HMS Wolf, 10-gun brig - 1/72 - Shipyard Laser Cut Kit

[firdajan2]

Just beautiful...
BTW about the reinforcing of the cardboart parts of the tops and riggings - you are absolutely right

Jan

[catopower]

Hello Jan,

Thanks for the comments!

I checked with another modeler in our local ship model club. He is building the Papegojan, Shipyard's 1/72-scale Dutch pinnace. He commented that he broke the mast tops a few times during construction, but he did manage to rig the model with sails.

So far, my mast tops feel quite sturdy. I hope my naturally heavy-handed rigging skills won't break something.

I've been concerned about the channels, so I'm thinking I'll make chainplates that will help support the channels against the pressure from the shrouds.

[birder]

That is a beautiful hull model! Chainplates definitely stabilize things as you of course know, sometimes with rigging I bump into something I didn't see and that stability is nice insurance.

[catopower]

Thanks Glen!

With my fumbling fingers, I'm sure to snag the rigging too many times. I'll be lucky if I have less than two dozen minor repairs to make while rigging the model!

But, for now, I'm pressing on. Thinking about what sails to set, while I continue to prep the masts and yards.

I completed the lower masts and the bowsprit, adding the mast hoops and the wooldings. In order to get the width of the wooldings consistent, I measured them out on the plans and then cut some adhesive backed vinyl as a guide. I cut the vinyl on my Silhouette Cameo 3 machine. It allows me to make consistent strips of precise widths.

After I mounted the hoops, I painted them and then painted the space between them black, just in case I don't do a good job with the wooldings, it won't be noticeable.

I wrapped the wooldings with some black rigging line. To be honest, I don't even know what line I used. It was just laying around my work spaces in a bit of a tangle and was the right size, so I used it.

There are a LOT of parts going into each of the lower masts. It was a bit of a challenge building them up, but it felt quite rewarding.

Clare

[catopower]

And here's a pic of the ship with the new parts being test fit.

Clare

[paperairforce]

Absolutely beautiful work.