Ranger 1864 by palmerit - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Barking Fish Carrier

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Dyed the sails. Playing around I ended up using a 2:2:1 ratio of RIT Tan : Scarlet : Cocoa Brown. Started with a 1:1 of Tan : Scarlet but that seemed too red. The end result is redder than the others, but I like it, and from what I’ve seen online for ships of this sort there seems to be some variability. 
 

I’m also showing some linen fabric I dyed in the same batch. While probably closer than I had used an old t-shirt the shade is a good bit different. 

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Oddly, the sail size isn’t 1:1 with the plans. I was hoping to use it to determine where to tie on main sail rings. 
 

The boom is 1:1. 
 

I think Chris Watton said he didn’t use sails from where he got them originally. This was from agesofsail so it could have been an old model from their inventory. 

Edited August 24 by palmerit

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Getting ready to add the mast, start the rigging, and add the sails. 

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Curtis_Wooden_Shipyard has a nice video on attaching shrouds and deadeyes. 

 

 

Edited Monday at 11:26 AM by palmerit

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Added shrouds and deadeyes. Have one more pair to go. 

I know my seizings are  too long. I was trying a new approach and once I had the first pair and realized, I didn’t really want to take them out and start over. 

Edited Friday at 12:43 PM by palmerit