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Good Morning all, My current build is HMS Liverpool is 1:96 scale. The model will have a full rig. The prototype way to attach the ratlines is by clove hitch. However, I came across a Shop Note is the first volume of NRG Shop Notes, that sowed the ratlines for scales 1:96 an smaller. The reason being that a knot for that scale would look too large. Basically, you knot he ratline on the outermost shroud and then, with a very small sowing needle, pass it through and around each of the other shrouds and then tie it off on the opposite shroud. First, have you ever done it that way, and second, whether you have or haven't, is that an acceptable method. Doing it by sowing it in would save a lot of time. I'm not interested so much in saving time. I'm interested in fidelity of scale. All opinions and comments welcome. Thanks, Tom
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