Le Mirage by Sjors - FINISHED - Corel - Wood - 1:75

[Sjors]

Two likes for Augie

 

@ Edwin,

 

Thanks

How are things going with you ?

Regards from the Moderator Admiral and say Hi to your wife.....

 

[Anja]

Note from moderator

 

Hello Sjors, friends and followers,

 

Due to the recent course of events this log has undergone some considerable editing.

Most of the off-topic comments have been removed and posts made by Sjors, his friends and followers have been edited.

I'm truly sorry this had to be done.

 

When everything has settled down, I hope you will start posting again.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Best regards,

Anja

[mobbsie]

Allow me to be the first, Well done Anja, that's a lot of work there, I'm sure it's appreciated.

 

Hopefully we wont have to wait to long.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[gjdale]

Thank you Anja for your efforts in this, and thank you Sjors for both agreeing for this to be done and for staying the course through this difficult time.  I look forward to the resumption of your log, and the continuation of my friendship with you both.

[Kevin]

thank-you,both for doing this and remaining part of the community, i have self weeded my Victory log, looks a bit silly in places but i have kept the flow of it

[Shazmira]

Now.....I want some normalcy here....time for some new pics. You have been making great progress with this one Sjors, and I know you were gone for a bit of vacation, but it is time to get back into the shipyard and share with the rest of us.

[Sjors]

After my " little" vacation an update.

I know that the rigging is not as it should be.

The rigging goes anywhere and nowhere.

The rigging plans of this model is terrible !

They only say , there goes that but where?

You can find it out your self.

I told it before but I say it again.

Le Mirage is for me a training ship.

I'm learning from this and hopefully I can do a better job on the San Ildefonso.

 

[Kevin]

come on my friend, you know the training never ends, we forever try to get better, but always more to learn, lovely work, and nice to see you back

[gjdale]

Nice to see an update again Sjors. For a "training" ship, she is looking pretty good to me!

[mobbsie]

Hi Sjors,

 

Nice pics and some good progress.

 

I noticed you took the pics with Mirage in front of your new stand, deliberate or chance ( I wonder )  

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[augie]

Impressive.  But Kevin is spot on....... they are all training ships.  If we ever make the 'perfect' one, we stop building!

[Shazmira]

Oh, I wake up and Sjors has given me pictures, it is a good day. And I know exactly what you mean about running rigging and crappy instructions....glad I got the Petersson books, they help a lot!

[robert1965]

The rigging looks very good to me Sjors.

[popeye the sailor]

great rigging progress Sjors........nice shaping on the pulley assemblies    the string art begins..............

[mtaylor]

Rats... I hit the "like" limit.  

 

Nice update Sjors.  And I am extremely happy you and Anja are with us.   Meantime, I'll await your next update.

[src]

Sjors,

Thanks for staying and Anja thanks for cleaning up; it must have been an interesting endeavor!

 

I see you are back to practicing your "String Theory." She looks great, I will try not to PM you too much wen I get to the rigging stage myself.

Sam

[Sjors]

The fore mast is also done with all the 3 yards and the running rigging of the whole model......

Now I can go to the bowsprit and do some more ratlines.

Then the last rigging .

 

[CaptCraig]

Sjors...Good to see some more progress. Your rigging looks spectacular!

[Sjors]

Hi Lawrence,

 

Thank you.

I just want to finish her and go on with the San Ildefonso.

Mobbsie has made me a serving machine and I can not wait to use that.

I make a trial piece and it work just excellent !

One day you are also at that stage and will do a great job !

 

@ Thanks Graig !

 

[Micklen32]

Lovely work Sjors   

You are leaping ahead and making a very good job of it

As you know when I get my body back together I will be working on the Will

I am doing this to get a feel of sails

There is actually more rigging on the Will than you might think

 

 

One thinks of a barge as a low lying boat pulled along by a horse   

But this was a Thames Barge and used to sail up and down the large river at quite a speed to 

deliver stuff from the outer ports to London itself

 

As an expert in rigging Sjors, and others, have a look at the plans and see if there is anything you may think may be a little tricky

I am hoping the rigging will be fairly simple as I have done it on the Racehorse and Thermopylae, but sails are a mystery yet to be mastered   

So have a look and see what you think

See if I can get the rigging to look as good as yours Sjors   

Edited November 24, 2013 by Micklen32

[Sjors]

Thanks Mick,

 

I'm a long way from being good but I'm learning....

I have take a look at your plans and I don't see any problem.

The only thing that I want to say to you is this.

When you are attaching the lanyards, don't tie them off yet till you finished the rigging.

There is a little stretch in the rope and make your lanyards looser.

When they are still loose, you can tie them up a little.

 

Edited November 24, 2013 by Sjors

[augie]

Really fine work there my friend.  She's coming close to the finish line.

[src]

Wow Sjors!! NIce, the Rigging Gnomes are hard at work. You will two finished ships very soon, then what will you do?

Not that I am all that knowledgeable ship wise, but I have never seen a sailing ship with a crows next on the bow like that. Is that a period construction detail or a regional detail?

Sam

[Sjors]

Thanks Sam,

 

When Le Mirage is finished, I go further on the San Ildefonso and on the first of January I will start at the Agamemnon.

She's under my workbench at the moment.

I don't know if that crows nest  on the bow a period construction detail is.

Maybe someone else knows it.

And don't forget, maybe it's not a real ship.

I can found nothing at all on the internet about her.

 

[Shazmira]

Sjors, she looks great!!! OMG you are going to finish before I do....hmmm. Seriously, she does look good, and as you know served as a great learning ship, just think, each ship after will look even better because of all you've learned. Very nice of mobbsie to make you a serving machine....they do make life much easier.

[newbuilder101]

You've been very busy since I last checked in! Great job on the rigging. I see the bowsprit on your ship is like mine - a new learning curve for me. My first build had no top on the bowsprit like this one does.

[Sjors]

Hi Sherry,

 

Thanks.

The bowsprit is for me also a learning thing.

We will see where it ends.....

 

[Adrieke]

you keep saying this is a learning ship but still she looks amazing

[Micklen32]

Thanks Sam,

 

When Le Mirage is finished, I go further on the San Ildefonso and on the first of January I will start at the Agamemnon.

She's under my workbench at the moment.

I don't know if that crows nest  on the bow a period construction detail is.

Maybe someone else knows it.

And don't forget, maybe it's not a real ship.

I can found nothing at all on the internet about her.

 

I may be misunderstanding you Sjors, but are you saying you can find no information on the Agamemnon ????????

Surely not !!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(1781)

[Adrieke]

Mick he is talking about Le Mirage