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Thanks for your comments and for stopping by Tim! Frank

Thanks Michael! My favorite part (the rigging) also! Thanks for stopping by Best, Frank

Hello, Finalizing the install of the sails and yards to the ship. There are flag pendants that hang of the yards. I started assembling and trial fitting them. Michael D ( beautiful safemaster Reale Log) was kind enough to show me his method of making tassels that would hang off these pendants. My wife also claims she know how to make them Lol! So I will attempt to install the tassels near the end of the build Setting the height of the fore yard Adding (rigging) the fore Halyard Tackle lines and blocks, along with the foreyard loading line in order to set the height and angle. All lines will be able to be tweaked and final adjusted after the shrouds are rigged. Setting of the main yard height and angle Again, all lines will have final adjustments after shrouds are installed Main Yard blocks were bought from Syren Ship Model Company. The block pieces have to be assembled and shaped. Very happy with the way they turned out. Rigged the tackle lines onto the rollers that were installed early in the build. Finally glued down the 3 remaining deck planks that I had left unfastened earlier in the build Started work on the shrouds. Also bought these blocks from Syren Ship Model Co. and stained them a darker walnut. Beginning to rig the blocks and attach them to the chain and toggles installed earlier in the build. Thanks again for the "Likes" and for stopping by! Frank

Hubac Historian and Michael, Thank you both for your kind comments and for checking in and following the log!! The making of the sails was a fun diversion from all the wood working I've done on this model! Best, Frank

Hello, Posting some photos of the finishing up of the 2 sails. First photo shows the sewing by hand the bolt rope around the sails. Finished sails with bolt ropes attached Sails attached to the yards, ready for furling As talked about in previous posts, I shortened the width of the sails by about 50%, so there would not be too much cloth after I furled up the sails. This is the Fore Sail on top of the plan for the full sail. (Green highlights area of sail removed) View of cloth removed on the Main Sail. In hindsight, I could have removed a little more. Photo of both sails furled to yards and almost ready for mounting on masts. Adding a few rigging lines and toggles to sail before mounting to masts Next step is to start making the hanging flag pendants and mount the sail and yards to the masts, before starting work on finishing the shrouds. Thanks, Frank

Michael, I can only echo Hubac's Historians comments! Beautiful work Frank

Thanks for stopping by Michael! Frank

Thanks Tim! Yes, very curious cat. Not sure if he was more interested in me or the spinning thread bobber!! Thanks for stopping by, Frank

Hello, Continuing on with my sail making project. Taped the tracing paper behind the cloth (at the window so light would shine thru) and transferred the stitching lines onto the cloth using a cloth disappearing ink pen. (The pen's red ink disappears after 48 hours or earlier if dabbed with water) Under Han Solo's watchful eye, my wife helped me adjust the settings on the sewing machine and gave me a refresher course on its use. Stitched the vertical lines following the ink pattern Finished stitching lines on both Fore and main sails This next step was tricky. Around all the edges of the sail, folded the cloth 1/4 inch over onto itself and ironed flat. The next step was to take half of the folded cloth (1/8 inch) and tuck it under itself and iron flat again. Finally run a stitching pattern around the edges of the sail. On my Vasa build, for the sails that remained unfurled, I was able to place a small wire inside the edge so the sail could be bent into different shapes. Finished Main Sail and Fore Sail Next step will be to sew the bolt rope manually around the whole sail, set the sail to the yards, and furl. Thanks again to those stopping by for a look! Frank

Michael, Such a complicated build! Your patience in thinking this through is amazing. She will be a beauty when finished! Frank

thanks for stopping by Michael! I did not post the finished sail photos yet. Been busy. I think they came out pretty well. We both learned a lot from our Vasa builds thanks again, Frank

Thanks for the information Tim. I hope all is well! Frank

Nice job with a tight fit! I've hit and dislodged my rudder too many times. Wish I had waited to add it later. Frank

Thanks Michael, Working on some photos to post next week of the stitching and furling. Hopefully it will look good. As explained above, I did remove more than half of what a full sail would have looked like, reducing the amount of fabric in the furl! Thanks for chiming in! Best, Frank

Thanks Allen for your comments! Appreciated! I've seen posts for sailmaking with silkspan. I've never tried it, but should learn. Thanks for the tip on the booklet by D. Antscheri, also. Frank

Hello, Decided not to use the kit supplied sails, but to make my own. (The kit supplied sails were too thick and bulky for me) At the Fabric store, I picked up a length of thin dense weave Muslin as my cloth of choice. First step was to mix in a pan, 8 cups of hot tap water, 8 teaspoons of Kosher Salt (Told that this would help the dye spread evenly on the cloth.) 1 Teaspoon or the RIT Tan dye and 1 Teaspoon of the RIT Taupe dye. Mixed this up in a 2 gallon pot and then added another 8 cups of almost boiling hot water. (Don't remember where I got these instructions, but they worked well on my Vasa build ) Mixture In Pot First wet the entire cloth and wring out so cloth will dye evenly. Then loosely bunched up the cloth and added to the dye bath, stirring cloth, for about 60 seconds Removed cloth from bath, and unfolded into flat sheet to let hang dry overnight (Han Solo checking out my cloth, hopefully meeting his approval!!) While cloth was drying, I placed some construction paper over the plans and drew out the sail. As shown in the next photo, I had to keep the length the same as the plan, so it would fit correctly on the yards. However, I took out about half of the distance from the yard end to the end point (See photo). I did this so when the sail is furled on the yard, there would not be too much material. In hindsight I could of made it even smaller. Later, I will take a photo of the finished sails over the plans, so the amount of material taken off can be seen. Took the construction paper and set it behind some tracing paper. Re-traced the sail lines onto the tracing paper adding a 1/4 inch all around for later adding in a double fold along the edges of the sail. (Main Sail) (Fore Sail) Cutout a section of the dyed cloth and pinned the tracing paper to the cloth, making sure, as best as possible, that the direction of the grain in the fabric aligned in the same direction as where the stitching lines will go. (Trusting my wife's instructions on this step!) Sail cloth cutout to same shapes as the tracing paper Now ready to pull out the sewing machine and have my wife give me a refresher course. Last time I used the machine, was a few years back, making the sails for the Vasa. Thanks for visiting, Frank

Michael, Wow! Great tutorial! Thanks for the detailed instructions on making the Tassels. Appreciated. I will definitely give it a shot later in my build!! Thanks again, Frank

Welcome Back! The tassels look real nice! Did they come with your kit or did you make them? My Corel plans call for them, but they were not included in my kit!! Thanks, Frank

Gerard, Great to have you visit and thank you for your comments. When I read your post, I ran downstairs and pulled out your plans. Sure enough, on your plan page 23, you show the yards being round with flats milled for the pieces to meet. I don't know how I missed this a few months ago! I also went and looked at my Italian Sciabecco that I made, back in 2007, and sure enough, the yards were round with flats milled at the meeting spots. Oh well! I have the sails all furled and attached at this point, so I will not go back and and tear everything apart. The Corel rigging plan also seems to have some weird end points to the rigging lines, so I will try to pay more attention to your rigging sheet. Thanks again for pointing the error out to me. Appreciated! Frank

Bob and Tim: Bob, thanks for the kind comments! Appreciated! Tim, Thank you also. I spoke to Dave Morton a couple of months ago and sent him some photos and write up. He made the decision to wait until I am finished with the model and then present it in the Broadside. So we both decided to wait. Also, lol, he doesn't like my camera skills and wants me to get the model to a professional photographer here in town for final photos. Discouraging that the club can't start meeting in person again. The model is starting to get tougher and tougher to transport. Would have loved to bring it in to the club before the Masting and installation of the yards. Oh well!!

Hello, Having been making some more progress on the model. Attached the flag pendent to the foremast and Mainmast. Hanging Loosely now. Will add some white glue to the lines and add some weight to stiffen the lines at a later point. Finally glued the Foremast and Mainmast to the Ship. As mentioned before, the foremast is tipped forward at a slight angle. Foremast and Mainmast attached As mentioned in the previous post, I decided to make some new sails and have them furled to the yards. Before attaching the sails, I added some of the lines that are to be fixed to the yards at this point. Figured it would be easier now instead of after the sails are installed. Halyard lines added here Lines with Toggles attached on lower end of main yard Lines added to lower end of Fore yard Flag pendents added to tops of Fore yard and Main yard Picked up some more of the same dyes I used for my Vasa build a while back. I will use these for dyeing my sail cloth I have finished dyeing the sails and making them. I took plenty of photos of my process and will start to post them soon. Thanks again for stopping by! Frank

Michael, Beautiful work on a massive build! You are putting a lot of thought and innovation into this build. Congrats! I hope all is well, Frank

Thank you Michael! I keep going back to your Reale log for hints and assistance! I will have to google "72 Nova" to see what you're working on! Thanks, Frank

Thanks Kirill. Appreciated! Thanks for stopping by for a look! Frank

Hi Tim, Good to hear from you! I hope all is well. The model will not be ready for this years show, but should be for next year. Too many other things going on. I.E. a few planned fishing trips, wedding on the West Coast etc. Lol! I am hoping to have the model done by fall, then have to build the stand and case. Hopefully we can all have are meetings in person again this year, so I can bring the model in to the club. Best, Frank