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Lawrence
Hello Johan, Your YQ Bluenose sure dose look great, Well Done.
Regards Lawrence
Regards Lawrence
Baai Mooi Johan.
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Mark, Dan, Peter, Lawrence and Grant,
Thank y'all for your compliments and support; like always it's quite invigorating when people, with similar interests, enjoy when one is presenting a next step in a very long build process.
A process which is marked with steps forward and as easily steps back, a I found out yesterday evening. When trying to put a little tension on the upper throat halyard of the main sail, a few rings at the couldn't take the tension and opened up and the blocks came apart... At least my swear yar is now filled up to capacity.
The good news is hat the mast hoops are attached to the main sail. Now work has started on attaching and tensioning the halyards.
Kind regards,
Johan
Oh boy, I hate those situations, you're moving along at a comfortable pace and wham something comes loose.
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Work on the running rigging of the main- and fore sails continues.
Countless details pass through my hands; a 3mm single block here, a double 4mm block there, a sheet for the main sail, a lanyard for the fore gaff upper throat, ropes dia 0,3mm, 0,4mm or was it supposed to be 0,6mm? The list is near endless and that's just those two sails, with six more to go...
Upper throat main gaff:
Fore sail gaff lanyards:
Main gaff lanyards:
Main mast with lanyards, sheets, lift tacks, main sail mast hoops:
Main sail crutch tacks (chains), main sail sheet and the starboard top backstay
Countless details pass through my hands; a 3mm single block here, a double 4mm block there, a sheet for the main sail, a lanyard for the fore gaff upper throat, ropes dia 0,3mm, 0,4mm or was it supposed to be 0,6mm? The list is near endless and that's just those two sails, with six more to go...
Upper throat main gaff:
Fore sail gaff lanyards:
Main gaff lanyards:
Main mast with lanyards, sheets, lift tacks, main sail mast hoops:
Main sail crutch tacks (chains), main sail sheet and the starboard top backstay
Wonderful Johan! This is looking fabulous! Great to see the quality blocks and ropes.
The pictures gives a nice view on your rigging proces, Johan. The list of blocks, lines etc is long ……. but has a end.
Regards, Peter
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The close-in shots show a superb job on the rigging Johan.
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The pictures gives a nice view on your rigging proces, Johan. The list of blocks, lines etc is long ……. but has a end.
Regards, Peter
Fine gentlemen, I highly appreciate your compliments!
Currently I'm in the stage where earlier made decisions turn around and bite me.
I wanted to stay as close to scale as possible, which meant tiny rigging parts. Now those tiny parts appear to lack sufficient robustness to take the applied loads, with numerous re-do's as consequence...
My appreciation for those modeling in even smaller scales has risen considerably; as I wrote before, this scale is as low as I can go and takes everything I have, modeling wise
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Today saw the delivery and installation of my new organ.
It's a three keyboard organ with a full set of pedals. I am able to reproduce the sounds of existing organs, my model came with the sound sets of three famous Dutch organs, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Haarlem and a stunning sounding French organ, Caen.
No time (for the time being) for my Bluenose!
It's a three keyboard organ with a full set of pedals. I am able to reproduce the sounds of existing organs, my model came with the sound sets of three famous Dutch organs, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Haarlem and a stunning sounding French organ, Caen.
No time (for the time being) for my Bluenose!
Good evening Johan. Beautiful rigging. Working with 3 and 4 mm blocks and the related lines is small and not easy. You owned this and lovely pictures. Cheers Grant
I'm afraid I'm the cause of some of those limits?
But I know you can push boundaries! 
You have shown that before, Johan. With the experiences now gained, the redo's will improve.Regards, Peter
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Thanks Grant,
Funny how these things work. For every line I set I can easily spot three imperfections, hands down, while you are able to look at the greater picture.
There was/is much I sort out during the build, also resulting in inconsistenties...
Well, let's say experience gained.
That’s impressive! I'm sure you'll need some time to get the most out of it. But those presets of genius organs should give you shivers. And for the Haarlem setting: a extra keyboard in back-order with double black keys?
Have a lot of fun!
Regards, Peter
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Oh, but absolutely Peter. Your Bluenose is exemplary, but too often I had to admit defeat.I'm afraid I'm the cause of some of those limits?
Regards, Peter
Having said that, I'm now building a totally different BN than I foresaw when I started and that's for the greater part due to the example set by the PV BN.
Thanks for setting goals!
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Great, we already have 'Orgel Joke' and now we have 'Orgel Johan'. We gonna see you back on the Zwarte Cross? 
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Heaven forbid...Great, we already have 'Orgel Joke' and now we have 'Orgel Johan'. We gonna see you back on the Zwarte Cross?
That's seriously impressive Johan. I'm sure you can find a way to install the organ on your Bluenose somehow? The hands will appreciate it...
