Continued where I left off for the deadeyes: now just 'Swifters 2.0".
After I remade them, I waited a while before applying them.
First prepared the blocks that will be on the main mast. They are fitted with the bracket with eyes and/or hooks:
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Left: from left to right:
-5 mm tripel block, for lifting at the fork of the gaff of the main sail;
-5 mm single blocks, for lifting the gaff and tilting at the top. The outer eyes are still open. I shut them after applying.
-3.5mm single blocks, for holding the mainsail boom up at +/- 3/4 of the aft. Ditto for the open eyes.
-3 mm single block, for pulling up the main top-sail. Comes at the rear at the top of the top mast;
-2.5 mm single block, for pulling up the staysail, between the main and front mast. Comes at the front at the top of the top mast.
Right: 3mm double block on a line with eye splices, for holding up the foresail boom.
Then applied the blocks and applied the swifter and wall ropes / shrouds:
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The 2 flag lines are also applied in the top. These run all the way up to the sheer poles on the lower shrouds.
I still have to wait with the final placement until I have the new deadeyes. Because the shrouds are still covered around the top deadeyes. And then I need to know the size of the blocks and the distance between bottom and top.
I am happy with the result of my choice for the swifters. Now they stand / hang decent.
Regards, Peter
It must be more or less historically correct but it must also show (in scale) on the model. With the macro shot it now looks a bit messy, but if you look at the photo where the hull and the entire lower mast are on, you have to look very carefully at what it is exactly. For the shrouds, the Chapelle option is definitely going to look neater later on. So it will go that way. And I will make the macro’s with more decent dry-fit’s.
