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Gandale
#3201 Posted : 01 September 2016 22:47:52

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Next stage was to attach the mainsail. Decision had to made here as to how the sails should be presented, whether furled, partially furled or fully opened. The person this ship is going to finally decided he wants all the sails to be fully opened and has asked that the sails look as if they are billowing. Giving the appearance of wind in the sails will be carried out much later but for now I just concentrated on the fitting.

First step was to lash the sail to the yard, quite a straight forward process. Made up the parrel and attached one end to the yard, wrapped it around the mast and secured the other end to the yard ensuring the parrel trucks were facing the right way. Made up and attached the halyards, securing the lower ends to eyebolts set in the deck after threading it through the bit. Tensioned this after fitting the other end to the yard. Moved onto fitting the lifts on both sides, securing these to the middle belay pin in front of the mast.

Attached blocks to the forward shroud then fitted the mainsheets, these were secured to the belay pin on the bulwark, port and starboard. Finished fitting the sail by fitting the port and starboard brace tied off to the rear belay pins on the upper quarterdeck. Last item for the sail was to fit the sheets, these were left loose. Added some rope coils to the decks and some of the used belay pins just to give that finishing touch.

Finally added some more bling and this brought issue 124 to a close. That’s all for now so happy modelling all…

Regards

Alan
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#3202 Posted : 02 September 2016 02:06:20

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That looks amazing, Alan. She is really coming together now. The sail does hide some of the detail though. Will have to think about how I want to do that when I get to that stage. Just makes me think about how far I have to go yet. Can't wait to see more.

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#3203 Posted : 02 September 2016 07:01:08

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Very nicely done Alan it's nice to see the old lady getting her sails on

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#3204 Posted : 02 September 2016 10:27:49

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Hi Alan.
stunning work. the sails are looking great. Look forward to the next update.
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#3205 Posted : 02 September 2016 12:00:24

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Beautiful work Alan, she is looking fantastic.
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#3206 Posted : 02 September 2016 19:57:20

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Great to see another update Alan, this truly is an amazing looking build that's been a real pleasure to follow :)
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#3207 Posted : 03 September 2016 09:30:10

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Thanks guys for looking in and for all your kind comments, it's always appreciated... Will update again soon....

Regards

Alan
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#3208 Posted : 06 September 2016 19:52:37

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Looking awesome, spent a good chunk of my lunch break today scrolling through all the pages of your build. I can't wait to get beyond the planking phase I'm soon to start and into the details of this build.
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#3209 Posted : 06 September 2016 21:50:52

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Another great update Alan, really nice to see the sails start to go on.
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Paul
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#3210 Posted : 06 September 2016 22:44:46

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infidex wrote:
Looking awesome, spent a good chunk of my lunch break today scrolling through all the pages of your build. I can't wait to get beyond the planking phase I'm soon to start and into the details of this build.


Thanks for your kind comments, appreciated... My advice to you would be to read everything twice and make sure you fully understand what is required for each stage of the build before doing any of the work... Take your time, there's lots to do and patience is key. Do this and I'm sure you'll end up with a build you can be proud of.... I'll be following...

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Alan
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#3211 Posted : 06 September 2016 22:45:51

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Gibbo wrote:
Another great update Alan, really nice to see the sails start to go on.
Regards
Paul


Thanks Gibbo, slow but steady progress... The end is in sight but still some way off yet.....

Regards

Alan
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#3212 Posted : 25 September 2016 05:24:59

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lovely work and model m8 one to be very proud of
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#3213 Posted : 27 September 2016 21:16:28

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Thanks Ant, appreciate your kind comments....Cool Cool

Started stage 125 with the adding of more belay pins onto the bulwarks followed by fitting additional eyebolts onto the quarterdeck, this was quite a fiddly process due to lack of space.

Attached the Topsail and Topgallant sails to their spars in preparation of fitting to the mainmast. Made up the halyards and collars, fitting them to the eyebolts previously fitted, again a fiddly process but got there in the end.

Attached the Topsail to the mast, Halyards were then fed up through the tops, over the mast caps, back down to and attached to the spars. Have to say one or two expletives were expressed from time to time while doing this.

Moved onto fitting the lifts securing to the belay pins on the rack in front of the mainmast. Had to attach additional blocks to the shrouds in order to fit the braces and sheets, securing to the belay pins fitted onto the bulwarks.

Once this was done for the Topsail moved on and fitted the Topgallant sail in the same way.

Stage 125 now complete, now to get on with stage 126.

Happy modelling all….

Regards

Alan
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#3214 Posted : 28 September 2016 07:04:51

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Looks really superb Alan excellent Drool Drool regards Phil
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#3215 Posted : 28 September 2016 08:29:38

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BigGrin Stunning work as always Alan looking forward to seeing your next update

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#3216 Posted : 28 September 2016 09:26:35

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Great work Alan, she looks fantastic.
Graeme
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#3217 Posted : 28 September 2016 11:26:55

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Hi Alan.
Looking fantastic. Look forward to seeing your next update.
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#3218 Posted : 28 September 2016 16:02:17

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It really is a stunning piece of work Alan Love

You mentioned that it will be going to a new home, is this a family member or have you sold it? Either way Im sure they are going to be over the moon with the finished result.
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#3219 Posted : 28 September 2016 19:46:28
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That`s looking Cool Cool Cool

WTG

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#3220 Posted : 28 September 2016 22:43:54

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Once again guys, thanks to all who looked in and passed their kind comments, much appreciated....Cool Cool

@Dave, I love building these ships but unfortunately I don't have the room to display them so this one is going to go to a colleague who has a display area within his lounge, a display area that will do it justice...Cool Cool. He simply wants all the sails to be fully displayed....Cool Cool

Regards

Alan
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