Thank you very much for writing up and posting the ship building tutorial.
You made a very intimidating subject a lot more approachable.
Here are some hints about making your own scale size ropes and hawsers
Rigging: Making rope without ropewalk
A three or four strand hair twister can be used as the basis of a miniature rope walk.
You can simplify construction of your model ship by printing gratings, rather than building them from paper strips.