Columbus ships, Santa Maria and Pinta, kit by Amati... [COMPLETED BUILD]

The main sail, at least upper part, since I will make bonnet so the bottom part is still to be done, is ready for adding Christopher' flag on it..

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Sail reef lines are done out of 1mm tan rope, glued to the sail with D3 glue and around clew areas, a bit of CA was used to speed up the process and to make the rope sticking more securely to the sail. The hot gun was also used to speed up drying of D3 glue around reef lines.

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The buoy is also completed, now need to figure out find the way how to attach it to the model..

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Happy modelling..
 
Buoys are completed and mounted on the ship... I used a bit of D3 glue and tweezer to stretch the rope visually...I was not sure how to secure buoy to rigging line and to keep the excess rope nice and secured so ended up using this method able to find on some other forums...

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Since I am planning to have bonnet main sail, I started preparing the rope to accommodate this design with a bit of modification...


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During the work slight miscalculation ended up in 1cm gap between two reef line ends..

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.. but corrected..

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So if you don't tell anyone, it will be hardly visible, particularly since that area will hold lacing..

The last step was to cut excess rope just above the knot.

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Happy modelling..
 
The main sail for SM was completed and ready to stamp a famous Christopher's cross.. It was done in EasyDraw software and printed out on the LightWhite transfer paper, using my inkjet printer. Now it is the time to transfer it to the sail... must say some concerns were present...

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After ironing it for a while...

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And done..


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OK, no mess, no issues. The only issue I encountered is since I was using a white glue to glue stripes of material for a sale, under the heat, glue lightly started to transfer on the glass which I used as a table and sail was kind of stucking to the glass. Not a big deal, just something to be aware of...

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Main sail for Pinta was also done, next are reef lines...

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Then I started sewing the bonnet...

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The black tread is used to pull one end of the seizing rope thru so it is not visible after...

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The pilot holes were made for bonnet; this is done since I glued reef lines so the sail is very hard on edges... if I ended up sewing sails, there will be no need for pilot holes..

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... more to come... Happy modelling..
 
moreplovac said:
The main sail for SM was completed and ready to stamp a famous Christopher's cross.. It was done in EasyDraw software and printed out on the LightWhite transfer paper, using my inkjet printer. Now it is the time to transfer it to the sail... must say some concerns were present...

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After ironing it for a while...

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And done..


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OK, no mess, no issues. The only issue I encountered is since I was using a white glue to glue stripes of material for a sale, under the heat, glue lightly started to transfer on the glass which I used as a table and sail was kind of stucking to the glass. Not a big deal, just something to be aware of...

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Main sail for Pinta was also done, next are reef lines...

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Then I started sewing the bonnet...

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The black tread is used to pull one end of the seizing rope thru so it is not visible after...

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The pilot holes were made for bonnet; this is done since I glued reef lines so the sail is very hard on edges... if I ended up sewing sails, there will be no need for pilot holes..

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... more to come... Happy modelling..
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Absolutely Beautiful work, eye watering great journey on the sails. Awesome.
 
moreplovac said:
The main sail for SM was completed and ready to stamp a famous Christopher's cross.. It was done in EasyDraw software and printed out on the LightWhite transfer paper, using my inkjet printer. Now it is the time to transfer it to the sail... must say some concerns were present...

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After ironing it for a while...

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And done..


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OK, no mess, no issues. The only issue I encountered is since I was using a white glue to glue stripes of material for a sale, under the heat, glue lightly started to transfer on the glass which I used as a table and sail was kind of stucking to the glass. Not a big deal, just something to be aware of...

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Main sail for Pinta was also done, next are reef lines...

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Then I started sewing the bonnet...

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The black tread is used to pull one end of the seizing rope thru so it is not visible after...

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The pilot holes were made for bonnet; this is done since I glued reef lines so the sail is very hard on edges... if I ended up sewing sails, there will be no need for pilot holes..

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... more to come... Happy modelling..
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removed by me. I saw the answer to my question in your post
 
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For all SM builder... if you find useful mainsail cross I made, I can share pdf file in 1:1 scale which can be printed out, just PM me.. After few attempts to paint the cross by hand that did not produce satisfactory results, I decided to use software and made/print/transfer to the sails, both for Pinta and Santa Maria.

The lacing continue...

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.. and finally done.

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Now it is time to be attached to the main yard.

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Happy modelling..

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Good morning Moreplovac,
I'm really impressed by the neat work on the sail and I'm looking forward to seeing you soon in the group build of Le Rochefort. I can still learn a lot from you regarding the work on the rigging and the sails.
 
Tobias said:
Good morning Moreplovac,
I'm really impressed by the neat work on the sail and I'm looking forward to seeing you soon in the group build of Le Rochefort. I can still learn a lot from you regarding the work on the rigging and the sails.
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Thanks Tobias, wrapping up SM build while waiting for a pear wood boards ordered for Le Rochefort...
Cheers
 
While working on attaching mainsail to the main yard, the yard was damaged and snapped at one part.

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It was pretty much un-reperable so new yard had to be made...


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The layer of danish oil was applied to new yard and while yard was in the drying process, I finished up preparing staysail..

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Happy modelling..
 
moreplovac said:
While working on attaching mainsail to the main yard, the yard was damaged and snapped at one part.

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It was pretty much un-reperable so new yard had to be made...


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The layer of danish oil was applied to new yard and while yard was in the drying process, I finished up preparing staysail..

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Happy modelling..
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Happens to the best of us. What a pain in the neck, though. Glad you recovered
 
moreplovac said:
The main sail for SM was completed and ready to stamp a famous Christopher's cross.. It was done in EasyDraw software and printed out on the LightWhite transfer paper, using my inkjet printer. Now it is the time to transfer it to the sail... must say some concerns were present...

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After ironing it for a while...

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And done..


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OK, no mess, no issues. The only issue I encountered is since I was using a white glue to glue stripes of material for a sale, under the heat, glue lightly started to transfer on the glass which I used as a table and sail was kind of stucking to the glass. Not a big deal, just something to be aware of...

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Main sail for Pinta was also done, next are reef lines...

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Then I started sewing the bonnet...

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The black tread is used to pull one end of the seizing rope thru so it is not visible after...

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The pilot holes were made for bonnet; this is done since I glued reef lines so the sail is very hard on edges... if I ended up sewing sails, there will be no need for pilot holes..

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... more to come... Happy modelling..
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So good!
 
Work on staysail continues...

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And staysail is completed....

Second attempt to attach mainsail to the yard without breakage...

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Also, the lantern was added to the ship. I replaced little copper pipe that comes with the kit since it needed to be bended a bit and like any other pipe, it will look squeezed at the point of bending so I used 4mm rod and bend it in the correct shape. For a bending template I used some old wire and shaped it, then followed the template, bended the rod. I also made a small rod holding piece that was attached to the deck; it just looked unfinished if I just glue the rod to the deck..
Did not spend to much effort to make lantern look more realistic, beside some light weathering and excluded from lantern the red particles that suppose to simulate a windows and fire inside... just did not like it.. Instead just applied a bit of orange paint instead...


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Happy modelling..

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moreplovac said:
Work on staysail continues...

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And staysail is completed....

Second attempt to attach mainsail to the yard without breakage...

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Also, the lantern was added to the ship. I replaced little copper pipe that comes with the kit since it needed to be bended a bit and like any other pipe, it will look squeezed at the point of bending so I used 4mm rod and bend it in the correct shape. For a bending template I used some old wire and shaped it, then followed the template, bended the rod. I also made a small rod holding piece that was attached to the deck; it just looked unfinished if I just glue the rod to the deck..
Did not spend to much effort to make lantern look more realistic, beside some light weathering and excluded from lantern the red particles that suppose to simulate a windows and fire inside... just did not like it.. Instead just applied a bit of orange paint instead...


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Happy modelling..

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Love your sails and rigging. Superb work.
 
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