Grants Xebec 1:60 (using Jabeque Cazador Occre1:60 kit) [COMPLETED BUILD]

[GrantTyler]

A bit late
happy birthday Grant
Best wishes

Happy Birthdauy ou swaer! I'm so late with this but hopefully I'm the last. I hope you had a great day

Good morning Mark and Gilbert. Thank you.

I’ve been away for a while, Grant, but I would like to wish you a happy belated birthday as well.

Good morning Vic. Good to hear from you and thank you for the birthday wishes. I hope all is going well with you and your family. Cheers Grant

 

[Richie]

Belated Happy Birthday Grant, hope you had a great day.

 

[GrantTyler]

Belated Happy Birthday Grant, hope you had a great day.

Thanks Richie

 

[Jay]

Grant, sorry it’s been a while but my oh my your progress does not disappoint. Your attention to detail is in another dimension. Belated birthday wishes, hope it was a great day for you.

 

[pingu57]

Grant extremely late for your birthday, but i hope you had a great day.

And further?? what a great job you have shown here again, i love it

 

[GrantTyler]

Grant, sorry it’s been a while but my oh my your progress does not disappoint. Your attention to detail is in another dimension. Belated birthday wishes, hope it was a great day for you.

Grant extremely late for your birthday, but i hope you had a great day.

And further?? what a great job you have shown here again, i love it

Good morning. Thanks guys. Cheers Grant

 

[GrantTyler]

Good morning. Whew , I finally managed to get some time to play in my shipyard. Continuing with the boring I’m afraid. The top blocks for the main mast stays.

The rigging is similar to the foremast it just has two extra stays. Means more violin blocks to make(Not my favorite). On the main mast I made these blocks larger than the fore and Mizzen.

Close up:

Excuse the white “dust” pieces- I only noticed these while posting.

Two Pendants to make and then these can be lashed to the top of the main mast.

Cheers Grant

 

[Peter Voogt]

Good morning. Whew , I finally managed to get some time to play in my shipyard. Continuing with the boring I’m afraid. The top blocks for the main mast stays.

The rigging is similar to the foremast it just has two extra stays. Means more violin blocks to make(Not my favorite). On the main mast I made these blocks larger than the fore and Mizzen.
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Close up:
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Excuse the white “dust” pieces- I only noticed these while posting.

Two Pendants to make and then these can be lashed to the top of the main mast.

Cheers Grant

Showing to make nice rigging parts is never boring, Grant. Posting nothing is so ………
Regards, Peter

 

[Ken]

Good morning. Whew , I finally managed to get some time to play in my shipyard. Continuing with the boring I’m afraid. The top blocks for the main mast stays.

The rigging is similar to the foremast it just has two extra stays. Means more violin blocks to make(Not my favorite). On the main mast I made these blocks larger than the fore and Mizzen.
View attachment 428421
Close up:
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Excuse the white “dust” pieces- I only noticed these while posting.

Two Pendants to make and then these can be lashed to the top of the main mast.

Cheers Grant

Hi Grant, Never boring, more like inspirational. They are perfection.

 

[WojtasS]

Beautiful work Grant and not boring at all. It's always better to see work step by step. On completed model one can only admire, but how to get that is as important

 

[RDN1954]

Definitely lessons to be learned from this rigging.

 

[Tobias]

Hello Grant,
unfortunately it's always the case that I don't see new posts or updates. Now then I'll start searching and scour the forum, dear Grant, first of all all the best for your birthday, I know I'm a little late and I hope you'll bear with me. Go to Xebec, it looks fantastic, absolutely great work.

 

[Heinrich]

Dear grant. Now that you are using the high-quality ropes, we can see just how good your rigging is. Those blocks are beautiful, my friend - it must be an absolute pleasure using the right goodies!

 

[sevish]

Grant ,
Beautiful progress , i'm speechless of your work.
The upgraded ropes adds a lot to the ship.
Cheers
Guy

 

[sevish]

ps.
In a fashion late
Happy birthday

 

[pingu57]

excellent rope work Grant

 

[dockattner]

I'm starting to expect this level of excellence from you Grant! What is the world coming to?

 

[Artin]

Nice work Grant, the rigging is very important on the final outcome and I hope I’ll be able to pull it off, building I can handle, carving was challenging but I am getting the hang of it but I have no clue on how to make ropes and virtually no experience in rigging. Great work

 

[GrantTyler]

Showing to make nice rigging parts is never boring, Grant. Posting nothing is so ………
Regards, Peter

Hi Grant, Never boring, more like inspirational. They are perfection.

Good afternoon Peter and Ken. Yep better than nothing, still it only gets exciting when we see the stay tension and all the blocks and tackle running smooth. Thanks Ken we do strive for that perfection ….

Beautiful work Grant and not boring at all. It's always better to see work step by step. On completed model one can only admire, but how to get that is as important

Thank you. I don’t post enough build process so I guess it is an improvement. Thank you for you compliment.

Definitely lessons to be learned from this rigging.

…..on what not to do….. Thanks JohanHello Grant,

unfortunately it's always the case that I don't see new posts or updates. Now then I'll start
searching and scour the forum, first of all all the best for your birthday, I know I'm a little late and I hope you'll bear with me. Go to Xebec, it looks fantastic, absolutely great work.

Thank you Tobias. I always enjoy you visiting and your comments.Appreciated.

Dear grant. Now that you are using the high-quality ropes, we can see just how good your rigging is. Those blocks are beautiful, my friend - it must be an absolute pleasure using the right goodies!

Hello Heinrich. It is a pleasure working with “the good stuff”. I love the look of cotton rope but boy you have to handle these gently or they just fluff up. Thanks

Grant ,
Beautiful progress , i'm speechless of your work.
The upgraded ropes adds a lot to the ship.
Cheers
Guy

Thank you kindly. No doubt good ropes and blocks add so much to the completed ship. I need all the help I can get…..

ps.
In a fashion late
Happy birthday

thank you

excellent rope work Grant

Thank you kindly sir.

I'm starting to expect this level of excellence from you Grant! What is the world coming to?

It’s falling apart Paul…..your standards must be slipping or you are in a good mood today…seriously Thank you.

Nice work Grant, the rigging is very important on the final outcome and I hope I’ll be able to pull it off, building I can handle, carving was challenging but I am getting the hang of it but I have no clue on how to make ropes and virtually no experience in rigging. Great work

Thanks. I remember with my Victory I was clacky clueless when I attempted my first rope work. I read books and viewed some of the talent here on SOS and started to enjoy this rope work.
Cheers Grant

 

[GrantTyler]

Well the shipyard was productive today .

All the blocks lashed to the main mast. I deliberately did not seat the mast so I could do this off the ship. It looks way easier than it is. I had to redo both lashings…..

Here is the “hodge podge” of blocks etc - PS and SB

Cheers
Grant