HMS Vanguard 1787 1:72 a Victory Models kit

Chestcutter · Sunday at 4:30 AM

DavidLynam said:
Awesome work!!! Thanks for the lessons!!!

Dave Lynam

Thank you for your kind words Dave.

GrantTyler · Sunday at 7:54 AM

Chestcutter said:
Rigging continues. As more of the running rigging gets installed it gets progressively more difficult to access the new lines and attach them to belaying points. I now know why the lowest yard on the mizzen is called a cross jack, the brace lines cross over beneath the stay. I have tried to show this in the photos, but its hard to see what’s going where.

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I have completed the Clues, sheets and Tack rigging which are on Tavola 10. One thing I learnt and would recommend to those who are following is that some of the blocks on the yards are rigged with 0.75mm thread through a 3mm block, and the hole in the block would benefit from predrilling before mounting on the yards.
There are a number of Toggle points which were done using the method suggested by the instructions, to stiffen some thread 0.75mm natural with CA glue, which i did with a clamp hanging off it to get it perfectly straight.

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I am now on Tavola 11 and have started the Braces, with only Bowlines left to do after that.
The other handy hint for future efforts is be very careful moving around the boom, I have brushed against it and ruptured the blocks off three times now. Also installed the rudder chains.

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Thanks for visiting.

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Good afternoon. I love it. Looks so impressive with all the rigging. Cheers Grant

dockattner · Sunday at 7:58 AM

I'm with Grant. The effort and outcome with the rigging is just so impressive.

Chestcutter · Sunday at 4:23 PM

GrantTyler said:
Good afternoon. I love it. Looks so impressive with all the rigging. Cheers Grant

Thank you Grant for your continued interest and feedback on my Vanguard.

dockattner said:
I'm with Grant. The effort and outcome with the rigging is just so impressive.

Thank you Paul for your thoughts. I know you are between builds and hoping my Vanguard stimulates your next project with lots of rigging. I would like to see that.

dockattner · 2025-06-02T07:58:26-0500

Chestcutter said:
Thank you Paul for your thoughts. I know you are between builds and hoping my Vanguard stimulates your next project with lots of rigging. I would like to see that.

I fully rigged the Vasa. I'm still recovering from that, so my next build will also be sans rigging

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