This is a thing which I had to experience too with a more recent build
In the end I placed the deadeye with steel wire, but did not put the nail in and did not fold it to the hull. Then rigging all the threads, fold the deadeye to the hull, put the nail in it, and then bringing it all to tension.
Not the easiest way…
Hans
Kolderstok
I think I’m on the right track. I’ve diddled around with this for a week or more trying different versions of tying off the deadeyes and then trying to rig them.
Wrapping the deadeyes to be inserted into the hull.
Plan A, use the 0.7mm wire supplied in the kit.
Plan B, use the 0.5 mm rope in the kit
Plan C, use a more flexible 0.5 mm brass wire
Plan A. Twist the 0.7mm wire around twenty eight deadeyes, insert deadeyes into hull (14 to a side) and fix them in place with a nail. That build step went very well, no problems there. The start of rigging presented the first problem. The deadeyes were flush to the hull and had to be “adjusted /bent“ out be able to thread the rigging rope and then “adjusted/bent” back in to tension the rigging rope. A nip here and tuck there tensioning the assembly and the deadeye attached to the shroud popped out and disappeared forever in the carpet. So it was onto Plan B.
Plan B, follow Heinrich’s method and redo all twenty eight deadeyes using the thread method, place them in the hull and fasten with a nail. Unfortunately trying to rig them was a worse disaster than Plan A. My poor attempt at wrapping the deadeyes with the cord allowed a quite a bit of flexibility and looked terrible. On to Plan C.
Plan C. Wrap the deadeyes in 0.5mm brass wire. Place enough deadeyes in the hull to rig the foremast shrouds ( note: I’ve gotten smarter after Plan A and B) start the rigging.
SUCCESS
The softer and smaller diameter wire is more flexible and easier to work with.
Woo, woo, I think I’ve finally got a working plan.
Jan
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