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That's my version for the sling of the main yards.

I used for the eye a custom made 5mm deadeye.

Thanks.

Stergios 

PS: The loop is passed the wrong way, I'll fix it later.

No problem, I've found my way

3 hours ago, Beef Wellington said:

Hi Stergios - I got them from Blue Jacket Shipcrafters.  I seem to recall they were the 'bullseyes' - but don't recall which ones exactly...

 

http://www.bluejacketinc.com/fittings/fittings4.htm

Than you again Jason.

I plan to use a 5mm deadeye and open a central hole to serve as the eye for the sling.

Hi folks.

Any idea or suggestion on how to create, serve and fit those lower central slings of the "senior" masts?

Thank you in advance.

On 3/6/2015 at 5:29 AM, Beef Wellington said:

Carl, Jonny, Nils, Mort and Jim and the 'likes', thanks for the "welcome back"...

 

Breaking up shaping the remaining yards with the first of what I suspect will be a lot of work on rigging the yards, the lower sling.

 

Previously estimated length of line was served, and then fed through itself to make a loop.  About 6mm was left to allow the end to be cut into a short taper.  GS Hypo glue was then placed on the end and rolled between my fingers.  The thin thread is the end of the serving line not yet trimmed)

 

 

Thread was then used to cover the unserved join, I used consecutive overhand knots, alternating sides.... 

 

 

Maybe a little bulky, but once trimmed its a reasonable approximation to a spliced, served loop.

 

 

Fitted to the main yard....

 

 

....and length checked to confirm it is of correct length.  Second time was a charm!

 

Hi Jason

That metallic (?) ring/"eye" of the lower sling, belongs to the standard kit's fittings?

Thank you.

A couple of pictures demonstrating the preliminary result using 0,5 and 0,75 black thread for the footropes.

I'll leave the rigging semi-loose till the final placement just to be sure for the tension of the fittings and to simulate a sense of gravity rope "sagging" using floor cleaner as a rope hardener.

I've found the tip to save my photos in a 270 degrees orientation.

This way i can upload and show them without problem preserving my (and yours) cervical spine stablity. 

I think it is better to simulate the footropes using 0,75 black thread for the larger yards and leave 0,50 thread for the other two (nr 2 and 4)..

Starting the rigging fot the footropes.

I'm going for that with 0,5 black thread but I'm not feeling sure whether 0,5 seems "under-scaled", especially for the main yard....  

Unable to rotate all those pictures...

Any help??

Thank you Jason.

Now all yards are almost ready for the final rigging.

I've applied of course a thin layer of the best in my opinion varnish: vallejo matt varnish 71120  

This step of action trying to test and compare 0,5 vs 0,75 black thread for the lashing....

I must find a way to rotate the pictures....

Happy New Year 2018 to everyone!!

A couple of pics showing the progress of this phase, using a custom made jig just to set the same length [14 mm] of the stirrups........

Excellent, neat work Jason!!

Thinking to pass the twisted wire through a hole to the yard and accomplish the whole procedure covering the stirrup with a kind of lashing of additional relative's size black thread.

That will be the second version of realism, hanging the stirrups through the center of the yard and not behind it...

7 hours ago, Beef Wellington said:

Hi Stergios, nice to see an update!  I can't quite tell what you are showing in the picture.  Are you using wire for the stirrups, looks like rope in bottom picture (?)

Hi Jason, those are three tinny telephone wire twisted bundles.

The bottom pic is with the primer... I'm about to paint it black just to see its appearance

Thanks

10 hours ago, Davemc said:

Hi am I correct in thinking that the Formast is supposed to be vertical and the Mizzen and Main at a slight angle?

Hi, yes that's right. Only the formast seems perpendicular to the deck, as per the plans.

Hi to everyone, next step the stirrups...

That's my personal poin of view regarding the "wired" stirrups.

My main concern is to find a way to keep those 2-3 loops around the yard closely and firmly tied each-other.

Thanks

Great job Jason.

All the best!

Well it is a real headache to navigate myshelf into the new msw interface...

Can't find friends and previous posts...

Hi guys!

Just wanted to say that I'm still here!!

Cheers

Stergios

A couple of pics showing the initial progress with the basic yards.

In need of a final touch up, of course...

Now, it's time for the foot ropes...

Jason, finaly did you go with four or six stirrups per yard?

Thank you.

Merry Christmas to everybody!! 

Almost done...

Looks great Stergios! Remember feeling accomplished when I got my first yard fully done. Just have to look forward to fitting the parrals....!

Thanks Jim, it was a really great experience to have almost done the main yard.

Go ahed for the parrals!!