That's a great thought, but (at least for the Niña and Pinta), the spars were held in place with roller parrels, which were flexible bands that looked something like beaded necklaces - completely unlike those dopey pegs provided by Pyro.
Doh!

Thanks for the replies Tim. I'm going to have to source some CA accelerator and give it another shot. And actually I had more in mind the rollers you talked about, I just didn't know the name for them. So I learned two things tonight.
Thanks
John

Hi Guys,
Well I finally got the Felucca finished. It's been a little fighter all the way. Tim, I was able to get some accelerator at our local Hobby Lobby, which helped me quite a bit. I had to deal with a final poor decision I made during construction which gave me all sorts of trouble in completing the rigging. I had set both masts before rigging. Even with accelerator for my CA glue and fine needle nose tweezers for the thread, I could not get between the masts to set the stays. After numerous attempts I came up with the idea of using fine wire for the stays. I used 0.015mm brass wire, painted black. I used a couple of loops of black thread at the top of the mast to cover the wire ends, and I didn't have to worry about keeping tension while the glue dried. I used a natural color thread for the running rigging. I know the rigging isn't complete, but gives an idea of what's involved in sailing the ship.

I've provided a few final photos below. Sorry for the crappy photo quality.

I've enjoyed this build and learned a lot. I appreciate all the comments and advice you all provided; it helped a lot. I would appreciate any final thoughts you might have.

Good luck and keep building!
John

Sweet looking ship. Hats off to anyone that would take on a sailing ship.

Mark

Hi John,

I really like your completed Felucca. We are all our own worst critics, and I'm sure you see only the flaws, but I think you have met the various challenges of this vintage kit quite credibly. I especially like your rigid wire solution to the standing rigging - simple and effective. No build is perfect, but my view is that you have produced a colorful, graceful, and very appealing little model of which you can justly be proud!

John congrats on such a neat little build.

Can only echo what Mark and Tim said.

Thanks for sharing, so good to see something a little bit off the beaten path.

Look forward to seeing what you've got planned next!