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    Making the sails - part 2 Hello guys, Thanks for all your support, I much appreciate you guys being here and supporting me during this build. Well, continuing with the sails. I didn't like the beige color of the boltrope, so I stained / tarred these with bitumen. Also I like to show you how I reinforced the loop at the corner of the sails. These are handserved to get the desired result. I also used bitumen to darken the rope to get an even color on the served ropes compared to the bolt rope. So the next thing to do is to add the reef lines. Never did that before... Also I used the the bitumen on the reef lines to create contrast. And after a lot of knots and lines, the first sail is finished...One down, two more to go! Thanks for following and see you soon,
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    Wow Kostas my friend, your hullplanking looks impressive and really good! One of the best for this ship I’ve seen so far…
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    Making the sails Hello friends, It's been a while. I had to figure out some things of the running rigging and making the sails. The last one almost got me on my knees. The swear jar has been filled multiple times, but I've come to an acceptable result so far. Working on the boltrope at the moment. But first let me show you the process.... The seam is made separately and has been folded a couple of time so it can be placed around the edge of the cloth. The seam is then visible on both sides of the cloth. It's a bit time consuming, but in the end hopefully worth it. I decided to age the sails with Bitumen. I had to dilute the bitumen with "odorless" Turpentine and it gave a "pleasant" smell.... Mixed it in a glass jar and let the cloth dry in the open air. The bolt rope is attached with needle and threat. It's done entirely by hand and the needle is going through the bolt rope and not around. This gives it a little more authentic look. Well, this is where I'm at the moment. Just somewhere halfway with the main sail. I forgot the serve the rope for extra strength in the corner where a loop is made in the rope. I corrected this afterwards... Well, that's it so far... Until next time with hopefully fully finished sails.
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    These blocks looks fantastic Chuck. I'm looking forward to the updated stock! Have a nice and safe trip to the NF, enjoy!
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    You designing skils and eye for details are just out of this world. By far the standard most "kit fabricators" should aim for! Peter
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    Hi Michael, Thank you so much for your kind words. I hope my log helps you out. Your SOTS build is very impressive and I really love the work you put into it and the changes you made. See you later!
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    Wow, lovely build of a difficult kit from Corel. It's an expensive kit and not being build often. What a great job you did! Congratulations with this result!
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    Very clever and impressive result! Great work.
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    Very well done! Bravo! Love the types of wood used and the contrast between the colours. Great job!
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    Construction of the yards. Hi guys, This weekend I started to construct the yards. 3 to be exact. Each yard consist out of two parts tapered to the end. When bound together a strong but flexible yard is the result so it won't break in the wind. This is what I want to simulate, so I want to give the wood a light curve. I drew the curve on a piece of plywood and use some brass nails along the lines to hold the two parts of the yard in place. Water and steam is used to set the curve into the memory of the wood. I used the Admirals iron when she doesn't noticed it. I let the wood "set" overnight. The next morning I used Ink to blacken the yards and placed some temporary bindings to hold the two part together. The bindings are placed with equal distance of each other. I cut the temporary bindings when reached. They are no longer needed only to hold the parts together during the placement of the final bindings. When all yards are ready....
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    Hi Mike, Your ability to make a great kit looks even better is very impressive. Your building skills, eye for details and also your photographic skills are just out of this world. Love the work so far. With pleasure and interest I'll follow your log.
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    Hi Patrick, Thank you for the nice words and following my log. You build your models from scratch and lumber your own wood, now that's what I call impressive. 😀😉
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    Rigging of the Mizzen... Hello everybody, It's time to move on to the rigging of the Mizzen mast. First a drawing. Again serving 6 ropes for the pins, done by the Syren Serving machine. Then the upper blocks connected to the mast. In between the ropes with blocks and tied it all together. Well, the standing rigging is done. All three masts are secured. It's a nice journey to experience this type of rigging so far. Ah well, time to move on to the running rigging, yards and sails. It will be a tough journey because I've never made sails from scratch what I am intend to do for this ship. Please leave a comment if you like. Until next time!
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    Thank you! I think it's the rope I use. It makes all the difference. ☺️
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    Wow thanks Paul. I’m a bit overwhelmed of your nice words. 😊 Thanks again!
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    Standing rigging main mast part 3 I've fixed the ends of the rope and tied them neatly behind the beam on the bulwarks. That means that the standing rigging of the main mast is completed. In meantime I've finished the second set of 9 oars and placed them neatly on deck. So, I explained earlier that it's also possible to hang the oars on the sides (outside) of the bulwarks. This would cover up the carvings and will affect the swivel guns from operating. This is how the kitmaker designed this Xebec version and I honored that decision. And an overview on deck where partly both sides of the standing rigging visible is. The next update will be the standing rigging of the Mizzenmast. This is far less complex compared to the main mast. I hope you guys are still following and like the updates so far.
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    Just secured the barrels with some rope. Even on a rough sea, they are not going anywhere.
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    Rigging Main Mast (part 2) Hello everybody A small but major update on my Xebec this weekend. I've finished the standing rigging of the main mast. Even if the rigging is "simple" from design, it's still tricky to make. The standing rigging of a Xebec works a bit like running rigging with the blocks and all. In the previous update I've shown the bottom part of the rigging, these were the horizontal pins connected to the bulwarks. Next are the upper part of the rigging that are connected to the top of the mast. I had to make the parts first, one set of each side of the ship. With two bindings the parts are held in place. Now I have an upper and a bottem part that's fixed to the ship. The ropes with pulleys and blocks in between are next. I had some time left, so I made two waterbarrels and placed them on deck. I think I secure these with some rope later on. What do you think? The rigging part of a ship is still not my thing yet, but it grows on me. The rigging of this ship isn't that complicated compared to square rigged ships, however, to make it look authentic is still a hard thing to do. Well, that's it for this update. Until the next one. Thanks for following my log it's really appreciated.
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    Hi Dan, Thanks for visiting my log. I hope that some of the techniques I show will help you and others on their way. That’s the contribution of a forum.
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    Very nice planking job Frank, you should be proud on the result so far. Slow is good when it comes to this hobby. 😃
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    Hi Larry, Try to contact these guys and they can probably help you out. Welcome to Mantua Model UK Wooden Model Ship and Boat kits Good luck with the build of this beauty and please take the advice of the members here into account.
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    Hoi Dan, Ik ontdek nu pas jouw bouwverslag. Goed verslag om te zien en je hebt een echt bouwtalent. Het ziet er netjes en heel verzorgd uit. Ik blijf je volgen. Hi Dan, I just recently found your buildlog. You have some serious modeling skills. Everything looks neat and tidy.
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    Hi David, nice of you to visit my log and leave a comment. Thanks for that! I'll keep following your HMS Victory Cross section build. It's pretty good stuff. ☺️
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    This will be a special one. I'll put up a chair on the first row!
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    This is a nice kit of Corel. You make a special edition of it. Nice work!

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