Good morning Vic. Way to go. Only 1000 clove hitches to go. You are used to this after your Le Soleil so walk in the park
. As you know once done the ratlines make such a difference to the look and feel of your ship. Cheers Grant
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. As you know once done the ratlines make such a difference to the look and feel of your ship. Cheers Grant
They do make a difference, Grant, but they’re no walk in the park at this scale. I think I’m gonna have to switch to a microscope just to see what I’m doing.Good morning Vic. Way to go. Only 1000 clove hitches to go. You are used to this after your Le Soleil so walk in the park
Shrouds and deadeyes are taking painfully long to do. 
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
The small details are showing up in big fashion.
Thanks, Kurt. Small is an understatement.
I tried three times to do the futtocks the right way. I finally settled for this. The futtocks should go through the shrouds and be wrapped together. One of the lines should go to an eyebolt on the deck. It looked awful each time I attempted it. This looks better, according to the Admiral.
Good morning Vic… now I see her.
. She is a real small model looking at the plates as reference..whew.Looking mighty fine Vic. Cheers Grant
Nice work at this scale!
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
One problem we all have to overcome is macro vision, when we look at tiny details up close, that to a person viewing from arms length or further will never see or notice, but we know that something is not just perfectly correct and fuss over it.
Sometimes at small scale, you just need to get it close enough to be seen, but not as good as a large scale model which you can see things more clearly.
As on old photographer, we had this when folks would hold a print at their nose and inspect a large print which would normally be viewed at 3-5 foot distance, and they complain how grainy the print was.
Sometimes at small scale, you just need to get it close enough to be seen, but not as good as a large scale model which you can see things more clearly.
As on old photographer, we had this when folks would hold a print at their nose and inspect a large print which would normally be viewed at 3-5 foot distance, and they complain how grainy the print was.
Thanks, Jeff. Almost a third of the way done with standing rigging. The Admiral has finally started work on the mini sails.
You are so right, Kurt. Perhaps I should take pictures farther away from the ship.
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
When our macro photos show threads the same scale size as the real ropes, we are looking way to close at the details.
At 1:48 or larger scales you can see fine details but at 1:100 and smaller, only overview is really seen.
At 1:48 or larger scales you can see fine details but at 1:100 and smaller, only overview is really seen.
And this one is 1:175
There’s no good way to put deadeyes on the metal trestle trees. So I’m gluing upper shrouds to the trees. 
Vic, I have to say I'm really impressed with your progression as a modeler. You couldn't have built this ship with such ambition and accomplishment several years ago. Bravo!
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first kit ive seen with the skysails on CONSTITUTION !
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upper spanker normally called a gaff topsail
I’m finally finished with the shrouds and ratlines on the foremast. I’ll have to wait on the jib stays until I see where the sails will go.
ONE MAST DOWN for ratlining! This is where you stand back for a couple days and admire your work.
True. But the Admiral says I do that after every ratline. She’s wrong. It’s after every clove hitch!