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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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    A nice build of a beautiful ship. You are doing a great job. Love the step by step pictures of the proces.
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    Hi Bob, I think you are one of the most devoted followers of my log always leaving a message. Thank you for that! 👍
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    Rigging the main mast (part 1) Hi all, Today a first part of the rigging of the main mast. First I had to draw the rigging plan on paper and second to make it in real life. I start at the bottom part because the ropes that hold the pins needs to be served. I never done this before so a first time for everything I guess. I use a serving tool of Syren ship models. Syren Servo-Matic ship model rope serving machine (syrenshipmodelcompany.com) It's a pretty simple device that comes into several parts that needs to be glued together. The parts are made of solid Cherry and it's a very nice wood. I cleaned the parts and put some oil on it. A tool for life! After that there is the bottom brass tube that holds the bobbin and just above that the rope that needs to be served. Connecting the threat to the rope at one end and then turning the wheel so to say to serve the rope. I never done this before and after a few tries I got the hang of it. I need to make two pairs of 6 served ropes, so in total 12. After serving, I need to connect the ends and serve this part by hand. Connect the pins to the served rope and then to the bulwarks.... That's it for part 1....
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    Continuation of the rigging (part 2) Hello everyone. It's always nice to mark a few completed tasks on my buildlist. Still plenty of to do's left tho... Attaching the anchors One of the tasks completed is the attachment of the anchors on the davits. For this I'm using a double pulley block, rope and a lot of patience.... This is done with beige colored rope and is part of the running rigging. At the bottom of the outrigger, the rope is attached to an eyelet and then threaded through a double sheave block and finally runs over two sheaves from the davit to a cleat. There the rope is secured and the end is tucked behind a beam against the bulwark/side wall. The anchor buoy is attached to the anchor. I thought it would be a nice effect to let it hang at both anchors. This means that the rope will lie rolled up on the deck. Not super neat as they sometimes do with cannons, but simply piled up like a coil of rope. I need to tidy up the latter a bit. The anchor rope is also attached to the ring of the anchor. It was laid out neatly and it was not easy to imitate the weight of that rope. The rope eventually runs through one of the holes of a grate to the hold. This rope is very heavy and therefore it has been deliberately laid fairly taut. Standing Rigging Foremast fixed After 48 hours I tightened and secured the ropes. The ends are tied together and tucked against the side wall / bulwark behind a beam. It's a very small space and you can't just get the loops in between. To do this neatly and "quickly", I tied a thread around the ends of the bottom loops and used the thread to pull it behind the bar. This is going very well and with some dedication it is easy to get them behind the bar. When it's neatly behind it, I simply remove the string and that's it. First set of rowing oars completed The first set of 9 oars are made and placed on the deck. Each oar is built entirely by hand from different parts. They are very labor intensive to make. I have to make another set of 9 oars to do and that will also take some hours of work. That's for a next update. That's it for this update. I hope you're still following and please leave a comment if you like. Thanks for all the interest! Regards, Pete
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    Hello everybody, The first quarter of the year has past. With my work (we work with quarter results) it's always a sprint to the end of the quarter. Not much modeling time during these periods, however I did manage to lay some ropes here and there. This means that the woodworking part of the build is coming to an end. Still there's some woodworking to do on the ship, but it's not that much work anymore. The new phase of rigging makes an entrance. It's the part of the build where I'm not at my strongest. I may need some help here and there on rigging this ship. Second, I decided to discard the rigging plans of the kit. The rigging plans are great to follow, very detailed and helpfull, however not complete to rig this ship the way I want to. I have no other plans and so I have to do it with photomaterial of other Xebec's and reverse engineer the rigging. It's a nice task to learn to understand the working of the rigging and how to sail such a ship. I start with all the standing rigging, which will be a dark brown collored synthetic rope. All ropes are made by Ben of ropesofscale. The running rigging will be tanned collored. The standing rigging holds the masts in place and I start with the Foremast. Normally I would like to start with the Main mast, however I like to attach the anchors and so the rigging of the Foremast has to be finished. I reversed engineered the standing rigging with all the blocks and made a (terrible) draft how it should be. I use 9mm and 7mm rope. In this update I only come to the upper part of the standing rigging of the Foremast. I had to figure out how to make the loops and attachment on the mast. The upper blocks are bound to the mast by means of two bindings. So far part 1. regards, Pete
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    Thanks CiscoH. Happy to share my work. ☺️
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    Hello everybody, This weekend I made some rigging preperations. Drilled a couple of holes and made some ropeloops. After this I started carving the figurehead. This ship originally didn't have one however I keep having a thought of having an Eagle as a figurehead. So I carved a Spanish Imperial Eagle, due to the fact this is a Spanish Xebec. This type of eagle is an endangered spiecies and lives only in a remote region in the South of Spain. The eagle looks similair to the more known golden eagle and is almost the same size. See you next time, and thanks for following my log. Pete
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    Thank you Gord @gmctaggart 😀
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    Thanks Bob! I'm learning every day.... Hi Lee J H, The wood I use is European Boxwood, it's different from Castello Boxwood and not easy to find. regards, Peter
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    Hi everybody, The last work on my Xebec is a continuation of some of the woodcarvings. I'll show you the proces. The "column shaped" design is more and less the design OcCre went for in their kit and I liked it and so kept it. Just made them out of wood instead of the prefabricated castings. regards, Peter
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    I've build this AL kit as well and had lot's of fun with her. Excellent for bashing, and I did plenty of that....so I'll go for the beer and crackers. ☺️ If you like to have al look, my buildlog is on this forum, just look it up. Good luck and have fun.
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    I'm glad to be any help. Thank you for following my log @Lee J H I hope many on this forum follows your F.W. zu Pferde build as well.
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    That looks very good! Fairing of the hull looks excellent! Well done so far and you are going fast....

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