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Looking good, Keith. Why not simply lengths of wire soldered across the ends for the handles? John- 732 replies
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Yes, no reefing sails, so most work could be done from the deck, but the hands still had to go aloft to furl. She's certainly keeping me busy! John
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Charlotte, I've removed your private email address from your post. remember that this is a public forum and you are sharing your personal details with the world. Please contact igorcap via a private message. John
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Thank you, Nils. John
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She just continues to delight, Paul! John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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Ian, the 'Duchess has (unusually) 5 buntlines on each square sail; 6 square sails per mast; 3 masts. If my arithmetic is correct, that makes a mere 90 buntlines in total! 😀 John
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Pat: I usually show all the running rigging on my models that would be left aloft if the sails had only been taken down for a short time, so on the headsails I would rig the halliard and downhaul shackled together, but the sheets wouldn't be shows as they're taken below with the sail. I didn't really have much choice with this model as the museum wants her shown as she would have been as she was preparing to sail from Port Lincoln on her final voyage in 1936 - so the sails have to be rigged - staysails still furled and square sails "hanging in the gear" ready for setting. Rick: The paint colour is called 'Soft Cloud', but that's obviously a brand name for it (Josonja Matte Flow Acrylic). It's a pale grey to try and simulate the colour of worn canvas. John
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Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John
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A major step forward (at least in my opinion). The 'Duchess is now boasting a sail! Obviously a bit more work to do before this sail is complete on the model, but at least it's there! Only 33 more to go. Concerning sails: I broadly followed Tom Lauria's method with silkspan. I found the silkspan much easier to work with than I anticipated - it seems pretty strong and stable considering its structure. Having said that, I would highly recommend handling it carefully when it's wet (don't ask me how I know that); dry - it's great. I painted my silkspan with one coat of flow acrylic on one side and that seems to be sufficient - the paint soaking through the sail. I used a 'toy' iron as Tom demonstrated to iron down the linings and that worked very well - both sealing the dilute PVA glue and smoothing out the wrinkles at the same time. I had no issue with having a little too much glue on the seam. I tried furling a test sail in the workshop by spraying it with a fine mist of water and then coaxing it into folds; it worked well; hopefully the same will happen on the model. Edit: In mentioning the delicacy of wet silkspan above, I should have clarified that I meant really wet - in this case the corner of a jib was soaked with glue and I was silly enough to try and fiddle with it. John
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I've always found that 'slow and steady' is the way to go with planking! 🙂 That's a very interesting looking stealer down near the forefoot in your image of the 'Marisol'. John
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Haiko, not my area of expertise, but if a professional seaman who was an eyewitness makes a statement about an action on the ship, then it deserves serious consideration. A little more digging might be required here. John
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Thanks for the encouragement, Keith. John
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A very neat start, Steve. John
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That is really beautiful work, Keith! John
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Your careful progress is certainly paying off, mate! John
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Thanks, Keith. An interesting thought - the video - but I think we'd run up against privacy legislation (just for a start). 🙂 John
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I've been a bit slack in posting updates over the holidays, but the 'Duchess' has been quietly progressing in front of admiring holiday crowds at the museum. It always worries me that the unprotected model is very close to the public, unlike on the dedicated model makers' desk which was intentionally built wide, but I never have to worry about the kids touching the model - just (occasionally) their parents. As you can see, the standing rigging is finally nearing completion (sans ratlines), with only a few more stays on the jigger and the mizzen spreaders to do. I'm now changing my focus to the sails and will hopefully play with the first sail - the flying jib - for a bit on Friday. John
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A very pleasing little craft to build, Jeff, and one that has an association with Oz as he visited Sydney on his epic circumnavigation. John
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And a very happy new Year to you too, Håkan! May the 'C' word never darken our doors again. John
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