1/100 "Muleta de Seixal"

[7TP]

Form day to day it looks better. Keep on going

[jleslie48]

sails done, now for some detail work:

[abhovi]

Never seen a more chaotic rig than this one. But the model is beautiful.

[Seahorse]

Yeah, the rigging is absolutely frantic. The hull reminds a canoe. That is why I decided to make it.

[eatcrow2]

Originally Posted by jleslie48

sails done, now for some detail work:

Looking great!!

[jleslie48]

Originally Posted by abhovi

Never seen a more chaotic rig than this one. But the model is beautiful.

the thing is, they used this rig for 500 years, right up to the 20th century. I wonder why.

I know I saw an image (I wish I saved it) where they used the fore and aft spirits as anchor points for a fishing net.

[eatcrow2]

Here's where I'm at.. Learning a lot with this phase, and hopefully I'll get a cleaner look as I work my way up the hull. Should have sanded the high points better on the hull, but I was worried about erasing the lines. Once the first plank was laid, you really don't need the lines.

[jleslie48]

Originally Posted by eatcrow2

Here's where I'm at.. Learning a lot with this phase, and hopefully I'll get a cleaner look as I work my way up the hull. Should have sanded the high points better on the hull, but I was worried about erasing the lines. Once the first plank was laid, you really don't need the lines.

hull looks great.

[jleslie48]

that's it for me I'm calling this one done:

[Tino]

Originally Posted by jleslie48

the thing is, they used this rig for 500 years, right up to the 20th century. I wonder why.

I know I saw an image (I wish I saved it) where they used the fore and aft spirits as anchor points for a fishing net.

Yes, its true. Unfortunately there any left.

Like I said before. The rig was used for so many time and if didint change it, it was because it suited well their needs, and its true that this strange and complicated rig and was used to navigate sideways.
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