Black Pearl rigging 1/72

[Tararasik]

A couple of years ago, I built the hull of the Black Pearl. When it came time to do the rigging, I felt overwhelmed and decided to postpone it. Now I'd like to continue.

I've watched a few build logs and gone through some books, but I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions along the way, and I'd appreciate your support. Since this is my first ship model, I'm not aiming for 100% historical accuracy and am willing to cut a few corners.

Here's what I have at the moment.

 

[AllanKP69]

I'm not aiming for 100% historical accuracy and am willing to cut a few corners.

It depends on what you want to achieve, 90%, 50% or ? when it comes to cutting corners. As this is a fantasy ship, there are really no rules. Still, she was supposedly the British merchant Wicked Wench when captured by Sparrow in the early 18th century so there are books that might be helpful. For sizes of masts, yards, and rigging, one of the best sources that covers this era is Lees' The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War you can try to rig her as much like a real ship of that era as you want. For example as this was supposed to be an early 18th century English ship there should not be any belaying pins which look to be present in one of your photos. The model itself looks lovely, so a nice rigging job would enhance the work you have already put forth. Again this was a Disney dream ship so normal rules need not apply.
Allan

 

[Tararasik]

It depends on what you want to achieve, 90%, 50% or ? when it comes to cutting corners. As this is a fantasy ship, there are really no rules. Still, she was supposedly the British merchant Wicked Wench when captured by Sparrow in the early 18th century so there are books that might be helpful. For sizes of masts, yards, and rigging, one of the best sources that covers this era is Lees' The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War you can try to rig her as much like a real ship of that era as you want. For example as this was supposed to be an early 18th century English ship there should not be any belaying pins which look to be present in one of your photos. The model itself looks lovely, so a nice rigging job would enhance the work you have already put forth. Again this was a Disney dream ship so normal rules need not apply.
Allan

Thanks for the reply. I haven't seen this exact book, but I do have Mondfeld's Historic Ship Models and Petersson's Rigging Period Ship Models.
Your mention of belaying pins is a good example of a corner I'm willing to cut. Overall, what I mean is that if I get stuck on something, I'll probably simplify it and move on rather than getting bogged down trying to make it perfectly accurate.

The first thing I need to do is fix the lower deadeyes. There are already some fittings in place, and I can't do it properly, so I'll have to come up with a workaround. I'll share it a bit later.

 

[TheGatzby]

If you are not going to model sails, you can keep it simple with just the standing rigging, then halyards, lifts and braces.
Petersson's and Mondfeld's books should be all you need. For belaying points, follow the shortest less entangled run.

 

[WojtasS]

The simplest way to rig a ship is to just follow the steps in the manual. Revell's instructions are pretty clear. Petersson's Rigging of Period Ship Models might help you to understand the movement of ropes, but it will be more complicated to recreate on a model. If you want to delve deeper into rigging, Boudriot's '74 Gun Ship' (Volume 3) is a great book which describes the many functions of sails, ropes and pulleys, and provides dimensions that you can follow. Radek also has PDF copies and wooden pulleys with ropes, which you can use to replace the plastic ones. Good luck on your journey!

Black Pearl - HiSModel

Black Pearl, HiSModel

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[Tararasik]

The simplest way to rig a ship is to just follow the steps in the manual. Revell's instructions are pretty clear. Petersson's Rigging of Period Ship Models might help you to understand the movement of ropes, but it will be more complicated to recreate on a model. If you want to delve deeper into rigging, Boudriot's '74 Gun Ship' (Volume 3) is a great book which describes the many functions of sails, ropes and pulleys, and provides dimensions that you can follow. Radek also has PDF copies and wooden pulleys with ropes, which you can use to replace the plastic ones. Good luck on your journey!

Thanks. I will definitely start with the instructions, except for the shrouds, which are plastic in the kit.

 

[Tararasik]

If you are not going to model sails, you can keep it simple with just the standing rigging, then halyards, lifts and braces.
Petersson's and Mondfeld's books should be all you need. For belaying points, follow the shortest less entangled run.

Thanks. I would love to have sails, but even without them it's a lot of work. One step at a time

 

[Bob Ellis]

Thanks for the reply. I haven't seen this exact book, but I do have Mondfeld's Historic Ship Models and Petersson's Rigging Period Ship Models.
Your mention of belaying pins is a good example of a corner I'm willing to cut. Overall, what I mean is that if I get stuck on something, I'll probably simplify it and move on rather than getting bogged down trying to make it perfectly accurate.

The first thing I need to do is fix the lower deadeyes. There are already some fittings in place, and I can't do it properly, so I'll have to come up with a workaround. I'll share it a bit later.

Petersson will be fine since there are already belay racks.