Ah, there you go, thanks for the look ahead Johan, it will now influence my approach to the mast and sails.
Ditto…
Good evening Johan. The not much to show is brilliant. Cheers Grant
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Thanks Grant.
Fact remains, it's all babysteps at the moment.
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The booms and gaffs are, apart from some minor touch ups, as good as complete. Also progress has been made installing blocks on the masts. Still some blocks have to be added, but that'll come to pass in due time.
Today my focus shifted from the spars to the sails; this will be a project of its own, since the kit came without sails, plus I deviated sufficiently from YQ's drawings ánd instructions to make those obsolete. In short; I'll have to create my own instructions, drawings, templates and sails.
Below a picture from the five spars.
From left to right the jumbo boom, the main gaff, the main boom, the fore boom and lastly the fore gaff.
Those blocks and eyes are killers, blocks range from 3- to 5mm and they are very difficult to handle; I've reached my limits with those.
My respect for those who can deal with even smaller blocks.
Today my focus shifted from the spars to the sails; this will be a project of its own, since the kit came without sails, plus I deviated sufficiently from YQ's drawings ánd instructions to make those obsolete. In short; I'll have to create my own instructions, drawings, templates and sails.
Below a picture from the five spars.
From left to right the jumbo boom, the main gaff, the main boom, the fore boom and lastly the fore gaff.
Those blocks and eyes are killers, blocks range from 3- to 5mm and they are very difficult to handle; I've reached my limits with those.
My respect for those who can deal with even smaller blocks.
These look excellent Johann! I believe your limits are still out there somewhere...
The booms and gaffs are looking very nice and detailed, Johan. You have raised and lifted the bar of your skills for sure.The booms and gaffs are, apart from some minor touch ups, as good as complete. Also progress has been made installing blocks on the masts. Still some blocks have to be added, but that'll come to pass in due time.
Today my focus shifted from the spars to the sails; this will be a project of its own, since the kit came without sails, plus I deviated sufficiently from YQ's drawings ánd instructions to make those obsolete. In short; I'll have to create my own instructions, drawings, templates and sails.
Below a picture from the five spars.
From left to right the jumbo boom, the main gaff, the main boom, the fore boom and lastly the fore gaff.
Those blocks and eyes are killers, blocks range from 3- to 5mm and they are very difficult to handle; I've reached my limits with those.
My respect for those who can deal with even smaller blocks.
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Regards, Peter
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Thank you both for your kind comments, Paul and Peter.
Although it took me "ages" to get this far with the spars, I can't help but being satisfied with the results.
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Thanks Steef!
Hi Johan, you have fine looking booms and gaffs. I can remember having to take a sub millimeter hand drill and clean out the holes in my tiny Vasa blocks.
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Good morning Johan. My limit is building wooden ships…..
You owned this Johan. Even after following Peters tutorial I still dont know all the technical accuracies of the BN, but your detail and rigging is brilliant - and these are macro pics. I have to say you are owning this, big hands and all. Cheers Grant
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Admittedly, I feel rather humbled by your compliments, but nevertheless thanks, Grant.
Now anxiously moving forward with the sails with their own challenges...
This is fantastic Johan, you made custom templates for all your sails!
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For some of the sails I had guidance material from @Peter Voogt, but since no build is the same, I had to create my own templates, based on my build, with its own deviations. Funnily enough, the variations were there, but rather small and more of a personal nature.
Having said that, the sail I'm the least enthousiastic about in terms of appearance, is the fore topsail. Fiddling with the fore mast gaff didn't help; I thought I could sufficiently adjust the geometry of the sail's aft edges by lifting the aft tip of the gaff, but that didn't work satisfactory, without getting too close to one of the stays.
This will certainly be a tricky maneuver for me too. Right now, in my mind's eye I will be using the geometry presented in the layout of the spars and gaffs, but unintended consequences just seem to wait in the shadows for me.
A nice collection of sails after a lot of preparation, Johan. The view on you BN will be impressive.
Regard, Peter