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    Tom, That's a viable method. The best thing is as B.E. pointed out... do a test and see which looks better to your eye.
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    Wonderful work, Jack. I do hope you stay well as it's not easy being the caretaker for those who get the flu.
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    Beautiful work, Bill. Your eye for detail is working overtime.
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    John, I haven't seen that. I use http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/contents.html Falconer's. I have 4 of their monographs and all are worth the price.
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    True, Eric. Ok.. scratch that then.
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    Jim, Lovely work on that bowspit. I think most of us go from stern to bow for standing and then repeat for running rigging. Rigging from bow to stern means the rigging for the stays, etc, get in the way. The catch of course is... whatever works for you is the right way. As for the connections to the bowspit (red) for the questioned rigging, probably a rope collar. Lee's only mentions those lines being seized to eyebolts in the hull/stem. Hmm.... what I'm not seeing is anyway to adjust the tension on those lines... The ones in green were siezed to a heart/thimble that was attached to a rope collar.
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    It's great to see an update... She's very striking and what Nils said.. It's incredible what you do with paper.
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    I'll add that you really don't want the boat anchored when it's run it's bow on the bank. Debris floating downstream would create some serious problems if the stern couldn't swing if hit.
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    Nope.. this is where kit logs go: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-build-logs-for-ship-model-kits/ Read the pinned topic about naming and starting your log first though. Now... get your kit and have some fun.
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    Just amazing, Carl. Your work is way beyond my pay grade.
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    The Constellation isn't small by any means Doris and it is a 3-mast vessel. That is if we're speaking of the same Constellation.... I've got a build log on the AL frigate kit that I bashed into the sloop of war. The AL kit represents the bastardized version that sat in Baltimore before it's restoration to the sloop of war that it actually is/was. I have link to my build down in my signature.
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    Congrats on the Jeep, Lextin!!!!!
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    Impressive, Michael. Looks perfect from here.
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    Hi Rob,
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    Hi Bill,
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    Hi Brian,
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    Hello Valter,
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    Hello Constant, Lovely work on your models.
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    Hi Glenn,
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    Bruce, Before buying any tools... go here in the article database: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-materials-and-tools.php There's several articles on tools including one about tools to not buy.
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    Charlie, On the coamings... will they be set into the deck planking or on top of it? You might want to lay some dummy deck planking (don't even need to glue it down) to check the height of the coamings. I'm not even going to try to sort out the carronades as I've not run into any yet in my builds to have given them thoughts..
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    Do you have a length or dimensions? It might help us help you.
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    The easiest way is to paint the rigging with some matte varnish or use a 50/50 mix of white glue and water. I use the glue/water myself but.. some types of line shrink so test first.
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    Hi Jay, I finally caught up with your log. I hope you don't mind if I follow along. Interesting wood choices you've made and you're giving me ideas....

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