...remodeling is not an action, it is a state! You cannot finish remodeling, you can only stop it!
Constructo 1799 Enterprise help
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Rigging:
Slowly but surely we’re making progress. One line at a time. I’ve found working from the stern to the stem a great idea.
I think I’m enjoying the rigging a lot more than planking the hull.
Jan
Slowly but surely we’re making progress. One line at a time. I’ve found working from the stern to the stem a great idea.
I think I’m enjoying the rigging a lot more than planking the hull.
Jan
Looking good. Jan.
Jibs:
After destroying several of the small rings trying to attach them to the Jibs, I resorted to plan B and sewed them in place.
One done, two more to go.
Jan
After destroying several of the small rings trying to attach them to the Jibs, I resorted to plan B and sewed them in place.
One done, two more to go.
Jan
Good job Jan. I have only used sails once it did not go well. Well done.
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Rigging:
The rigging looks like a birds nest in the top of the masts. But it’s getting done one line at a time.
I think I’m going to run out of the fine neutral color rigging line. I’m going to try to find a local source. Most of the on line vendors have this item listed as out of stock.
Jan
The rigging looks like a birds nest in the top of the masts. But it’s getting done one line at a time.
I think I’m going to run out of the fine neutral color rigging line. I’m going to try to find a local source. Most of the on line vendors have this item listed as out of stock.
Jan
Rigging part 2:
We’ve run out of the fine neutral colored rigging line. I’ll have to contend myself with tying off the lines that I can while I search for a suitable replacement for the .25mm line.
Jan
We’ve run out of the fine neutral colored rigging line. I’ll have to contend myself with tying off the lines that I can while I search for a suitable replacement for the .25mm line.
Jan
Rigging part 3:
All sails in place, many lines waiting to be tied off. I couldn’t find the right thickness line locally, so now it’s wait for a on line delivery order before I can do much more.
Jan
All sails in place, many lines waiting to be tied off. I couldn’t find the right thickness line locally, so now it’s wait for a on line delivery order before I can do much more.
Jan
Rigging:
This arrived in yesterday’s mail. Much earlier than expected.
This arrived in yesterday’s mail. Much earlier than expected.
Argh. Wrong diameter. Had to find another vendor and order a replacement.
Clumsy fingers and short reach:
All those lines hanging down need to be tied to belaying pins. I tried my DIY rigging tools and fumbly fingers and found I was destroying, getting tangled and generally messing up previous work. Since this is my first rigging endeavor there was no experience to fall back on.
My solution.
Twelve inch tweezers.
Jan
All those lines hanging down need to be tied to belaying pins. I tried my DIY rigging tools and fumbly fingers and found I was destroying, getting tangled and generally messing up previous work. Since this is my first rigging endeavor there was no experience to fall back on.
My solution.
Twelve inch tweezers.
Jan
Nice job there Jan. I am always impressed when one is able to complete a Constructo kit. As of this date, I have given up on three of them that I have started. I just do not have much luck with them. But you have shown they are buildable and can turn out well. Like the long forceps as well. Keep up the great workmanship. I am not a fan of planking, but do enjoy all the rigging too.
Rick
Rick
I’ve found that the build instructions are sketchy at best. The sequence of the build seemed wrong and some steps were left out. It took a lot of head scratching and do-overs to get it built. Lots of mistakes on my part, but for my first foray into ship modeling I think I did pretty good.
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Catching up on your build
Here the tool I use to easy do the rigging not expensive but real good
https://www.micromark.com/Rigging-Tool-Set-5-Pc
and you can make them easily with needle and old paint brush handle
Here the tool I use to easy do the rigging not expensive but real good
https://www.micromark.com/Rigging-Tool-Set-5-Pc
and you can make them easily with needle and old paint brush handle
Catching up on your build
Here the tool I use to easy do the rigging not expensive but real good
https://www.micromark.com/Rigging-Tool-Set-5-Pc
and you can make them easily with needle and old paint brush handle
I did make a couple of those, I’ve not quite mastered the technique of using them.
Jan
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Hi Mate,
Who made your sails? They are a very nice quality. Best I have seen. I always rig my ships with sails and mine never looked as good as yours.
Vince P.
Hi Mate,
Who made your sails? They are a very nice quality. Best I have seen. I always rig my ships with sails and mine never looked as good as yours.
Vince P.
Hi Vince,
The sails were include in the build kit.
Jan
I have been watching your build with a great deal of interest as I am contemplating a scratch build of this fine little ship. One thing that I have noticed is that the picture of her as a brig fails to mention that at the time of her modification she was cut in half and had 12 feet added to her length in order for her to carry more fire-power. So this model is not as she would have appeared in 1812-13, at the time of her battle with the Boxer. That said - you are doing a marvelous job on this often overlooked ship. Keep up the good work - though I'm sure you will. Your skills surpass those of many who have tried to build wooden models.