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

[Keith Black]

3 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

Had I know more what about I was doing

 Glen, I'm pretty sure that's the motto for the majority of us. You're doing excellent work, keep the faith. 

[Ian_Grant]

8 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

It was a bit tricky tying the lanyards inside the tight confines of the fife rails, backstays, shrouds, etc.  Had I know more what about I was doing, I might have done some things in a different order.

It's easier to rig such lines "in reverse" i.e tie them off at deck level at the start of rigging, then coil them neatly while doing other lines, then pass them up and tie off aloft.

[Glen McGuire]

23 hours ago, Ian_Grant said:

It's easier to rig such lines "in reverse" i.e tie them off at deck level at the start of rigging, then coil them neatly while doing other lines, then pass them up and tie off aloft.

I think that's good advice, Ian.  The even trickier thing, which I did not mention above, was drilling tiny holes in the deck for the eye pins inside the fife rails at the base of the masts.  Even my small pin vise was really difficult to position and work inside those tight confines.  I guess what I should have done is read the instructions backwards at the start.  Then I would've known where all those tie off points for the rigging are and could have put the eye pins and lanyards in place first.  Too late now!    

Edited Saturday at 12:10 AM by Glen McGuire

[Ian_Grant]

Yes; if you ever build a Heller Victory there is much extra prep work before starting the rigging. For example, Heller's instructions have no means of holding the yards to the masts; in the case of the lower yards you need to add blocks at the feet of the masts for truss pendants. As you say this is much easier before the masts are even stepped.

 

The Heller Victory instructions are diabolically bad.

[Glen McGuire]

Well, I got to the end of my rope on this project.  Literally.  I ran out of cord for the stays, so I had to order more from BlueJacket.  While waiting for the new line to arrive, I circled back to the yards and installed all the foot ropes.  I've seen some people use thread for the stirrups and others use small eye pins.  I particularly like the way the foot ropes look on @Keith Black's Tennessee so I decided on eye pins.

 

   

[Glen McGuire]

Well, I took another look at the mast and spar diagram and realized the lower 3 yards on each mast have these little mini-foot ropes on the ends.  I did a quick search and found that they are called Flemish Horses.  Hmmm.  Had not heard of them before.  So I did a quick add.

[Knocklouder]

Glen she looking beautiful. More horses?, those are fun to do. I noticiced no crowsfeet lines, or did I miss that part.

 Man it's going to be hard to let this one go, Just a fabulous fix . 

Bob M.

Edited 22 hours ago by Knocklouder
Guessing typos lol

[Keith Black]

Those are some peachy yards, Glen. The foot ropes turned out really well. 

[Glen McGuire]

36 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

Glen she looking beautiful. More horses?, those are fun to do. I noticiced no crowsfeet lines, or did I miss that part.

I think they should be called Flemish Longhorns rather than horses.  But what do I know! 
As far as the crow's feet, the BlueJacket plans don't call for those so I didn't install them.

 

 

29 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

The foot ropes turned out really well. 

Thanks, Keith.  My goal was to make them look as good as yours on your Tennessee.  

[Keith Black]

9 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

My goal was to make them look as good as yours on your Tennessee.  

I think you succeeded, Glen. The look better than mine.