Clever attempt with the battens! I like it!
Hi Red thanks for looking in.Looks really great, are you going to put sails on her?
Thank you Paul for your kind observations. The opinion of skilled artisans such as yourself is nourishing to my confidence.Very convincing, Michael! I agree with Allan, the details being included here are turning this into a fine ship model. You’re also getting a nice finish with the painting.
DittoThe entire assembly looks great. It is super to see the attention you have given to the details!
Allan
Good morning Micheal. Way to go. So many details and wonderfully pulled off. Cheers GrantMinor update. I have final completed all the construction of the yards, booms and other parts that required the lathe. The lathe I have is the Proxxon DB250, and it is a great little machine. The job of tapering these 25 dowels would have been very difficult without a lathe and very time consuming.
I have commenced painting them black, but keeping the booms natural wood with a mahogany stain. Pictures to follow.
I have also added the bees blocks now and am grateful for AllanKP69 for his advice. Some photos of these to help others, as I have not seen many of these on other build logs.
Next will be rigging all the blocks to the yards, then the rigging will commence in earnest with the standing rigging first and a lot of line serving.
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Thanks Grant for your kind words. I am energized by them and by your good work to push on to the black art of rigging.Good morning Micheal. Way to go. So many details and wonderfully pulled off. Cheers Grant
Thank you for your kind remarks. I am a big fan of your wonderful Vanguard and your modifications and extra details are superb.Beauty! It looks solid with the tying of the ropes.