Ropes

[pauls models]

How do some modelers do such wonderful rigging and rope work? how do they control say the winding of a coil at the end of a gun carriage or the neat winding of the rope on a belaying pin. Paul

 

[neptune]

How do some modelers do such wonderful rigging and rope work? how do they control say the winding of a coil at the end of a gun carriage or the neat winding of the rope on a belaying pin. Paul

G'day Paul, this is how I do my rope coils, hope it helps,



So next up were the rope coils for the cannon, I make mine by putting a small drop of PVA glue on a piece
of cardboard, actually I do it for all the coils I'm going to need, then I attach a piece of string long enough
to make the coil, when the drop of PVA glue has set and is holding the string, I then spread more PVA around
and coil the string making sure it is soaked with the PVA glue as above,


I leave them for 24 hours and then very carefully release them from the cardboard,


The training tackle I take over the back of the carriage and glue just under the carriage, then I place the coil
in position and cut the end to match up with the piece coming over the back of the carriage,


A lot of coils ready to be attached,


This pic and the next few show the coils in place,





and a view of the ropes on the belaying pins,


View of the fore deck,

I hope this has not been too long a winded explanation,

best regards John,


.

 

[pauls models]

G'day Paul, this is how I do my rope coils, hope it helps,


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So next up were the rope coils for the cannon, I make mine by putting a small drop of PVA glue on a piece
of cardboard, actually I do it for all the coils I'm going to need, then I attach a piece of string long enough
to make the coil, when the drop of PVA glue has set and is holding the string, I then spread more PVA around
and coil the string making sure it is soaked with the PVA glue as above,

View attachment 107191
I leave them for 24 hours and then very carefully release them from the cardboard,

View attachment 107192
The training tackle I take over the back of the carriage and glue just under the carriage, then I place the coil
in position and cut the end to match up with the piece coming over the back of the carriage,

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A lot of coils ready to be attached,

View attachment 107194
This pic and the next few show the coils in place,

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and a view of the ropes on the belaying pins,

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View of the fore deck,

I hope this has not been too long a winded explanation,

best regards John,


.

Thanks Jim, for that great response, built many ships but never could do the finish of ropes neatly, so I will practice this, so you make the coils and lay them separate from the main rope? hope I have the skill and patience. I think I have gone wrong using watered down wood glue, do you do anything about the stiffness of the rigging and rope to make it more supple, say .25 rigging? Been to OZ many times, Dad's buried in Melbourne. Nice to talk to you. Paul

 

[Brewbrarian]

Saw this a little while back for coiling gun ropes and thought it looked pretty slick.

 

[pauls models]

Thanks for that video, I just think I could not work with this precision and patience. My models are more of representations. Right now I am working on a deck with about 30 cannons and I just cannot imagine that the ends of all the guns would have the ends neatly coiled on the deck so that say 200 men could trip over them. I think the ends would just be thrown over the carriages to keep them out of the way. A nice question to see what other modelers would think. Also I think it's very clever how you put the video in your reply. Thanks again, Paul