And I look forward to itLooking great and uniform.
Just think at this rate in a few months you will be rigging all those deadeyes!![]()
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And I look forward to itLooking great and uniform.
Just think at this rate in a few months you will be rigging all those deadeyes!![]()
.....and there is plenty to look forward to...And I look forward to it![]()
thanks Grant.....and there is plenty to look forward to.... Lovely progress Gilbert, as always. Cheers Grant
And you say this with a profile photo of a straight face and smile!And I look forward to it![]()









indeedAnd another lovely day in Provence...
Lovely, lovely Gilbert !Hello friends
First thing I did this week was to install the hull decoraction. For the top rail, I used a thrid party rail rather than the brass rails provided in the kit. FOr the second (black) and third (ochre) rail, I used the kit provided profiles.
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I then started to install the chainplates and struggled a lot connecting them to the channels (starboard side). It turns out that either the black stripe on the hull was too low or the channel was too high (which I don't believe) but in the end the third element of the chainplate that attaches to the deadeye and strop was too short by 1 or 2 mm. So I used 0.7mm brass wire to make this part a little bit longer and I soldered the wire, In the end the result is OK
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I also installed the poop deck barricade together with the buckets.
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Let's now move to the chainplates on the port side ...
Thanks GrantLovely, lovely Gilbert !

