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What the actual frikkity frick!!!!!
I mean....I make pretty good models...but THAT thing...is AWESOME
What blows me away is the utter MYRIAD of techniques needed to create your masterpiece...and the technical terms your'e using....I have to look them up!
What an amazing depth of knowledge needed to understand the complexity of an actual fighting sailing ship!!
I'm EXTREMELY impressed - especially seeing the hull before, and then AFTER you'd painted it! Outstanding!
Well done, mate....thanks for the pics!!!

Thankyou my friend , comments like that make a blokes day .

as a matter of interest , what sort of models are you into , lee .

got the lower starboard side ratlines on .

Hmmm;

  Nice job. Did you use a thimble to protect your finger?

Hey Steve, beautiful work mate. It is coming together nicely. I think this is your best build yet!  

hey TB , I didn't use a needle , I tied them on .

cheers steve .

finally got all the stays and backstays on 

and then old 10 thumbs steve , appeared , turned the model around and it hit my hand , bam , off came the rudder , for crying out loud .

back together , it's not perfect , but still together .

got the fore top yard and sail on , as well as the mock up for the flying jib .

Steve5!

      You just proved something I have tried to explain to friends at the Museum. Just when you think you are making good progress, something happens to de-rail your timing. Well, you recovered nicely, And she still looks good to me. Plus, I am sure you are still in recovery from tying all those knots.

Steve, you are inspiring me to build a ship. I still want to build the Mayflower. The Mayflower story inspires me, and that is just what I need to get through a build like that. I didn't finish my last one; what a painful and muddled journey that was. But, it was not so for a lack of people trying to help me. I think that as a modeler I was not ready for it. When I do start that again, it will be a complete do-over and a larger scale kit. We shall see. Maybe my next build.

Whatever happened to the Mayflower you started? You finish it? Shelve it? I don't remember seeing an outcome.

Great work, Steve.

aint it the truth TB , it never fails , as for the knots , it gets easier after the first 1,000 

steve , I'm not sure mate ,I can't see it around here , when my wife passed away , I think I had a bit of depression , as I threw a lot of stuff away , probably what happened to it . it would be great to see you do another ship , that would be something to look forward to .

That is understandable, Steve. I'd probably do the same thing.

if not already Steve she is going to be a stunner. Incredible work Mate.....Cheers mark

cheers mark , well i got the main topsail and yard on , all the other sails will be furled .

thought I had better mount it , to it's board .

well all the top mast sails are now on . on to the top gallant sails .

 I just noticed something , I forgot to do the top mast ratlines , boy are they going to be fun to do now .

this was a nightmare to do . hope I never have to do it again .

Man oh man, Steve. That is tedious and skillful work. Nice work, Mate.

Hi;

    That's a god looking job! Might I ask one question though? What color is your running rigging thread? It looks white in the photos, instead of that yellowy-tan manila Hemp look!

thanks steve mate , I almost gave it away doing the rat lines like that . 

TB - yeah I know now that the lines are the wrong colour , sorry about that mate , but it's too late to change it now I'm afraid .

Love the furled sails!

No, No, No!

 I am not critiscising! I was just wondering cause I finished a client model a month ago(Finishing the last of the client stuff) I used a thread color called Foam Tan(from their Coffee Colors), and I thought you had too. Because in the hard photos I sent to them, it all looks white! The thread certainly can fool you on the spool.

I know you weren't criticising mate , it's just that l found out too late , what colour it should have been . I've learnt too much off of you , to criticise you my friend .

Hey Steve5;

    I was doing the "Flying Cloud" two years ago. 100% scratch for a Client in Baltimore. Went to the store to stock up on thread.The well known thread company , Coates and Clarke(They also were famous for Zippers!) Changes the names of their whole line of thread and bumped over twenty four new colors into the color wheel. Tan, became Mauve, and so on. So I had to buy their old style White Cotton thread and tint it in cold undrinkably strong coffee!

it's never easy is it TB , 

well I just bought a new computer , what a nightmare , I will have to take lessons to learn how to use it , windows 11 . took me 2 days to learn how to post pics . 

Aw Man!

     She's so gorgeous! you have got the touch. Keep on Keeping on. You must have a Fair Wind and Following Seas when you pick up your tools.  It shows! To finish out, here's a trick to take the Wrinkles out of the sails. Spritz it with the Steam iron just once! That will also help tighten any loose lines! Then Set back and hoist another! mate!

thankyou TB , I will give that a try today .

Hey!

      As to that Steam. Now here's a little note, I don't think Dr.Tilley passed along, But both of us knew it!. When You mount sails, No matter the method of Hemming or Edgeing them, they must be soft to hang right. You can spritz with a wee bit of very thinned starch and use a hair dryer to shape them Naturally. This usually requires a slight lean on the stand and LOTS of crew Figures.

       There-fore having the sails mounted they can hang fairly straight and somewhat flat. With a small Billow here and there! Unless they're furlled. Then you want the furling heavier in the middle and smaller toward the Yard tips. Also, If you don't mind my advice. Stack Paper Towels on the ship between the masts and then give all the sails a Spritz of strong Black coffee. They are too white for canvas. Then Sir, To the Museum She goes! If you wish, Message me, and I will share my knowledge with you off the forum. There's a lot.

I would love to PM you TB , but it isn't working , like a lot of things on this site , I don't know if the pic's are not coming up right , but in real life , I have coloured them with some watered down brown wood glue . they really aren't that white . but I'll to any advice you have to give me mate .

I think I have finished with the sails , still lots to do though .

Hi Steve Five!

 Listen, I don't know what's going on with messaging. here's my E-Mail----gjgeracci846@gmail.com Use it and we can talk more. If you do that I will share my Phone# with you then! Make sure to clearly Identify yourself so's I won't refuse the call! P.S. I like how you seem to keep a cleaner Bench than I. Mine looks like an 8.8 Tremor went through the area.   Just can't seem to get it straight!