Geoff Matson
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Good luck and be patient. This build will be quite an undertaking. Have fun and go make some sawdust. -
Lots of the same stuff. I finished the Main Mast Yards. Not much different from the fore Mast Yards. I have everything on the yards that I want prior to hanging them on the mast. Now onto the Mizzen Mast
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Looking great. I am interested in seeing when you install the bowsprit. Once it is installed it will make for a really long model.
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Ed, Your process of the serving and deadeyes is great. I am heavily into the rigging of my Constitution, and am amazed at the detail you develop. I will definitely give this this way of serving a go on my next model.
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Thanks Bill Any questions I can help you with, just ask, and I will do my best.
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Glad to have you back and making sawdust Danny
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Hello Marc I am presently working the Constitution. I am assembling my masts, yards, and rigging the way you are suggesting. The Constitution has three masts, some gaffs, and the bowsprit. I have install as much of the rigging as I can off the model. I have a great deal of blocks, eyebolts, bullseyes, and thimbles to rig. Off the mast assembly seems to work for me. I just can't imagine trying to to it all on the model. For my rigging I am using all cotton line made on the Byrnes ropewalk. My line is glued with diluted white glue. That way if a make a mistakes, all I have to do is wet, and untie the knots. Feel free to check out my build log. Xken is also rigging his Constitution the same way. Hope this helps.
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The only place I grow hair now is in my nose or ears. If you glue styrene to styrene, I have better results with the glue made for the styrene. It seems to weld the pieces together. For the styrene to wood the CA seems to work best
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Jim The use of a heat gun or hair dryer can really help in getting the styrene to bend. I found it really helpful with the styrene chaffing pieces on the masts. On my boats, a couple of passes with the heat gun helped my ribs fit snug to the boat. Things are looking great. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks for the rigging tips. I will be using them when when I get to that part.
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Tom I did just that. Small eye bolts with a thin brass rod through them. The one draw back to the jackstays is when you rig the yard you have to pass the line under the back stays. It makes it a little harder but I like the results. Your Conny is looking great.
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I finished working on the pre rigging of my foremast yards. The royal yard The top gallant yard The topsail yard The main yard All four foremast yards
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Submarineman, A little off topic, but I was Mineman in the Navy 67-71. Now back on topic. I have have found the best sources for thread to be Hobby Lobby, Joanne Fabric, Handcock Fabric, and the internet. The best thing to do is shop around and then make some test runs with your ropewalk to see if you are getting the desired result needed. Then when decide on a model, make a scale chart, (see previous post), so you can see the relationship of real size line to your scale size line. You will not need many sizes. Anything from 1/2 inch to about three inch will do fine. A hand crank serving machine will help out a lot, see xken Constitution build for his serving machine. Ken is a great builder and I wish I had his talents, and also a third hand to hold things. I try to rig as much off the model as I can trying to keep the rigging under control. Hope this helps and I am looking forward to your build.
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I make my own line and can twist it pretty tight. So far no problems with it stretching. When I am ready to use the line I give the piece of line a few tugs to help set it a little.
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I wasn't happy with the way my first attempt at rigging the foremast yard. I knew it would bother me too much, so I decided to redo it. Here are my results. I am very happy the way the foot ropes turned out. Overall, things just look better.
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Harvey Thanks for interest. I really like the index cards and often refer to them during the build. They are also a great asset when you need to reference how you rigged a previous line. The niece thing about the rigging line chart is that it gives you the true perspective of what the actual line would look like.
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For each size of line I use I make a 3x5 card for reference. Each card shows the single strand, three strand and nine strand. I then use the ships rigging plan and scale conversion chart to match the size of line I need to the size of line I use The scale conversion chart is a great key to have.
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J I use a Byrnes rope walk
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I have been busy making line for my running rigging.
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Nice to see you back to work. I look forward to another great build
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Dave I enjoy watching you turn problems into fixes. You are doing a great job and when you are finished you will have a great model.
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I have everything pre rigged on my foremast lower yard. I am sure glad I did this off the mast. There was a lot of fiddling and adjustments to be made and I know it would have been a real pain to do on the mast. Everything is a learning curve. I hope rigging the main mast yard will go a little easier. Now I have to make up some more line so I will be making rope for a while.
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I also agree to do the shrouds and then attach the yard. I always put a pin in the yard and a hole in the mast where it will go, the way The yard will stay in play while you rig it yo the mast. I step the mast from the deck up. I also found it very good idea to rig much of the yard while off the mast before you install.
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