USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Complete Construction

[Glen McGuire]

Thanks for the well wishes on the Hawaii trip.  We had an amazing time.  Beaches, sunsets, mai tais.........ahhhhhh.

 

Time to get back to work.  The first thing I did upon return was finish seizing the mizzen shrouds and threading the deadeyes.  Still managing to keep the deadeyes aligned fairly well.

 

 

 

Next up was the forward stays and preventer stays.  These are looped around each mast with an eye and mouse.

 

 

I made my mice with a 3/16" dowel, sanding to a conical shape and drilling out the center for the stay to pass through.

 

 

 

One more thing to make before installing all the stays - the two U-shaped collars that the fore stay and fore preventer stay attach to at the base of the jib boom.  I carved these out of 1/8" thick basswood.

 

 

 

Here's a good look at the attachment points.   The fore stay and fore preventer stay are in the foreground with the U-shaped collars.  In the background you can see the main stay and main preventer stay using lanyards anchored at the base of the bow pinrail.

 

 

 

 

And here's a look at the whole thing.  That was a lot of work to string only 6 dang lines!!

  

[Knocklouder]

Glad your back my friend. Carson ship is looking  fantastic  he must be impressed with each post as we all are. Nice work on the bow, I am just starting mine.

  Pile says hello 👋      

Bob &crew

[Keith Black]

 Yes, welcome home. Did the cows miss you? 

 

 The Connie is looking right smart, Glen.  Fine job you're doing.