Decided I hate doing gun rigging just took me 3 hours to do two guns, I think my vision is in need of new glasses.
The brass bar on the stern took some shaping too
The brass bar on the stern took some shaping too
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Join the club. My least favorite job in ship modeling. This might explain why there won't be any guns on my current project.
Did a bit more gum rigging this afternoon, my stuff from Caldercraft arrived too so I fitted the first head timber making sure its all level and square.
Some of the ropes on a ship are wrapped with thin line or cloth: worming, parceling, serving. At the very least the shrouds on the Victory would be served and likely other lines as well. Serving served as protection against chafing.
Do you need it? That simply depends on if you are interested in showing the detail (most modelers do).
Do you need it? That simply depends on if you are interested in showing the detail (most modelers do).
There are lots of serving machines out there from manual to the model you are asking about...
Thanks Paul is the SM4 a decent model and hopefully comes with full instructions? what materials do you need to make your own ropes, sorry for all the questions 
Did a bit this morning and hopefully got it right this time used my book to get the bowsprit lashing correct and I got the head timber true and level we will see
going together better now
If you go to their product page there are videos you can watch before you decide if this is the one you want. I happen to have the version with the motor and without the 'continuous' option. I run it pretty slow and rely on a bit of finger tension on the wrapping thread rather than letting it run on its own - but that's just me. To wrap I use the same thread I used to make the rope itself.Thanks Paul is the SM4 a decent model and hopefully comes with full instructions? what materials do you need to make your own ropes, sorry for all the questions
To be clear - this machine does not make ropes - it wraps a thread around the ropes you already have (or already made yourself). It only serves - it is not a rope walk.
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Coincidently: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/rope-walk.18831/
If you use the forum 'search' function, there are roughly one bazillion threads about ropes/rope making/rope serving. A black hole I once jumped into
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If you use the forum 'search' function, there are roughly one bazillion threads about ropes/rope making/rope serving. A black hole I once jumped into
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So can a rope walk serve a line or do you need two machines?
Chris you build log is in my favourites for quick reference it's helped no end thanks mate
These are two entirely different processes.
Going together well ....... Happy
