Hello BP - marvelous work in such a small scale!
As for rigging, I will provide two references. The first is the revered go-to resource for those modeling 17th Century ships: Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast by R.C. Anderson:
The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast,1600 - 1720: Anderson, R. C.; Anderson, Roger Charles: 9780851772721: Amazon.com: Books
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Given it’s early publication in the 1920’s, it is not THE most user-friendly source for modern sensibilities (a lot of reading and visualization), however, it does provide important variance points among the Continental navies, and it is generally considered an accurate resource.
All that said, considering the very small scale you are working in, you will probably wish to make reasonable edits to what you show of the rig. Here is what one of my favorite examples of this smaller scale SR looks like in a rolling sea:
She looks to be fifty cents tall at the stern and $1.50 between perpendiculars. I’m not even sure how one achieves this without ultra fine silk thread and wire for any slack lines.
Also, thank you Wojtass for the kind words!
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