"Flying Cloud " by Mamoli - kit bash

[Vfordyce]

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Nice detail.

 

[Peter Gutterman]

I'll watch the videos and see if I can get my brain to connect. Your illustration de mystifies it a bit for me. I learn better hands on. Maybe my son will show me.
" You point the cursor here... the cursor that's the little arrow thingy... yes, now it's a little hand... that's right...then you left click...LEFT!... YOUR OTHER left!!!"

 

[Vfordyce]

I'll watch the videos and see if I can get my brain to connect. Your illustration de mystifies it a bit for me. I learn better hands on. Maybe my son will show me.
" You point the cursor here... the cursor that's the little arrow thingy... yes, now it's a little hand... that's right...then you left click...LEFT!... YOUR OTHER left!!!"

Get a teenager to show you.

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Plugging away at the spars. Quite a few more spars, gaffs, booms and s'tun'sl spars to go. Each to be fitted out and a little model unto itself, with the attendant issue of scale. The fittings become increasingly tiny. I'll be picking Rob Wiederrich, Chuck Henson and anyone else's brain willing to chime in. if this pic gets turned sideways it won't matter much

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Yup. Still sideways.

 

[Vfordyce]

After consulting with "Clipperfan" Rich Jones on mast and spar color schemes, I've proceeded as follows on my masts so far. On the masts I used a "golden brown" alcohol aniline stain sealed with amber shellac. Both very dilute. The couplings and hounds are white (like the lower masts). I left the upper crosstrees in the natural walnut that they were made of by Mamoli. Nice solid hardwood laser cut pieces. Too fussy to paint in place, so I'm taking a little artistic license. The spars (and perhaps the spanker and gaff booms) will be black-ish. Translucent ebony over dark walnut, sealed with amber shellac.

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That's the only good use for balsam vinaigrette I've ever seen. I prefer french or blue cheese dressing.