Zvezda 1/72 English Medieval Ship Thomas - Fin 28 April 2014

Thanks Niels, but I seriously doubt that this anywhere near your beautiful builds!

Steve

Beautiful build Steve--well beyond what I can due.

I'll post more tomorrow.

Steve

The hanging block at the end of the yard is for the brace.

Steve

Here is the beginning of the lifts rigging.

I know you were wondering where Octavius was.

Note the kit provided parrells. They actually help keep the yard close to the mast and helps the yard move up and down the mast.

Steve

The halyards will wrap around the winch later.

The halyards to raise and lower the yard.

Here is a continuation of the running rigging. I opened the holes out on the beak to make rigging easier.

Enjoy

Steve

Thanks Dave!  I almost got 'er done.

Steve

Well done, Sir!  She looks super sweet!

Note in this picture that the line securing the Heart is Black because this is considered Standing Rigging. However the line between the two Hearts is light, hence running rigging. This is also true for the Deadeyes.

I think that is enough for tonight.

Steve

And finally a dab of CA and then clip off the ends and you are set to do all the blocks now! I can’t express enough about how much using the Extra Hands tool is. It makes working with blocks SO much easier.

Steve

I usually use about four to five turns before trying of the line.

To secure the line, tie the smaller sewing thread around the two lines and pull tight. You can use a bit of CA now If you wish to secure the thread before wrapping it. Note in the last photo that I use Waxed Paper for my CA glue; CA doesn’t stick to Waxed Paper so it’s a handy and cheap glue holder.

Steve

I prefer using CA(SuperGlue), but white glue is just as effective but takes longer to dry. A little dab will do ya’! I either use a toothpick or a thin copper  wire to apply CA.

Then using the Magic Hands, Extra Hands device from Micro Mark (well worth the investment of less than $20 USD). Note that the line being used is lighter than the standing rigging. Standing rigging is tarred to protect the lines and so is either a Black or Dark Brown to simulate the tar.

The running rigging on the other hand isn’t tarred and therefore lighter, usually a Light Tan or even a Light Gray.

So the first photo shows the line running through the end of the strop.

Steve

I have a great number of photos regarding the running rigging.  I will try and post them in sequential order so bear with me if I make a mistake.  I am ALMOST finished and all in all it came out pretty decent.

We’ll start with a single block. This is a kit block so it needed to be cleaned up, painted and then oiled. I just painted the stropping Black to match the standing rigging. 

Enjoy,

Steve

Thanks John, I appreciate the kudos and thank you checking out my build.

Steve

This is plastic????!!!! Sure looks great, more like aged wood to me. Good job.

The standing rigging is done at long last!  I'll start on the running rigging this weekend..... hopefully.  There are a few tweaks I need to make but all in all I am somewhat pleased.

Enjoy

Steve

The Thanks guys.  I am adding these pictures today so that you can actually see what the heck I was doing.

Steve