USS Constitution from Scientific Models

There’s no way to haul up buntlines on this model, so I tied some blocks onto small slats of wood. I’ll glue the slats under the top. Then I can run the buntlines from the reef points and the bottom of the sail up through the blocks on the yard, up through the new blocks under the top, and down to the pin rail. I should probably have two sets of blocks under the top, but this should work. image.jpg
 
WilliamM said:
Builders are free to participate in contests for which the rules are very specific. That's great if you fall into that category. Most of us build for pleasure and don't bother with the pressures of competitiveness. This is not a sporting event. The analogy falls flat!

Bill
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With apologies for the bad manners of thread drift, I feel compelled to respond briefly. Sports analogies are indeed overworked and often fall short of the mark. For many, ship modeling truly is very much like a competitive sporting event, and even one with money at stake, either as a prize purse or as an advertisement of their related business interests. However, there are many pleasurable activities which a not sporting events, or at least should not be, which illustrate the point I was trying to make. (Sex is one, but let's not go there.) Consider playing music. There are those who play only for themselves in private and enjoy simply playing, not caring how well they play because no one else is listening. Then there are those who play for their own pleasure with no one listening but derive pleasure from playing well. (Accordion players should only play when nobody else is listening!) Then there are those who play competitively, those who play for their audience's appreciation and enjoyment, and maybe even professionally. (Myself, I play the radio.) Whichever category a musician occupies is purely a matter of choice. It's the same with most all artistic expression. Some fine artists paint only for their own pleasure and never exhibit their works, while others produce their art to hang on the wall for others to enjoy. Others paint their works for sale. Some buy paint-by-numbers kits and enjoy that as well. Here again, all derive pleasure from their pursuits and for that reason each approach has value in its own way. Whichever type of artist one strives to be is a matter of choice. As long as it makes you feel good, it's all good.
 
Bob Cleek said:
With apologies for the bad manners of thread drift, I feel compelled to respond briefly. Sports analogies are indeed overworked and often fall short of the mark. For many, ship modeling truly is very much like a competitive sporting event, and even one with money at stake, either as a prize purse or as an advertisement of their related business interests. However, there are many pleasurable activities which a not sporting events, or at least should not be, which illustrate the point I was trying to make. (Sex is one, but let's not go there.) Consider playing music. There are those who play only for themselves in private and enjoy simply playing, not caring how well they play because no one else is listening. Then there are those who play for their own pleasure with no one listening but derive pleasure from playing well. (Accordion players should only play when nobody else is listening!) Then there are those who play competitively, those who play for their audience's appreciation and enjoyment, and maybe even professionally. (Myself, I play the radio.) Whichever category a musician occupies is purely a matter of choice. It's the same with most all artistic expression. Some fine artists paint only for their own pleasure and never exhibit their works, while others produce their art to hang on the wall for others to enjoy. Others paint their works for sale. Some buy paint-by-numbers kits and enjoy that as well. Here again, all derive pleasure from their pursuits and for that reason each approach has value in its own way. Whichever type of artist one strives to be is a matter of choice. As long as it makes you feel good, it's all good.
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Yer a man after me own heart! you have described with prescient understanding my own experience, not only with model building but music and art as well. I suspect we are not alone. I imagine that this is a unifying thread in the experience of many of the contributors here on SOS and as such is not too far adrift from the topic(s) at hand.
 
Bob Cleek said:
With apologies for the bad manners of thread drift, I feel compelled to respond briefly. Sports analogies are indeed overworked and often fall short of the mark. For many, ship modeling truly is very much like a competitive sporting event, and even one with money at stake, either as a prize purse or as an advertisement of their related business interests. However, there are many pleasurable activities which a not sporting events, or at least should not be, which illustrate the point I was trying to make. (Sex is one, but let's not go there.) Consider playing music. There are those who play only for themselves in private and enjoy simply playing, not caring how well they play because no one else is listening. Then there are those who play for their own pleasure with no one listening but derive pleasure from playing well. (Accordion players should only play when nobody else is listening!) Then there are those who play competitively, those who play for their audience's appreciation and enjoyment, and maybe even professionally. (Myself, I play the radio.) Whichever category a musician occupies is purely a matter of choice. It's the same with most all artistic expression. Some fine artists paint only for their own pleasure and never exhibit their works, while others produce their art to hang on the wall for others to enjoy. Others paint their works for sale. Some buy paint-by-numbers kits and enjoy that as well. Here again, all derive pleasure from their pursuits and for that reason each approach has value in its own way. Whichever type of artist one strives to be is a matter of choice. As long as it makes you feel good, it's all good.
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Amen!

Bill
 
WilliamM said:
Wow! I believe that I would go blind working with nearly microscopic blocks! I am truly impressed!

Bill
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Yep. It wouldn’t be so bad but some of my thread won’t go through all the holes in the blocks. On one, I had to drill through the holes with a small needle. So before I attach a block, I have to test the holes to see if the line can go through. I may have to use smaller line.
 
Vfordyce said:
Yep. It wouldn’t be so bad but some of my thread won’t go through all the holes in the blocks. On one, I had to drill through the holes with a small needle. So before I attach a block, I have to test the holes to see if the line can go through. I may have to use smaller line.
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What type of line are you using? It might be easier to use a fine grade of fishing wire.

Bill
 
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