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Scratch modeling is interesting, you come up with seemingly impossible situations.
Moving on to the foremast. The top is made mostly from steel angle, which means it is very spindly.
It would be way too flexible to rig if made from paper and wood wouldn't look right.
See photos 1-3. I copied them from Andersons "Masting and Rigging" book.
I hope I haven't violated any copyrights.
My conclusion is that the metal parts have to be made out of metal.
Photo 4 is a CAD drawing I made of the fore, main and mizzen tops.
The outer arcs will be wood, the rest open. I got some 0.005 and 0.010 brass sheets.
This brass can be cut with scissors so this is almost like paper modeling.
The last 3 pics are my first attempt. The bent metal angles are flat brass glued together,
top bottom and edge. The central wood will be mostly cut away.
Thats all for tonight. cheers Jim
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