Did not quite like the way how all rope tail end ended up around belaying pins.. It is working just fine but the end results were not quite there so i decided to add a line coils... A bit of a different approach was also involved since i already cut all ropes to a length, so for me to lay the tail ends as they supposed to be, properly, coiled around the pins, was out of the question...
First i a line coils factory... the flora craft foam was used as a foundation because of its sharp edges, and well, spongy structure, not hard to push all those small pins... The baking paper was used to prevent glue from sticking on the foam. To create a line coil diameter as close to the original pins diameter, i cut a 2mm wire into 1cm long "pins" and push into the foam.. The distance from the edge was measured from the pin location on the ship and hanging part was also measured to provide a nice look at the end...
And started to run lines around it...
A drop of white glue was put in each line coil to keep the shape and they were left to dry overnight..
End the results were OK..
A drop of diluted white glue was also applied on the final product..
There are definitely other ways of doing this exercise and the best way will be to do the line coils on the ship directly, but this scale is fairly small for my fingers... Maybe next time..
Happy modelling..
First i a line coils factory... the flora craft foam was used as a foundation because of its sharp edges, and well, spongy structure, not hard to push all those small pins... The baking paper was used to prevent glue from sticking on the foam. To create a line coil diameter as close to the original pins diameter, i cut a 2mm wire into 1cm long "pins" and push into the foam.. The distance from the edge was measured from the pin location on the ship and hanging part was also measured to provide a nice look at the end...
And started to run lines around it...
A drop of white glue was put in each line coil to keep the shape and they were left to dry overnight..
End the results were OK..
A drop of diluted white glue was also applied on the final product..
There are definitely other ways of doing this exercise and the best way will be to do the line coils on the ship directly, but this scale is fairly small for my fingers... Maybe next time..
Happy modelling..
I cannot tell how you many times I have fallen in love with this ship because of your superb work, only to fall out of love again, when I realized the enormous amount of work that had to be done at a such a small scale. Which - of course - means that I LOVE the finished product. I can't wait to see the final display pics!