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  • 6 November 2011 at 16:50 #32327
    Bob Thommen
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      I’m not new to modeling. But I am new to sailing ship rigging. I am building a topsail schooner in 1/96 scale. If I take a rope of 1 inch dia and 8 feet long and hold it out it bends just past my hand and the end curlse up on the floor. If I take the equivelent in 1/96 scale I have a 1 inch lang piece of .010 Dia thread that sticks out straight. How do I soften the thread to make it act more like rope instead of steel ?
       
      Also I read that the thread should be run through beeswax to remove the fuzz. If I wax the thread, what glue do I use to hold it ?
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      6 November 2011 at 16:50 #2082
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        6 November 2011 at 19:46 #32335
        Colin Bishop
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          Bob,
           
          To be honest, I don’t think you can – it’s just one of those ‘scaling’ effects we have to live with. Short of using something exotic like spun silk, only thin chain will give the effect you want!
           
          Beeswax is certainly useful in reducing the dreaded ‘hairy rigging’ problem but it is usually employed in conjunction with knots so the issue of glueing doesn’t arise much.
           
          But there is an alternative and effective solution and that is to use one of the Apliphatic wood glues which will both tame the fuzz and act as an adhesive. I use Deluxe Materials’ Super Phatic which is quick drying and almost a waterbased type of superglue. Pour a small amount into a suitable tray such as a Humbrol tinlet lid and draw the rigging thread through it under your finger, then apply to the model quckly, smoothing down until it dries off in maybe half a minute or so. (it dries clear) You can also apply it to rigging already in situ as long as you don’t break anything in the process. Of course you will get glue all over your fingers but it is inert and water soluble so comes off quite easily.
           
          With regard to simulating coils of rope on deck, I tend to soak the thread in the glue and then wind it round a suitable diameter piece of dowel or similar. Then I slide it off and squash it lengthwise slightly while keeping the ‘coil’ as flat as possible. As it dries you get a realistic coil which can be stuck to the deck or hung on a belaying pin.
           
          As a cheat, you can make up the coil separately with a trailing length of cord and lose the end in the rigging to which it is supposed to be attached as on sailing ships it is all a bit of a wodge anyway!
           
          Hope this gives you some ideas.
           
          Colin

          Edited By Colin Bishop, Website Editor on 06/11/2011 20:09:39

          6 November 2011 at 20:24 #32342
          Bob Thommen
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            Thanks, Colin,
             
            That is what I suspected, but one can always hope.
             
            Bob
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