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Originally Posted by Kevin WS
Superb. One of my favourite rite vessels as well.
Stretched sprue seems to work very well for the ringing....
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Thanks! With this one I used both sprue and EzLine: Sprue is easier to cut and attach, but can sag when spanning long distances, and breaks as soon as you catch it accidentally.
Elastic thread can be stretched to overcome the sagging issue, but can easily bend the thin card masts/yards/spreaders. This can then in turn un-tension previously completed lines. Which is crap.
So I opted to rig the forward lines of the front mast, and the rearward lines of the rear mast with sprue (all measured with dividers). Then I’ve used elastic thread under very slight tension for the lines/antennae between the two. This put everything under tension, and looking ship shape:
It’s easy to fix one end of the elastic, cut it slightly short, and then stretch it with tweezers held in a stand until the PVA sets at the other end. Remove the stand and it pulls itself taught:
My pal made the stands, he's building the SMS Panther, which has a lot of rigging.