ClipperFan Posted Tuesday at 11:10 PM Share #121 Posted Tuesday at 11:10 PM 8 hours ago, Jared said: Vlad's workmanship is incredible! Museum quality for sure. Unfortunately my skill level is nowhere near that. 🫣 @Jared it wasn't my intention to embarrass you with Vlad's prowess at craftsmanship. It was merely to help out seeing how others have dealt with similar rigging projects you will do. As for skill level. The farthest I've progressed is building the 3' Revell Cutty Sark, so my abilities are way behind pretty much everyone on this site, including you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gak1965 Posted Tuesday at 11:19 PM Share #122 Posted Tuesday at 11:19 PM Looking great. I was wondering how to make the figurehead from the pieces and just gave up and made a new one. I also kind of cheated with the bobstay shackles. I drilled a hole in the brass that was mounted on the prow, used that to drill a matching hole in the wood, glued the brass strip in place, and then glued an eyebolt into the lines up holes in the bow and brass. It worked, but yours is more real. Regards, George Quote Current Builds: Bluejacket USS Kearsarge, RRS Discovery 1:72 scratch Completed Builds: Model Shipways 1:96 Flying Fish | Model Shipways 1:64 US Brig Niagara | Model Shipways 1:64 Pride of Baltimore II (modified) | Midwest Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack | Heller 1:150 Passat | Revell 1:96 USS Constitution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClipperFan Posted Wednesday at 12:49 AM Share #123 Posted Wednesday at 12:49 AM @Jared Nice craftsmanship building your chainplates. I've attached a picture of the starboard bow of Glory of the Seas, so you can see how the upper end of the bobstay chainlinks connect to 'deadeyes'. Shackles on the bowsprit originate at the base of the two outermost iron bands. I hope this helps you with this part of your build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted Wednesday at 03:03 AM Author Share #124 Posted Wednesday at 03:03 AM No worries - I wasn't embarrassed at all. I truly admire fine workmanship and appreciate your input to my log Clipperfan. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted Wednesday at 03:15 AM Author Share #125 Posted Wednesday at 03:15 AM Thanks George. The figurehead was quite simple. I simply glued the wing on using gel super glue. I then painted a clear primer on the wings and later, white acrylic paint. I was going to crimp a brass strip then drill a hole through the cramped part through which I would make a ring to attach to the bobstay chain. However I kept breaking my drill bits and came up with the soldering approach. It took me quite a few tries to get it right. Working at such a small scale with vision problems is quite challenging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted 23 hours ago Author Share #126 Posted 23 hours ago The chain jackstays on the bowsprit have been completed and mounted as shown in the accompanying figure. I found the rigging the lanyards between the hearts to be quite challenging, owing to the awkward underside location of the jackstays. Required a lot of patience and steady hands to complete. berhard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClipperFan Posted 23 hours ago Share #127 Posted 23 hours ago @Jared nice second effort on getting those bobstay chainlinks tighter. They look nice. Happy 4th of July! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted 22 hours ago Author Share #128 Posted 22 hours ago Thank you. Happy July 4th. ClipperFan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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