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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Enough for today! got the feeling this is the monotonous stage (y)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Thanks John appreciated :)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    All sorted Tim :)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    My bad I was looking at the wrong era in the Trafalgar times they were un tarred or lightly tarred so natural hemp colour :)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Started the ratlines and would like your honest opinion before I trim and glue I know some will say there the wrong colour but they are part of the standing rigging therefor tarred. found this :- Based on historical accounts the rigging, including the ratlines, would have typically been...
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Hi Paul they are hammocks from below, during battle stations they were put in the nets and made a kind of barrier against splinters and shrapnel
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Started a new Bingo board :)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Put the yard on the mast for an idea of overall size .....she's going to be a large lady :)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Hammock cranes fully netted and starting to populate them :) Many thanks to Jack for the idea of wetwipes :love:
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Had a hour this morning but the good lady wife had other ideas and cut my session short, still I managed a bit.
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Started the main,fore,mizzen yards this morning and happy with my progress :)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Thanks for that Jack :) Going to do a couple of days on the yards for a change before I tackle the ratlines.
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Yes Neil just looking for some material to use. An old beige tee shirt maybe
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Hammocks done some just need stitching :)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Mizzenmast done for the second time :) happy now
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Thanks Jim long story short I had an injury in the navy to my left knee resulting in a severe limp which in turn resulted in a curved spine hence a bad back (been told I gotta live with it)
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Redoing the mizzen mast shrouds
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Just measured and I'm ok It must be the angle there 6.5cm down as are the plans.
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    Brian's Caldercraft 1/72 HMS Victory

    Damn looking at it now I think your right John so its either redo the foremast or pretend I never noticed :)
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