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Please forgive me is this is answered somewhere else. My current build does not have a full scale picture showing the spacing for the ratlines. It shows that there are 23 of the "ladder" ratlines, but the picture if maybe .25 size. I have seen a few answers for other scale ships, but nothing for a 1:80 scale. Sadly, my math is not good enough to figure out the distance between the lines. Any help? Current build is the "Corsair" from OcCre
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What is the spacing between the ladder rungs on the ratlines? the instructions showed 23 of them, but i do not see any full sized photos showing spacing -
I want to buy assorted items for my current build (1:80) but I still can't figure out how to measure my dead eyes and blocks (and cannon and wheel and bell and lifeboat, etc) Do i measure the long side or the short? thickness or length might be a better way to say it for the blocks. do i measure across the circle for the dead eye?
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I wasn't sure if the reefing points were on a jib or spanker sail. I have read it is difficult to get the right size rope to represent the proper scale
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Took a quick break from the rigging to make the sails. The ties, ar the on both side of these types? I know they are only on the front of the square sales. But these type?
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Finalizing the main mast shrouds and deadeyes. Ratlines and backstays are next
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thanks! so far it has only been minor things.
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I have started the rigging and will be doing the shrouds soon. Before anyone says my anchor ropes are incorrect and only 1 should be around the windlass. I know. I had this conversation before and I finally said the hell with it. I am doing what the instructions for the ship show. (see earlier photos)
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I need 1:54 scale.
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If I had a permanent / dedicated hobby desk or room I still might use this as a backup storage where it would sit in the corner of my desk and hold things that I don't need to use on a regular basis which would mostly be the scrap pieces of wood spare cannons and doors and dead eyes and everything else that is left over each time you finish a kit I would start combining all of those items together in the drawers and store them
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It is somewhat cramped depending upon where you set it up if I had more of the kitchen table work on it would be pushed back for another 10 inches from my work mat. The base size of the portable desk is a little too large to sit on top of a folding tray table or something like that. If I had the space I would move it to where it's at beside me and have the table space open I just don't have that kind of work area unfortunately. I could probably tear down the workbench table I have that's currently supporting my scroll saw and use it as my work bench but right now I'm good with what I've got
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A few new files working on my new hobby desk
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I will be having the same issue. I have only worked in 5 mm and my fat fingers can hardly hold on to the tiny pieces 😅
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Finally got my stuff together.
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Tiller done, door done, anchors hung, quarterdeck done. Time to re do the rails. Captain Plank seems to like his new digs.
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Looking okay so far.
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Let the "unbashing " begin!
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making the tiller bar would not be difficult. I would probably remove the binnacle too. Repatch the floor with new planking and put the bashed stuff into a desk drawer to forget about it. According to what someone told me 25mm figures would work, 30mm wold be just a wee bit to tall, but would work too. the only other thing I would have to fix would be the door going below decks. As for the anchor ropes, I am leaving them as it shown in the instructions. Maybe the "Coral" curse will be lifted then and I can move on.
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To be honest, everything that is going on with this kit is starting to put me off doing these ships at all. I have never had so many problems building anything as I have with this particular model
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As for making it historically accurate, yes I am fetching things here and there. And I'm probably going to rip the wheel out and replace it with the Ritter killer bar just because so many people seem to think that having a wheel is wrong. I'm trying to find a scale miniature that I could use for comparison purposes and I'm having difficulty figuring out the best way to do it. So far I've been told a person would be anywhere from 20 to 30 mm in height if that's the case then the Cannons that came with the ship all about the size of a shotgun NOTE: talk to texed on my phone. Ritter killer=Rudder Tiller
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I am banging my head against the wall right now. What you said makes perfect sense what others have said makes perfect sense and yes I'm sure you are all correct. However all I have is a set of really crappy instructions. Many of the items in the kit are not to the proper scale some are to small some are to big. There are aspects of the directions that are left out, so I've got drawings that I'm trying to work off of. The way I have strung the anchors is what the picture shows in the instructions. If you look at the picture I posted above from somebody else's build you will see that the Rope is doing the same thing it's wrapped around The Windlass and going down into a hole. The only thing that that person did differently was they hung their anchors in a different fashion using whatever those posts are that are sticking out from the front of the boat.
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Possibly. The instructions didn't name them.
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would the 2 posts sticking out from the front be used for anything? the attached pic is from someone else's build, and I kind of like how he did it. The instructions for the kit just show the anchor rope going around what I call the "windlass". "Spill" is a new term for me. I am debating on add the railings and the supports for them. I still haven't decided
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What size mm thread do I need?
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