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Hey Chris not sure if you remember me (it's been a five year layoff) but I helped you with your first Vanguard Models logo and showed you my very heavily kitbashed Lady Nelson, which is finally back in dock for masting and rigging.
 
I just wanted to say I'm very happy to see how far you've come with Vanguard, back when we talked last you were sweating your first kit release and look where you are now!
 
In fact I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to resist buying at least one of your kits, they appear to me to be best in class. Really awesome work, Chris.

Hey Chris not sure if you remember me (it's been a five year layoff) but I helped you with your first Vanguard Models logo and showed you my very heavily kitbashed Lady Nelson, which is finally back in dock for masting and rigging.
 
I just wanted to say I'm very happy to see how far you've come with Vanguard, back when we talked last you were sweating your first kit release and look where you are now!
 
In fact I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be able to resist buying at least one of your kits, they appear to me to be best in class. Really awesome work, Chris.

The "projections"  on the mast bands are eyes or metal rings for the gaff peak halliard rigging to attach to (Petersson page 33).
 
Look at some of the other cutter builds on the Forum to see what others have done for the mast cap. It could be a metal band that fits round the square main mast top and the round topmast. Or it could be wood with a metal band around it.
 
Both the sheet and the clue line connect to the clue (lower outboard corner of the sail). They are not the same line. However, if the sail isn't rigged the ends of the clue line and sheet will be hooked/tied together in preparation for adding the sail. I think this is what he shows on page 29 with the "V" in the clue line from the topsail yard down to the end of the sheet and back up through the block under the topsail yard and then down to belay on deck.
 
The sheet hauls the clue of the sail out to the end of the yard. The sheet passes through the inboard sheave in the yard arm. The clue line hauls the clue of the sail up when reefing the sail.
 
I don't know why he shows two sheaves on the yard arm. He only shows one being used - but he doesn't show all of the sails rigged. If the lifts were doubled the outer sheave could be part of the tackle. Doubled means passing through two blocks as part of a tackle. It was common to crate the lift tackle this was so there was less clutter at the deck level (instead of putting the tackle on deck at the base of the mast). On page 28 he shows a "fiddle" block (block shaped like the body of a violin with two singe sheaves) at the mast top. The lower yard passes through the upper sheave and is shown tied to the yard arm. It could be that the second sheave in the fiddle block and the inner sheave at the yard arm made up a type of luff tackle with the fixed end of the lift tied to the tard arm and the line passing through the upper sheave of the fiddle block, back to the inner sheave on the yard arm, back up to the lower sheave in the fiddle block and down to the deck. This seems to be an awkward arrangement for the line passing through the inner sheave on the yard arm.
 
I suppose the inner sheave on the yard arm might be for a reef tackle on a fore course (main square sail) - he doesn't show rigging for a reef tackle in the cutter section (see page 105 for the reef tackle on a schooner's topsail). The lower sheave on the fiddle block could be part of the reef tackle running from a cringle on the outer edge of the course, up through the inner sheave in the yard arm, up to the lower sheave in the fiddle block and then down to the deck. I would guess this is the most likely explanation for the two sheaves in the yard arms.
 
However, I am just guessing. I looked at several references and found no examples of tard arms with two sheaves - blocks attached to the yard arms were more common. Maybe someone more familiar with Engkish cutters will provide the answer.

Round-nosed pliers, standard jewelry-making tool mostly for making chains. In ship modeling they're useful for making eyes and hooks.

I'm sorry to hear that, Rick, that must be very frustrating.  I will be keeping my fingers crossed also.

I'm sorry to hear that, Rick, that must be very frustrating.  I will be keeping my fingers crossed also.

Thanks! And yes, I expect the final rig to be a mishmash of Cheerful and Petersson's illustrations. One thing I noted in both is they have belaying points both on the stern and the bow that my Lady Nelson doesn't have, I'm going to have to do some kind of surgery on the existing ship to belay all the required lines.
 
Thanks Mike, and of course I remember you. And I agree with you, brushless micromotors are teh shiznit when you're doing precision work like ship modeling. They're just so much better than Dremels. I look forward to you joining me here 😀
 
Hey Pat, great to see you! When I was packing for my move here, I was both laughing at myself when for example I counted no less than 11 different sets of needle files in different sizes and cuts and manufacturers and crying at the time it would and did take to organize and protect everything for shipping. You can't have too many tools until you have to move 3500 miles.

Round-nosed pliers, standard jewelry-making tool mostly for making chains. In ship modeling they're useful for making eyes and hooks.

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.
 
 

Thanks! And yes, I expect the final rig to be a mishmash of Cheerful and Petersson's illustrations. One thing I noted in both is they have belaying points both on the stern and the bow that my Lady Nelson doesn't have, I'm going to have to do some kind of surgery on the existing ship to belay all the required lines.
 
Thanks Mike, and of course I remember you. And I agree with you, brushless micromotors are teh shiznit when you're doing precision work like ship modeling. They're just so much better than Dremels. I look forward to you joining me here 😀
 
Hey Pat, great to see you! When I was packing for my move here, I was both laughing at myself when for example I counted no less than 11 different sets of needle files in different sizes and cuts and manufacturers and crying at the time it would and did take to organize and protect everything for shipping. You can't have too many tools until you have to move 3500 miles.

Round-nosed pliers, standard jewelry-making tool mostly for making chains. In ship modeling they're useful for making eyes and hooks.

Round-nosed pliers, standard jewelry-making tool mostly for making chains. In ship modeling they're useful for making eyes and hooks.

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.
 
 

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.
 
 

Round-nosed pliers, standard jewelry-making tool mostly for making chains. In ship modeling they're useful for making eyes and hooks.

Round-nosed pliers, standard jewelry-making tool mostly for making chains. In ship modeling they're useful for making eyes and hooks.

Round-nosed pliers, standard jewelry-making tool mostly for making chains. In ship modeling they're useful for making eyes and hooks.

Looks nice, Dan.

Looks nice, Dan.

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.
 
 

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.
 
 

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.
 
 

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.
 
 

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.
 
 

Thanks for the kind words folks, it was a minor five year layoff. The fact is that work became even more time consuming and stressful and I couldn't spin down enough to manage the precision I strive for daily, so I stopped spending time in the shop. 
 
The good news (from my perspective at least) is that I retired from Visa in June, and after much preparation I have finally moved away from the stress of working in Silicon Valley for the relative peace, quiet, and much lower living costs of Charlottesville, VA. I and my partner have spent the last month working every day all day to unpack, and considerable time was spent setting up my new workshop.
 
Um first question is why is inserting an image from an Imgur URL failing? I tried inserting the link wrapped in BBCode too and that didn't work either. I guess I will just attach images to the post until I figure out how to insert them inline again.
 
Anyway, one pic is my new workshop finally fully operational, the other is the agenda- as you see I have a few kits piled up including three ships of the line (Vanguard, Victory, and Montanes), a race-built galleon in HMS Revenge, and Model Shipway's Constitution. That's not even counting the three brig models or all the rest, the point being I have enough to keep me busy for quite a while. I may not have been able to work the last five years, but I kept stocking the kit closet 😀
 
With respect to the workshop, not seen on the other side of the room are the three Byrnes machines- the saw, the disc sander, and the thickness sander. I was saddened to see he had passed away and I feel even luckier to have his machines.
 
Anyway, as I wrap up the final steps of unpacking I will finally have time to start spending my days on the Lady Nelson and getting her rigging done so I can move on to one of the brigs. I have been reviewing Lennarth Petersson's Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft Craft which is excellent, but I have questions about the cutter rig described within. I'm going to post a separate thread with the questions as I think that will get more answers than just asking them in one of many many build logs.