Flying Fish by Jared - Model Shipways - 1:96

[Jared]

A day of celebration!  Finally finished rigging  the last of the shrouds and ratlines.  Phew!!

 

[Rick310]

Well done!!!  The way nd is in sight!

Rick

[gak1965]

On 12/7/2024 at 3:34 PM, Jared said:

A day of celebration!  Finally finished rigging  the last of the shrouds and ratlines.  Phew!!

Great new Jared. Looking fabulous!

 

George

[Jared]

Time for some holiday season fun.  My nephew who lives in Singapore gifted me a laser cut wood "sailing ship puzzle" when he visited last year.  Needing a break from rigging my FF, I had a go at it this week.  I was quite amazed by the very high quality and precision of the laser cut pieces (photo 1).  It was actually quite a fun build!   

 

While it bears only minor resemblance to a real tall ship, I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to interest a child in getting into our hobby.  Seasons Greetings!

 

 

Edited December 13, 2024 by Jared

[Jared]

Gaff & Spanker boom mounted and rigged.  Quite delicate work.  It was made much easier by not having the mizzen backstays and shrouds in the way.

[Jared]

I will begin by wishing you all a very happy New Year.  My celebration begins today as I rejoice the completion of the standing rigging on my Flying Fish.  A number of photos are attached.

 

Now the real fun begins!   I am not expecting any of the remaining modelling. work to be easy 😬.

 

Best wishes to you all for 2025.  Thanks for looking in.

[Rick310]

Looking good Jared!  You keep inching closer to the finish line!

Well done!!

Have a Happy New Year!

Rick

[ScottRC]

Really nice work Jared.  You are past the monotonous part of rigging shrouds, running rigging can be fun since every line is different which does present a challenge, but in a good way.

[Jared]

Sorry for my 2 month absence.  After completing the standing rigging I needed a brief mental rest and time to think about how I would complete the fragile yards with their fittings and tackle the running rigging.

 

This week I built the mizzen topsail,  topgallant, royal and skysail yards. 

 

 They have not yet been permanently attached.  Making and soldering together the small trusses on the topgallant and topsail yards was very challenging.  Fortunately the yards are painted black, which does a great job of hiding less than stellar workmanship 😬.  I have been following the earlier advice to apply super glue into all drilled holes to try to strengthen the spars at these weak points.  For these 2 yards I am using straight pins to help secure them to the masts.

 

The last images are of the unpainted and painted mizzen royal yard and the unpainted skysail yard. 

 

 On all of these yards except the mizzen skysail, I intentionally left a small gap between the vertical and horizontal pairs of  eyebolts at the outer ends to reduce the risk of breakage from drolling at this fragile area.  Because skysail yard is just to frail, I will omit the eyebolts altogether and simply tie the running rigging to the yard ends.

 

 

Edited March 6 by Jared

[Jared]

Progress on my Flying Fish has been slow this past month, due to the difficulty of the work involved with the rigging of the lower mizzen yard and mizzen topmost yard.  There were a few times I felt like giving up as the rigging challenges seemed overwhelming, because of the small scale and really tight spaces I had to work with.

 

However with a lot of thinking I came up with some tricks and compromises which allowed me to complete the following:

 

1.  Beginning with the mizzen lower yard, I secured the chain sling and the lower mizzen yard lift.

 

2.  The mizzen topmost was then mounted and the standing lift installed.

 

3.  Rigging the mizzen topmost halliard was the most difficult due to its complexity and the very tight spaces.  I had to remove the gin blocks from the model to allow me to run the fine chain though them. To help rig the chain I used fine 0.01" dia thread attached to a fine needle to help me fish the fine chain (see photo) through the gin blocks and eyebolt on the top center of the mast.  (I decided to skip creating a gin bolt on the mast).  

 

Another simplification I did was to tie a square knot to secure the halliard to the belay pins.  The belay pins supplied in the kit are too short to allow rigging around the bottom part of the belay pins.  As a rope coil is secured to the belay pins, this hides my simplification.

 

I have attached several photos to help the viewer see how the lines are rigged.  Unfortunately with the depth of field limitations of the camera lens and numerous outer lines already on the model,  it will be difficult to really understand it all.

 

Thanks for looking.

[gak1965]

Jared,

     She's really looking fantastic!

 Glad you took the time you needed, and are ready to proceed apace.

 

Regards,

George

[Jared]

Thanks George.  At times I wonder how I got this far!  The rigging really make this model so beautiful.

[Jared]

I tell you you can't let your mind lapse on this build.  I just realized the mizzen topsail yard lifts should have been black, not white.  Fortunately the fix was quick and easy:  a dab of black paint.

 

I have now mounted the mizzen topgallant yard and installed that yard's hoist.

 

[Rick310]

You are right Jared, the rigging is complex.  I have to think several steps ahead so as not to paint myself in a corner!  I just started rigging and it is a slow process!  I’m also scared to death that I will snag something and break it!

Keep up the good work, slow and steady!

Rick