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got the main and preventer stay's done , real happy with these .

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started some work on the bow sprit , I'm glad you said some english gene , we speak stryne down here

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Perfectly beautiful. You have gotten to be a bear for work, great. Fall's just quicker to say & autumn is prettier.  We speak some english here, & don't mix our seasons up. Your toilets even flush backwards i hear.

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this close up made me realise , I didn't wax the chord , got to be more careful

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I alway's thought it was called autumn gene LOL ! .just a quick pic of how I intend doing the shroud's

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Steve, You people down there have things all mixed up, Fall is ending here. Your work is really super & you are really into a lot of nice detail.  Your pictures are a joy to see even tho you have spring & fall backwards.

the main chain's and bottom dead-eye's

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I was ale to get some work done this afternoon , got the starboard side chainplates on , at least I think they are called that , I used chord . still have to stain the dead-eye's ." />

gene

thank's mate , I really appreciate the comment's.

I don't like using the rigging tool , [could never get it to work properly ] . on the ratlines , I might try don's overhand knot method . it should give a smaller knot , hopefully look more to scale . be a while before I get there though , it's nearing the end of spring here , and the missus want's a fair bit of work done in the garden , we have a large one . I'll post some pic's when I get a chance

 Steve, I meant to ask, are you going to use the rigging tool . If you hand rig the shrouds how will you do the ratlines. If you use the rigging tool, what kind of glue will you use?

Steve, I have been looking at all your pictures & this is one of the nicest models I have seen . All your work is perfect & rigging cannons on one this small is really great. I am lucky to get them glued on. This is even better than anything I have seen . Your gold work is flawless & the deck is too. 

the lower yards going in , will be starting the rigging next

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bill

thankyou , coming from you that means a lot to me.

mike

I saw dmitry's model ,no way was I ever going to be able to copy his, not at this scale anyway . I think i was studying maurice wilcox , who was on pete coleman's , victory site but it crashed unfortunately ., I just went of off what I could remember of his , I'm sure their should be more rigging involved , but at this scale I just wasn't confident enough to tackle it . thank you too for the nice word's .

Steve,

Your cannon and their rigging look fine to my uneducated eye. In which books or what references did you look to find the rigging of the cannon? I can't even remember if the instructions showed how to do it - right now I'm tired and too lazy to pull the box down from a shelf in one of my "stash" closets.

I guess when I get around to building that kit - if I ever do - I'll use this guy's model as a kind of reference for the rigging of the cannon if I can't find it in one of my books. BTW, this guy really seems like a master at model building. His name is Dmitry Shevelev.

http://shipsofscale.com/gallery/dshevelev/french74/index.html

I don't know how accurately he's built his French 74 - I'm sure John Tilley would be able to comment on that, but his technique is, in my opinion, laudable.

Anyway, I'd appreciate knowing how you figured out how to rig the cannon. They look really good to me.

Steve,

What a beautiful ship she is!  I love the job you did on the cannons.

Bill

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they are not great , but I am pretty happy with them

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cheer's dave

decided to have a go at rigging the top deck cannon's . gee they're small , LOL

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Looking good, Steve!

Wonderful!  And, I agree with you about this site.  The people here are most helpful, and they are friendly as well. 

Bill

good on you bill , the main and fore mast's , I was able to strengthen with brass rod insert's , the mizzen is solid . but she's straight now .

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thank's bill , will definately , give that a go , let you know how I get on . that's what I love about site' like this one , their's alway's someone to help , it's just such a pity pete coleman got ripped . it had so much info on it ,