USS Constitution 1:70 Scratch

[mtbediz1]

Awesome job!

Thank you Jack!

 

[mtbediz1]

While we're on the subject, I also want to show how I imitate the eye splices in stays. Maybe some people would like to use it. I think the photos themselves can tell the story.

 

[mtbediz1]

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














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.

 

[GrantTyler]

Fabulous

 

[mtbediz1]

Fabulous

Thank you.

 

[mtbediz1]

Fore topmast stay is complete.

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.

 

[Der Alte Rentner]

I like how you're working from the inside out - not installing all the spars and then rigging.

Excellent workmanship, as always.

 

[Hubac’s Historian]

It has been a while since I last visited, Mustafa, but you really have made a fine job of it!

 

[GGibson]

I like how you're working from the inside out - not installing all the spars and then rigging.

Excellent workmanship, as always.

And I'm assuming, based also on my recollection of rigging my Bluenose, that this method is the best to avoid snagging other lines. I attached as many of the blocks to the various spars as I could off the ship. I hope this holds true for the Constitution, as well.

And yes, Mustafa, your Constitution is looking... MAJESTIC!

 

[mtbediz1]

I like how you're working from the inside out - not installing all the spars and then rigging.

Excellent workmanship, as always.

Thank you Peter. I believe this is the easiest method. I recommend the same to you.

 

[mtbediz1]

It has been a while since I last visited, Mustafa, but you really have made a fine job of it!

Thank you.

 

[mtbediz1]

And I'm assuming, based also on my recollection of rigging my Bluenose, that this method is the best to avoid snagging other lines.

That's a very accurate approach. That's exactly why I secure each spar in its place when its turn comes.

 

[Der Alte Rentner]

Every time I look at your build, I see something I need to add to my checklist of things to do before installing the masts. Like the eyebolts by the mast in the photo below. That checklist is getting pretty long.

 

[mtbediz1]

Every time I look at your build, I see something I need to add to my checklist of things to do before installing the masts. Like the eyebolts by the mast in the photo below. That checklist is getting pretty long.

There will be three eyebolts behind the main mast and two behind the fore mast for attaching the mizzen and main stays.

 

[Der Alte Rentner]

Thank you, kind sir

 

[mtbediz1]

Thank you, kind sir

Photographs from the actual ship can help you get an idea of the location of the eyebolts.