that's the foreyards rigged and that's all for this week.

week 85,foremast to complete and add the rigging blocks.

with your experience you should manage to do without plans karl, in fact i'm sure you could rig a ship in a dark room with a blindfold on.

seriously though it's a pain when you don't get all the required info to build a kit, i have come across this with the delprado cutty sark and bounty, and other a/l kits, and even trawling through the internet does not get you the info you need.

week 86. first the channel chains,looking at the mag all looks straight enough, coil of 1mm. brass wire(soft).this needs straightening,an old trick is this,take one pair of nose pliers and coil it round end,undo coil brass wire,rest first pliers on floor (still attached)place right foot on pliers and with a second pair of nose pliers attach at other end,you stretch as hard as you can,this beleave it or not will straighten the wire. snip off the ends and you have a straight piece of wire.the first pic. is done by using round nose pliers.the mag says cut the wire at 60mm.far to long,cut at 50mm.with the 5mm. deadeye in place mark 20mm.down from deadeye and do a 90degree bend.




the next job is to tie a .8mm thread to the fighting top,(first platform)this is to position the channel chains,they should be fixed at an angle to the shroud.put 1st deadeye in first hole in the channel,using the thread mark for a 1mm. drilling hole.position the chain and superglue,I used thick superglue.



more to come later..............

the steering is straightforward enough,I made up all the eyebolts and blocks first then fitted them with the main rope threaded as I went round the deck.

week 87.and a fair amount to do this week.the main masts,and yards,the ships boat supports,rigging the anchors,and rigging main masts and yards.




and that's it for another week.please comment,all welcome,newbees any questions????

many thanks for the comments,won't be long before the masts go up.

the masts are ok to do,it's the yards that are a nightmare,the amount of blocks is ridiculous,on the main yard their are 20 blocks plus the parrel beads and stirups to do. also the stun'sail booms and fittings.

Yes, it all looks tricky, especially for a newbie to ship models. The pictures just don't give enough detail, so it is going to be a frustrating task I feel.

thanks gus,jonny,and ian.I suspect it's the mizzen next,then the deadeyes and channel chains next.