this is the first big sailing ship i have ever done, and it will be the last big sailing ship i ever do....
got the ratlines on the ship, am in the middle of tying 56 blocks & bullseyes on the bowsprit. as this thing grows in size, so does the damage (can't even fit it on my bench anymore, on a chunk of wood on my garbage can)....12 yardarms, i have managed to knock 5 of them off now. notice the dolphin striker is now black (the upside down vee on the bowsprit). snapped one side off, made a new side, but could'nt match the brown paint- hence black now.....also snapped the eyebolts off the d. striker when the arm got broke. also did 5 or 6 other minor things to it as well...sure glad i got an awesome wifey. she bought me a articulating lamp (godsend on the ship, bend it wherever you need it) and for my feeble old eyes she got me a lighted magnifying glass (another godsend!)
and still being super-wifey, lookie what she got me for christmas, a corvair & 8 BFG's.
the corvair, think front engine V8, 4wd, but a pickup, not like the Rampside, but an actual pick-up bed. sounds stupid i know, but i played around on paint with a corvair, and i think it looks not bad.
thinking find somewhere to stuff the ship for awhile & pull the elco & 'vair on the bench for a break from knot tying...clutter up the thread with more chevy's!
