Ferrus Manus Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share #61 Posted December 14, 2023 The fore top shrouds are complete. GrandpaPhil and Baker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share #62 Posted December 15, 2023 The main topmast shrouds and the fore and main topmast stays are complete. Baker, GrandpaPhil and Louie da fly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share #63 Posted December 15, 2023 The mizzen shrouds are complete, and i redid the mizzen stay lanyard. 72Nova, GrandpaPhil and Baker 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share #64 Posted December 16, 2023 Especially since my original use of the kit-provided shrouds was met with resounding booing and jeering, i am proud to say i have tied the first pair of ratlines on the fore topmast shrouds. I cut the sheer-poles off the original kit shrouds and reused them for my own shrouds. They don't look horrible, do they? GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share #65 Posted December 17, 2023 The fore topmast ratlines are complete. Knocklouder, Jeff T, Baker and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share #66 Posted December 18, 2023 Today, i completed the main topmast ratlines. I also put in the fore and main backstays. GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share #67 Posted December 19, 2023 Starting on the lower masts: The fore lower shrouds are done. On to the ratlines. Bryan Woods, Baker and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted December 19, 2023 Share #68 Posted December 19, 2023 Looking good Ferrus! 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 December 20, 2023 Author Share #69 Posted December 20, 2023 I made the fore lower ratlines today: Baker, Knocklouder and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted December 20, 2023 Share #70 Posted December 20, 2023 So much better 😉 Ferrus Manus 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...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share #71 Posted December 21, 2023 That's it for the standing rigging!! I am very proud of myself for doing something i have never even attempted before, and i hope you guys are too. Altduck, GrandpaPhil, Baker and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted December 21, 2023 Share #72 Posted December 21, 2023 You did well! 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 December 21, 2023 Author Share #73 Posted December 21, 2023 Alright, guys. It's time to start the running rigging, and i have an idea. I think it might be time to experiment with a furled and hauled-in spritsail, as per Baker's demonstration on the Pelican: There are, obviously, two ways we could show the spritsail on the model: Which one do we think would be better? While this is a display model, i would like to portray it as it would have looked while sailing on the Pilgrim voyage. This is the process of shortening sail on a galleon: It is very plausible that the spritsail might not have been needed in some situations. An added benefit of taking in the spritsail for the purpose of this model is it would look better than if the spritsail was flying, because i have never figured out how to fly a spritsail on a model and have it look natural. What do you guys think? GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share #74 Posted December 22, 2023 I made and attached the catheads... ...and i made my executive decision. The rigging of the spritsail will be done tomorrow. Knocklouder, kirill4, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share #75 Posted December 22, 2023 Now, there are two ways the yard could be positioned when furled. The first preserves the overall symmetry of the ship, while the second avoids the tangling of rigging on a yard that would ordinarily be perpendicular to the bowsprit. For that reason, i am likely to go with the second option. Baker, kirill4 and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share #76 Posted December 22, 2023 In the process of rigging the furled spritsail: GrandpaPhil, kirill4 and Knocklouder 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share #77 Posted December 22, 2023 The rigging of the spritsail is done. This one was fun, owing to the fact that i have never rigged a spritsail like this before. Louie da fly, GrandpaPhil and Baker 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share #78 Posted December 23, 2023 I'm getting a good head start on the fore course. BLACK VIKING, Baker, GrandpaPhil and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share #79 Posted December 24, 2023 I've now done all the large lines on the fore course. I also went to the model shop for some line and thimbles, which will be used later. kirill4, GrandpaPhil and Baker 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share #80 Posted December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas to all my fellow shipwrights on Model Ship World. Today, i finished the fore course. Baker, Isaiah and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted December 25, 2023 Share #81 Posted December 25, 2023 Looks good my friend. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all the best for the new year. Ferrus Manus 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 Current Build: 1972 Ford Sport Custom, Viking Ship Drakkar -Amati-1:50 On Hold: HMS Pegasus: Amati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share #82 Posted December 25, 2023 I can get away with erroneous rigging and shoddy repairs on this build, because that's probably how the real Mayflower looked at the time of her Atlantic crossing. GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Posted December 26, 2023 Share #83 Posted December 26, 2023 Merry Christmas and a happy new year. 🎅🎄 I had no idea you were working on this model but it looks very nice. 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 December 26, 2023 Author Share #84 Posted December 26, 2023 Thanks! Stick around, it gets better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share #85 Posted December 26, 2023 I also got the main course started. I rigged the main lift topping lifts, parrel lines, and braces. GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share #86 Posted December 27, 2023 I got the rigging for the mainsail done, and i'm currently working on making the fore topsail. Baker, Louie da fly, GrandpaPhil and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share #87 Posted December 28, 2023 It seems at this point like i'm able to get one sail done per day. At that rate, we'll be done with this build by New Year's Eve. This is the fore topsail: This is the VOC Duyfken, a small Dutch fluyt, flying topsails in the same manner as the Mayflower: GrandpaPhil and ccoyle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share #88 Posted December 29, 2023 The finished main topsail: This picture, to my surprise and enjoyment, looks like a ship from one of Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom's paintings: GrandpaPhil and Knocklouder 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share #89 Posted December 30, 2023 Today, i got the rigging of the mizzen lateen sail completed. And with that, the sail rigging phase is complete. All that has to happen is for the flags to be made, the anchors rigged, and the stand painted. All of that will likely happen tonight and tomorrow. 72Nova, GrandpaPhil, Knocklouder and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted January 1 Author Share #90 Posted January 1 With the finished anchors, flags, and stand, we now are left with a finished Mayflower. I told you guys i would have this done by the new year. While this ship might not be perfect, it's certainly good enough. I tried things i had never attempted before, and i did things that i never thought i would be able to do. I believe i advanced my abilities with this one, and set new standards that will remain in place for builds to come. While some parts of the build might not be perfect, or perfectly accurate, Uncle Jay won't care. He will think it's an amazing piece of art and worthy of a place in a museum, and i won't correct him. This ship holds a special place in my heart. Without the inconsequential little galleon we know as the Mayflower, the nation in which i live would not exist. Without the motley crew of outcasts and religious refugees looking for purity, honesty and prosperity, history would have turned out much different. Thank you for sticking around for this one. Thank you for the encouragement (you know who you are) with respect to the shrouds and ratlines, and even though this build didn't involve a lot of talking, i still felt your presence. Happy New Year, and i hope that your 2024 is better than your 2023, however good or bad this year may have been for you. I will see you all next time, probably very soon. Until then, fair winds and calm seas. Thukydides, Baker, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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