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@Dowmer @GrandpaPhil After mounting the main mast backstays, I was surprised to see that they go very close to the top and partly touch it. What happened there? Is the plan wrong? Are the attachment points for the lanyards on the channels incorrect or too far inside? In my search for explanations I found what I was looking for. On the one hand, I read that it apparently often happened that the backstays came too close to the tops, and thus there was a danger of rubbing. And, this is exactly the case with the L'Hermione as well. And, as you can see in the next picture, the backstays were dressed in the critical areas. So this detail would also be cleared up. Accordingly, I will additionally serve the corresponding backstays in the said areas. Finally, I would like to show you the double blocks for the shifting backstays that have been made in the meantime. The smaller double blocks are for the shifting backstays that lead to the mizzen topgallant.
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@mbp521 Hello, thank you for your positive comment. I also want to thank the others for the many LIKES. Today I made the standing fore topgallants backstays. For these standing backstays, two on each side of the ship, I make the lanyards from Japanese silk 3x 3, which gives a diameter of 0.40 mm. The backstays are made of rope with a diameter of 0.77 mm, also made of Japanese silk 7 x 3. The dead eyes have a diameter of 3.4 mm. Here you can see the fore top head with the standing backstays: And you can also see the mizzen top backstays. Please note the metal plates for the fids.
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Hi Christian, very precise and clean job. I am very interested to see how it will continue.
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Hello, before I start, I would like to show the mizzen topmast head with the standing backstays as a supplement to my last report. Contrary to my announcement, I will finish all the standing backstays first. It makes more sense to finish the rigging on one level first and then go upstairs. So I continued with the main topmast backstays. I made these backstays from a rope with ø 0.81 mm (8 x 3 jap. silk YLI). The dead eyes have a diameter of 4 mm). Here you can see the main topmast with the backstays. The double blocks for the shifting backstays are already installed on the channel of the main mast.
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@archnav @Mic.fr thank you both for the kind comments. Thanks to the others for all the LIKES, of course. It is always a pleasure to receive such feedback. It motivates me and gives me strength for monotonous work. I have now finished the mizzen topmast backstays for the starboard side. For these standing backstays, two on each side of the ship, I made the lanyards from Japanese silk 4 x 1, which gives a diameter of 0.30 mm. The next step is to attach the shifting backstays for the mizzen topgallant.
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Hi Karl, fantastic work !
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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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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Here's a quick update:
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@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.
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Fantastic work !
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In the meantime I have created the preconditions for setting the topmast shrouds. I made the necessary ropes myself.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ancre Frigate AURORE 1697 by s.v.atanasov
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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.
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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.
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Fantastic Work !
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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.
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