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

[Shazmira]

Sjors, WOW!!! She looks great...all that hard work and patience is really paying off!!!!

[mobbsie]

Hi Sjors,

 

She's looking very nice my friend.

 

mobbsie

[Sjors]

Again thanks, thanks and thank you

 

 

Very nice work Sjors, she looks beautiful now.

Will enjoy the riging when you start it.

 

Børge

Hi Børge,

 

You enjoy the rigging when I started?

I thought you give me a hand…...

Every thing alright with you?

 

 

You have outdone yourself once again, my friend! Beautiful and well worth waiting for.

 

Soldier on!

 

One question --- does she have a lot of yards? The reason I ask is that I thought ratlines were tedious. Well, I've come to find out that after those are done, rigging the yards is worse. My main lower yard has 10 eyebolts and 30 blocks (not to mention lashings and footropes). Just something for you to look forward to once the cat finishes hanging the rats

I'm gonna take a look to see how many yards I have….

I have 7 of those…..

We will see where it ends!

I have not count how many eyebolts and blocks are on it.

I let you know…..

Sjors, WOW!!! She looks great...all that hard work and patience is really paying off!!!!

Thanks Robbyn,

 

Also a WOW factor.

You make me happy

I'm glad that that is done.

Now to the other tiny stuff…..

Hi Sjors,

 

She's looking very nice my friend.

 

mobbsie

Mobbsie, thanks!

[mtaylor]

NIce work on the hull, guns, port lids, Sjors.  Rigging can be fun just do what you've been doing... taking your time.     As for the moderator police...  pfffffft.

[Bummer!]

She's looking great Sjors.

You can call me whatever you like. Just not honey...

 

Bummer!

Eric

[Script]

Sjors,

 

Fine, fine looking ship....you can be proud of your work!

 

Did I notice an ash tray in one of the pictures?????

 

Surely you are not addicted to the demon nicotine.......

 

Anyway, keep up the good work!!!

 

Cheers,

 

Jim

 

[Sjors]

Again thank you all!

 

@ Mark, I just call you from now on……Moderator builder       or builder Moderator, what ever you like!

 

@ Bummer Eric,

No worries, I don't call you honey!……….honey 

 

@ Andy, I think it's gonna be the cat…..

 

@ Jim,

I'm proud ( at the moment) 

I try a few blocks to place on to the masts but that is not easy at all!

Those drawings from Corel are a pain in the…….

They give me the clue….glue 2 blocks on an rope into a hole of 1 mm…but the rope is 1 mm 

I have a few eyebolts left over and I glued them into the hole 

Now I have to see how I fit the blocks on it.

The fairytale goes further later next week.

 

 

[Trussben]

Some very nice work there Sjors, look forward to seeing the rigging start.

 

Ben

[popeye the sailor]

your doing a great job there........keep going with all those cotton balls, are you going to replace the shot racks with bins!?

[DSiemens]

Yepper!   ........all those critters.......are you SURE,  your not building an ark?   ......only two.........only two!

 

your doing a great job there........keep going     with all those cotton balls,  are you going to replace the shot racks with bins!?

 

 They'd have to have lids so they don't get wet.  That or have plenty of cotton shooting muskets for after they dry out and shrink.  

 

She's looking really great Sjors!  Can't wait to see more.  

[casper1961]

Nice work Sjors! Nice and clean...the wood colour is great!

 

Looking forward to seeing more.

 

Cheers

Steve

[Sjors]

Sjors, my friend... just call me Mark.  Or "Hey you with the popcorn bag!"

Ok Mark,

 

I call you then Hey you with the popcorn bag           or just friend!

 

Some very nice work there Sjors, look forward to seeing the rigging start.

 

Ben

 

Thanks Ben,

 

I think half of MSW is looking forward to the rigging, except me…...

 

Yepper!   ........all those critters.......are you SURE,  your not building an ark?   ......only two.........only two!

 

your doing a great job there........keep going     with all those cotton balls,  are you going to replace the shot racks with bins!?

No Popeye,

 

I'm not building an Ark ( at least I think so)

There are no shot racks…..because there are no canon balls!

 

Edited April 19, 2013 by Sjors

[Sjors]

 They'd have to have lids so they don't get wet.  That or have plenty of cotton shooting muskets for after they dry out and shrink.  

 

She's looking really great Sjors!  Can't wait to see more.  

There are not musket's on board Daniel.

Anja has hide them also 

And for the progress, it takes a little longer.

Work, work,work

 

Thanks Casper,

I still doing my best.

Edited April 19, 2013 by Sjors

[patrickmil]

Nice work Sjors! You'll be rigging in no time. You know what that means? RATLINES!!!!!

[DCIronfist]

You just put those ratlines off until you are ready......all your fans will wait

[Sjors]

Nice work Sjors! You'll be rigging in no time. You know what that means? RATLINES!!!!!

Not yet Patrick!

First all the blocks and the mast in place and then the shrouds and then the running rigging and THEN…………I need a shrink! 

 

You just put those ratlines off until you are ready......all your fans will wait

 

Do I have fans David?

So I'am a little star…..

 

[gjdale]

Hi Sjors,

 

I know there are many options for sequence of rigging, but having just completed ratlines, I would recommend doing them once the mast and shrouds are in place. If you leave them any longer, such as after the remainder of the Standing Rigging (or later), you will find that other bits will get in the way. Just my 2 cents worth.

[Sjors]

Hi Sjors,

 

I know there are many options for sequence of rigging, but having just completed ratlines, I would recommend doing them once the mast and shrouds are in place. If you leave them any longer, such as after the remainder of the Standing Rigging (or later), you will find that other bits will get in the way. Just my 2 cents worth.

Ok Grant,

 

Then first the masts, shrouds, ratlines and then the rest…...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then a question for you all.

I know I have read it somewhere but maybe someone can tell me it again.

I have make a mistake on the mizzen mast ( Last one close to the stern..)

I want to take it a part but it is glued yet.

How can I remove the glue…...

Don't say use a saw!

It is wood glue…..

Strange that nobody was seeing it!

I thought it was with Aceton?

 

Edited April 20, 2013 by Sjors

[john46]

Sjors, to dissolve wood glue you can try it with steam of an electric kettle (waterkoker), less aggresive than aceton.

 

Regards,

John

Edited April 20, 2013 by john46

[augie]

Wood glue should soften with alcohol Sjors.  Takes some time.

[realworkingsailor]

I've had some startlingly fast results using acrylic paint thinner, basically a mix of ammonia and glycol esters. If you have Windex brand window cleaner, or some other ammonia based window cleaner, that should work just as well.

 

Andy

[Sjors]

Thanks guy's

 

I shall see what works.

Otherwise break the hole mast and make a new one……..

 

[riverboat]

She's looking beautiful Sjors...... but....... we really need MORE PICTURES!!!......  and yes, follow Grants advice on the rigging

[augie]

Oh, you must be talking about the fact that the mizzen is 30 feet shorter then the other 2 masts.  Yeah, I saw that ---- figured you had a reason for doing it that way.

Edited April 20, 2013 by Augie

[Sjors]

You are right Augie,

 

That was it!

And no, it don't belongs that way 

I have to fix it….

 

[augie]

I'm sorry Sjors.  I thought maybe you did it to eliminate one bank of ratlines    

[gjdale]

Sjors,

 

Are you talking about separating two parts of the mast, or removing it from the ship? If the former, then wood glue (PVA) can be de-bonded with isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol). If you used CA glue, then Acetone (nail polish remover) is what you will need to de-bond. If the mast is glued into the ship, then that's a whole other problem..... I don't glue my masts in place; they are held in place by the rigging.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Now hurry away and get Anja's dinner - she's got important Moderator stuff to do!

[augie]

Grant uses the 'floating mast' approach with the rigging holding up the mast.  I cheat a little and tack glue my masts in using only very small amount of thin CA which can easily be broken away if necessary.

[slagoon]

I had to go back quite a few pages to see the great pictures everyone was talking about - you really are doing a nice job!

[rdsaplala]

Hi Sjors, thanks for dropping by my log my friend   Wow! Le Mirage looks great fully armed and fitted out. Ah yes, masting and rigging, starting with three masts and a couple thousand ratlines, yup, fun fun and more fun