Jerry
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Thank you, Glenn... I appreciate you very much and especially for your warm comment. I'm happy to have made new friends as you. Jerry
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Hello Daniel...Thanks so much for reading my log. Your comment will make my day as I struggle with the beginning of the lift rigging. The two spiritsail yards are attached andsince I'm doing the rigging in the order of the manual so the spirit sail lifts will come later. Please keep in touch. Hope you're having a good evening. Jerry
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Josh.. No sails...enough is enough LOL Jerry
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Hello John and thank you for your visit to my log. I appreciate your constructive remarks but purposely tied my blocks the way I did so that there would be no twisting of the blocks when under tension. Since the jeers were very large in proportion to the other blocks I tied them in the way you point out. Interstingly enough, the kit's plans show the jeers tied the wrong way and several of us, following the manual, had to change them around so the holes would be near the lashing. I made the conscientous choice to tie them the way i did. It's interesting that you are the first person to ever notice this. Hope you have a terrific day and thanks for pointing it out. Jerry
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Hi Josh... What a nice response to my log. You are correct, I do have a bit of frustration but I must say that the enjoyment far outweighs it. I hope to see your log showing your progress on Victory as I really will enjoy watching it. Cutty Sark was a Mantua kit witha lot of Italian as well as English instructions. I built it about 16 years ago. You will have a lot of help building your victory as the members of this site are all kowledgeable, friendly and very willing to help. There really are some wonderful people building Victory, present company excluded. Please keep in touch. Regards, Jerry
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Well, I have already begun to shrink. I have a very bad back problem and the doctor told me that I have lost almost 2 inches. Doesn't sound possible but when I last had my height measured I was 5'7" and I know I once was 5'9" I probably lost some more height building the Victory. LOl Jer
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Watchout for the fumes....You'll stunt your growth...Good job, Glenn Jerry
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Hello David...How did the power chair go the other day? Is the admiral satisfied? I could use one of those myself as I can't walk too much before the bad pain sets in. When we go abroad I carry a tripod cane that has a folding seat on it which allows me to stop for a sitting break whenever I feel hurting. Thanks for the visit today. I'm about to finish the spirirtsail yard and have finally gotten a decent thought as to how I'm going to attach it to the bowsprit. Check out page Longridge, page 236. The bottom side of my boswsprit where the plans call for the attachment is so cluttered with threads and blocks, etc. I have decided to move the spiritsail yard a bit aft between the first and second Martingale. I know this is incorrect but i don't have any other choice and if i didn't mention it, no one but me would know the difference anyway. I'll see later on when I go to sling it in if I can get it to where it's supposed to be. I was up and at it about 5am since I couldn't sleep. Have a great day and please answer my queastions; I'm truly interested. Jerry
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Hi Woody.. I thank you for your compliment and sincerely look forward to seeing your progress as you move forward with your Victory. Between David and Gil there is plenty of info to help you out. I hope whatever i provide will suppliment their information. Go ahead, man, get going and get your log published. And please continue to visit me. Take care, Jerry
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Good evening everyone. A little more to report on this late afternoon here in Florida. Today I have mounted the Spiritsail topsail; yard. The directions are in the manual but an awful lot of studying is required to understand them. There was no problem in placing the parral bead sling as it went very well. However, trying to understand the making and installation of the two 3mm block halyard was another story for me. I wish that the kit manufacturer would be more explanatory and provide a few decent diagrams or photos...no such luck! BUT, that's where MSW shines and Gil and David's sites have come to the rescue once more. So the outcome is the yard is attached, photos provided, and tomorrow I'll tackle the Spiritsail Yard (The big one.) Please remember to put your mouse on the photo for captions....and have a great evening.. Jerry
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Hi Glenn.....I appreciate your nice words. Thanks for the visit. Jerry
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Way to go , Glenn. Your dilligence will pay off with a super build. Nice job, Jerry
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Good evening David. So nice to hear from you and I hope you are feeling well. It will be a long time before I catch up to you, probably six months from now. I must admit I'm enjoying the build but would have been lost without your encouragement and especially your great help. Thank you for your very nice thoughts. I look forward to duplicating your method in rigging the davits and ship's boats so I'm sure I'll be in touch with you on that subject one of these days. I'm interested to know what you plan to do about a display case. Lawrence seems to balk at the idea of covering his boat and I believe he'd rather fight the battle of dust than get a display case. We'll see. Take care and enjoy your evening time.. Jerry
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Hello Everyone. Today is a gloomy day in SW Florida. We are entering our rainy season (hurricane season too) so it rains about every day for an hour or two and then the sun comes out strongly and in a few minutes it looks like it never rained. But today is a cloudy all dayer and I don't expect the sun will shine at all. But inside the Shipyard it's as bright as can be. I'm happy to say that the last of the mizzen yards have been rigged to the ship which completes all the mast yards and so it's on to the rigging of the bowsprit. I hope to start that tomorrow. The internet is a bit slow so I only have one photo to attach. When the others arrive I'll edit this log and attach them. I hope veryone is having a great ay. Best, A couple of other photos just arrived.......... Jerry
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Hello Glenn... I'm glad that you are a perfectionist. and your build will benefit. Yes, the closeup photos show the gaps and you are right to make the corrections. In the long run you will be glad. Keep up the good work as you make all your fellow modelers proud of you. Jerry
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Like I said earlier...great progress. So you see, it will get done quicker than you thought...Nice work, Glenn. Jerry
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Looking good, Glenn. Looks like you got the hang of it. Your plates are lining up very nicely which will give you nice vergtical lines. Not much more that I can say except it seems like you're on your way to that shiny hull I mentioned before. Have a great wekend. Jeerry
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Just curious, Glenn. Where in Florida is your son planning to visit? I'm guessing Orlando as that is where most of the amusement parks are locates..(Disneyland, Universal, etc.) I'm located in southwest Florida (Naples). Jerry
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Hello Glenn. I imagine that you are getting ready to have your lunch. Well, I think you should have a very nice meal to celebrate how well you have been constructing your Victory. I have enjoyed watching your ship come to life and reminicse as you go from step to step. Nice job, Glenn. I think the copper plating won't take as long as you have estimated. I say this because a good number of them will take you less than 3 minutes, at least from my experience. But what ever time it takes it'll be worth the wait as your hull will be shiny and you will be proud. I am at a standstill at this time as I have run out of 3mm blocks which are used profusely as one progresses through the rigging. It usually takes about 2 weeks for an order to arrive here in Florida from Cornwall Ship Models and that is where I'm getting the bulk of my new blocks. I placed a backup order to Model Expo here in the states and that could arrive in a few days. We shall see. But there are still so many other things i can do while waiting for the blocks. Hope you ahve a great day and weekend. bests regards, Jerry
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Hello Glenn and many thanks for your compliment. Best of luck with the copper plating which should go very well for you considering how smooth you have made your hull. I usede CA cement on two ships' coppering and had no problems. Take care and have a terrific day. Best regards, Jerry
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Good morning, David.. It must be a very good feeling to look at your ship and tidy up this or that. I know that there will be a lot of tidy work when I get to where you are if all goes well. I can't wait to attach the lanterns which have been sitting on our dining room table for several months. The admiral and I will be in Europe for almost amonth starting the middle of June and I know I'm going to miss working on the model. By the way, don't forget the fourth lantern. Take care, Jerry
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Good afternoon everyone and greetings from jerry's drydock. A bit more progress from the little guys working fervently on Victory. Today it was mounting and rigging the Crossjack yard on the mizzenmast. In my opinion this task was more difficult then any of the other lower yards because of the tight quarters one has to work in. For the first time I found my fingers getting in the way of rat lines, stays and shrouds so I slowed down the pace and eventually was successful. The next job will be making, mounting and rigging the the Mizzen topmast yard. Attached are a few pictures of my work of today.
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Hey Lawrence...Real good to hear from you. And thanks for your very nice compliment. Besides working on your Vic you're so busy answering the many well wishers you get visiting your site I don't know where you get the time. Your ship is really getting there and I expect that when I get back from my holiday you'll be just about to the point where I am. That'll be real good because we can then compare notes as we build the same stage of Victory. I don't know if what I just said makes sense but the bottom line is...keep up the great work. Jerry
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Well, I think you'd better convey to the admiral that you would rather cut off your right arm. LOL Jerry
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