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1/96 scale USS Constitution build.

The lower & top foremast stays are on.
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I don't want to slobber all over your thread, but I am completely fascinated by this project. Will there be a rigging nomenclature quiz when you finish?
 
Rhino said:
I don't want to slobber all over your thread, but I am completely fascinated by this project. Will there be a rigging nomenclature quiz when you finish?
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Absolutely not 🙅
But there was sea name for everything...like a handle just simply couldn't be called a handle you know 🙃
 
It looks great Tim!

My only comment is that the line/thread/loop that goes down around the bottom of the bowsprit looks to be a little thin compared to the lines going up to the mast. Seems that should be about the same weight.

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Lovely work Tim, That's an interesting piece of engineering, it transfers the stress along that arch of the stay. Them some smart folk back then weren't they?
 
moon puppy said:
Lovely work Tim, That's an interesting piece of engineering, it transfers the stress along that arch of the stay. Them some smart folk back then weren't they?
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They were. They acted as saddles straddling the jib boom. So the boom could be removed without interfering with the stays.
 
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