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Okay - so today I added the bolt rope to another sail - no need to add pictures for that. It's another stay sail, so they would look pretty much identical to the previous pictures I've posted. Then, as a change of scenery, I began adding the mizzen shrouds. These are using (as a note to self as much as anything) 4 strand, 2x threads per strand, from #50 DMC Cordonnet thread, dyed in Rit Cocoa brown die. The captain's clearly a showy so and so, so he's used contrasting natural #20 DMC cordonnet thread for the lanyards.
 
The lanyards are something of a challenge. I've added two starboard pairs and one port pair so far (alternating sides, beginning to starboard), and because the dead-eyes are inside  the railing, and the lanyard needs to pass through the railing  from the outside on the lower deadeye, it took me lots of fiddling with tweezers, super-glue strengthened end of the lanyard and summoning of patience, before I realised that it was possibly simply to bend the deadeye in towards the centreline of the deck to rig it, and then bend it back out again. This is by far the easiest method I've found, and it's made the task achievable (still fiddly, but possible). I'm not sure whether leaving the deadeyes detached until this point would have helped matters, as I haven't tried that approach, but certainly one for builders of this model to watch out for.  
 
Here are some photos of progress so far. I haven't put watered down Aliphatic resin (carpenter's glue) on these yet, so the ends are left long intentionally. I'll do the whole lot in one go, once I'd happy they're all a good length.
 
One deadeye is rigged off the ship (I have a little template to keep the distances consistent), then the shroud is wrapped round the mast, through the crosstrees and top, and brought back down to have the other deadeye rigged. Before I rig the second deadeye, I put on the first lanyard, so that I can gauge where the second deadeye should go.
 
  


Thank you to everyone for the likes and encouragement.
 
 

Thanks Dusan,
 
I've been working on the table of offsets. 
 
1. I traced the stations, giving the following table: (note negative values are because I've maintained the right of centre and left of centre frames so I can easily do a visual check of the output with a line graph.)
 
  TRACED FROM PLAN           Distance from centre (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       735 1476 2268 S   303 1120 2056 3019 3825 Q   921 2068 3202 4162 4820 O   1560 2929 4102 4976 5438 M   2153 3618 4747 5490 5805 K   2775 4218 5207 5784 5972 H   3247 4617 5485 5923 6025 F   3604 4856 5635 5999 6066 D   3787 4975 5688 6014 6066 B   3908 5019 5712 6015 6066 Ø   3990 5065 5737 6015 6066 Ø (bow)   -4001 -5064 -5740 -6031 -6069 1   -3940 -5016 -5724 -6032 -6069 3   -3848 -4949 -5675 -6022 -6059 5   -3631 -4811 -5602 -5992 -6049 7   -3428 -4640 -5486 -5934 -6029 9   -3088 -4394 -5324 -5850 -5976 11   -2541 -4027 -5078 -5692 -5912 13   -2029 -3581 -4754 -5507 -5795 15   -1505 -2997 -4272 -5192 -5591 17   -1062 -2348 -3706 -4805 -5364 19   -718 -1636 -2855 -4236 -5062 21   -434 -981 -1936 -3344 -4582 23   -229 -496 -1050 -2163 -3725 25   -111 -210 -416 -879 -2079 AP          
   
The second task was to cross-check these against the half-breadth plan, which gave the following offsets:
 
  Distance from centre (updated by half-breadth) (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       732 1490 2343 S   267 1052 2027 2925 3830 Q   910 2025 3120 4090 4803 O   1535 2878 4001 4922 5435 M   2131 3608 4679 5446 5788 K   2694 4186 5161 5763 5975 H 93 3181 4575 5454 5922 6055 F 960 3563 4826 5620 5983 6080 D 1453 3784 4968 5696 6005 6084 B 1717 3896 5046 5731 6022 6080 (B) 1824 3938 5075 5744 6030 6076 Ø 1845 3930 5062 5741 6024 6048 Ø (bow) -1844 -3923 -5054 -5739 -6020 -6048 1 -1794 -3868 -4997 -5724 -6003 -6045 3 -1619 -3770 -4904 -5687 -5992 -6038 5 -1342 -3639 -4803 -5630 -5978 -6033 7 -854 -3411 -4641 -5526 -5931 -6024 9 -111 -3055 -4389 -5360 -5845 -5996 11   -2571 -4028 -5118 -5720 -5920 13   -2031 -3562 -4782 -5528 -5795 15   -1492 -2972 -4308 -5220 -5630 17   -1062 -2334 -3704 -4831 -5421 19   -707 -1638 -2883 -4232 -5121 21   -434 -991 -1930 -3307 -4624 23   -235 -509 -1093 -2134 -3670 25   -106 -211 -429 -885 -2042 AP              
Finally, I copied these back over the plans, and made a few modifications to the U and S stations at WL5 and WL4 so that the stations flowed smoothly.
 
The following changes were made:
U, WL5 = 2190
S, WL4 = 3018, WL5 = 3788
 
The following image shows the original lines traced off the plans in white, and the updated lines taken from the half-breadth in green. As can be seen, the differences are fairly negligible, except at the extreme breadth, where they become a little more significant. The difference amounts to a maximum of 7.7 centimetres at 1:1 scale, so nothing too dramatic.

This image shows some of the differences more closely - cyan is the plan lines, and orange the updated lines from the half-breadth.

The next step is to begin working out framing distances, and lofting the frames using the curves these stations produce...

 
Anyway - that's enough from me for now. Happy building, all.

Well that Wasa/Vasa pointed that out very well.  

Looking at those pictures it really is shocking how close the lower gunports were to the waterline. The idea of these ships heeling under sail is scary.
 
Thank you for sharing this research and build with us all. Simply fascinating.

Looking at those pictures it really is shocking how close the lower gunports were to the waterline. The idea of these ships heeling under sail is scary.
 
Thank you for sharing this research and build with us all. Simply fascinating.

Thanks Dusan,
 
I've been working on the table of offsets. 
 
1. I traced the stations, giving the following table: (note negative values are because I've maintained the right of centre and left of centre frames so I can easily do a visual check of the output with a line graph.)
 
  TRACED FROM PLAN           Distance from centre (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       735 1476 2268 S   303 1120 2056 3019 3825 Q   921 2068 3202 4162 4820 O   1560 2929 4102 4976 5438 M   2153 3618 4747 5490 5805 K   2775 4218 5207 5784 5972 H   3247 4617 5485 5923 6025 F   3604 4856 5635 5999 6066 D   3787 4975 5688 6014 6066 B   3908 5019 5712 6015 6066 Ø   3990 5065 5737 6015 6066 Ø (bow)   -4001 -5064 -5740 -6031 -6069 1   -3940 -5016 -5724 -6032 -6069 3   -3848 -4949 -5675 -6022 -6059 5   -3631 -4811 -5602 -5992 -6049 7   -3428 -4640 -5486 -5934 -6029 9   -3088 -4394 -5324 -5850 -5976 11   -2541 -4027 -5078 -5692 -5912 13   -2029 -3581 -4754 -5507 -5795 15   -1505 -2997 -4272 -5192 -5591 17   -1062 -2348 -3706 -4805 -5364 19   -718 -1636 -2855 -4236 -5062 21   -434 -981 -1936 -3344 -4582 23   -229 -496 -1050 -2163 -3725 25   -111 -210 -416 -879 -2079 AP          
   
The second task was to cross-check these against the half-breadth plan, which gave the following offsets:
 
  Distance from centre (updated by half-breadth) (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       732 1490 2343 S   267 1052 2027 2925 3830 Q   910 2025 3120 4090 4803 O   1535 2878 4001 4922 5435 M   2131 3608 4679 5446 5788 K   2694 4186 5161 5763 5975 H 93 3181 4575 5454 5922 6055 F 960 3563 4826 5620 5983 6080 D 1453 3784 4968 5696 6005 6084 B 1717 3896 5046 5731 6022 6080 (B) 1824 3938 5075 5744 6030 6076 Ø 1845 3930 5062 5741 6024 6048 Ø (bow) -1844 -3923 -5054 -5739 -6020 -6048 1 -1794 -3868 -4997 -5724 -6003 -6045 3 -1619 -3770 -4904 -5687 -5992 -6038 5 -1342 -3639 -4803 -5630 -5978 -6033 7 -854 -3411 -4641 -5526 -5931 -6024 9 -111 -3055 -4389 -5360 -5845 -5996 11   -2571 -4028 -5118 -5720 -5920 13   -2031 -3562 -4782 -5528 -5795 15   -1492 -2972 -4308 -5220 -5630 17   -1062 -2334 -3704 -4831 -5421 19   -707 -1638 -2883 -4232 -5121 21   -434 -991 -1930 -3307 -4624 23   -235 -509 -1093 -2134 -3670 25   -106 -211 -429 -885 -2042 AP              
Finally, I copied these back over the plans, and made a few modifications to the U and S stations at WL5 and WL4 so that the stations flowed smoothly.
 
The following changes were made:
U, WL5 = 2190
S, WL4 = 3018, WL5 = 3788
 
The following image shows the original lines traced off the plans in white, and the updated lines taken from the half-breadth in green. As can be seen, the differences are fairly negligible, except at the extreme breadth, where they become a little more significant. The difference amounts to a maximum of 7.7 centimetres at 1:1 scale, so nothing too dramatic.

This image shows some of the differences more closely - cyan is the plan lines, and orange the updated lines from the half-breadth.

The next step is to begin working out framing distances, and lofting the frames using the curves these stations produce...

 
Anyway - that's enough from me for now. Happy building, all.

Looking at those pictures it really is shocking how close the lower gunports were to the waterline. The idea of these ships heeling under sail is scary.
 
Thank you for sharing this research and build with us all. Simply fascinating.

Thanks Dusan,
 
I've been working on the table of offsets. 
 
1. I traced the stations, giving the following table: (note negative values are because I've maintained the right of centre and left of centre frames so I can easily do a visual check of the output with a line graph.)
 
  TRACED FROM PLAN           Distance from centre (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       735 1476 2268 S   303 1120 2056 3019 3825 Q   921 2068 3202 4162 4820 O   1560 2929 4102 4976 5438 M   2153 3618 4747 5490 5805 K   2775 4218 5207 5784 5972 H   3247 4617 5485 5923 6025 F   3604 4856 5635 5999 6066 D   3787 4975 5688 6014 6066 B   3908 5019 5712 6015 6066 Ø   3990 5065 5737 6015 6066 Ø (bow)   -4001 -5064 -5740 -6031 -6069 1   -3940 -5016 -5724 -6032 -6069 3   -3848 -4949 -5675 -6022 -6059 5   -3631 -4811 -5602 -5992 -6049 7   -3428 -4640 -5486 -5934 -6029 9   -3088 -4394 -5324 -5850 -5976 11   -2541 -4027 -5078 -5692 -5912 13   -2029 -3581 -4754 -5507 -5795 15   -1505 -2997 -4272 -5192 -5591 17   -1062 -2348 -3706 -4805 -5364 19   -718 -1636 -2855 -4236 -5062 21   -434 -981 -1936 -3344 -4582 23   -229 -496 -1050 -2163 -3725 25   -111 -210 -416 -879 -2079 AP          
   
The second task was to cross-check these against the half-breadth plan, which gave the following offsets:
 
  Distance from centre (updated by half-breadth) (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       732 1490 2343 S   267 1052 2027 2925 3830 Q   910 2025 3120 4090 4803 O   1535 2878 4001 4922 5435 M   2131 3608 4679 5446 5788 K   2694 4186 5161 5763 5975 H 93 3181 4575 5454 5922 6055 F 960 3563 4826 5620 5983 6080 D 1453 3784 4968 5696 6005 6084 B 1717 3896 5046 5731 6022 6080 (B) 1824 3938 5075 5744 6030 6076 Ø 1845 3930 5062 5741 6024 6048 Ø (bow) -1844 -3923 -5054 -5739 -6020 -6048 1 -1794 -3868 -4997 -5724 -6003 -6045 3 -1619 -3770 -4904 -5687 -5992 -6038 5 -1342 -3639 -4803 -5630 -5978 -6033 7 -854 -3411 -4641 -5526 -5931 -6024 9 -111 -3055 -4389 -5360 -5845 -5996 11   -2571 -4028 -5118 -5720 -5920 13   -2031 -3562 -4782 -5528 -5795 15   -1492 -2972 -4308 -5220 -5630 17   -1062 -2334 -3704 -4831 -5421 19   -707 -1638 -2883 -4232 -5121 21   -434 -991 -1930 -3307 -4624 23   -235 -509 -1093 -2134 -3670 25   -106 -211 -429 -885 -2042 AP              
Finally, I copied these back over the plans, and made a few modifications to the U and S stations at WL5 and WL4 so that the stations flowed smoothly.
 
The following changes were made:
U, WL5 = 2190
S, WL4 = 3018, WL5 = 3788
 
The following image shows the original lines traced off the plans in white, and the updated lines taken from the half-breadth in green. As can be seen, the differences are fairly negligible, except at the extreme breadth, where they become a little more significant. The difference amounts to a maximum of 7.7 centimetres at 1:1 scale, so nothing too dramatic.

This image shows some of the differences more closely - cyan is the plan lines, and orange the updated lines from the half-breadth.

The next step is to begin working out framing distances, and lofting the frames using the curves these stations produce...

 
Anyway - that's enough from me for now. Happy building, all.

Thanks Dusan,
 
I've been working on the table of offsets. 
 
1. I traced the stations, giving the following table: (note negative values are because I've maintained the right of centre and left of centre frames so I can easily do a visual check of the output with a line graph.)
 
  TRACED FROM PLAN           Distance from centre (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       735 1476 2268 S   303 1120 2056 3019 3825 Q   921 2068 3202 4162 4820 O   1560 2929 4102 4976 5438 M   2153 3618 4747 5490 5805 K   2775 4218 5207 5784 5972 H   3247 4617 5485 5923 6025 F   3604 4856 5635 5999 6066 D   3787 4975 5688 6014 6066 B   3908 5019 5712 6015 6066 Ø   3990 5065 5737 6015 6066 Ø (bow)   -4001 -5064 -5740 -6031 -6069 1   -3940 -5016 -5724 -6032 -6069 3   -3848 -4949 -5675 -6022 -6059 5   -3631 -4811 -5602 -5992 -6049 7   -3428 -4640 -5486 -5934 -6029 9   -3088 -4394 -5324 -5850 -5976 11   -2541 -4027 -5078 -5692 -5912 13   -2029 -3581 -4754 -5507 -5795 15   -1505 -2997 -4272 -5192 -5591 17   -1062 -2348 -3706 -4805 -5364 19   -718 -1636 -2855 -4236 -5062 21   -434 -981 -1936 -3344 -4582 23   -229 -496 -1050 -2163 -3725 25   -111 -210 -416 -879 -2079 AP          
   
The second task was to cross-check these against the half-breadth plan, which gave the following offsets:
 
  Distance from centre (updated by half-breadth) (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       732 1490 2343 S   267 1052 2027 2925 3830 Q   910 2025 3120 4090 4803 O   1535 2878 4001 4922 5435 M   2131 3608 4679 5446 5788 K   2694 4186 5161 5763 5975 H 93 3181 4575 5454 5922 6055 F 960 3563 4826 5620 5983 6080 D 1453 3784 4968 5696 6005 6084 B 1717 3896 5046 5731 6022 6080 (B) 1824 3938 5075 5744 6030 6076 Ø 1845 3930 5062 5741 6024 6048 Ø (bow) -1844 -3923 -5054 -5739 -6020 -6048 1 -1794 -3868 -4997 -5724 -6003 -6045 3 -1619 -3770 -4904 -5687 -5992 -6038 5 -1342 -3639 -4803 -5630 -5978 -6033 7 -854 -3411 -4641 -5526 -5931 -6024 9 -111 -3055 -4389 -5360 -5845 -5996 11   -2571 -4028 -5118 -5720 -5920 13   -2031 -3562 -4782 -5528 -5795 15   -1492 -2972 -4308 -5220 -5630 17   -1062 -2334 -3704 -4831 -5421 19   -707 -1638 -2883 -4232 -5121 21   -434 -991 -1930 -3307 -4624 23   -235 -509 -1093 -2134 -3670 25   -106 -211 -429 -885 -2042 AP              
Finally, I copied these back over the plans, and made a few modifications to the U and S stations at WL5 and WL4 so that the stations flowed smoothly.
 
The following changes were made:
U, WL5 = 2190
S, WL4 = 3018, WL5 = 3788
 
The following image shows the original lines traced off the plans in white, and the updated lines taken from the half-breadth in green. As can be seen, the differences are fairly negligible, except at the extreme breadth, where they become a little more significant. The difference amounts to a maximum of 7.7 centimetres at 1:1 scale, so nothing too dramatic.

This image shows some of the differences more closely - cyan is the plan lines, and orange the updated lines from the half-breadth.

The next step is to begin working out framing distances, and lofting the frames using the curves these stations produce...

 
Anyway - that's enough from me for now. Happy building, all.

Thanks Dusan,
 
I've been working on the table of offsets. 
 
1. I traced the stations, giving the following table: (note negative values are because I've maintained the right of centre and left of centre frames so I can easily do a visual check of the output with a line graph.)
 
  TRACED FROM PLAN           Distance from centre (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       735 1476 2268 S   303 1120 2056 3019 3825 Q   921 2068 3202 4162 4820 O   1560 2929 4102 4976 5438 M   2153 3618 4747 5490 5805 K   2775 4218 5207 5784 5972 H   3247 4617 5485 5923 6025 F   3604 4856 5635 5999 6066 D   3787 4975 5688 6014 6066 B   3908 5019 5712 6015 6066 Ø   3990 5065 5737 6015 6066 Ø (bow)   -4001 -5064 -5740 -6031 -6069 1   -3940 -5016 -5724 -6032 -6069 3   -3848 -4949 -5675 -6022 -6059 5   -3631 -4811 -5602 -5992 -6049 7   -3428 -4640 -5486 -5934 -6029 9   -3088 -4394 -5324 -5850 -5976 11   -2541 -4027 -5078 -5692 -5912 13   -2029 -3581 -4754 -5507 -5795 15   -1505 -2997 -4272 -5192 -5591 17   -1062 -2348 -3706 -4805 -5364 19   -718 -1636 -2855 -4236 -5062 21   -434 -981 -1936 -3344 -4582 23   -229 -496 -1050 -2163 -3725 25   -111 -210 -416 -879 -2079 AP          
   
The second task was to cross-check these against the half-breadth plan, which gave the following offsets:
 
  Distance from centre (updated by half-breadth) (mm, 1:1) Station WL0 WL1 WL2 WL3 WL4 WL5 U       732 1490 2343 S   267 1052 2027 2925 3830 Q   910 2025 3120 4090 4803 O   1535 2878 4001 4922 5435 M   2131 3608 4679 5446 5788 K   2694 4186 5161 5763 5975 H 93 3181 4575 5454 5922 6055 F 960 3563 4826 5620 5983 6080 D 1453 3784 4968 5696 6005 6084 B 1717 3896 5046 5731 6022 6080 (B) 1824 3938 5075 5744 6030 6076 Ø 1845 3930 5062 5741 6024 6048 Ø (bow) -1844 -3923 -5054 -5739 -6020 -6048 1 -1794 -3868 -4997 -5724 -6003 -6045 3 -1619 -3770 -4904 -5687 -5992 -6038 5 -1342 -3639 -4803 -5630 -5978 -6033 7 -854 -3411 -4641 -5526 -5931 -6024 9 -111 -3055 -4389 -5360 -5845 -5996 11   -2571 -4028 -5118 -5720 -5920 13   -2031 -3562 -4782 -5528 -5795 15   -1492 -2972 -4308 -5220 -5630 17   -1062 -2334 -3704 -4831 -5421 19   -707 -1638 -2883 -4232 -5121 21   -434 -991 -1930 -3307 -4624 23   -235 -509 -1093 -2134 -3670 25   -106 -211 -429 -885 -2042 AP              
Finally, I copied these back over the plans, and made a few modifications to the U and S stations at WL5 and WL4 so that the stations flowed smoothly.
 
The following changes were made:
U, WL5 = 2190
S, WL4 = 3018, WL5 = 3788
 
The following image shows the original lines traced off the plans in white, and the updated lines taken from the half-breadth in green. As can be seen, the differences are fairly negligible, except at the extreme breadth, where they become a little more significant. The difference amounts to a maximum of 7.7 centimetres at 1:1 scale, so nothing too dramatic.

This image shows some of the differences more closely - cyan is the plan lines, and orange the updated lines from the half-breadth.

The next step is to begin working out framing distances, and lofting the frames using the curves these stations produce...

 
Anyway - that's enough from me for now. Happy building, all.

Thank you for having the interest!  Yeah, 3 - 5’ is all the free-board they had at any given time.

Looking at those pictures it really is shocking how close the lower gunports were to the waterline. The idea of these ships heeling under sail is scary.
 
Thank you for sharing this research and build with us all. Simply fascinating.

Okay - so today I added the bolt rope to another sail - no need to add pictures for that. It's another stay sail, so they would look pretty much identical to the previous pictures I've posted. Then, as a change of scenery, I began adding the mizzen shrouds. These are using (as a note to self as much as anything) 4 strand, 2x threads per strand, from #50 DMC Cordonnet thread, dyed in Rit Cocoa brown die. The captain's clearly a showy so and so, so he's used contrasting natural #20 DMC cordonnet thread for the lanyards.
 
The lanyards are something of a challenge. I've added two starboard pairs and one port pair so far (alternating sides, beginning to starboard), and because the dead-eyes are inside  the railing, and the lanyard needs to pass through the railing  from the outside on the lower deadeye, it took me lots of fiddling with tweezers, super-glue strengthened end of the lanyard and summoning of patience, before I realised that it was possibly simply to bend the deadeye in towards the centreline of the deck to rig it, and then bend it back out again. This is by far the easiest method I've found, and it's made the task achievable (still fiddly, but possible). I'm not sure whether leaving the deadeyes detached until this point would have helped matters, as I haven't tried that approach, but certainly one for builders of this model to watch out for.  
 
Here are some photos of progress so far. I haven't put watered down Aliphatic resin (carpenter's glue) on these yet, so the ends are left long intentionally. I'll do the whole lot in one go, once I'd happy they're all a good length.
 
One deadeye is rigged off the ship (I have a little template to keep the distances consistent), then the shroud is wrapped round the mast, through the crosstrees and top, and brought back down to have the other deadeye rigged. Before I rig the second deadeye, I put on the first lanyard, so that I can gauge where the second deadeye should go.
 
  


Thank you to everyone for the likes and encouragement.
 
 

Lower stays.

My co worker has send me those two pictures.
I think she listen to you when you are asking about the pictures @AJohnson and @ccoyle
 
Sjors
 
 

Okay - so today I added the bolt rope to another sail - no need to add pictures for that. It's another stay sail, so they would look pretty much identical to the previous pictures I've posted. Then, as a change of scenery, I began adding the mizzen shrouds. These are using (as a note to self as much as anything) 4 strand, 2x threads per strand, from #50 DMC Cordonnet thread, dyed in Rit Cocoa brown die. The captain's clearly a showy so and so, so he's used contrasting natural #20 DMC cordonnet thread for the lanyards.
 
The lanyards are something of a challenge. I've added two starboard pairs and one port pair so far (alternating sides, beginning to starboard), and because the dead-eyes are inside  the railing, and the lanyard needs to pass through the railing  from the outside on the lower deadeye, it took me lots of fiddling with tweezers, super-glue strengthened end of the lanyard and summoning of patience, before I realised that it was possibly simply to bend the deadeye in towards the centreline of the deck to rig it, and then bend it back out again. This is by far the easiest method I've found, and it's made the task achievable (still fiddly, but possible). I'm not sure whether leaving the deadeyes detached until this point would have helped matters, as I haven't tried that approach, but certainly one for builders of this model to watch out for.  
 
Here are some photos of progress so far. I haven't put watered down Aliphatic resin (carpenter's glue) on these yet, so the ends are left long intentionally. I'll do the whole lot in one go, once I'd happy they're all a good length.
 
One deadeye is rigged off the ship (I have a little template to keep the distances consistent), then the shroud is wrapped round the mast, through the crosstrees and top, and brought back down to have the other deadeye rigged. Before I rig the second deadeye, I put on the first lanyard, so that I can gauge where the second deadeye should go.
 
  


Thank you to everyone for the likes and encouragement.
 
 

Okay - so today I added the bolt rope to another sail - no need to add pictures for that. It's another stay sail, so they would look pretty much identical to the previous pictures I've posted. Then, as a change of scenery, I began adding the mizzen shrouds. These are using (as a note to self as much as anything) 4 strand, 2x threads per strand, from #50 DMC Cordonnet thread, dyed in Rit Cocoa brown die. The captain's clearly a showy so and so, so he's used contrasting natural #20 DMC cordonnet thread for the lanyards.
 
The lanyards are something of a challenge. I've added two starboard pairs and one port pair so far (alternating sides, beginning to starboard), and because the dead-eyes are inside  the railing, and the lanyard needs to pass through the railing  from the outside on the lower deadeye, it took me lots of fiddling with tweezers, super-glue strengthened end of the lanyard and summoning of patience, before I realised that it was possibly simply to bend the deadeye in towards the centreline of the deck to rig it, and then bend it back out again. This is by far the easiest method I've found, and it's made the task achievable (still fiddly, but possible). I'm not sure whether leaving the deadeyes detached until this point would have helped matters, as I haven't tried that approach, but certainly one for builders of this model to watch out for.  
 
Here are some photos of progress so far. I haven't put watered down Aliphatic resin (carpenter's glue) on these yet, so the ends are left long intentionally. I'll do the whole lot in one go, once I'd happy they're all a good length.
 
One deadeye is rigged off the ship (I have a little template to keep the distances consistent), then the shroud is wrapped round the mast, through the crosstrees and top, and brought back down to have the other deadeye rigged. Before I rig the second deadeye, I put on the first lanyard, so that I can gauge where the second deadeye should go.
 
  


Thank you to everyone for the likes and encouragement.
 
 

Okay - so today I added the bolt rope to another sail - no need to add pictures for that. It's another stay sail, so they would look pretty much identical to the previous pictures I've posted. Then, as a change of scenery, I began adding the mizzen shrouds. These are using (as a note to self as much as anything) 4 strand, 2x threads per strand, from #50 DMC Cordonnet thread, dyed in Rit Cocoa brown die. The captain's clearly a showy so and so, so he's used contrasting natural #20 DMC cordonnet thread for the lanyards.
 
The lanyards are something of a challenge. I've added two starboard pairs and one port pair so far (alternating sides, beginning to starboard), and because the dead-eyes are inside  the railing, and the lanyard needs to pass through the railing  from the outside on the lower deadeye, it took me lots of fiddling with tweezers, super-glue strengthened end of the lanyard and summoning of patience, before I realised that it was possibly simply to bend the deadeye in towards the centreline of the deck to rig it, and then bend it back out again. This is by far the easiest method I've found, and it's made the task achievable (still fiddly, but possible). I'm not sure whether leaving the deadeyes detached until this point would have helped matters, as I haven't tried that approach, but certainly one for builders of this model to watch out for.  
 
Here are some photos of progress so far. I haven't put watered down Aliphatic resin (carpenter's glue) on these yet, so the ends are left long intentionally. I'll do the whole lot in one go, once I'd happy they're all a good length.
 
One deadeye is rigged off the ship (I have a little template to keep the distances consistent), then the shroud is wrapped round the mast, through the crosstrees and top, and brought back down to have the other deadeye rigged. Before I rig the second deadeye, I put on the first lanyard, so that I can gauge where the second deadeye should go.
 
  


Thank you to everyone for the likes and encouragement.
 
 

Okay - so today I added the bolt rope to another sail - no need to add pictures for that. It's another stay sail, so they would look pretty much identical to the previous pictures I've posted. Then, as a change of scenery, I began adding the mizzen shrouds. These are using (as a note to self as much as anything) 4 strand, 2x threads per strand, from #50 DMC Cordonnet thread, dyed in Rit Cocoa brown die. The captain's clearly a showy so and so, so he's used contrasting natural #20 DMC cordonnet thread for the lanyards.
 
The lanyards are something of a challenge. I've added two starboard pairs and one port pair so far (alternating sides, beginning to starboard), and because the dead-eyes are inside  the railing, and the lanyard needs to pass through the railing  from the outside on the lower deadeye, it took me lots of fiddling with tweezers, super-glue strengthened end of the lanyard and summoning of patience, before I realised that it was possibly simply to bend the deadeye in towards the centreline of the deck to rig it, and then bend it back out again. This is by far the easiest method I've found, and it's made the task achievable (still fiddly, but possible). I'm not sure whether leaving the deadeyes detached until this point would have helped matters, as I haven't tried that approach, but certainly one for builders of this model to watch out for.  
 
Here are some photos of progress so far. I haven't put watered down Aliphatic resin (carpenter's glue) on these yet, so the ends are left long intentionally. I'll do the whole lot in one go, once I'd happy they're all a good length.
 
One deadeye is rigged off the ship (I have a little template to keep the distances consistent), then the shroud is wrapped round the mast, through the crosstrees and top, and brought back down to have the other deadeye rigged. Before I rig the second deadeye, I put on the first lanyard, so that I can gauge where the second deadeye should go.
 
  


Thank you to everyone for the likes and encouragement.
 
 

Okay - so today I added the bolt rope to another sail - no need to add pictures for that. It's another stay sail, so they would look pretty much identical to the previous pictures I've posted. Then, as a change of scenery, I began adding the mizzen shrouds. These are using (as a note to self as much as anything) 4 strand, 2x threads per strand, from #50 DMC Cordonnet thread, dyed in Rit Cocoa brown die. The captain's clearly a showy so and so, so he's used contrasting natural #20 DMC cordonnet thread for the lanyards.
 
The lanyards are something of a challenge. I've added two starboard pairs and one port pair so far (alternating sides, beginning to starboard), and because the dead-eyes are inside  the railing, and the lanyard needs to pass through the railing  from the outside on the lower deadeye, it took me lots of fiddling with tweezers, super-glue strengthened end of the lanyard and summoning of patience, before I realised that it was possibly simply to bend the deadeye in towards the centreline of the deck to rig it, and then bend it back out again. This is by far the easiest method I've found, and it's made the task achievable (still fiddly, but possible). I'm not sure whether leaving the deadeyes detached until this point would have helped matters, as I haven't tried that approach, but certainly one for builders of this model to watch out for.  
 
Here are some photos of progress so far. I haven't put watered down Aliphatic resin (carpenter's glue) on these yet, so the ends are left long intentionally. I'll do the whole lot in one go, once I'd happy they're all a good length.
 
One deadeye is rigged off the ship (I have a little template to keep the distances consistent), then the shroud is wrapped round the mast, through the crosstrees and top, and brought back down to have the other deadeye rigged. Before I rig the second deadeye, I put on the first lanyard, so that I can gauge where the second deadeye should go.
 
  


Thank you to everyone for the likes and encouragement.
 
 

Thank you for the likes.
 
I haven't stopped working on this, but it takes me a good couple of hours to put the bolt rope on each sail, so here is sail BS 4 getting bolt rope...  COnsidering I haven't done a lot of sewing before, I'm pretty pleased with how it's coming out.

wow you're off to a good start Rob.
It's great that you are able to make the plans in CAD,
for me it is a totally unknown.
 

I couldn't resist seeing the model so far jump off the drawing board into real life, so I've started to make a basic paper half-hull mockup at 1:96 scale to get a sense of the lines. At the moment there's no lateral support for the frames, so they're all over the place, but an interesting exercise nonetheless, and adding the poop / quarterdeck / upper gun deck will help matters no end. The deck locations are marked with solid lines and waterlines are marked with dashed lines. This half-hull should help me work out how to go about realising the internal structure.
 
Progress so far... 
 

Yes, it's a work of patience, definitely .... but I find it quite relaxing

Yes, it's a work of patience, definitely .... but I find it quite relaxing