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USS Constitution 1:70 Scratch

Today I completed the main topmast stay and the fore topmast preventer stay.

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It’s important to keep in mind that the stays are wrapped over everything else at the masthead. That means all the other fittings—pendants, shrouds, blocks secured to the masthead, halyards, and so on—must be completed before the stays are put in place.

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