Well it's time.
Three years and I'm finally staring at nothing but rope. I've been working on Artesania Latina's Independence 1775 since Christmas '07./ Now after years of bending wood, scratch building pieces, scouring the internet for references, forming metal, sanding, sanding and more sanding I have nothing but rigging in front of me.
Here is the most recent thread, deck almost done, no masts...
PreMast

Three years ago
The Start

Where I am now



Sorry the photos are not that great. It's hard to light this thing - it's over 25 inches tall and about 15 inches long. It's hard to move around and won't fit in my photo booth.
You can see the instructions I get to deal with, pretty light.
I've asked before, but it's worth asking again - anyone know of any good reference material for rigging this little gem.

Great progress Scott.

Well, it certainly is looking great so far.
As for rigging, I'd suggest doing what was done in real life, Standing rigging first, then the running rigging.
Try Model Expo's rigging line section for supplies
A few books on rigging: The Art Of Rigging
Rigging Of Ships 1600-1720

Thanks guys.
The book references are great, thank you Dave.

Update - I got both books and find that Rigging of Ships 1600-1720 is a better technical 'how to' reference. The first is good general terminology and description type of book.

Ok, so this isn't as bad as I suspected. If you take it one rope and a time and apply a little bit of knowledge and research to each and you can figure out where lines run.


Nothing is anchored yet. I don't want to glue lines down or tie them down before I get everything run. Just in case I make a mistake and have to re-run something.
I still have two sails to do and the ratlines on the shrouds. If I were to do it again I would have saved the shrouds for last, they get in the way. These are the three lines running from the outside of the hull to the top of each mast. The ladder lines.

thats an interesting comment Scott, regarding the Shrouds...I never would have thought of that. I am preparing to dive into a tall ship myself , and am watching your thread with keen interest.

Jim
I've learned soo much from this one build. I'd be happy to share tips and tricks and resources etc. Feel free to ask whenever you want.
- rigging order
- resources - sites, books,
- tools - jigs
- Instruction interpretation (huge)
- glues - I have 5 different types in front of me right now with this one.
- correcting mistakes
- tons of in process photos too (not enough storage space to upload them all)