I’m starting on the bowsprit mast and crow’s nest. I’m using the teak decking material to deck the crow’s nest. 
A friend just gave me the centennial model of the Constitution he picked up at the museum. Although it says it’s a museum quality kit (it was, after all, sold in a museum), it has a solid wood hull and is not as detailed as my Billing Boats Connie. He bought it in 1984, so I don’t think he’ll get around to building it himself. I think I’ll build it and give it back to him.
RIPE for the BASHING!
Probably, but I don’t think I’ll dig into it to provide multiple decks with fully rigged gun carriages like you did! Maybe if I can get the Admiral to buy me a milling machine for my birthday…. She’d probably make me use a hand drill after seeing your work on the mast collars.
Finally completed my first crow’s nest. I’m not sure if I got it right. Everything is getting more complex as I move forward. 
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Looks nice Vic
It’s on. Now let’s see if it’ll stay on.
Thanks, guys! It’s been a challenge.
Still learning how to use my wood lathe. 
Nice flag staff, Vic. It's the small diameter spindles that are a bit of a challenge. Great work!
I would say you have fairly mastered it.
Very nice work.
I see what you are saying. My 2mm x 2mm sticks are too big to put that many on them. I'd have to find a way to make them thinner. Are these instructions for the Soleil Royal? Also, you posted a picture of the halyard ropes going through a knight (knecht). Did you do the same thing on the main mast? Do you have more pictures to show how that was rigged from top to bottom?
I once read a post about how to square up the top of the mast. I’m not having much luck at squaring my foremast. Does anyone remember how it goes? Maybe Kurt @DARIVS ARCHITECTVS ?
This was how I did it. This works if the width of the square section, flat to flat, are smaller than the diameter of the round section of the mast. If for any reason you need the square section width, facet to facet, to be EQUAL the diameter of the diameter of the round section, you need to turn a square dowel round using a lathe.
For the square portions of the masts that form the mastheads, the round areas were filed square with the dowel laying horizontal in a small machine vice. The vice jaws were set to control the amount of material removed by setting vertical position of the dowel correctly relative to the top surface of the vice jaws. The part was rotated 90 degrees in the vice jaws and filed again and again, until the square masthead was formed and within the proper dimensions. Once the first facet is made, rotate the dowel 90 degrees and clamp it with one jaw only contacting the flat of the facet. This ensures the next facet you file is 90 degrees to the first one. Rotate the dowel again to the 180 degree position, then 270 degrees, and you have four evenly made facets. Keep a close eye on how much material you remove for making each facet. Using this method, it is important that the vertical position of the dowel be exactly the same when clamped in the vice, and that the dowel is perpendicular to the top surface of the jaws, or else the dowel's square section will end up being tapered. I file octagonal sections of yards in a similar fashion, except that the dowel is rotated in 45 degree steps. Precision with your hands and dowel placement is necessary for this to work. Test fit parts after you think you're done, because you may not be, and tweak the dimensions by filing or sanding as necessary.
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And here is how I did mine... https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/vasa-1-65-deagostini.5904/post-201256
I started with round stock that was larger in diameter than needed...sanded down everything but the future squared portion on a mini-lathe to the required mast dimension...and then did what is shown in the post above to create the square area. In my case I needed the 'flat' on the squared portion to equal the width of the round portion (as Kurt described above).
Another option is to make a stand-along square section and pin and glue it onto the round section (that is, make the mast in segments along its length). The challenge here would be to keep everything straight... There will be a visible seam but no one will notice because they will be admiring the paint job you did on the horse figurehead
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It’s a SEAhorse! Thanks, guys! I’ll try that on my main and mizzenmast. No pictures for the foremastAnd here is how I did mine... https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/vasa-1-65-deagostini.5904/post-201256
I started with round stock that was larger in diameter than needed...sanded down everything but the future squared portion on a mini-lathe to the required mast dimension...and then did what is shown in the post above to create the square area. In my case I needed the 'flat' on the squared portion to equal the width of the round portion (as Kurt described above).
Another option is to make a stand-along square section and pin and glue it onto the round section (that is, make the mast in segments along its length). The challenge here would be to keep everything straight... There will be a visible seam but no one will notice because they will be admiring the paint job you did on the horse figurehead
