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Spiff got a reaction from Shazmira in San Francisco 2 by Shaz - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - Wood
Its looking good.
And I like all the little tips coming on this post - I will certainly try and remember Grants tip about every 4th ratline.
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Spiff got a reaction from Shazmira in San Francisco 2 by Shaz - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - Wood
Hi Robbyn
Looking good ! I cant wait to see my Golden Star with masts - thats when it becomes a REAL ship
I will give you one little tip - I read about it and havent used it yet myself but intend to. Its supposed to be good to smear a little bit of (diluted) white gule on the rigging after installing, so that the string dosnt 'fluff'- (for the lack of a better word). I didnt do it to my first build and can see that just after I finished it the strings looked fine, but now its as though it as frayed a bit - not at the ends but all over. Have a hard time explaining so have just taken a quick pic (and its not (all) dust).
Maybe someone who have actually done this can verify?
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Spiff reacted to dafi in A small rigging bench
As five hands sometimes are not enough for rigging, I build myself a small rigging bench.
An inclined plane with a pin in the middle ...
... and two hairgrips on a holder. The holder can be fixed also pointing the other direction - or being left off - ...
... and even tiny bits can be worked on with ease :-)
For serving small parts I included a hook on a thread. Turning the part in between the fingers, it is still nicely held under tension and does not wobble around :-)
These are the nice bits one can do with it ...
... and even to be repeated precisely :-)
Gruß, DAniel
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