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08-07-2012, 11:56 AM
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Looking for the seat of ease
Or more precisely, sitting and wondering which would be easier. I've finally reached the point where I'm making the yards for my Corel model of Victory. As I've been attaching the rigging blocks I'm wondering if it is easier to do some of the running rigging as each yard is attached or wait until they are all on the model.
In the past, I've put all the yards on first and then done the rigging. But I don't know why and wonder if others have a different way of going about it so they aren't running the risk of knocking a yard loose while reaching for a block connected to another yard. |
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08-07-2012, 12:23 PM
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Re: Looking for the seat of ease
There's always a risk of knocking something loose when rigging a ship model! I rig one yard at a time, and I try to follow traditional full-scale practice for which line is rigged first. Typically that is inboard before outboard, lower before uppper, forward before aft.
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08-07-2012, 12:52 PM
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Re: Looking for the seat of ease
Thanks for the advice. I was thinking on going with the yard-by-yard approach this time; if only so I could tell my wife, "Look! Progress! Progress!"
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08-07-2012, 04:25 PM
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Re: Looking for the seat of ease
Gary
I personally rig the masts with all blocks, then the yards, then mount the yards n the masts, and then step the mast compplete. A good book to follow is Peterssens rigging book. I'll see if I can find a link. He starts with the standing rigging then works through all rigging pretty much bow to stern. It is tough in the latter stages no matter how you approach the rigging. Towards the end everything gets in the way. That is where specially designed rigging tools come in handy. I bought a pack of bamboo skewers at the grocers. Then made the metal rigging aids out of needles and bent wire. The skewers allow me to reach clear across the ship with ease. good luck Tom |
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08-08-2012, 11:15 AM
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Re: Looking for the seat of ease
Sounds like we are in the same boat (literally). I am just finishing the yard rigging on the Corel Vic and can say for me it was very frustrating figuring it all out. This site was a big help http://www.pete-coleman.com/forum/index.php as was Petersons book...which I got as a free pdf download. Best of luck however you decide to do it.
Slowlearner
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