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Thanks, Matt.  I'm definitely going to push through to the end.  Glad you're following along again.

 

So, I said that the shrouds were done, but I forgot about the cleats.  As before, I laid the model on its side, and was able to glue the cleats simply by applying glue and laying the cleats on the shrouds.  Afterwards, I used some thread to reinforce each cleat.

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One heart for the forestay was already attached to the bowsprit several build log updates and four years ago.  The forestay was seized to the foremast and the hearts were threaded.  It took multiple attempts until I was able to get the pair of hearts oriented the way I wanted.

 

The heart for the inner jibstay was also attached to the bowsprit.  For now, it's just dangling loose on the bowsprit.

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Peter

 

Completed build: Virginia 1819 from Artesania Latina

In progress: Sultana

Posted

Wire is wrapped around a pin, around a tiny 2mm block, and then around another pin to give me two loops at either end of the block.  Glue was applied and excess wire was cut off.

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The outer jibstay was threaded through the jibboom with the block at one end and a seized loop at the other end.

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Before the jibboom was put into place, the block at the end of the jibstay and the block already placed at the end of the bowsprit were threaded.

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Finally, the jibboom was glued into place and the line between the blocks was tightened.

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The fore topmast was glued on and the fore topmast stay was run from the top of the topmast and through the loop at the end of the jibboom.

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There are a few more details to do around the bowsprit and jibboom but the majority is complete.  Unfortunately, the tightening of subsequent stays has caused the forestay to become slack.  I'm hoping that the mainstay will pull the foremast back a little bit and correct that.

 

Peter

 

Completed build: Virginia 1819 from Artesania Latina

In progress: Sultana

Posted (edited)

Here are the jibboom guys hanging free with deadeyes at the end.

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The deadeyes were linked with deadeyes previously attached to eyebolts at the bow.  Here's a neat view of everything from above.

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The main stay and main topmast stay were added each with a pair of hearts.

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Next time: adding lots of blocks, probably.

 

 

Edited by SardonicMeow

Peter

 

Completed build: Virginia 1819 from Artesania Latina

In progress: Sultana

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