Hello Mark- thanks. True storyYou're doing a top job Grant, but every time you show that diagram of your topmast I get a bit dizzy
. Sometimes I feel partially tossing the kit plans have given me "more than I can chew". PS your rope coil method and results are brilliant. Cheers
. The intellect of these guys (some 25 to 30 years old) is off the charts. Super exciting.
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A scientific approach, I'd say.
If trial and error is applicable to science then I guess we can say that
. Cheers
Cheers Heinrich. Super good to see you building your WB again. I’m enjoying making up my own ideas to achieve a reasonable outcome based Victory ( if I can call it such) -was fun this morning.
Scary, isn't it Grant? I've been in the IT industry for longer than I care to remember (nearly 40 yrs) and the changes I've seen must be as astronomical as the difference between the age of sail and modern warships. Just when you get your head around one thing they come up with something new. Intelligence for sure, however artificial. Soon we'll be building virtual ship models in cyberspace with make-believe rigging and holographic hull and deck componentsI have been working on introducing AI (artificial intelligence) software products into some of the businesses and attended an AI summit in Johannesburg so very little work on my Victory. I have been listening to young men speaking “geek” (as bad as learning all the ship terms) and getting totally confused
Hello Mark. True story.Scary, isn't it Grant? I've been in the IT industry for longer than I care to remember (nearly 40 yrs) and the changes I've seen must be as astronomical as the difference between the age of sail and modern warships. Just when you get your head around one thing they come up with something new. Intelligence for sure, however artificial. Soon we'll be building virtual ship models in cyberspace with make-believe rigging and holographic hull and deck components
The rapid development in this field is incredible. It is changing how businesses operate for sure- how to use this tech in a rapidly changing environment to ensure the businesses stay ahead of the curve is the challenge for my guys. Loads of work ahead- it is exciting.
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Working with no instructions but many logs and documents that can for sure point you in the right directionGood morning. Let me attempt to pull together the work on the upper and top gallant mast work I have been doing.
Base work- The problem area was mainly in the changes to the gap between the squared off portion of the top mast and the lower end of the Top gallant Base. I had to increase the width as I will be seizing the shrouds and they would not fit the kit dimensions. The cap and tressel trees needed adjustments. To get this I used a 2mm+0.5mm spacer and strapped it to the mast. Then glued the top gallant mast and cap. I inserted a small dowel after placement into the cap. Hope this is strong enough.
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The only disappointment for me is no matter what I tried I could not make the lower part of the top gallant a hexagon. Left it as per instructions and I am happy with the outcome.
Now I need to fit this to the lower mast- here are the parts. The alignment of this is going to be an interesting challenge for another time. To make it all work I needed to break down each part into individual portions (as I have been showing in this log here and there- I do jump around a lot. )“Eish” a super confusing log this is
I do need to do a lot of work fitting blocks, strops, deadeyes etc to these masts so I will only put this all together once this is completed. Stumbling along with no instructions I am....Yoda speak.
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Getting there, you are. Successful, you will beGood morning. Let me attempt to pull together the work on the upper and top gallant mast work I have been doing.
Base work- The problem area was mainly in the changes to the gap between the squared off portion of the top mast and the lower end of the Top gallant Base. I had to increase the width as I will be seizing the shrouds and they would not fit the kit dimensions. The cap and tressel trees needed adjustments. To get this I used a 2mm+0.5mm spacer and strapped it to the mast. Then glued the top gallant mast and cap. I inserted a small dowel after placement into the cap. Hope this is strong enough.
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Sanded and painted :
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The only disappointment for me is no matter what I tried I could not make the lower part of the top gallant a hexagon. Left it as per instructions and I am happy with the outcome.
Now I need to fit this to the lower mast- here are the parts. The alignment of this is going to be an interesting challenge for another time. To make it all work I needed to break down each part into individual portions (as I have been showing in this log here and there- I do jump around a lot. )“Eish” a super confusing log this is
I do need to do a lot of work fitting blocks, strops, deadeyes etc to these masts so I will only put this all together once this is completed. Stumbling along with no instructions I am....Yoda speak.
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Cheers Grant
Getting there, you are. Successful, you will be
...maybe He can decipher the rigging for me :
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Glad I'm retired....remembering the 7 layer OSI model, stuff like TCP/IP, netbios, netbuei, DNS servers and all the other stuff like API's.....glad to be just ship building!Scary, isn't it Grant? I've been in the IT industry for longer than I care to remember (nearly 40 yrs) and the changes I've seen must be as astronomical as the difference between the age of sail and modern warships. Just when you get your head around one thing they come up with something new. Intelligence for sure, however artificial. Soon we'll be building virtual ship models in cyberspace with make-believe rigging and holographic hull and deck components
Hello Phil- I think I will stick to ship building as well. I Never really understood IT, just know what I need and get the clever guys and ladies to make it work. I am amazed what is coming out of this industry and I think we are in for a rapid “revolution “ of sorts. I find it exciting to see opportunities happening. More peaceful to build my ship Tho . Cheers Grant
I am sure he could, although you might want to remove that sabre from him first; no end to the damage he can do with that. You could also use him for a figurehead, looks about the right size
I'm big into computers so I'll keep them as my career and also ship building as my hobby while not behind a screen.
Good morning Heinrich. Thanks for this, much appreciated. Cheers
