Ferrus Manus Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share #181 Posted July 10, 2023 The fore topsail is being readied to go on the yard, and is currently drying out. Either way, i need to get a bunch of cleats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share #182 Posted July 13, 2023 I turned 19 today. Woohoo! Also, the fore topsail has almost all its blocks in place, and is almost ready for the halyard. Jeff T and Baker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Posted July 13, 2023 Share #183 Posted July 13, 2023 Happy birthday mate! How’s your degree in nautical history going? Are you going to start or have you started already? Ferrus Manus 1 Quote Current build: HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Isaiah - Vanguard models - 1:64 Completed Builds: Perseverance -1807 - by Isaiah - 1:48 - Colonial Brig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share #184 Posted July 13, 2023 College starts this August. Altduck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted July 13, 2023 Share #185 Posted July 13, 2023 Happy Birthday my friend, your ship is coming along nicely. Baker and Ferrus Manus 1 1 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Santa Maria -Amati 1:65, La Pinta- Amati 1:65, La Nina -Amati 1:65 , Hannah Ship in a Bottle -1:300 The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 ,The Mayflower Amati 1:60 non Ship Build: 1972 Ford Sport Custom Truck Current Build: Viking Ship Drakkar -Amati-1:50 On Hold: HMS Pegasus: Amati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirill4 Posted July 13, 2023 Share #186 Posted July 13, 2023 On 7/8/2023 at 1:32 AM, Ferrus Manus said: Happy birthday Michael! Baker and Ferrus Manus 1 1 Quote Current Build: Spanish Galleon, Lee, 1:100 https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/6262-spanish-galleon-1607-by-kirill4-lee-plastic-1100/& https://karopka.ru/forum/forum190/topic10341/ Dutch 16-17 Arts Sailing Vessels in details https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/1845326--kirill-shabanov/collections/arts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72Nova Posted July 13, 2023 Share #187 Posted July 13, 2023 Happy Birthday young man, enjoy it to the fullest! Michael D. Baker and Ferrus Manus 1 1 Quote Completed: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/20561-reale-de-france-by-72nova-finished-heller/ HMS Victory 1765: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPrp-3y7ntwH1vwfFsMMf0bWByRebwVKqePmRLqCx3aptq5sMlGZp_LtYv0v-seiQ?key=RWdjbWRKQWs2X1JSaDAyVTRuMHk5U3dOTHJCSDVB Completed: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/33007-vasa-by-72nova-airfix-plastic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted July 13, 2023 Share #188 Posted July 13, 2023 Happy Birthday, and many more! Baker and Ferrus Manus 1 1 Quote Jeff Current build: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24519-spanish-galleon-by-jeff-t-revell-196-plastic-with-modifications/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share #189 Posted July 14, 2023 I've been mildly sick for the past few days, and i just found out i have Covid. Guess that explains the distinct lack of modelling for the past couple days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill97 Posted July 14, 2023 Share #190 Posted July 14, 2023 Ferrus Manus Covid is not a very nice birthday present. Hope you recover quickly my friend. Kenneth Powell, Ferrus Manus, Jeff T and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share #191 Posted July 14, 2023 Yeah 😂 it's all in good fun, though. I'm well on the mend. Baker and Jeff T 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share #192 Posted July 14, 2023 The only real issue was the sinus infection which hurt like a SOB, the rest in just an annoyance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted July 14, 2023 Share #193 Posted July 14, 2023 Happy birthday Ferrus 🥳 Sad news, your covid infection 👎. Get well soon. kirill4 and Ferrus Manus 1 1 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted July 14, 2023 Share #194 Posted July 14, 2023 Happy birthday! Ferrus Manus 1 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share #195 Posted July 15, 2023 Isolation goes through tomorrow, and by then i shouldn't be contagious. Thank you all for the kind wishes of both celebration and recovery. Once i get better, i'm gonna throw a late birthday blowout (me and a few family members going to a pizza joint) I got the first two jabs in 2021 because the gov't said i had to. Other than that, nothing. And so far, my own immune system has proven perfectly capable of handling this with no issues. I guess it was smart of me to change my diet to include healthier foods. GrandpaPhil, Baker and Jeff T 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted July 16, 2023 Share #196 Posted July 16, 2023 Belated Happy Birthday FM. And best of luck with your forthcoming classes and endeavors in the maritime history field. Allan Ferrus Manus 1 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share #197 Posted July 16, 2023 I'm doing a lot better today. I was able to go fetch my dad some gum from the gas station and get myself a coffee. However, he is sick with covid. He is 61, but he has no underlying conditions nor does he have a weakened immune system. He's pretty sick today, but we're both sure he'll be better tomorrow. Either way, i'm taking care of him. GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share #198 Posted July 17, 2023 I'm jonesin' for my modelling fix. It's like crank for me, i just can't do without for long. So, i have a question for you all. Many of Vroom's paintings show what appears to be an extremely small topgallant sail on one of the masts. This seems to be the perfect picture. This is the only one i could find where the topgallant sail did not have a harbor furl, his usual depiction. Our ship has topgalants on both masts, as this is a much larger ship than the relatively small Dutch fluyt depicted here. So, the question is, should i depict the topgallants as being fully raised, or should i put them in the process of being unfurled and raised, like in this painting? Archi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted July 17, 2023 Share #199 Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) That’s a personal choice. I personally like to display all sails as being fully raised and set. Edited July 17, 2023 by GrandpaPhil Ferrus Manus and Jeff T 2 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share #200 Posted July 17, 2023 Ah, that's what you always say. 🤣 GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirill4 Posted July 17, 2023 Share #201 Posted July 17, 2023 Good day, I agree with GrandpaPhil - fully raised and set. GrandpaPhil, Jeff T and Ferrus Manus 3 Quote Current Build: Spanish Galleon, Lee, 1:100 https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/6262-spanish-galleon-1607-by-kirill4-lee-plastic-1100/& https://karopka.ru/forum/forum190/topic10341/ Dutch 16-17 Arts Sailing Vessels in details https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/1845326--kirill-shabanov/collections/arts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share #202 Posted July 17, 2023 There we go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share #203 Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) Sorry for my absence, I haven't been working on the ship much in the past week. However, i did today. I got the fore topsail yard set with the halyard finished: And the parrel and braces: I will do the bowlines next, to encourage the sail to billow. Then, the clews and sheets. After that, the buntlines. Edited July 25, 2023 by Ferrus Manus Isaiah, Louie da fly, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share #204 Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) The bowlines. Can you notice the much more substantial billow? I have set the fore topsail low. However, it fouls neither the lower foremast stay nor its own bowline falls. Edited July 26, 2023 by Ferrus Manus Baker, Jeff T, allanyed and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share #205 Posted July 26, 2023 GrandpaPhil and Archi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share #206 Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) Note the fact that none of the ships pictured have their topsails hauled all the way up. Another note: The lack of waistcloth on the Spanish vessel indicates that this may have been a surprise attack. It also seems as though they may be frantically hauling up their topsails in a bid to escape. Edited July 26, 2023 by Ferrus Manus GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share #207 Posted July 29, 2023 The fore topsail is now complete. All i had to do was the topping lifts and the buntlines, all of which belay at the forecastle. Next on the list is the main topsail, which should be easier than the fore, especially on the belaying front. I might even get around to painting the yard today, who knows. 72Nova, VitusBering, Knocklouder and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Posted July 30, 2023 Share #208 Posted July 30, 2023 Looking good Ferrus, I will be following your next build as well whenever you start that. Ferrus Manus 1 Quote Current build: HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Isaiah - Vanguard models - 1:64 Completed Builds: Perseverance -1807 - by Isaiah - 1:48 - Colonial Brig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share #209 Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) Next build isn't on the table until the galleon is finished. It'll be a toss-up between the viking ship and the HMS Botany Bay. Edited August 1, 2023 by Ferrus Manus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share #210 Posted August 5, 2023 Main topsail is coming along nicely. I will have updates soon. Likely tomorrow or Monday. Knocklouder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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