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USS Constitution 1:70 Scratch

GGibson said:
Thank you for this piece of advice, Mustafa! Your rigging looks awesome, sir! One question that I have been wanting to ask you or Jon, or one of the guys that have already finished their Constitution... how many total eyebolts do you think you have placed on the ship? With all of the gun rigging, standing rigging, whatever running rigging you have placed. If I am remembering correctly, at one time Jon thought he had used (or will eventually be using) some 300+ eyebolts for all the necessary rigging. What's your projected number?
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Greg, I didn’t count the eyebolts because I made them myself whenever I needed them. I’m pretty sure I used fewer than Jon, since I didn’t rig the tackles for the gun carriages on the gun deck.
 
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I installed the galley chimney, which I can’t even remember when I made :). The spritsail yard braces are now rigged, along with the halliards for the fore topsail yard.

I’ve started rigging the halliards and backstays that I had postponed until now, as they would have made access to the deck more difficult during the earlier stages of the build.

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I’ll be away from my shipyard until the weekend, visiting my grandchild. While I’m away from the workshop, I got curious about what my ship might look like in her natural environment, so I asked AI to give me a little preview. :)

Since I can’t work on the ship right now, I figured I might as well let AI do some of the sailing for me! ⚓

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