Session 13: Front Mast and Sail

The front mast and sail was made today in our longest session yet. The addition of the ship's front mast, complete with their trademark crew symbol really gives the model more character as we race toward completion.

The crow's nest at the top of the mast was made first, small pieces for sure but due to the angular shape it was relatively easy to build [Figure 1, 2].

The sail was also built from 6 separate pieces: 3 on the front side and 3 on the backside [Figure 3].

Next we made the mast pillar and the supporting structures [Figure 4, 5, 6], which took the longest. Rolling up those beams was really annoying and time-consuming since they kept breaking shape, but through the use of rubber bands and chopsticks, we managed it.

When putting together the mast, we had to trim the bottom of the pillar a little to get it to be the right height when inserting it into the ship [Figure 7, 8]. Aside from that, assembly was pretty simple.

That mast looks sweeeeet though [Figure 9, 10, 11]! Next time we'll do the back mast and the compartment on the stern to finish off this journey.


Time Spent: ~6 hours

Figure 1: Crow's Nest (Pieces)

Figure 2: Crow's Nest

Figure 3: Main Sail (Pieces)

Figure 4: Mast Support Structure (Pieces)

Figure 5: Mast Pillar

Figure 6: Mast Binding Components

Figure 7: Mast Parts

Figure 8: Mast

Figure 9: Ship (Front)

Figure 10: Ship (Back)

Figure 11: Ship (Front II)

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