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Michel9

Tue Jul 17 2012, 12:06pm

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Very good work Arthur !!

aew

Wed Jul 18 2012, 08:08am

Arthur

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Thanks Michel.

catopower

Mon Dec 17 2012, 07:59pm

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Hi Arthur,

This is the first time I checked out your Astrolabe build log. Very nicely done model. Especially great job as a first build.

While ratlines may not be the most interesting feature to work on, I think that makes them a significant indicator of a ship modeler's perseverance and dedication to the model. It's very easy to try to rush through the job and end up with ratlines that don't look right. Yours look perfect!

Now, I'm going to have to go back and look at the job I'm doing on a San Felipe model I'm rigging. I don't think mine look nearly as good!

Clare

aew

Tue Dec 18 2012, 09:23am

Arthur

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With that wonderful too 'hindsight', I now have doubts!

I used black thread for the ratlines on both Astrolabe and Gulnara but I think I'm going to go for a light brown on Vanguard.

catopower

Thu Dec 20 2012, 09:15am

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I did that same thing when I recently started rigging a model of the San Felipe. I traditionally used black line for all the ratlines, but this time, I went with tan thread instead. I just didn't think that tarred lines were things you wanted to be grabbing by hand when you're 50' off the deck. Not sure about footropes though.

Clare

aew

Thu Dec 20 2012, 09:20am

Arthur

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I think I'm innocent there - I used a light brown stain on those.

jimmystratos

Thu Apr 16 2020, 11:51am

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Greetings from Scotland!
Wow, what a build! I am awestruck. I have just restarted on this kit, having started it in 1990, and then life got in the way after I had the bare hull finished. Kids, careers, that sort of thing. It has followed me on 2 house moves since and remained intact. Now retirement and this coronavirus lockdown has produced the time to complete it.
Mine is an older version of the kit Arthur uses here - there is a plastic kit boat for the dinghy, and the instructions are, as you say 'interesting' in the need for clairvoyance. When I started there was no Google translate or internet to find other builders on. I still seem to spend more time going from kit to plans to instructions to pictures in order to try and decide what I'm meant to be doing! There are the usual bits in the kit I can find no reference or obvious use for (length of 5 x 5mm square wood anyone?) and working out that 0.6 x 5 in the instructions refers to the 0.5 x 3 in the box! My modelling drill expired yesterday - well, it was 30 years old, if hardly used! The Dremel feels frighteningly powerful when waved at small wooden parts.
This thread is a goldmine of useful answers to how things go together, thank you. I have no illusion that I can build mine to this quality, Your parrel beads, for instance as well as the other improvements towards authenticity such as the cleats and extra blocks for the guns are beyond me I think; well it is my first build! I can see a number of ways I can improve mine though Colouring the standing rigging for example, and I like the pop-rivet solution for the rudder chains. I am toying with the idea of using a drill to spin the dowels so I can sand them into their tapers, but having read that you returned to plane and sandpaper for the job, perhaps not.