ZHL Black Pearl Golden Edition 2016

Welp I got the lower shrouds attached to the deadeyes. It was kinda fun to get the hole in the deadeye threaded and then to fat finger it and pull the thread back out. Advice to new builders, don’t do that. Now on to the rat lines and jacobs ladders. BA0D55DD-491F-47F0-8854-BB2895BE7481.jpegE0E1D6E7-5120-492F-964E-0583D43CDFD5.jpeg15F9BBBC-0441-483E-8CC4-F05E24565BFE.jpeg
 
It doesn’t look too good for me. I just picked up 3 extra days of work this week. I was only going to go in 2. And then the Admiral comes up with a honey do list.
 
Vfordyce said:
It doesn’t look too good for me. I just picked up 3 extra days of work this week. I was only going to go in 2. And then the Admiral comes up with a honey do list.
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Yep, I can’t believe that real life gets in the way of our hobbies. Oh, what a world. Hope that the fires are out now.
 
First off let me say Happy Veterans Day to all the vets out there.
Welp, got the standing rigging done on the foremast. If I had a swear jar it would be full now. I am now positioning the sails that I don’t know the name of on the front of the ship. Little by little it is coming together. 4D8A4A2F-109A-4E67-9886-0552A28C9356.jpegEECE00B5-A6CA-4425-A3A8-85E110BD190D.jpeg
 
I think they are called jib sails, Jay. On my Connie, they lined the stitching more or less vertically. This is a nonexistent ship so I guess it doesn’t matter. I think it’s looking great. Happy Veterans Day. Weren’t you a wing nut?
 
Vfordyce said:
I think they are called jib sails, Jay. On my Connie, they lined the stitching more or less vertically. This is a nonexistent ship so I guess it doesn’t matter. I think it’s looking great. Happy Veterans Day. Weren’t you a wing nut?
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I looked it up and you are absolutely correct, jib sails. Unfortunately the pirate sail maker had too much rum when he was sewing them. He will get 30 lashes with a wet noodle. Yep, wing nut 1966-70.
 
Jay said:
I looked it up and you are absolutely correct, jib sails. Unfortunately the pirate sail maker had too much rum when he was sewing them. He will get 30 lashes with a wet noodle. Yep, wing nut 1966-70.
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That’s okay, Jay. I put the doors to the captains quarters two inches too far back. Not going to worry about it though. I like ZHL kits, but they’re a little hard to follow. Some pictures have stuff done before they’re supposed to be.image.jpg
 
Vfordyce said:
That’s okay, Jay. I put the doors to the captains quarters two inches too far back. Not going to worry about it though. I like ZHL kits, but they’re a little hard to follow. Some pictures have stuff done before they’re supposed to be.View attachment 192217
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More of an open concept captain’s quarters. So far at least on this kit I have to agree with you about ZHL.
 
Welp I am going getting pretty far along with the rigging so I thought I would make a Jack Sparrow flag. I printed an image of it off the internet then traced it onto tracing paper then to a piece of canvas. When I traced both sides of the canvas it was time to paint and I used acrylics. Time to make some hanks and put the barrels and pails on deck. D8112163-3EBB-4668-A859-74F8CFA95575.jpeg12230992-0891-4771-BA38-FB7CDF5F61C8.jpeg
 
Pathfinder65 said:
I’m on my third “mistake, whoops, should-a-done differently, etc.“ build. My first build is now displayed on the Fireplace Mantel. All our visitors only see a ship rigged with sails. ONLY I SEE THE MISTAKES and DO-OVERS.

It’s all about the fun of creating and learning new skills.

Jan
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Sounds like all of my builds, be that scale or in 1:1...
 
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Welp I am going getting pretty far along with the rigging so I thought I would make a Jack Sparrow flag. I printed an image of it off the internet then traced it onto tracing paper then to a piece of canvas. When I traced both sides of the canvas it was time to paint and I used acrylics. Time to make some hanks and put the barrels and pails on deck. View attachment 196294View attachment 196295
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I think I see Hank Williams there!
 
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Before I joined this forum and was starting on this kit I decided to install some lighting. This is the first time I tried them out. If I had it to do over again I would have tried them out when I first installed them. I would have chosen low light flickering yellow. At the time I didn’t even know that there was such a type of lighting. Another learning experience. E49EA365-690F-474C-9F6D-5AE8BBB5332C.jpeg654973D1-E68E-4F8E-991C-364C3FC4F9AB.jpeg458973E8-B2DE-4843-A56F-5BB03FFF9050.jpegF1001990-8A30-4F57-B550-3BD47AE2D482.jpegF481BBCD-ADDB-4C47-9B6A-93FF2179897E.jpeg
 
Jay said:
Before I joined this forum and was starting on this kit I decided to install some lighting. This is the first time I tried them out. If I had it to do over again I would have tried them out when I first installed them. I would have chosen low light flickering yellow. At the time I didn’t even know that there was such a type of lighting. Another learning experience. View attachment 196431View attachment 196432View attachment 196433View attachment 196434View attachment 196435
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It looks really cool, though, Jay! I’m loving it. I hope mine looks as good when I’m finished.
 
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