Since I have more money now than I did when I was a teenager, I want to buy some aftermarket line and blocks from Syren. I would love any thoughts, for or against, about my assumptions or conclusions.
My measurement of the kit-supplied rigging comes in at 0.008, 0.018, 0.025 for both colors.
I found this list of standing rigging https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/collection-items/dimensions-of-standing-rigging-for-uss-constitution-1797/ with standing rigging sizes ranging from 4 to 17.5 inches in circumference. On the other hand, in the materials list of the Navy's 1992 restoration, they used 2" -10". I read that the human eye isn't capable of distinguishing more than 3 sizes of scale line.
The running rigging supplied in the original kit is the same sizes as the standing rigging, which is not accurate. The largest running rigging would have been I think 6" circumference, assuming my hands are approximately the same size as sailors' 200 years ago.