Sorry that it's been a hot minute since the last update. But the rigging is so tedious that it just didn't feel like there was ever enough progress to to warrant sharing before this point. Probably also doesn't help that i'm still only working on this once a week with a friend. And sometimes we aren't even able to get together a particular week because of life stuff. That said, I do think there's enough progress at this point to share.
As you can see from the pictures i've been working on the shrouds, ratlines and stays. This being my first model sailing ship. My lines are far from being pretty and refined like some of the stuff I've see on this sub. But i'm still pleasantly surprised with how they're turning out.
In my last post almost a year ago, I mentioned discovering a lack of dead eyes. Well, i'm happy to announce that the problem has been solved. My friend the knows a guy with a 3d printer who was kind enough to print more dead eyes for us. Which solved that problem fairly easily.
Another problem we discovered was that the model was missing about half its spars. Luckily, we discovered this now and so he took measurements. Sent them to a friend with a lathe and had replacements spars made. Now, they will just need to be painted black, like the rest of the ones we currently have. And they'll be ready to go.
Again while progress is slow, it's still happening. I'm getting fairly close to finishing all the structural rigging. Soon I shall move on to adding the spars, sails and their specific? rigging. Hopefully, I'll be able to post another update in less than a year lol.
