Prince de Neufchatel by GrandpaPhil - FINISHED - 1/72 - CARD - from Chapelle Plans

[allanyed]

She is looking super Phil!  

One comment in general on sail material.  It is VERY difficult to find cloth material that does not look out of scale, but a good alternative is either silk span as it is non-woven material, or if one wishes to use actual cloth, high thread count (1000 or more) Egyptian cotton.  To keep the cost down, one package of pillow cases will be enough to make a lot of sails.  The boss here says there is something wrong when I use higher priced cloth for models than we have on the beds!!    Seams can be drawn on with a very sharply pointed mechanical clutch pencil with a hard lead to avoid sewing seams when they are too large in scale.   Volume 4 of TFFM has a wealth of information on this subject. 

Allan

Edited July 7, 2019 by allanyed

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you very much for the comments and the likes!

 

I’m pretty happy with the color of the sail material that I’m using.  I like the darker look, it looks more real to me.

 

 As for making the seams, a sewing machine is on my wish list.  I used upholstery thread for the seams this time.  Next time, I will use upholstery thread for the rigging and regular thread for the seams.

 

I finished the fore top studding sails:

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Working on the Fore Course.

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I have the Fore Course almost half done.

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The Fore Course is done:

 

6 more to go.  2 studding sails, 1 fore stay sail and 3 jib sails.

 

Then it will be billow and install.

[Omega1234]

Looking good, Phil.  

 

How much longer before they’re hung onto the yards?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you, Patrick.

 

Hopefully next week, I’ll start hanging them on yards.

[GrandpaPhil]

Good Saturday evening!

 

All square sails are done!

 

 I just have the fore staysail and three jib sails to go!

 

I put a 12 inch (30 cm) ruler in for scale.

[jgodsey]

That's a big one!

[GrandpaPhil]

Thanks for the likes and the comments.

 

Fore Staysail and Inner Jib Sail are done!

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Outer jib is done.  Only have the one flying jib sail left.

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One complete set of sails for a Baltimore Clipper:

 

Next step, iron and install/rig.

 

As a quick side note, I was going to billow was sails, but decided against it out of concern for the effect of age on starch which could cause discoloration over the years.

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First sail on.

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I removed the sail because that picture made me realize that a) I should have ironed it and b) I erred in not attaching the halyard block.

 

 I will remedy that tomorrow.

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Thank you for all the likes!

 

All sails are ironed.

 

 The Fore Staysail is permanently attached and rigged:

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The inner jib is installed and rigged:

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The outer jib is on and rigged:

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All jibs are in and rigged.

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Fore gaff is on and rigged:

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Middle staysail is on and rigged:

[jgodsey]

Phil,

You're on a roll now!

Looks great.

Jim

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you!

[GrandpaPhil]

Topmast staysail is in place:

 

I had intended to rig all of the fore and aft sails first, but I realized why zu Monfeld recommends going from fore to aft, bottom to top, so next up is the fore course.

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I have to make more double sheave rigging blocks.

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10 double sheave rigging blocks:

[SJSoane]

Phil,

The sails really add to the overall character of the model. Nicely done!

 

Mark

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you for all the likes and the comments.

 

I installed and rigged the Fore Course.  I also rigged the sprit yard.

[GrandpaPhil]

The learning process continues.  This is my favorite part of this hobby.

 

I understand much more about how the ship operates than I did before.

 

I keep discovering more blocks that I didn’t realize that I needed.  I’m glad that I made the extra 100.

 

I just made the extra spars for the top of the studding sails.

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Thanks for all the likes.

 

 The fore topsail is on and rigged:

 

As a quick note, next time I need to work on better tensioning on my bow and bunt lines.

Edited August 4, 2019 by GrandpaPhil

[jct]

Wow Phil...she has really come to life...nice job on the sails, how many finger stabs did you collect along the way

Edited August 5, 2019 by jct
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