle shroud, top 1/8th served to go around the mast and over the bolster.) New things every day! We'll get it right on the mainmast.
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Billy will be awesome!! Those colors sound fabulous.
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I'm following. Wouldn't wanna miss this!! How does one choose colors for a build like this? Very cool subject nonetheless - that pilothouse is a very clean design, glass all around.
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Thanks Bob! You can't argue with the results - they look awesome! I will be trying that!
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Those ratlines look great! Do you mark them with chalk when you're laying them out? Darn fine work sir!
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That money is well earned. There is nothing wrong with charging a fair price - the quality speaks for itself. I would hate to no longer get Syren products when I am halfway through my project! 😭 Keep up the good work Chuck! Looking forward to the reopening - shrouds and stays take more line than I would've thought!
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@Chuck Seiler Thanks Chuck. The serving thread was fine. Like a goofball I doubled the tackle line overall and then served it all. Where it was wrapped around the mast the tackle was as thick as two sets of shrouds!! My remakes are closer to what you might see in Petersson's and it looks much cleaner. I have my first shroud pair mocked up and it looks pretty clean. I am horrified at how much Syren line each shroud pair uses. I went to order more but they are out of stock for a bit! Yikes!
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Wow Phil! There is a lot going on there. The card templates look like they will serve you well. I am adding that one to the "toolbox in my mind". It is a cluttered toolbox.
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@Dr PR Thanks so much for the sanity check. I must've looked through four references to figure out how those tackles should be. If you look close Mr. Nash is all bent over banging his head on the forward fife rail because it took like 6 hours to rig two tackles. I love having Lever as a reference - I think Sheet Anchor is the most approachable reference I have found from that time. You are too kind Phil.
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That furniture is amazing! Well done!!
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Ok. Not on to the shrouds. I am pretty confused but I hope I am in the right direction. I added the tackle rigging first. With the exception of a double block in lieu of a fiddle block, this rigging aligns with Marquardt's Global Schooner. Rigging to the chainwales outside the shrouds is in Rigging Period Fore and Aft Craft by Petersson. Any thoughts on the tackle rigging here? My main question is why do they lay outside the ratlines in Petersson? Is that correct? At first I rigged them inboard to the deck but they would have interfered with the fore gaff sail.
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For better or worse, the first serving of my life is completed. I give you... Ta da... Fore Mast Tackle Pendants! Oooooh! Ahhhhhhh! They are not pretty and are bulky around the mast. I thought the tackle pendants were double lines all the way, but after seeing they were too bulky I redid them. But I like the Syren Serving Machine. I think this was a little complicated for my first serving but it worked. On to the shrouds.
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Too cool! I bet there was just the slightest beam of light on that beautiful gem of a steam engine you put in her! 🤣
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Wow. Those belong in a museum somewhere! Truly spectacular!! Just wow. And then one considers the scale and the mind is totally blown...
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Well done! Quite the achievement Phil. Congrats - one to be proud of!
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Nice upgrade!
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Lots of experience and good advice in this post! The ratlines look great. Keep that First Mate happy!
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And just for fun, here's the Prince de Neufchatel (1/58) and Grace (1/50) side by side undergoing work in the yard. Something different, anyway!
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That has got to be the coolest thing!! Well done Glen!!!
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So glad for the favorable outcome. And so glad to have you back - prayers for the Admiral's continued good health going forward!
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(No pics of Prince in this post. These are all of Harvey 1847 built by another San Diego builder.) A little side tracked the last 2 weeks. A local builder was retiring and donated an Artesania Latina Harvey 1847 build to our local school's history department. She needed a lot of cleaning, a couple finishing touches (capstan repair, cannonballs, and some diluted glue to secure her rope coils), and a name. Named her Grace and ordered an inexpensive builder's plaque with the builder's name on it... I made my first flag and I think it turned out ok. Used the inkjet printer on tissue paper approach (with Krylon Workable Fixatif) found here on MSW and it looks pretty good. Where else can you get a 1847 US flag in an appropriate size? 🤣 I will use this technique on the Prince for sure! I did add a block and a halyard for the ensign as well. She cleaned up well and will go to her new home this week, so it'll be back to the Prince - it was good practice!
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