Looking for sewing machine brand and model for making sails

[AllanKP69]

Just had a conversation with another member regarding the frames for silk span. For anyone wanting to give this a try, the framing needs to be relatively heavy. 12mm (1/2") plywood works great. Stretchers for canvas that painters use come in all type of sizes and can be used as well. For the plug it should be a close match to the thickness of the frame itself.
Allan

 

[Ismaele]

Thanks. Funny, but I own this exactly machine. I tried it and find it not suitable for my modelling needs because stitches are about 3 mm long (which is way out of any sails scale) and length of stitch can not be controlled. I bought it a while ago just to occasionally trim the trousers and so forth. Currently I am into a silkspan (paper) sails design and no longer look for a sewing machine. I will not find a sewing machine with a needle, thread and stitch size suitable for 1:96 scale sails as it does not exist.

You're right, but on larger scales the effect in my opinion is not unpleasant. I have a lot of fun making models and I am admired by those who seek perfection down to the smallest detail, but the stitching produced with this machine is not much larger than what you find already done on the sails supplied with the assembly boxes.
For example, the stitches already made on the sails supplied with the Victory I am building are 2 mm