“Once begun, a job’s half done”; whoever coined that phrase certainly wasn’t a modeler!
I’ve been there and done that many times Tim. Modelers are perfectionists and definitely their worst critics. I know that you’ll “power through” the repairs and end up with a stunning model that meets your satisfaction (At least temporarily) After you finish these repairs, what’s your next “Small, Simple Project” that you have in mind?
Tom S.
Leo and Tom, you have a point! As for what’s next, well, maybe John’s references will provide some inspiration. For now…
Having calmed myself and cleared away the debris, I fit new shroud boards to the bulwarks. The new boards are identical to the ones first installed except that they are longer to enable the shrouds to be shifted aft.
With the new shroud boards painted, six shroud lines were re-rigged. They are set just a bit farther back than before, so a deployed sail would now clear them forward.
During all this I managed to snap off the little artemon yardarm at the bow as well… but eventually things were sorted again.
The last step was to re-rig new forestays – this time above the yard.
After all that effort, the end result still looks very much like the original version… but at least the reworked rigging makes better sense. And now I can truly put the corbita project to rest and call it done!