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Hi Karl, fantastic work !

In the meantime I have finished the mizzen topmast shrouds. I have made the preparations for the mizzen topmast backstays. The implementation will take place soon. Here I show how to determine the diameter of a rope relatively accurately (13,6,41 mm / 20 = 0,67 mm). The picture shows a dead eye with a diameter of 2.8 mm for the tackle to be attached to the mizzen topmast backstays on the channels. You can also see a rope with a diameter of 0.67 mm for the mizzen topmast backstays.

@noel_colledge @Jeronimo Hello, I would like to thank you in advance for your attention, and of course all the others for the many LIKES. I almost forgot the tye blocks for the mizzen topmast. These tye blocks are 5 mm long, so they are smaller than, for example, the main masthead. The double strops are also thinner, but also served. The dead eyes and the block are only shown for size comparison.

@captain_hook @bruce d Thank you very much for your nice comments and to all the others for the many LIKES. In the meantime I am already working on the mizzen topmast shrouds. There the dead eyes have a diameter of only 2.3 m.

@Jorge Diaz O Thank you very much for your positive comment. Also many thanks to all for the many LIKES. In the meantime I have also finished the fore topmast shrouds (ø 0.67 mm). The diameter of the dead eyes is ø 3.1 mm.

Here's a quick update:

@Gahm @giampieroricci @aviaamator @Keith Black Thank you very much for your participation in my project and the motivating announcements. Thank you also to all the others for the LIKES. And here are the latest pictures of the rigging of the topmast shrouds.

Fantastic work !

In the meantime I have created the preconditions for setting the topmast shrouds. I made the necessary ropes myself.

Hello, I feel the same as Wefalck and Michael, by chance I came across this fantastic construction report. I have followed Ed Tosti's report on the construction of the Young America with great interest for a long time. Now I see your report on this beautiful clipper and the precision of your workmanship. I am thrilled and look forward to the continuation. I am grateful to you for sharing your project with us.

Hello, it is always a great pleasure when you see that others show an interest in what you do. Many thanks for that. The tye blocks for the main mast top have also been completed in the meantime. I hope that the pictures speak for themselves.

Hello, I would like to thank you for your attention and interest. The strops with collars for the tye blocks of the fore topmast are finished. The tye blocks are hung in and the pendants are put on.

Fantastic Work !

Hello, at the moment I make the heavy tye blocks with real sheaves. The single blocks are 7.9 mm long. They have double stropps and are lashed with two eyes on one collar.

Hello, here I have tried to show how the tye blocks are attached to the sides of the top masts. Later, the pendants are placed on top of them, and only then do the shrouds follow. Therefore, the last picture in the previous report is not quite correct.

Superb work !

Superb Work !

Fantastic Work !

First of all, many thanks to all of you for your interest in my construction report. After a very busy week, I got back to model building a bit. And again a few small things for the model on the way to the goal. After the last work on the mast tops, the corvette's standing rigging is being built one floor higher. Before the topmast shrouds can be put on, I first have to make and put on the burton pendants for the topmast burton takle.

Hello, here is the continuation of making the block strops for the guide blocks of the foremast top.

@Dowmer @FriedClams Hello, thanks for your positive comments and all the others for the LIKES. The foremast top also requires various guide blocks. These are attached to the underside, as can be seen in the first picture. Quelle: Musée de la Marine Paris – La Crèole The small blocks of around 3.5 mm in length are only indicated by the sheaves. The large blocks, as seen in the picture for example, I equip with brass sheaves. For making the block strops I will serve ropes with a diameter of 0.35 mm. More about that soon.

Hello, first of all, I would like to thank you for the positive reaction and of course for the many LIKES. As can be seen in the following picture, the last eye for attaching the last ratlines of the futtock shrouds of the foremast has just been spliced directly on model. This gives me cause to deal with the execution of the shrouds of the topmasts and subsequently with the corresponding ratlines. Some time ago I dealt intensively with the diameters of the ropes for the ratlines. In this respect I may refer to the corresponding passages in my construction report: LINK (you have to scroll down). After several attempts and interesting discussions in various forums, I finally decided to make the ratlines of the lower shrouds of my model with ø 0.35 mm (corresponds to ø16.8 mm in the original). In retrospect, this decision proved to be completely correct. The weaving lines of ø 0.43 mm (ø 21 mm in the original), according to the information in the monograph by Jean Boudriot, would appear too thick on the model. Since the topmast shrouds were much thinner than the lower shrouds (comparison on the model: topmast shrouds of the foremast ø 0.66 mm / foremast shrouds ø 1.08 mm), their ratlines should also have smaller diameters. At the moment, I am therefore trying to clarify whether the required eye splices can be made with rope thicknesses of ø 0.25 mm. For this purpose, I made a splicing tool with a smaller diameter ø 0.8 mm, as shown in the next picture. The making of an eye splice (push through 2 times) with a rope thickness of ø 0.35 mm has become quite successful due to much practice. With a 0.25 mm diameter, it is much more difficult and not yet so easy. The macro shots make the whole thing seem more harmless than it actually is. Whether I can apply this to the topmast shrouds in this way, I will have to clarify and ultimately decide in due course through further trials. Alternatively, a cow hitch knot would be conceivable. Both possibilities are shown in the last picture with a rope corresponding to the topmast shrouds. Below I show a comparison of a ratline connection as it has been made for the lower mast shrouds. In the end, I like the version with an eye splice better, as it is not so thick and comes closer to the original. What is your opinion?

Hello, here is the continuation for the futtock shrouds of the foremast. The futtock shrouds are temporarily attached so that corrections can still be made.

Hello, between the holidays I was able to spend more time on model building. Unfortunately there is nothing spectacular and new to report: Continued: Ratlines - Enfléchures The last ratlines knots on the port side lower shrouds of the foremast have been set. Now all lower shrouds of La Créole are equipped with ratlines. The preparations for the missing futtock shrouds on the foremast are already in progress. I am currently making the corresponding rigging elements.

Many thanks for the nice comments and the LIKES. I would also like to thank you for your loyalty and interest in my construction report for the past year and hope that you will pay attention to my report again in the new year. I wish you all a happy new year and above all good health.