In continuation of my last post:
Once the boats were done, Spent a good amount of time reading through the assembly manual and PE instructions trying to figure out what needed to be done in what order. Once I did that, I got going.
Next item up was the superstructure and foremast. I had most of this done, but needed to work the rest of the way up. The mast legs, decks, and railings all went on with a little effort.
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Nelson Wallace, on Flickr
I finally attached the yardarms to the foremast top, I had been holding off since they are so easy to break off. I added some supports on the bottom side to hopefully help keep them attached. Over scale for sure, but if they stay on I don't really care.
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Nelson Wallace, on Flickr
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Nelson Wallace, on Flickr
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Nelson Wallace, on Flickr
I've had the main mast mostly complete for years, but I got it down to put some of the small parts on it I was afraid of breaking before.
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Nelson Wallace, on Flickr
With that done, I permanently attached the fore mast to the superstructure. In this picture I set the main mast in place just to make sure the main tops were at the same level. Everything was good, so I put the main mast back on a shelf to keep it safe until it is time to go on for good.
20200610_143847 by
Nelson Wallace, on Flickr
I have no more pictures at this point. The past couple days I started the task of rigging on the foremast and yardarms. Right now it is a balance of doing what is easy now, but not adding lines that make my life harder when trying to install other parts. Also finding accurate rigging diagrams are hard, I've been leaning heavily on Jeff Sharp's build and my Stillwell Arizona book. I think in the end I won't have it 100% right, but it will look good.
Unlike before, more updates will be coming shortly!